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HORTICULTURE. 



May 14, 1910 



1877 



We Can Fill Orders For 



1910 



MEMORIAL DAY 



MAY 30, 1910 



Carnations, Spiraeas, 



Stocks, Roses, including 



Am. Beauty 



OrcKids 



We filled all orders 



sent us at Easter; can do 



so now. 



Long Distance 



Shipments packed with 



great care 



Our packers and shippers 



are men of long experience 



in the work. 



The flowers 



we send out are raised by 



the best growers in the 



country. 



Hardy Ferns and Galax, Lilies, Lily of the Valley, Sweet Peas, Peonies, Pink Pond Lilies and all Seasonable 



Flowers. Also Everything in Supplies for a Flower Store 



WELCH BROS. 



THEr RELIABLE, HOUSE 



226 Devonshire St., 



Boston, Mass. 



Telephone 6267-6268 and 5419 Main 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



The Floral Auto Parade. 



Owing to the rain the floral auto par- 

 a'le was postponed till Monday the 9th. 

 Some oi those who decorated with nat- 

 ural flowers were at a decided disad- 

 vantage for their machines, trimmed 

 Friday night or Saturday morning be- 

 fore the rain commenced, were not at 

 their best on Monday. As might be 

 expected the artificial flowers made the 

 showier cars and their brilliant colors 

 rather outrivalled the natural flowers 

 which were used on fourteen of the 

 machines. It is hard to putr the work 

 of nature against that of art in the 

 shape of solid masses of gorgeous paper 

 chrysanthemums, strings of brilliant 

 polnsettias without partially eclipsing 

 the natural bloom, in the open air and 

 bright sunshine, but our florists did 

 well and their work deserves much 

 credit. The Chicago Tribune of Tues- 

 day had a picture of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Chas. McKellar seated in their auto 

 which took first prize in the private 

 owners' class. It was trimmed with 

 artificial polnsettias. One decorated by 

 Fleischman on Saturday was presen- 

 table for competition and was winner 

 of 2nd prize in its class. The first 

 prize in its division was won by D. J. 

 Joyce's Alco. done in American Beauty 

 roses by J. Raske. 



Mothers' Day. 



May 8th was proclaimed by Gov. 

 Deneen to be Mothers' Day and a dif- 

 ference of opinion existed as to the 

 extra demand for flowers as the result. 

 The same difference was reported later 

 in the various localities as to sales. A 

 gi-eat advance has been made since last 



year when the flowers sold by the re- 

 tailers were used chiefly to be worn by 

 the individual and usually a single 

 bloom was considered sufficient. Miss 

 Grace Sawyer of the Pansy Flower 

 Store says the demand there was much 

 greater than that of one year ago for 

 churches and cemetery use in addition 

 to the individual sales. In I.aGran.gc 

 the large churches distributed white 

 carnations to each Sunday School 

 scholar, each flower having an approp- 

 riate verse attached. In some Chicago 

 churche.o each man was presented with 

 a white carnation. In Oak Park the 

 supply of white flowers ran cut before 

 Saturday night and some of the decor- 

 ations planned had to be .abandoned or 

 carried out with colored flowers. Some 

 of the florists report large orders for 

 cemetery use and one of the large cem- 

 eteries is said to have had 7.5 per cent, 

 of the mothers' graves decorated with 

 flowers. 



A Good Example. 



Florists are pleased with tlie action 

 of the Northwestern Elevated Co. in 

 its effort to improve the outlook from 

 the car windows. This Co. is o'.'cering 

 rewards to householders along its right 

 of way who can .show (he best kept 

 grass plots and most attractive porch 

 and window boxes. Chicago florists 

 would like to see this same cours."! pur- 

 sued by the other "L" tines. Work lias 

 begun on the Gage Farm, owned by the 

 city and to be used for a nursery to 

 grow stock for the city's use. Small 

 shrubbery was set out a Weeic age. 

 The greenhouses will be begun as soon 

 as the weather will permit. 

 Florists' Club. 



Regular meeting of the Florists' Club 



was held May 5 with Pros. Asnuts in 

 the chair. A. A. Vermeuller of Nelson 

 Bros, was elected to membership and 

 the names of Geo. Grimm of Peor:a Sl. 

 and P. J. Saunders of Cottage Grove 

 Ave. were proposed. Margaret Flint 

 was chosen to serve as collector of dues 

 for the Club. 



Bedding Plants Preferred. 



The opening of the amusement parks 

 in the city is using up a lage amount 

 of bedding stock. Though the plants 

 are not all in the ground the stock 

 is set aside. The growers of bedding 

 stock are glad to see this tendency to 

 decorate the grounds with large beds of 

 geraniums and other plants gaining 

 in popularity each year. These have 

 nothing to do with the city parks and 

 an admission is charged but the flower 

 beds have proved to be a decided at- 

 traction and in the several parks of 

 this kind a large amount of bedding 

 is used. , 



Trade Notes. 



Harr\ C. Rowe made the bridal bou- 

 quet for Ruth Bryan Leavitt Owen who 

 was married at Lincoln. Neb., on the 

 3rd. It was of solid lily of the valley 

 and was sent together with two large 

 cases of lilies. 



Strall & Hahn is the name of a new 

 firm in- the retail florists' business at 

 27 Jackson Boul., the Wellington hotel. 

 Fred Strail has been with some of the 

 largest retailers for years, and he will 

 be capable of handling a first class 

 business. J. Hahn came here recently 

 from Belvedere. 111., where he has been 

 engaged in landscape gardening. 



Tvloyd Vaughan thinks radical meas- 



