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HORTICULTURi: 



May 28, 1910 



BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL EX- 

 HIBITION. 



In connection with tliis great exhi- 

 bition there have been arranged by 

 the organizing committee a permanent 

 horticultural exhibition and three tem- 

 porary ones. The first of the latter 

 was held on April 30 to May 3, in one 

 of the large buildings in the exhibition 

 grounds. The jury consisted of about 

 90 gentlemen of all nationalities; M. 

 A. Truffaut of Versailles being Presi- 

 dent General, with W. Watson of Kew 

 and A. de Smei as Vice-Presidents. 



Although a very imposing schedule 

 had been provided containing upwards 

 of fiOO classes, many were not filled, 

 and the exhibitors numbered in all 

 about 120. Many of those, of course, 

 showed in a large number of classes, 

 and although the exhibition was 

 smaller in extent than we expected, it 

 was bright and very well arranged in 

 its general aspect. 



Some of the miscellaneous groups 

 were extensive and imposing. Tables 

 were used sparingly, most of the ex- 

 hibits being placed on the ground level 

 with turf edgings intersected with wide 

 winding gravel paths. We can only 

 give a brief, superficial survey of the 

 show, owing to the variety of the ex- 

 hibits. One of the most effective was 

 a semi-circular group of' hydrangeas, 

 staged by M. de Bievre, in which a 

 succession of semi-circular rows of 

 schizanthus, cinerarias of various 

 colors. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 

 and celsia were conspicuous. Messrs. 

 Vilmorin, Andriei'x & Co. had a bright 

 bed of lai'ge dimensions consisting of 

 cinerarias in shaped panels filled in 

 with giant dasies and an edging of 

 golden pyrethrum. 



Specially striking was F. Shepman's 

 immense group of lilacs about 90 feet 

 in length, with a rounding front set 

 off here and there with just a few 

 clumps of hydrangeas, begonias, etc. 

 Several large exhibits of greenhouse 

 flowering plants came from Firmin 

 de Smet. 



Several handsome groups of palms, 

 ferns and ornamental foliage plants 

 were sent by local growers. 



Vriesias were shown by Leon Poll- 

 man and A. Dalliere, large and varied 

 collections. We noted V. Rex, V. Poll- 

 mani. V. flammea, V. rex nigra, and 

 many more. 



Carnations were good and in great 

 quantity. The British exhibits wei-? 

 unnuer.tionably the best, those from 

 the French growers being a long way 

 behind in culture. An imposing lot 

 came from Mr. Engleman of Saffron 

 Walden, Eng. A few of the varieties 

 were Carola, Helen M. Gould. Superior, 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson. Beacon, Robt! 

 Craig. Red Lawson, Winsor, Sarah 

 Hill, Afterglow, Mrs. H. Bennett, and 

 other well known show varieties'. 



Stuart Low & Co. had a good lot, 

 surprisingly many of those already 

 mentioned, also Princess of Wales 

 Ttrittannia, White Perfection, Rival' 

 Royal Purple, etc. The Societe Anonv- 

 me Hnrticole Yproise staged carna- 

 tions, mostly English and American, 

 well grown and artistically staged by 

 the Director M. Bouckenooghe. h. 

 Ferard also exhibited in tMe same sec- 

 tion. 



Azaleas fi-om a number of well 

 known growers made a brilliant dis- 

 play and occupied a number of large 

 spaces which made some fine sheers 



of color at intervals. Calceolarias, 

 cinerarias, zonals, clivias, rhododen- 

 drons, gloxinias and other bright dis- 

 plays played an important part In the 

 show and we must not omit a special 

 mention of M. Adner's hybrid ger- 

 beras, a prettily arranged little col- 

 lection of various colors set up with 

 the aid of Asparagus plumosus. Anthu- 

 riums were sent from several well 

 known cultivators. We note specially 

 Ch. Dietrich's lot containing Roi Al- 

 bert I, Abel Chatenay, Expansion 

 Beige, M. A. A. Peeters, Sec. Ch. 

 Pynaert, Baron Lahuze, Jules de 

 Cock, etc. Another lot came from the 

 Societe Horticole Gantoise, in which 

 Baron Claeys, Perfection, M. J. Vach- 

 erot, Roseum Longiflorum, Leon Gros- 

 jean were fine examples. The same 

 exhibitors had another fine group in 

 which amaryllis figured largely, with 

 the addition of other fine foliage 

 plants. 



Of orchids there were good repre- 

 sentative exhibits. There were some 

 excellent displays of amaryllis, the 

 well known English firm, Ker & Son, 

 of Liverpool, showing a truly repre- 

 sentative collection. Louis Van Houtte 

 also had a good lot arranged with as- 

 paragus. 



