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HORTICULTURE 



November 20, 1909 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 City Improvements. 



An ortlinance, which if passed, will 

 put every flower stand oft every street 

 in Chicago, was presented by Alder- 

 man Cerniac, Nov. 8th, and was re- 

 ferred to the judiciai-y committee. The 

 j)roposed ordinance provides that no 

 obstructions be permitted on side- 

 walks and those now issued shall be 

 revoked. War on suib-sidewalk space 

 also is promised to come later. 



By order of the council, Ohioago 

 will reclaim about 2,000 acres of sub- 

 merged land lying in the Hyde Lake 

 district, between 117th and llSth 

 streets. In few places is there more 

 than 18 in. of water. It now belongs 

 to the state and an ice company is 

 endeavoring to obtain possession of it. 

 "When properly filled it will make a 

 fine park and this valuable land should 

 not be allowed to slip into the hands 

 of private interests," says Alderman 

 Jones who succeeded in getting the 

 ordinance passed. 



A petition for widening Michigan 

 avenue and the boulevarding of the 

 east foi-t> feet between Jackson boule- 

 vard and Randolph has been presented 

 to the council. 



The annual meeting of the' Outdoor 

 Improvement Association will be held 

 at Champaign. 111., Nov. 18th and llitli. 

 Pres. James of the University of Illi- 

 nois is much interested in this work 

 and sent a special request to Mayor 

 Busse to be present or to send a lep- 

 resentation. 



Florists whose greenhouses are in 

 close proximity to the railroads as 

 well as all florists who desire to see 

 Chicago more beautiful are just now 

 greatly interested in the war againsl 

 smoke. Smoke Inspector Paul P. Bird 

 at a meeting last week was warmly 

 congratulated on his success. Among 

 other things Mr. Bird says, "It is won- 

 derful how the public has awakened. 

 Two years ago it was luke warm, now 

 it is red hot." Mr. Bird said it would 

 be well to have a school for men who 

 do furnace firing in Chicago, as they 

 do in England 



Chicago City Gardens Association 

 will put 400 families in the way of 

 raising their own vegetables on vac- 

 ant lands next summer. Classes in 

 gardening will be held this winter. 

 The returns on the Harvester tract for 

 the past season averaged $25 for each 

 plot and expenses averaged $G. 95 

 per cent, of those taking plots carried 

 the work through. 



The Outdoor Art League of Chicago, 

 placed 5,000 window boxes the past 

 year and compelled a number of own- 

 ers of smoking chimneys to repair 

 their furnaces. 



Milwaukee Show. 



A number of the leading giowers of 

 Chicago exhibited at Milwaukee last 

 week and some of them brought back 

 various prizes. 



Bassett & Washburn took first on 

 Rhea Reid rose, 1st on seedling car- 

 nation No. 36, and 1st on O. P. Bas- 

 sett carnation in two classes, the best 

 100 red, and the best variety dissem- 

 inated in 1909. any color. 



About thirty Chicago florists at- 

 tended the banquet at Milwaukee giv- 



en by the Milwaukee Florists' Club 

 and had a royal good time, returning 

 home Sunday evening after witnessing 

 the close of the first big show held in 

 Milwaukee. It was pronounced by all 

 to have been a great success as an 

 exhibit and when the financial returns 

 are in no doubt the balance will be 

 on the right side. 



A. C. Brown of Springfield, 111., 

 originator and introducer of carnation 

 Sangamo, is a Chicago visitor on his 

 way home from the Milwaukee show, 

 where he exhibited his prize winning 

 carnation Sangamo. At the Chicago 

 and the St. Louis shows this flower 

 took first prizes. It is* a beautiful 

 light pink. 



Notes. 



The late chrysanthemums are just 

 coming In, Timothy Eaton and Golden 

 Dome being the first arrivals. 



A. E. Hunt of Park Ridge is showing 

 a fine vase of the Mary Tolman car- 

 nation at the Flower Growers' Market. 

 Mr. Hunt is the originator of this car- 

 nation and is pleased with Its suc- 

 cess at the Milwaukee show last week, 

 where it received 1st prize in the class 

 in which it was entered. It is a 

 beautiful light pink with deeply 

 fringed petals. 



Chicago papers of last week an- 

 nounce the bankruptcy of the Emma 

 Eaton Flower Shop with liabilities of 

 $25,620.00 and assets $315.00. 



Harry Rowe, speaking for the retail 

 business says he thinks we are slowly 

 getting over the effects of the financial 

 depression and believes that the busi- 

 ness of the retail florist should be 

 judged by the sale of flowers outside 

 of the funeral trade. He is right. 



