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HORTICULTURE 



October 9, 190» 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



General News. 



A gem of beauty is the sunken gar- 

 den at the Sears. Roebuck & Co.'s 

 plant on the west side of Chicago. This 

 is one of the largest mail order houses 

 in the world and apparently no ex- 

 pense is spared to beautify their 

 grounds. I'ractically all is done for 

 the pleasure of their 10,000 employes: 

 as their grounds are so extensive, lit-- 

 tie of the gardens can be seen from 

 the streets. A special feature is a 

 pergola. 25 x 125 ft., its artistically 

 shaped roof supported by massive con- 

 crete pillars, which material also 

 forms the floor and steps as well as 

 the entrance to the garden itself. Sixty 

 thousand plants each year are required 

 and from six to twelve men, under Head 

 Gardener Geo. H. Cook, devote their 

 time to the grounds. The banks of 

 the garden are completely hidden by 

 geraniums, begonias, asters, etc., while 

 beyond the banks are shrubs and trees. 



The gardens are beautifully laid out. 

 Beds of various designs, gorgeous with 

 color, all harmoniously arranged to 

 show what a beauty spot can be made 

 in connection with great walls of brick 

 and with a mammoth business enter- 

 prise as the main feature. It is to the 

 credit of the management that the ten- 

 der plants are not allowed to be killed 

 by the frost, but are given to the em- 

 ployes in the fall. 



A greenhouse for the care of their 

 palms, etc., is now in process of con- 

 struction, and others will be built 

 later. If our large cities had more 

 oUch beauty spots as this, what object- 

 It ssons in horticulture they would be 

 to the people! 



The neat invitations sent out by the 

 Wholesale Florists' Employees' Club 

 arc meeting with a ready acceptance. 

 The officers, H. W. Rogers of Weiland 

 & Risch, G. F. Poehlm.ann of Poehl- 



The Chicago Retail Florists' Associa- 

 tion has issued a circular dated Octo- 

 ber 1, to the wholesalers, asking them 

 to refrain from selling to the consum- 

 ers or allow their employees to do so. 

 They also ask that no designs be per- 

 mitted to be made up on their prem- 

 ises. October 9th is the limit in which 

 to send a reply and if none is sent by 



vicinity of Chicago, and though it has 

 been a poor year for out-of-door flow- 

 ers in general, still there are' enough 

 in the average gai'den to supply all 

 ordinary wants. 



Lloyd Vaughan has returned from 

 New York where he has been to look 

 up the violet question for the coming 



Gardens of a Chicago Business House 



The Pergola. 



that time it is to be regarded as a re- 

 fusal to comply. The request is signed 

 by forty-three of the leading retail 

 florists of Chicago. 



A one-story structure for the home 

 of the South Park Commissioners, Chi- 

 cago, is under way and will be en- 

 closed before the snow flies. Supt. J. 

 F. Foster says it will be a model of 

 convenience, with private rooms for 



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season. Mr. Vaughan found things in 

 ihe Rhinebeck district in a flourishing 

 condition and shipnipnts are expected 

 to begin about the middle of Novem- 

 ber. 



A number of Chicago firms will ex- 

 hibit at the State Fair at Springfield 

 this week. The scarcity of floWers has 

 prevented m.any from taking this op- 

 portunity of showing their stock and 

 their skill in handling it. 



The remodeling and repairing of the 

 dome of the Garfield Park Conserva- 

 tories is begun, under the direction of 

 ihe city architect, Henry Seirks. 



Personal. 



Mrs. August Poehlmann is home 

 from a three weeks' stay in the hos- 

 pital, and is fast regaining her health. 



Percy Jones, whom we reported last 

 week as being ill and consequently ab- 

 sent from the Flower Growers' Market 

 of which he is manager, was taken to 

 the hospital a few days ago and after 

 an operation pneumonia set in, making 

 his condition the cause of grave anx- 

 iety. He is said to be on the road to 

 recovery, though still very sick. 



Visitors: A. Leedle, Springfield, O.; 

 Dan. MacRorie. San Francisco, Cal. ; 

 E. A. Petersou, Hoopstown, 111.; John 

 Bourgaise, of North Side Greenhouses, 

 Racine, Wis. 



Gardens of a CiiiCAtio Business House 



Formal 



mann Bros., and J. C. Enders are get- 

 ting everything in shape and at a meet- 

 ing Friday evening will perfect all ar- 

 rangements for elaborate! decorations, 

 etc. The club consists of fourteen 

 members, representing various whole- 

 sale houses in the city and their an- 

 nual events are always a great success. 



Bedding. 



board and secretary and various clubs, 

 and a fine, big. well-lighted place for 

 the work of the engineering depart- 

 ment. It is expected to be ready for 

 occupancy April 1st, 1910. 



The retailers about the city are re- 

 porting very poor business No severe 

 frost has as yet been reported in the 



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