Floral art represented by dinner 

 table decorations, vases, baskets, etc., 

 was well exemplified by several ex- 

 hibitors. Among other interesting ex- 

 hibits was a Japanese garden set up 

 in quite a realistic style. 



The remaining temporary horticul- 

 tural shows will be held as follows, 

 24th to 27th September for fruit, 29th 

 October to 2nd November chrysanthe- 

 mums and autumn flowers. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Trade and Miscellaneous Notes. 



There is a decided shortage of Bos- 

 ton ferns in the smaller sizes. 



Frank Oechslin predicts a shortage 

 in bedding plant stock. He contem- 

 plates building again sooh. 



The Rock Island R. R. is turning 

 its attention to making its grounds 

 around the stations artistic all along 

 the line. Trees and shrubbery will be 

 used profusely. 



The usual blue Monday prevailed 

 when the- rain came down, following 

 its usual custom this month. Only the 

 bravest could smile when they thought 

 of Memorial Day only one week off. 



Hail stones from one to two inches 

 in diameter fell in the West Side dis- 

 trict on Saturday. They were not of 

 the usual round construction, but 

 rather a mass of ice. No damage is 

 reported. 



News has been received here that E. 

 G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., will man- 

 age the R. T. Graves place in addi- 

 tion to his own. Mr. Graves is the 

 introducer of May Day carnation and 

 retires from business on account of the 

 illness of Mrs. Graves. 



Chas. F. Rohr of Naperville, 111., says 

 that aster plants that were in the field 

 during the big storm a month ago are 

 coming out in fairly good shape, rather 

 better, in fact, than those planted 

 since. The. proportion which will have 

 to be replanted is not greater than the 

 usual average. 



The weather has not yet ceased its 

 pranks. Sunday the thermometer reg- 



istered S6 degrees at 2 p. m., and with- 

 in ten minutes fell twelve degrees. 

 The change also was quickly made 

 from sunshine to rain and Monday was 

 about as cold and disagreeable a day 

 as wind and rain could make it. 



Leesley Bros, report the frost of last 

 week to have been of more injury to 

 the young onions than the earlier and 

 more severe freeze, because the plants 

 were further developed. This firm has 

 sixty acres of onions for sets and think 

 the long cold rains are doing the crop 

 a serious injury. 



At Kennicott Bros.' where are han- 

 dled more peonies than at any other 

 one place in Chicago, Mr. Reiser says 

 that at the present time there are com- 

 ing in peonies which are such in name 

 only and others of as fine quality as 

 any he ever had, and orders are booked 

 now for 20 per cent more than they 

 have in storage. 



The usual number of June weddings 

 are giving the retailers a chance to 

 do some decorating. A. Lange is the 

 lucky florist on June 1st, when the 

 auditorium parlors will be decorated 

 for a pink and white wedding. The 

 electric lights on the sidewalk will be 

 surrounded with peonies, and a large 

 canopy of smilax studded with electric 

 lights will occupy one end. Austrian 

 vases of lily of the valley and roses 

 are to be used on the twelve tables. 



Peony growers close to Chicago are 

 finding their first opinion as to the 

 damage done by the frost more correct 

 than the later estimates. The snow 

 seemed to have taken out the frost so 

 gradually that the buds appeared un- 

 injured and great hope was enter- 

 tained. The buds began to grow again 

 but soon became soft and now that 

 they are opening the black ring can 

 be plainly seen in them. One of the 

 largest growers at Elmhurst said last 

 week that out of a prospective 15,000 

 dozen he would not cut more than 100 

 dozen. Other growers seem to have 

 fared a little better, but few think at 

 this time that the crop in general will 

 exceed one-tenth of its normal size. 



Personal. 



Frank Gabler is the latest addition 

 to the force at Kennicott's. 



Philip Eichling of Harry Rowe's, has 

 been ill and out of the store. 



F. A. Johnson, of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., is home from a Southern 

 trip. 



E. B. Washburn and wife are ex- 

 pected home from California on Fri- 

 day. 



A. F. Longren and bride are ex- 

 pected home in time for Memorial 

 Day. 



Miss Frances Brundage, of E. H. 

 Hunt's, spends Memorial Day in Bur- 

 lington, la. 



Fred Munzing, of Frank Oechslin's, 

 sails on the 6th of June for England, 

 where he will pass the summer. 



The Sunday Record-Herald contains 

 an account of the remarkable work be- 

 ing done by little Daphne Hilmers, 

 daughter of H. Hilmers, florist, 3915 

 Cottage Grove avenue, at Berlin, where 

 she is studying music. 



Frank Church was struck by an 

 automobile and severely injured last 

 Wednesday. The accident occurred on 

 Michigan avenue near Strail & Hahn's 

 new store. Mr. Strail. who saw that 



