MAY J4. Mm. 



The Weekly Flofists' Review. 



79 J 



I. Yellow I 'rinte ( \ ellow). 

 4. Van der Xeer ( I'lirplel. 



Rtnibrandt i Red). i. Coleiir I'onieati i Ked and Rose/. 

 Collage Maid (Pink and Wliite). 



Diagram of a Tulip Bed at Lincoln Park, Chicago, this Spring. 



It can pe argued from so many dif- 

 ferent 'joints dot after de argument 

 is all ofer it would tatce a Phil.idsl- 

 phia lawyer to find out where we are 

 at und who should pe huns' for nrif;- 

 ing all de drouble. 



We will stard at de Ijeginning off de 

 argumendation; we stard mit de bro- 

 ilucer of de drouljle, de growei'. 

 Dwendy years ago he sdarded in bist- 

 ness mit four houses und a lean-to. 

 mit niaype a gouple off hod-peds unil 

 Oder drouble breeding dewises. He 

 would pring in de market aboud 18 

 Safranos. 24 Sprunts. 35 Bon Silenes, a 

 few La Marques, und a handfuU of 

 short stem De Graw garnations. Dit 

 was all de droubles he eould Indeed in 

 one day. He would hire a small poy 

 to help him carry liis money home, 

 und life mit him was a Ijerfect dream. 

 Look at de same grower to-day. In- 

 stead of IS Safranos, etc., he has IS 

 boxes oft one kind of rose, 24 boxes 

 off anoder, garnations by de dousand. 

 und Oder droubles too numerous do 

 mendion. Still he has de brivilidge 

 off making as mueh droubles as he 

 can; nopody can say <lo him how niiuh 

 he shoult grow or how much he shnult 

 pring in de marked. But don't you 

 dink dot in dimes like de bresent. dot 

 if he was to drow away some of de 

 poor stuft und pring only de goot 

 stuff mit de marked, dot it woult make 

 less droubles? But ilen again, if some 

 gardenrs would drow away de pcoi' 



stuff, dey wouldn't haff any.lings to 

 pring to town. 



I don't dink dot 1 efer saw a glut of 

 good stuff mit de Chicago market. 

 Dit you? But We ofden see stuff dot 

 oughd to pe inspected by de board of 

 health. It oughd to pe fumigated 

 und de puyer oughd to pe waxinated 

 pefore handling de stuff. Dese .gon- 

 ditions pring on de glut. Dis terrible 

 :stuff dot some growers bersist in 

 pringing to town is de cause off all de 

 droubles. It comes to town, und de 

 gommission house must sell it to some- 

 pody; soniepody must sell it to some- 

 pody else, who don't know de differ- 

 ence bedween a rose und a cabbidge, 

 und dere you are. De tlorits who han- 

 dles notings but goot stock gets it 

 "in's gernick." as de l)uplic in chen- 

 eral know as much apoud flowers as 

 an Irishman knows apoud goot sauer 

 kraut. De grower should use a Id- 

 dle chudgement in sending stock mit 

 de market. He should keep liosted on 

 de cheneral .gonditions of dings. Dere 

 are dimes when anydings will sell and 

 again dere are dimes when you can't 

 sell anydings. But as I said pefore, de 

 question can be argumented from so 

 many different boints dot it is hart for 

 anypody to say joost when dese dings 

 are apoud to occur. 



Now, goot, kind glowers, i)lease, oh! 

 please, because de market is glut- 

 ted now, und stock is plenty, don t 

 try to keep it for Decorations Day. as 



mixed pickles nofer can be sold for 

 Mowers. De grower who pickles flow- 

 ers for a holiday, especially in de 

 spring dime, is guilty of griminal ac- 

 tions unri ought to be chudged accord- 

 ingly. Dere will Ite stuff enough— too 

 much, in fact, when we gonsider dot 

 out door (lowers are in great bro- 

 fusion for Decorations Day. You will 

 say, "Well, de buplick will pay any- 

 ding on dot day. so we will cut efery- 

 ding we can und send It to town. " 

 Not so. my tear frients. if de buplick 

 can pe educated, und it remains for 

 you to educate dem. Try it for a 

 while. Try to grow goot (lowers und 

 only go(.t flowers un<l see if your re- 

 durns won't be cliust as goot, if not 

 p< (Ider, dan dey were when you sent 

 a few goot (lowers und a lot of de- 

 cayed wegetables to market. I may be 

 mistaken in my side of de argumen- 

 tation. l)Ut 1 dink it worth a drial. 



Dere are odder sides of de argumen- 

 tation to be cofered lader, but I dink 

 dot dis will suffice until a lader issue, 

 when, if de insburation comes, I will 

 (lake a fall oud of de gommission 

 house, or maype de retail florists. 



Yours as efer, 



FRITZ BLUMENSCHNEIDER. 



PARK AND OUTDOOR ART ASS'N. 



Annual Meeting at Chicago. 



The annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Park and Outdoor Art Associa- 

 tion is to assemble at the Art Insti- 

 tute, Chicago, 111., on ,Iune oth, 6th and 

 Tth, 1900. As a sufficient attendance 

 cannot be guaranteed to secure special 

 railroad rates, each member should 

 make the best terms they can with Ip- 

 cal agents. The Auditorium Annex 

 hotel has been selected as the official 

 headquarters of the association, 

 where rates will range from $1.50 to 

 $4 per day. 



The programme will provide for p.i- 

 pers and discussions at the morning 

 sessions of Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, to which all interested are 

 invited; stereopticon lectures Tuesday 

 and Thursday evenings, to which the 

 pul)lic will l)c specially invited; and 

 visits to the park systems in the aft- 

 ernoons. On Friday there will be an 

 excursion to the drainage canal, or 

 other places can be visited. A ban- 

 quet will also be tendered to the asso- 

 ciation during its sessions. 



Mrs. Edwin D. Mead, of the Twenti- 

 eth Century Club of Boston, will pre- 

 liare a luiper upon municipal improve- 

 ment, which will be reail by President 

 Loring, and Mr. .\lbert Kelsey, presi- 

 dent of the Architectural League of 

 America, will give an address upon the 

 same subject at a joint meeting of the 

 two associations on Thursday evening, 

 June Tth. on which day the annual ses- 

 sion of the Architectural League be- 

 gins. 



A paper prepared by Mrs. Cyrus H. 

 McCormick, of Lake Forest. 111., upon 

 "Landscape Gardens," will be pre- 

 sented. 



Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of The Am- 



