. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 766 The American Florist. Nov. 12, WITH THE GROWERS Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale, 111. In a recent visit to the greenhouses of Bassett & Washburn at Hinsdale, 111., we were much impressed with the degree of perfection to which all the stock is grown. Their American Beau- ty plants are in a range consisting of eight houses, six hundred feet long and from 28 to 32 feet wide. These houses are all filled w-ith the cleanest lo^ of American Beauty plants we have sefn In many years, one-half of which w«re carried
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 766 The American Florist. Nov. 12, WITH THE GROWERS Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale, 111. In a recent visit to the greenhouses of Bassett & Washburn at Hinsdale, 111., we were much impressed with the degree of perfection to which all the stock is grown. Their American Beau- ty plants are in a range consisting of eight houses, six hundred feet long and from 28 to 32 feet wide. These houses are all filled w-ith the cleanest lo^ of American Beauty plants we have sefn In many years, one-half of which w«re carried over from last year, while the other half consist of young plants, the difference being that the older plants are now producing mostly all long stem flowers. The stems on these plants are now from five to seven feet long, as may be seen in the illustration of the house of American Beauty roses which we publish, and the plants are all in a most healthy condition with elegant, large, strong foliage without a blemish. The younger plants are giving some medium length stems, but no short stem stock is being cut at all. The color of their beauties is particu- larly fine, and in a cut running from 1,500 to 2,000 per day they do not get over one dozen crippled flowers in the whole lot. Their American Beauties are in such heavy demand that the firm is behind in their orders most of the time. In the miscellaneous roses they have some twenty-five or thirty houses, ranging in length from 300 to 600 feet. These are planted with Pink and White K^llarney, My Maryland, Rhea Reid, Richmond, a few Bridesmaid and Biiide, Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and Pqrle de Jardin. These are all grown oni grafted roots, as the firm has found that while the grafted plants cost more they produce a better average grade of stock than do the rooted plants. The carnation range is next to this one. Here we found 90,000 plants of carnations in only four varieties—Pink and White Enchantress, O. P. Bassett and Winsor
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