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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 7. 1900. 



An excellent feature of the conven- 

 tion was an extensive display of pho- 

 tograptis sliowing both good and bad 

 worli in landscape garden. ng. Pictures 

 always tell a story more quickly and 

 more convincingly than words. 



Decidedly the most beneficial and 

 [interesting feature of the whole con- 

 |.vention was the lecture by Messrs, J. 

 fH. Patterson and E. L. Shuey. of Day- 

 iton. O.. on Tuesday evening, which was 

 [rendered remarkably effective by the 

 jtgreat number of stereopticon views 

 .that were presented. 

 If Mr. Patterson has been the moving 

 spirit in the great work that has been 

 done by the National Cash Register 

 Co.. of Dayton, O.. in beautifying the 

 grounds around its factory and the 

 homes of its employees. The several 

 points were driven home by pictures 

 showing the appearance of various 

 parts before decorating and the same* 

 soon after the work was done and 

 again when growth had had time to 

 mature. Annuals were largely em- 

 ployed in the planting and the morn- 

 ing glory had been the most important 

 factor. The general public had been 

 invited to be present and no doubt 

 these pictures planted seeds that will 

 later bear fruit. 



"We have found the moral effect of 

 beautifying the homes of our people 

 most gratifying," said Mr. Patterson. 

 ,*'We all know that everyone is influ- 

 enced by his surroundings, and if they 

 are made attractive and beautiful the 

 influence can but be good. On the 

 other hand it will follow that unsight- 

 ly, hideous surroundings will lower 

 the moral, spiritual and physical life 

 of the people. If we cannot make la- 

 bor a pleasure we can at least make 

 the surroundings and conditions more 

 bearable. 



"I believe that the employer of to- 

 day will find that in this very thing he 

 has a problem of the gravest import- 

 ance to cope with. Conditions sinc3 

 the advent of the locomotive and quick 

 transportation have changed immense- 

 ■ly. and we must adapt ourselves to 

 them. In the old days men had small 

 shops and few employes, and they were 

 directly intf rested in their moral and 

 physical welfare. I hold that the man 

 who employs 3,000 men and women 

 has just so much greater a responsi- 

 .bility. and if he can make life brighter 

 Ifor them by showing them how they 

 pan make their homes and small yards 

 ^things of beauty it is his duty to do 



Mr. Shuey said that he had endeav- 



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.ored to collect all the statistics, pho- 

 'tographs and ether informafon that 

 he could of the history of such experi- 

 ments in this country. Ho siid that 

 he had not found the work arduous, 

 from the fact that only about half a 

 dozen great concerns in the entirs 

 country had made any effort whatever 

 to beautify and make their surround- 

 ings artistic and appealing to the eye. 

 He gave a number of views of notable 

 examples of such experiments in Eng- 

 land, and several in this co\intry. 



A movement was started in the 

 morning session which may ultimately 

 result in the establishment of a sys- 

 tem of prizes for stimulating landscape 

 art among the school boards of coun- 

 try towns and among the people in 

 the congested districts of the great 

 cities, A number of the delegate? 

 spoke to the subject informally, and 

 the idea was received with great en- 

 thusiasm. While no definite action 

 was taken, the members of the society 

 hope to put the suggestion in definite 

 form before the convention is brought 

 to a close. 



Wednesday morning was devoted to 

 the reading of essays upon subjects 

 connected with the work of the land- 

 scape gardener and in the evening the 

 visiters were entertained at a banquet 

 at the Auditorium hotel, after having 

 previously enjoyed a ride through the 

 West Park s.vstem. 



Thursdav morning will be devoted to 

 essays and in the afternoon the Lin- 

 coln Park commissioners will give the 

 visitors a view of the north side park. 



On Friday there will be an excur- 

 sion down the drainage canal. 



C3BCAGO. 



The Market. 



The market has been rather quiet 

 since Decoration Day, but stock did not 

 accumulate till last Saturday when 

 the carnations poured in, and we are 

 now in the midst of a bad glut of car- 

 nations of all kinds and of roses of 

 poor grades. Of fine shipping roses, 

 however, there seem to be none too 

 many. On carnations prices are de- 

 moralized and most any old price is 

 made r.ither than let a customer es- 

 cape. American Beauties are very 

 short in supply and consequently in 

 brisk demand. 



