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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



665 



Easter Window Decoration of Mr. W. L. Rock, Kansas City, Mo. 



S., 175; G. Troup. 164; G. McClure. 138; 

 C. P. Christensou, lit); J. Rolker, 115. 

 Two lowest paid, but that was onl.v a 

 part of it. There is something about 

 the beauty of the country just now 

 that everything you see or hear has a 

 charm, and we all enjoyed it, for we 

 don't get much recreation just now, I 

 assure you. 



What has struck the venerable Mr. 

 Harris of Philadelphia that he should 

 far surpass in his score a lot of young 

 athletes? We have all heard of Abra- 

 ham Lincoln wanting to know the par- 

 ticular brand that General Grant ufed. 

 We don't want to know the brand, but 

 We should like to know what elixir of 

 life the deacon has got holil of. We 

 are not envious, we rejoice in his nerve 

 and muscle and skill and see in it a 

 possibility of ourselves returning to 

 something like our old form, but the 

 news from Corfu yesterday that I am 

 for the third time a grandpa to an- 

 other little girl handicaps us still 

 heavier. 



Pan-American Ne« s. 



The long continued cold weather and 

 frozen ground kept surface work on 

 the grounds in abeyance till nearly the 

 middle of April. The past week's 

 warm weather has produced great act- 

 ivity on the grounds, and Mr. R. Ul- 

 rich has now five or six hundred men 

 busy in many parts of the grounds, be- 

 sides many hundreds on contract 

 work. In spite of frozen ground h\in- 

 dreds of large trees have b;en planted 

 this winter, including many Lombardy 

 poplars, which will be in keeping w:th 



the architecture of some of the build- 

 ings. 



Work on the lagoons and canals has 

 progressed all winter and is nearing 

 completion. The contracts for several 

 of the largest buildings have been as- 

 signed and the foundations are going 

 in. The winter has been favorable for 

 the poplai's and willows planted last 

 fall, and by the summer of 1901 the 

 whole grounds will be encircled by a 

 pleasing belt of trees and shrubs en- 

 tirely hiding from view unsightly 

 fences. The southern one hundred 

 acres of the grounds is the beautiful 

 lake region of Delaware Park. Few, if 

 any, points in the public parks of this 

 country surpass in true landscape 

 beauty our "Gala Water, " and its 

 wooded banks and magnificent drives. 



In this portion of the grounds, on a 

 commanding site, will be situated the 

 Art Gallery to be used during the Ex- 

 position, but a magnificent permanent 

 building, the noble gift of our truly 

 public spirited citizen, J. .1. Albright. 

 Mr. Albright's gift in round liguros 

 will reach half a million. On the north 

 of the lake will be the New York State 

 building, which at the close of the Ex- 

 position will be given for their perpet- 

 ual use, to the Buffalo Historical Soci- 

 ety, The Pan-American includiii.g, as 

 it does, some of the handsomest por- 

 tions of the park, has necessitated 

 some costly improvements, chiei! of 

 which is a commodious and handsome 

 bridge spanning the lake at its west- 

 ern end. It is thus early very evident 

 to see that in the adornment and em- 

 bellishment of the grounds and idant- 



ing in harmony with the style of arch- 

 itecture, the bright tinting of t'le 

 buildings, and gayne.-^s of the flower 

 beds, that the Pan-Ameiican in hcrti- 

 cultural taste and beauty will surpass 

 any previous effort in this country. 



The writer thinks he knows a good 

 thing when he sees it, and of all good 

 things connected with this great un- 

 dertaking, there is nothing inspires 

 confidence combined with encourage- 

 ment more than the pcrsonaliiy of the 

 Director General, Hon. William I. 

 Buchanan. With marvelous executive 

 ability and a world-wide kiiowl.dge of 

 men and affairs, his inti..'ate knowl- 

 edge of the South American countries, 

 his splendid diplomatic career, and Iiis 

 great record from the World's Fair, 

 makes him pre-eminently the riaa to 

 carry the Pan-American to a glorious 

 consummation. W.'vl. SCOT'l". 



•WINDOW DECORATION. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of the Easter win- 

 dow decoration of Mr. W. L. Rock, 

 Kansas City, Mo. As usual, the pic- 

 ture does not do the subject justice, it 

 seeming impossible to photograph sat- 

 isfactorily through a plate glass win- 

 dow. 



The cross in the center was of lyco- 

 podium with sprays of euphorbia (pop- 

 ularly known as crown of thorns), and 

 Asparagus Sprengeri and bleeding 

 hearts at the base. The garland of 

 longiflorum lilies is readily seen. The 

 window also contained some very 

 pretty specimens of Crimson, White, 

 and Pink Ramblers and various other 

 plants. 



The general effect was most excel- 

 lent and the window was greatly ad- 

 mired. 



CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening one new member 

 (Mr. Walter Retzer) was elected and 

 the transportation committee reported 

 progress. 



The coal question was brought up 

 for discussion by President Harts- 

 horne, who believed that the members 

 who were large users of coal might 

 find it decidedly to their advantage to 

 get together and make their purchases 

 jointly. The matter was discussed by 

 Messrs. Broadbeck and Rudd, and it 

 developed that the former had been 

 paying much more than the latter for 

 the same kind of coal. Indiana block 

 coal had cost the latter ?2.10 a ton, 

 while others had paid prices ranging 

 from $2.35 up to $3.10. The difficulty 

 of securing delivery from the middle 

 December on, always claimed to be due 

 to a shortage of cars, was mentioned, 

 and Mr. Rudd said he had made it a 

 point to put in enough coal in the fall 

 to carry him through into March, by 

 which time there was. not apt to be 

 any trouble in securing prompt deliv- 

 ery. 



He was strongly in favor of the pro- 



