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HORTICULTURE 



February 8, TP13 



Cherries Are Ripe, We Have Them 



Only a short time left for you to display the 

 cherries to commemorate George Washington's 

 Anniversary. A little bunch attached to your 

 boxes, also tied and arranged on the handle of 

 baskets will attract attention. Try some. They 

 will prove very fetching. 



The dainty two-tone baskets in London tints 

 are in great demand for Easter work. Send for 

 sample order; our selection will be a pleasing one. 

 Combination tints, white and pink, nile and white. 



yellow and white, lavender and white and many 

 other ones it desired. It may appear early to ad- 

 vertise Easter baskets but these take time to get 

 ready. 



Plenty of Waterproof Crepe Paper in the import- 

 ed kind, which is the best. All good flower shades. 

 Pleated Crepe Paper, the accordion effect, is still 

 in popular demand. Magnolias, Green, Brown and 

 Red, prepared and selected, of uniform stock. 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Promising New Carnations. 



The Chicago Carnation Company re- 

 ceived two lots of seedling carnations 

 last week from A. Jablonsky, Olivette, 

 Mo., and C. Akehurst & Son, White 

 Marsh, Md. Two variegated varieties, 

 both white with deep pink pencilings. 

 were in the first lot coming by parcel 

 post and arriving in good condition 

 and looking still better two days later. 

 One will be named Thos. A. Edison 

 and the other Variegated Enchantress, 

 and both will be disseminated in 1915. 

 Those from C. Akehurst & Son in 

 eluded No. 45. a large full pink of Rose 

 Enchantress shade, a very striking 

 flower with good calyx and stiff stem, 

 and No. 40, of Lawson shade and type 

 and not so large a flower, but with 

 good stiff stem. No. 105 is a yellow, 

 variegated with cerise. These are in 

 their second year. They were forty- 

 eight hours on the way, but revived 

 and showed up well later and appear 

 very promising varieties. 



Pots and pans of bulbous stock are 

 now seen extensively in the retail 

 stores. In tulips Proserpine for light 

 red, Mon. Tresor for yellow, and for 

 early light pink La Matelas are the 

 varieties used, for growers to not use 

 the same as for cut flowers. The 

 larger and later varieties for pans 

 have not put in an appearance yet. 

 for forcing causes considerable loss. 

 In spite of the annual cry of "never 

 again," more bulbs appear to have 

 been grown for cut flowers this year 

 than ever before. Many of the novel- 

 ties advocated by the bulb salesmen 

 for early forcing are being tried out 

 here, but not successfully. 



Easter and the Lilies. 



With Easter so early, March .23, the 

 lily situation is of more than usual 

 interest at this time. In Chicago and 

 vicinity the probabilities are strong 

 that many growers will fail to get 

 their lilies in on time while reports 

 from those who have been through the 

 Middle West recently would indicate 

 the same condition outside. In and 

 about Chicago, Harrlsii has been 

 grown but little of late years and re- 

 cently multiflorums have shown so 



much disease that they are being 

 dropped also. Formosums, coming 

 early, are grown a little more exten- 

 sively this year but the main depen- 

 dence of the growers is upon Gigan- 

 teum, which though later than the oth- 

 ers, seems more free from disease and 

 when it can be gotten in on time is 

 more generally satisfactory. Some of 

 the largest growers seem to have 

 timed it about right, if one can tell so 

 far ahead and the probabilities are 

 that lovers of the Easter flower will 

 not be deprived of them in Chicago, 

 but a lily salesman last week stated 

 that many growers in the West, with- 

 out facilities for extreme forcing will 

 fail to have their stock in on time. 



Trade Notes. 



Many of the women's clubs of the 

 city are including in their programs 

 lectures, etc., along horticultural lines. 

 The Ridge Club has a regular floricul- 

 tural department and this week en- 

 joyed a lecture by Dr. .1. M. Coulter 

 of the University of Chicago on "Plant 

 Relations." 



J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, had 

 a plant of the new begonia, "Melior." 

 which is not yet disseminated, on ex- 

 hibition at E. C. Amling's. where it 

 was much admired. It makes a heav- 

 ier growth and has larger flowers 

 which are a trifle deeper in shade than 

 the Glory of Cincinnati. 



George Asmus, manager for Schiller, 

 Florist, has secured a lon.g lease on 

 the store formerly occupied by L. Ko- 

 ropp, 4509 Evanston avenue, and will 

 take possession at once, putting it in 

 first-class condition. The plan is to 

 sell or close up the Jackson Boulevard 

 store and to operate this one and the 

 Madison street store. The new acqui- 

 sition is in a very desirable north side 

 locality near Wilson avenue. 



Personal. 



Ed. Vilter is no longer seen at the 

 packing counter at Zeck & Mann's. 



Joe Weis is again able to be at his 

 store at 3445 Southport avenue after 

 a seige with diphtheria. 



Mrs. C. M. Dickinson and son, Don- 

 ald, left Tuesday for St. Louis. Mo., 

 where Donald will enter a military 

 school. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. are using 

 a third-page advertisement in one of 

 the local dailies to keep trade stimu- 

 lated as Lent appears. 



Albert Cole says his wife's good 

 nursing is responsible for his reap- 

 pearance at the Amling Company's 

 store again. He married a nurse but 

 four weeks before a severe attack of 

 scarlet fever. 



The many friends of Wm. J. Smyth 

 are pleased to learn vhat he is able 

 to leave St. Luke's Hospital where he 

 has been since his serious accident, 

 December 13th. He will be confined 

 to his home, however, for some time. 



T. T. Clark, bookkeeper and assist- 

 ant manager for E. H. Hunt, and Miss 

 Helen Soderberg, of Chicago, were 

 married, Februa'ry 1st, and left for a 

 short wedding trip. Mr. Clark's new 

 dignity will make it harder than ever 

 to walk with bowed head, a thing ne- 

 cessary in the office owing to his 

 height, but his smile will not be the 

 less frequent. Mr. and Mrs. Clark 

 will live at 47th street and Lawrence 

 avenue. 



Visitors; F. P. Myers, of Chestnut 

 Hill. Pa.; R. W. Peterson and J. A. 

 Peterson, Cincinnati; Mr. Sf tippy, of 

 Stuppy Floral Co.. St. Joseph, Mo. 



CINCINNATI NOTES. 



E. G. Gillett's birthday anniversary 

 was on Ground Hog Day. On the 

 evening before he was surprised by 

 manv of his friends and neighbors. 



Visitors; Lester F. Benson, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind.; Miss Patten, of the Pat- 

 ten Flower Store; Wm. Gardner, New 

 Castle, Ind. 



Although the inaugural ball and sim- 

 ilar festivities have been tabooed by 

 President-elect Wilson, there are sev- 

 eial plums to be handed the Washing- 

 ton florists and landscape gardeners 

 in the way of decorations. The flrst 

 contract thus far reported is one au- 

 thorizing C. H. Merryman to furnish 

 the 30-foot cedar trees which are to be 

 banked on either side ot the Presi- 

 dent's reviewing stand. This contract 

 will figure in the neighborhood of 

 $1,000. 



