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HORTICULTURE 



January 8, 1910 



Made Exclusively for Florists 



Our ribbons, chiffons, and nettings are made 

 exclusively for florists — most of them on 

 our own special order and contract with the 

 mills at home and abroad. 



We have made color harmony, color matching, 

 and color contrast a study — most important 

 points in the artistic work of the florist. 

 We have also made qualities and prices to 

 please the most critical and the most econom- 

 ical. Pages 6 1 to 67 of our new catalog 

 (free to all in the trade enclosing their busi- 

 ness card) describes a few of the thousands 

 of grades and patterns carried in stock. 

 Samples and prices at your service for special 

 work. 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 



Park Flower Shows. 



Mid-winter flower shows have been 

 held at both Garfield and Lincoln 

 Parks during the past two weeks. 

 Manager Sells of the former, states 

 that he feels repaid for the extra labor, 

 but that he would be glad to see a 

 much larger number of visitors at 

 these special times. While the con- 

 servatories are always open to the pub- 

 lic and there is always plenty to be 

 seen, on these two weeks the houses 

 were open and lighted every evening. 

 At Lincoln Park the orchids were the 

 special feature and the crowds of visi- 

 tors were larger here as the park is 

 more easily reached. Rudolph Schiele 

 is in charge here and is a great lover 

 of the orchids. Some of the best speci- 

 mens are from the H. G. Selfridge col- 

 lection. 



Personal. 



Mrs. Josephine Garland, mother of 

 the well-known Garland Bros, of Des- 

 plaines, 111., is very ill at the home 

 of her da'ughter, Mrs. Fred Wittbold, 

 at Lakeview. Mrs. Percy Jones, also 

 a daughter, is assisting in caring for 

 her. 



Miscellaneous. 



Election of oflJcers took place at the 

 Chicago Florists' Club meeting Thurs- 

 day evening, January 6. 



The Fleischman Floral Co. has just 

 Installed a 30-horse power car for de- 

 livery service, fitted with shelves and 

 heating apparatus. 



The Rudolph Jahn Floral Co. is the 

 name of a new firm at 294 Dearborn 



street. They are successors to the 

 Butler Floral Co., 293 Dearborn street, 

 and Mr. Jahn is the former manager 

 for the old company. The change took 

 place the first of the year and the move 

 was made to the opposite side of the 

 street. 



Geo. Walther is again in charge of 

 his store on 63rd street. Mrs. Percy 

 Jones and Henry Van Gelder toolt 

 charge of the business of the late 

 Pei'cy Jones in the Flower Growers' 

 Market in place of Geo. Walther on 

 the 1st of January. 



See obituary columns for notices of 

 death of Martha F. Frauenfelder, Aug. 

 H. Boseck and August Pierson. 



Cisco states that the trustees of the 

 Carnegie Institute have decided to 

 withdraw $10,000 annually given by 

 the organization to Luther Burbank, 

 the plant wizard of Santa Rosa. The 

 commercialism which it is alleged has 

 been a feature of the experiments of 

 Burbank is given as the cause. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The regular meeting of the Buffalo 

 Ploiists' Club has been postponed to 

 the first Tuesday in February, when 

 there will be nomination of officers, 

 and two papers read by members. 

 All members are requested to be 

 present. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar of Boston, was 

 the lecturer before the Bar Harbor 

 (Me.) Horticultural Society on Thurs- 

 day evening, January 6. "Italian 

 Gardening and Gardens" was the sub- 

 ject —one on which Mr. Farquhar is 

 probably better equipped to talk than 

 any other man in this country. The 

 lecture was illustrated by numerous 

 stereopticon pictures of great beauty 

 and rarity. 



A press despatch from San Fran- 



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CJardeners who understand up- 

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