. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AWI08T 28, 1919. The Florists^ Review 21 ington a show garden which should be ba&ed upon the results of the test work carried on at the Arlington Farm. It is believed that this plan of maintaining test plots and show gardens will yield the largest return to the interested rosarians of the country. It is a significant fact that a consider- able portion of the correspondence growing out of the publication of the rose annual has to do with the report of the committee on the behavior of the varieties of roses in the several field test gardens. Mr.
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. AWI08T 28, 1919. The Florists^ Review 21 ington a show garden which should be ba&ed upon the results of the test work carried on at the Arlington Farm. It is believed that this plan of maintaining test plots and show gardens will yield the largest return to the interested rosarians of the country. It is a significant fact that a consider- able portion of the correspondence growing out of the publication of the rose annual has to do with the report of the committee on the behavior of the varieties of roses in the several field test gardens. Mr. McFarland clearly brought this out in his discussion of the matter and commented upon it as a significant indication of the character of information which appealed to rosarians the country over. The im- portance, therefore, of the maintenance of the test gardens such as the one at Arlington is clearly indicated by the reaction of the public to the informa- tion carried in the rose annual. Experimental Work. There will be submitted to the chief of bureau, who we hope will transmit it to the Secretary of Agriculture, an estimate and request for $35,000 to un- dertake work under glass with the standard florists' crops, including roses and carnations in particular, and for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a small bank of greenhouses to be do- voted to investigational work, which may be of benefit to the florists of the country. In addition to this, we are also asking for a small fund to be used in conducting eflSciency tests on the heating plants used by the florists throughout the country, in order that we may cooperate with them in an effort to make their fuel consumption mor> .effi- cient and economical. A preliminary study has been made of the results ob- tained by the florists' and vegetable forcing industries and we are convinced that changes could be made in many heating plants which would effect im- portant advantage to the owners and operators of these plants. It
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