The Bohanan Floral Co. had their 

 large window adorned entirely in yel- 

 low and brown this week and the effect 

 was very pleasing and seasonable. 



"The Flower Growers' Market will 

 have $30,000 spent on its improvement 

 in the spring," says the new manager 

 John Sinner. The present narrow 

 stairs will be replaced by two modern 

 stairways and a better elevator will 

 be installed.. 



Harry Clifton, of 373 N. 48th avenue, 

 will soon have the new front to his 

 retail store completed, making a great 

 improvement. 



Another meeting of the retailers was 

 held at the Flower Growers' Market, 

 Nov. 11, to discuss the question of 

 their exclusive right to the retail 

 trade. A committee was appointed to 

 draft a set of resolutions and report 

 at the next meeting. 



DURING RECESS. 



The Chicago Bowling Club had a 

 spirited contest last Friday evening. 

 The score was as follows: 

 Carnations 7CS 708 715 



TS. 



Roses 758 611 686 



Orchids 673 661 680 



vs. 

 Violins 692 768 721 



Chairman F. R Pierson of the S. A. 

 F. Flower Show Committee has ap- 

 pointed E. A. Stroud of Overbrook to 

 succeed Edwin Lonsdale, whose re- 

 moval to California has made a va- 

 cancy on the committee. 



A SUGGESTION FOR FALL PLANT- 

 ING. 



I have often wondered why it is that 

 floiists serving suburban customers— 

 those that have more or less garden 

 space about their homes — do not make 

 a greater cttoit to develop a demand 

 lor hardy material. They work hard 

 to push the sale of bedding plants at 

 a time of the year when all are more 

 than busy, cccup\ing greenhouse room 

 and expensive help, with cost of pots, 

 etc., added and at prices that scarcely 

 moro than cover the expense of rais- 

 ing the stuff, yet they pay no attention 

 to the opportunity for a good profit 

 calling for no expense in time or labor 

 which lies in selling lily of the valley 

 roots in fall and other things which 

 are easily cared for in the garden, such 

 as the irises, and yield a profusion of 

 beautiful fragrant flowers. Everybody 

 likes these things, and the only reason 

 why they are not planted everywhere 

 l.«! that the florist does not bring them 

 forward properly. Brother florist, try 

 it. Set forth to your customers the 

 cheapness of these roots, the ease with 

 which they can be grown on any kind 

 of soil in shade or sunshine, one plant- 

 ing sufficing tor several years, increas- 

 ing fast, giving a profusion of fine 

 flowers and not requiring the care and 

 expense of keeping bedding plants at- 

 tr.actlve. I have noticed In HORTI- 

 CULTURE'S advertisements how 

 cheaply the above mentioned and simi- 

 lar stock can be bought in quantity, 

 leavingl a good profit on retail sales, 

 and I know from my own experience 

 how little effort It takes to talk the 

 people into buying and giving orders 

 for planting. There is still time to 

 do considerable this fall. ' McA. 



PERSONAL. 



Arthur Bodwell has taken a position 

 with J. H. Ti-oy, New York. He was 

 formerly gardener on the estate of the 

 late William Barr, Llewellyn Park 



N. J. 



Sam Lundy, formerly with the Hoe- 

 kel Floral Co., is now representing 

 W. A. Manda of South Orange, N. J., 

 on the Pacific coast. 



Walter R. Manson of Akron and 

 Cleveland, Ohio, is now in the em- 

 ploy of John Walker of Youngstown, 

 Ohio, as manager of his greenhouses. 



E. Philpott is visiting Duluth and 

 Minneapolis where he will spend a tew 

 days before returning to his home in 

 Winnepeg. 



James F. M. Farquhar, of Boston, 

 sailed on Nov. 17 from. New York on 

 the Lusitania for a brief European 

 business trip. 



Visitors in New York: H. E. Fiske, 

 T.oston, Mass.: Philip Freud of H. F. 

 Michell, Phila.; Harry Holmes, of the 

 Holmes' Seed Store, Harrlsburg, Pa.; 

 lames Comont, of Merrs. Carter, Dun- 

 nett & Beale, London, Eng. 



Visitors in Boston— H. S. De Forest. 

 of Pierson U-Bar Co., New York; E. 

 J. Fancourt of Pennock-Meehan Co.. 

 Phila; Paul Berkowitz of H. Bayeis- 

 rtorfer & Co., Phila; A. C. Zvolanek, 

 Bound Brook, N. J.; F. R. Pierson, 

 Tariytown, N. Y. 



