. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1907- Th E American Florist. 373 that of V. Opulus, cither in beauty or persistency. V. acerifolium, a >common native un- dershrub in rich woods, grows from four to five feet tall and bears white, flat flower clusters about June lo. The large, black fruit is interesting in the fall when the foliage assumes brilliant built some greenhouses to furnish flow- ers and plants for his extensive country home and having tried growing Ameri- ,can Beauty roses found he was so suc- cessful that he concluded to go into the
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1907- Th E American Florist. 373 that of V. Opulus, cither in beauty or persistency. V. acerifolium, a >common native un- dershrub in rich woods, grows from four to five feet tall and bears white, flat flower clusters about June lo. The large, black fruit is interesting in the fall when the foliage assumes brilliant built some greenhouses to furnish flow- ers and plants for his extensive country home and having tried growing Ameri- ,can Beauty roses found he was so suc- cessful that he concluded to go into the flower business on a large scale and took C. L. Washburn, his son-inlaw, in partnership with him. Commencing with. AT BASSETT & WASHBURN'S, CHICAGO. House of New Carnut on Seedling No. 20, showing"Qi^igorous growth of plant the conditions existing in the green- house business, The boilers are all very large, either 150 h. p. or 100 h. p^ to each boiler,' with a combined capacity of 1,650 h. p. and additional room in the boiler house for 300 to 400 more horse power if needed. The glass is divided into ranges to suit the plants. The first division is planted exclusively to chrysanthemums and is allowed to freeze in the winter time to a slight degree. The varieties grown consist, in white, of Bergman, Byron, Touset, Majestic, Adelia, Eaton, Jeanne Nonin and Chadwick. In yel- low, Monrovia, Halliday, Omega, Col. Appleton, Yellow Eaton, Golden Wed- ding and Golden Chadwick. In pink, Mrs. Perrin, J. K. Shaw, Mary Mann and Dr. Enguehard. These varieties come into bloom in the order named of each color. The firm expects to plant a number of new varieties this coming season for trial. Adjoining the chrysanthemum section is a division devoted to summer roses, exclusively, and composed of 13 houses, 22 X 300 each, planted in solid benches. The varieties are Kaiserin, the plants of which are two to four years old, Mme. Chatenay, La Detroit and Liberty. All this division of glass i
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