October 2, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



477 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 •Controversy Over Garfield Park Green- 

 houses. 



The subject of the Garfield Park Con- 

 servatories is again before the public 

 and this time in a way that is likely 

 to prove more than a conti-oversy. Ac- 

 cording to the Chicago Tribune of Sep- 

 tember 27, suit may be brought for the 

 ■cost of rebuilding the dome against 

 "the C. E. Carson Co. contractors, by 

 the park commission. The building is 

 .said to be one of the greatest struc- 

 tures in America: was built only two 

 jyears ago and its immense dome has 

 been riddled with holes ever since its 

 'Completion. Its cost was |200,000, aJid 

 the replacing of the dome will cost 

 340,000. The contract called for cop- 

 per, steel and lead for the construction 

 and the park commission blames Jens 

 Jensen, who was at that time superin- 

 tendent of the Chicago Park System, 

 for not seeing that these materials 

 iwere used instead of wood and putty. 

 Mr. Jensen says the park commission 

 should have let the fob to none but 

 experts in greenhouse construction, and 

 Chicago people in the florists' business 

 «ire inclined to look at it in the same 

 way. The framework of the glass is 

 badly warped and allows the glass to 

 fly out in the least wind. Certainly 

 the Garfield Park Conservatories are 

 In no condition to reflect honor upon 

 anyone connected with their erection. 

 Bids have been called for at various 

 times for its reconstruction, but firms 

 specializing in greenhouse construction 

 have been a little slow in responding. 

 The original contract was awarded to 

 the lowest bidder, and this is not the 

 first ciiy to have had a somewhat simi- 

 lar experience. 



Illinois State Fair. 



The State Fair at Springfield, Octo- 

 ber 5th and 6th, is of interest to Chi- 

 •cago florists. It is expected that quite 

 a number of local growers will be ex- 

 hibitors, though the interest in the 

 matter so far has not been so lively 

 as the indticements in the way of pre- 

 miums would warrant, to say nothing 

 •of the advertising their business would 

 get. The premium list covers liberal 

 offers to both professionals and ama- 

 teurs. Geoige Asmus has the matter 



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Chicago Horticultural Society. 



The meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the Chicago Horticultural So- 

 ciety for the purpose of perfecting ar- 

 rangements for the coming flower show 

 took place on the 27th inst., and re- 

 sulted in the appointment of J. H. Bur- 

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 tion was taken on the place, nor the 

 selection of a manager. The date is 

 fixed at November 2-9. 



Personal. 



Percy .Jones, manager of the Flower 

 Growers' Market, is ill at his home in 

 Austin. 



T. Watase, president of the Tokio 

 Plant, Seed and Implement Co. of To- 

 kio, Japan, is in Chicago. 



Frank Higgins, for many years with 

 the selling force of George Reinberg's, 

 is very ill at his home in Bowmanville. 



Chicago Visitors: R. G. Schlotter, 

 Keokuk, la.; H. F. Greve, Dallas, Tex.; 

 Mr. Johnson of Johnson Floral Co., 

 Kendallville, Ind.; E. L. Snyder, El 

 Paso, Tex.; P. N. Obertin and wife, 

 Kenosha, Wis.; E. Amerpohl, Janes- 

 ville. Wis.; E. Haentze, Fond du Lac, 

 Wis.; W. D. Keltic, So. Bend, Ind.; 

 Milo Crozier son of J. G. Crozier, of 

 Cedar Rapids, la. 



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Denver, Colo.— Park Floral Co., 1706 

 Broadway. 



Washington, D. C— Gude Bros., 1214 V 

 St. 



Chicago — Hanswirth, "The Florist," 232 

 Michigan Are. 



Chicago— William J. Smyth, Michigan 

 Ave. and 31st St. 



Chicago— George Wittbold Co., 1657.59 

 Buckingham Place. 



Louisville, Ky. — Jacob Schuiz, 550 Soath 

 Fourth Ave. 



Boston— Thos. F. Galvln, 124 Tremont St. 



Boston — Edward MacMulkln, 194 Boyl- 

 ston St. 



Boston — Hoffman, Florist, 59-61 Massa- 

 chusetts av. 



Boston — Julius A. Zinn, 2 Beacon St. 



Wellesley, Mass.— Tallby. 



Detroit, Mich. — J. Breitmeyer's Sons, 

 Miami and Gratiot Aves. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Samuel Murray, 1071 

 Broadway. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Wm. L. Rock Flower 

 Co.. 1116 Walnut St. 



Albany, N. Y. — H. G. Eyres, 11 N. Pearl 

 St. 



Albany, N. Y.— F. A. Danker, 40 Maiden 

 Lane. 



New York — David Clarke's Sons. 2139- 

 2141 Broadway. 



New York — Alex. McConnell, 571 5th Ave. 



New York— Young & Nugent, 42 W. 28th 

 St. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— Robert G. Wilson, Ful- 

 ton St. and Greene Ave. 



BuJEalo. N. Y.— Palmer's, 304 Main St. 



Montreal, Can. — P. McKenna & Son, St. 

 Catherine and Gay Sts. 



Toronto, Can.— J. H. Dunlop, 96 Yonge St. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Athens, Ga. — T. W. Dennington, of 

 Lavonia, is to start a nursery business 

 here. 



Greenville, Miss. — The Delta Floral 

 Co. have started in the florist business 

 here. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. — Dame Rumor saith 

 that the Brooklyn Wholesale Cut 

 Flower Market is to be opened at the 

 corner of Red Hook lane and Fulton 

 street. 



Newport, R. I. — John P. Hammond, 

 who for several years was gardener for 

 Col. Delancey A. Kane, and more re- 

 cently assistant at th'e E. J. Berwind 

 estate at Newport, R. I., has accepted 

 the position as gardener for Mrs. E. 

 H. G. Slater; James Sharkey having 

 resigned that position. 



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