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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_18_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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May 24, 1906. The Weekly Florists' Review. 15 classes. He served one year as park com- missioner and aided in beautifying the city, as well as in the ornamentation of private grounds and stocking private conservatories. The funeral took place Friday afternoon, May 18, from his late residence, and was largely attended, fifty members of the St. Louis Florists' Club being present to pay their last respects to a fellow member. The floral designs were many and beautiful. Mr. Schray was married forty-nine years and leaves a wife and two sons, Emil and Julius. A host of friends in the trade mourn his loss. His two sons will continue the business at the old stand. J. J. B. Anthony Cook. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." It did all those for Anthony Cook, who lived the simple life to the age of 90 years. He died May 13, at his home for half a century, 1124 West Mulberry street, Baltimore. Born January 6, 1817, in Derkheimer, near Hartz-on-the-Rhine, Germany, and the son of a florist to a royal family, Mr. Cook ran away from home to escape a condition unbearable to this lover of flowers—sen'ice in the army. He ar- rived in New York when about 21 years old. Thence he went to Philadelphia and worked for a year as an assistant gardener. He then located in Baltimore. His first step was to rent an acre on Lexington street near Carrollton avenue, which at that time was a thinly set- tled section. Beginning in a modest way, lie carried his first crops to Lexington market in a wheelbarrow. Later he was able to buy a horse and wagon, and in the course of time he bought his land. The building of houses then encroached upon this acre, and, receiving a good ofl'er for his property, he moved into what he considered the country, and bought the property on Mulberry street, which took up most of the block between Carrollton and Arlington avenues. Here he has remained and made a fortune and at the same time an honored name. His long life he often attributed to his regu- lar habits and domesticity. It was his invariable habit to rise at 5 a. m., break his fast at 6, lunch at noon and dine again at 6 p. m. At 7:30 he was in bed. Mr, Cook often claimed to have brought the first zonal geraniums to this country, and he also always insisted that the rose which we now all know as American Beauty originated on his place, finding its way thence to the Bancroft garden and later to Field's. It is cer- tain that Mr. Cook raised years ago thousands of seedling roses. Many of these went out in such ways that he lost track of them, but some he named and introduced to the trade. Best known of these is the tea rose Cornelia Cook, raised in 1855 and named for a daugh- ter. The family was at that time known as Koch, not having as yet adopted the English form of the name. Mr. Cook is survived by two children, Charles Cook and Cornelia Cook. Eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchil- dren also survive him. The son has for some years conducted the business. New Castle, Ind.—Peter Weiland, of Weiland & dinger, say that in their field of several acres of peonies the un- seasonable weather spoiled the buds on all but three or four varieties and the ^•rop is almost a total failure. There has been no rain in May.
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Anthony Cook. COLORS FOR FRONT. Knowing you receive scores of queer inquiries, I will add one to the list, which I think Gertrude Blair can handle with ease. I am about to place a new large front window in my store; twelve feet long; door at the north. Am under a private dwelling, occupying the ground floor. I wish to paint the front of the building, shutters included, two stories above the store. What would be the most striking colors of paint to use? I wish to keep all the woodwork of the store, window, door, etc., white. What colors should be usea? S. T. R. The most "striking" color is not, perhaps, the one which is in best taste. The general opinion is that the hand- somest store front in New York is that at the Bosary, which is entirely covered, except for the glass, with birch-bark. If a loud color is wanted, paint it red or yellow, with the white trimmings. A harmonious but softer combination would be olive green with white. A good house painter would be better able to offer advice. Gertrude Blair. MoBERLY, Mo.—Mrs. R. S. Estill has succeeded to the business of Miss Ham- ilton. MiDDLETOW^N, O.—Some reckless law- breaker lost considerable blood by break- ing into the greenhouse of Henry Behr- ens. May lo. The blood on the glass and ground showed that he must have injured himself quite badly. Greenhouse Beating. A HEATING PROBLEM. I have a greenhouse 20x48, east and west, on low ground. I wish to build on the east end, on a higher level, an addition 20x24. Twenty-five feet east of the new greenhouse is a two-story dwelling. I have a Kroeschell No. 1 boiler located in the west end of the line. Will it be practicable to heat the three buildings with this system, the pipes being on different levels? What size flows and returns must I use for the greenhouses, and what size for the dwel- Mng? How can I protect the junder- ground pipes between dwelling and greenhouse, and also those under the dwelling, the ground freezing to a depth of three or four feet? Can I use mani- folds for hot water in the returns in the greenhouses? How much incline should the flows and returns have, and where should the air cocks, and valves for regu- lating temperature be placed? What size should the expansion tank be, and where should it be located? M. J. B. While I have never piped a house with a step of this character in it with hot water, I see no reason why it cannot be successfully accomplished by carrying the riser under the ridge to the far end of the new house, malcing a step in it by the use of 45 's where the difference in level occurs. At the far end of the house, break it up to supply three built

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