. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 654 The American Florist. Nov. 2g, is elegant. Murphy's White, a fringed variety, Gov. Wolcott, another large white, and Sunbeam complete the carna- tion list, vi^ith a few unnamed seedlings. The resumption of the use of coal for fuel in place of oil, which has been in use here for the past fourteen years, is explained by the constantly rising price of the latter, which cost when first used, 56 cents per barrel and has now attained the exhorbitant figure of $ per bar- rel. It was also noted that as the price a
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 654 The American Florist. Nov. 2g, is elegant. Murphy's White, a fringed variety, Gov. Wolcott, another large white, and Sunbeam complete the carna- tion list, vi^ith a few unnamed seedlings. The resumption of the use of coal for fuel in place of oil, which has been in use here for the past fourteen years, is explained by the constantly rising price of the latter, which cost when first used, 56 cents per barrel and has now attained the exhorbitant figure of $ per bar- rel. It was also noted that as the price advanced the quality of the oil kept get- ting worse and although well equipped with storage tanks, it was thought the return to the use of lump coal at about $3 per ton would be an advantageous change even although the change neces- sitated building the chimneys higher at considerable expense and requiring addi- tional help for firemen. We next visited Robert Klegge's place, close by, where it is well known that first quality stock is the rule and not the exception. This place consists of thirteen modern houses covering an area of about 70,000 square'feet heated by steam sup- plied by three boilers of an aggregate of 175 horse-power. One house was built the present season, 31x150, and of similar construction to those of the new Breitmeyer range. Mr. Klegge's specialty is violets and this year 20,000 clean, vigorous plants greeted the visitors. Two varieties are grown in about eijual quantity, Marie Louise and Farquhar. Many bottomless pots are in use and Mr. Klegge had nothing but words of praise for them and will use them more extensively next year, although he says a little more labor is entailed by their use when the violets are first planted. In carnations, one house of 2,000 Lawsons and another of 1,000 of same variety were particularly fine and he may feel justly proud of them, as well as of a house of Morning Glory, which was strikingly beautiful. A house of Cerise Queen
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