March 22, 1913 



llORTICULTUEE 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Tree Planting. 

 The ladies of the Municipal Art 

 League are sending out their an- 

 nouncements to residents of the vari- 

 ous city streets regarding the planting 

 of shade trees this spring. Any one 

 can place the order with the chairman 

 and be assured that the work will be 

 done right. Trees planted last fall 

 by the committee will be replaced if 

 not satisfactory. This practical way 

 of improving an entire street at a 

 time, promises well and property 

 owners are responding. The Muni- 

 cipal Art League has a lecture each 

 month from October to April, in the 

 Art Insititute and this month it is 

 on The Promotion of Tree Planting. 

 Dr. Frank Johnson of Glen EUyu 

 and J. H. Prost, city forester, will 

 give illustrated talks. 



Easter Plants. 



This year it took an extra amount 

 of pluck, forethought and energy, 

 always required in considerable quan- 

 tity, to bring the Easter plants to 

 just the right stage of development, 

 to meet the very early Easter. At 

 Oechslin's a house of hydrangeas was a 

 revelation of what the new French 

 varieties mean when grown properly 

 and are a most desirable supplement 

 to the two prime favorites for Easter, 

 lilies and azaleas. Genistas, this 

 year, are particularly good and are 

 masses of golden bloom. The store 

 windows contained rather less of the 

 fantastically trained rose plants than 

 have been ofifered heretofore, the boat 

 and balloon type being very scarce 

 while the more graceful basket effects 

 met with popular approval. Freaks 

 are being passed by for tasty arrange- 

 ments. The bulbous stock is offered 

 In such attractive window boxes, shal- 

 low baskets, etc., that it forms a 

 considerable part of the total sales. 

 When the extra shelving and tables 

 contain such an array of potted stock 

 It is no wonder that the sale of cut 

 flowers is facing hard competition. 



Trade Items. 



Green carnations were not seen on 

 the street as frequently as In past 

 years, the retailers stating that they 

 were used more as favors and in deco- 

 rations for social events. 



The special shamrock boxes, holding 

 two potted plants, seemed to meet 

 with favor. This was a new addition 

 to the offerings this year. It opened 

 trunk fashion and had holes in the 

 tray into which the pots fitted. The 

 only criticism might be the shade of 

 green inside the box, which took the 

 color out of the shamrock. 



It affords both surprise and amuse- 

 ment to see how plants are handled 

 in the big department stores. The lily 

 plants a year ago were frequently torn 

 to shreds by rough handling. This 

 week the writer watched the sale of 

 the small shamrock plants and was 

 shocked to see a clerk fill an order 

 for a dozen by taking a paper bag and 

 dropping the plants one by one into 

 the bag. Each one landed with a 

 thud, the top of the bag was given 

 a twist and the mass of jars and 

 broken foliage turned over to the cus- 

 tomer. One store sold 45,000 sham- 

 rock plants and could have used more. 



A new "Flower Market" sign blos- 

 somed out Saturday and it is large, 

 showy and "different." It is in the 



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' WE EXTEND OUR 



EASTER GREETINGS 



TO OUR OLD AND NEW FRIENDS 



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For their generous and loyal support given us. Our efforts have 

 been-fully sustained by your liberal patronage. Your appreciation 

 of our successsul efforts to furnish the connpletest, brightest and 

 best line of Supplies ever distributed in the United States for an 

 Easter period, stimulates us to still further efforts for the future. 

 Watch for our new offerings from time to time as the season ad- 

 vances. Our aim is always to do better, to deserve your 

 confidence. 



H. BAYERSDORFER & CO. 



THE "^^^gg JlE^^r'-'' AMERICA 

 1 1 29 Arch Street - - Philadelphia, Pa. 



HART MAKES HANDLES FOR POTS 



With Paper or Porto Rican Mats They Make Baskets. These 

 are the Well-Known HART'S HANDY HANDLES. 



Shipments are being made daily eastward to Boston, 

 westward to San Francisco — and everywhere else . 

 Once used always used, because they are SO HANDY. 



Prices per dozen— No. I, S2.S0 ; No. 2, liJ.50 ; No. 3, &4.00 ; 

 No. 4, &5.00; N«. 5, i6.00. 



GEORGE B. HART, 24 Stone Stjochester, N.Y. 



Do Nol Take An; Fake ( 

 Silkal " "■ 



JOHN 



Silkal 



also Is made In all 



The MEYKR Oretn 



SILRALINE 



Used by Retail Florists for mossing funeral 

 designs, tying bunches, etc., is 



THE ONLI ARTICIE THAT SBOCID BE DSED 



by Growers for stringing Sniilax and Asparagus, as it 

 will nof fade or rot in the greenhouse. The Meyer 

 Silkaline was the first green thread to be introduced 

 among Florists and Growers. It is handled by the best 

 houses everywhere, but it should be ordered by name — 

 Meyer's Silkaline — to be sure of getting the genuine 

 article. I)o not accept substitutes. 



If your jobber cannot supply you, order direct of the 



manufacturers. Price for any size or color, $1.25 per 



lb. Sizes, "F"' fine, "FF" medium, and '"FFF" coarse. 



Lowell Thread Mills, I AUfCI I 11 II C C 



1495 Middlesex St.. LUfffCLLf IflAdOl 



teadinfi colors, as Violet, for bnnching Tiolets. and also for tying fancy boxes 



MEYER & CO., 



new store rented by J. Muir, who has 

 also two retail stores on the South 

 Side, and i* is located in the Goddard 

 Building, just completed, at the corner 

 of "Wabash avenue and Monroe street. 

 The name is The Flower Market, and 

 a large picture of a greenhouse with 

 the inscription, "From the grower to 

 the consumer," is conspicuous in the 

 window. Mr. Bohannon will have the 

 use ot the store till after Easter. With 



the opening of the new Williams' 

 Flower Store in the same building, 

 two weeks ago, and with J. Mangel 

 and H. Rowe in the same block, that 

 section is well covered by the retail 

 trade. 



Visitors: John Bergstrom, Rockport, 

 111.; R. C. Reicher, Michigan City, Ind.; 

 R. J. Currie. Milwaukee, Wis.; A. L.. 

 Glaser. Dubuque,. la.; J. M. Hoffman. 

 La Porte, Ind. 