There is a lot of patones in t'le 

 market and they are moving rather 

 slowly. The end of the southern crop 

 is now being cleaned up. The flowers 

 from local growers will soon begin to 

 come in and a better quality will then 

 be had. 



Lychnis and cornflowers were noted 

 in quantity at Amling's. The former 

 moves readily, but the latter seem to 

 lag. 



Gladiolus Colvillei alba is being re- 

 ceived freely at Kennicotfs and so far 

 all have found ready sale at $3 a hun- 

 dred. 



Bassett & Washburn and B. H. Hunt 

 report a very heavy shipping trade. 



Various Items. 



Little but routine business was 

 transacted at the meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club last Friday evening. The 

 committee on program was instructed 

 to provide some special features for 

 the next meeting. 



Wietor Bros, are giving the'r sales- 

 room an overhauling and repainting. 



Peter Reinberg has enlarged his 

 salesroom slightly by removing a par- 

 tition at the rear. 



Poehlmann Bros, expect to have 

 their new houses ready for planting 

 by July 1. 



Chicago is surely a convention city 

 this year. The Park and Outdoor Art 

 Association is in session here this 

 week, and the seedsmen and nursery- 

 men will be with us next week 



Mr. Jos. Reeve, formerly of this city 

 but now with Mr. J. C. Murray, at 

 Peoria, paid his old friends in this 

 city a visit last Saturday and Sun^.a^.-. 



D. C. Noble, Columbia C:ty, Inn., was 

 a visitor last Tuesday. He purchased 

 glass and other building material 

 while here. 



Among those in attendance at the 

 convention of the Park and Outdoor 

 Art Association is Mr. Wm. Scott of 

 Buffalo, the well known florist of that 

 city and superintendent of the Flori- 

 cultural department of the Pan-Amer- 

 ican Exposition. 



At Lincoln Park. 



The hardy garden at Lincoln Park is 

 now gay with bloom. The aquilegias 

 are in full flower and in great variety. 

 The early red paeony is contributing 

 its bit of glowing color, while all other 

 sorts are showing a mass of buds. The 

 German irises are beautiful — great 

 clumps of yellow, blue and other col- 

 ors. The dodecatheons are passing 

 away, as is also the native phlox and 

 the wild geranium, but the hemero- 

 callis is showing the advance guard of 

 its army of yellow flowers, and the or- 

 ange scarlet of the oriental poppy is 

 beginning to light up dark spots, while 

 the modest forget-me-not peeps up in 

 unexpected places. 



In shrubs the lilacs are almost out of 

 flower, but the snowballs are still in 

 fine bloom and Spiraea Van Houtteii 

 is a mass of white. This spiraea 

 should be in the grounds of every 

 florist. At the park it thrives finely 

 in all sorts of situations, while many 

 of the other spiraeas have died out. 

 The loniceras are gay with bloom. 

 Grandiflora is certainly far superior to 

 the old tartarica. But by far the 

 handsomest objects in the park at 

 present are several specimens of the 

 double flowering crab-apple. They 

 are certainly grand and are as beauti- 

 ful as anything well can be, the 

 flowers resembling small double deli- 

 cate pink wide open roses. Wiegela 

 rosea is seen as an occasional speci- 

 men, but many that have been plant- 

 ed in the park have passed away. It 

 is hoped that some recent new plant- 

 ings will have a better fate. 



In the parterre are to be seen beds of 

 pink, white and purple stocks bordered 

 with pyrethrum aureum, beds of pan- 

 sies and daisies, also geraniums, can- 

 nas. petunias, verbenas: and several 

 carpet beds are being planted. Against 

 the terrace in front of the conserva- 

 tory is seen the flag in much the same 

 form as illustrated in the Review 

 summer before last, only there are 

 now added the words, "Welcome, G. 

 A. R.," that organization meeting in 

 this city this year. Several beds of 



