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HORTICULTURE 



February 12, 1910 



OSMUNDA FIBRE 



We offer for immediate delivery in any quantity either the Yellow or 

 Black Fibre of the Finest Grade, suitable for Orchids. 



We can also supply at once Rotted or Azalea Peat, Leaf Mold, Live 

 or Baled Sphagnum Moss. 



SAHPLES AND PRICES UPON REQUEST 



G. W. BROWNELL & COMPANY, WALDEN, N. Y. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 The State Florists' Association. 



Last weeli, the coming meeting of 

 111. State Florists' Association at 

 Champaign-Urbana, brought the offic- 

 ers of that society, including Pres. C. 

 E. GuUett of Lincoln; Sec'y J. 

 P. Ammann, Edwardsville, and F. L. 

 Washburn, Bloomington, to the city to 

 join local members of the advisory 

 board for the State Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 



The preparations are now complete 

 for the fourth annual meeting, Feb. 

 15th and 16th, to be held at the Uni- 

 versity Twin Cities where the 4000 

 students and 400 members of the 

 faculty will join with the florists from 

 all over the prairie state in an en- 

 thusiastic meeting. The floral display 

 and small devices for florists' work 

 will be exhibited in the foyer of the 

 new Auditorium on the campus and 

 exhibits may be sent or taken to Geo. 

 B. Franks, Champaign, who will stage 

 them properly. 



No small part of the interest in this 

 meeting centers in the fact that here 

 is located the 111. State Experiment 

 Station and the opportunity for the 

 florists to get in touch with its work 

 to their future benefit. The program 

 includes many good things among 

 which we may mention genial Phil. J. 

 Foley, who is the big man of the state 

 in more ways than one. 



The program is as follows: 



Tuesday, February 15, 2.00 o'clock. 



Address of Welcome, Dr. Edmund J. 

 James, President of the University of 

 Illinois, Urbana. 



Kespouse, Phil. J. Foley, Chicago. 



Report of the Secretary, J. F. Ammann, 

 EdwardsviUe. 



Report of the Treasurer, Frank L. 

 Washburn, Bloomington. 



Report of the Secretary of Advisory 

 Committee for the Illinois Florists' Experi- 

 ment Station, Willis N. Eudd, Morgan 

 Park. 



Address — "The Value of the Experiment 

 Station to the Florists, and the Duty of 

 the Florists to the Station." Prof. J. C. 

 Blair, Chief of Department of Horticul- 

 ture, University of Illinois. 



The Annual Banquet will be sen'ed at 

 the Beardsley Hotel, Champaign, nt 7.45 

 p. m., Tuesday, Februar.v loth. 



Wednesday, February 16, 9.00 o'clock. 



Address oVi Behalf of the Illinois Out- 

 door luiproveuieut Association, Dr. J. W. 

 Garner. Professor of Political Science, 

 University of Illinois, Urbana. 



Address, C. L. Washburn, Chicago. 



.\ddress — "Our Work." H. B. Doruer, 

 Associate In Floriculture, University of 

 Illinois, Urbana. 



Report of Auditing Committee: Un- 

 tinished Business: New Business: Question 

 Box: Election of OfBcers: Adjournment. 



The Exhibition of Cut Flowers and 

 Novelties will be open to the citizens of 



ORCHIDS 



ROEHRS, Rutherford, N. J. 



( hampalgn-Urbaua, to the students and 

 facult.v of the Universlt.v, and to all who 

 will accept our invitation to come, from 

 7.00 p. m. to 10.00 p. m., Tuesday Febru- 

 ary 15, and from 9.00 a. m. to 12.0<J noon, 

 \\"ednesday, February 10. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 

 The executive committee of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society of Chicago met at 

 the Art Institute, Feb. 4th, W. N. 

 Rudd in the chair. Geo. Asmus sub- 

 mitted a proposed premium list cover- 

 ing an outlay of $-1,500 with $200 addi- 

 tional for specials and $1000 for run- 

 ning expenses. The whole was voted 

 to be brought up for action at the 

 next meeting. J. C. Vaughan was 

 elected chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee for the present year. The re- 

 ports show the expenses of the flower 

 show at the Coliseum, in 1909, to have 

 been $10,193.00 and the receipts iu 

 round numbers to be $12,000.00, which 

 brings the balance on the right side 

 and a smile to the faces of the man- 

 agers of the big event. 



Business and General News. 



Notwithstanding the scarcity of 

 flowers, florists are not lacking in 

 nerve to enlarge their business. Dan- 

 iel Branch who has a retail store at 

 315 E. Slst street, has bought out F. 

 Radke, at 539 E. 43rd street, and will 

 operate both stores. A new store has 

 also been opened at 59th and Halsted 

 streets. 



The corner in the Atlas Block, so 

 long occupied by the Benthey Coats- 

 worth Co., was vacated last week and 

 the buyers of flowers will hereafter 

 find that familiar place filled with 

 furniture. 



D. D. Johnson has just returned 

 from Grand Rapids, Mich., where he 

 has been arranging for experiments by 

 the Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co., 

 with his Evergreen Brand Fertilizer, 

 both for flowers and for vegetables. 

 The Agricultural College at Cornell is 

 also testing it. 



Wietor Bros, will begin the work of 

 rebuilding a range of their green- 

 houses as soon as the weather warms 

 up a little. 



A. Lange captured a $500 wedding 

 decoration at Ottawa, 111., on the 8th. 



STUART LOW & CO., late of 



Hugh Low & Co. dissolved, are now receiv- 

 int; large importations of BURMESE 

 OENDROBIUmS.. such as Wardlanum., 

 Crasslnode., Fimbriatum., Devonla- 

 num., Mobile Brymerlanum., Thyrsi- 

 florum, etc., and will give excellent value. 



Also hold very large stock of WARDIA- 

 NUMS, CRASSIMGDES, etc., to flower 

 THIS SPRING. 



Also LAELIO-CATTLEYAS., BRAS- 

 SO-CATTLEvAS., ODOMTOGLOS- 

 suns in spike, all for Spring and early 

 Summer flowering. 



Catalcguf ('« A pplie aiion 



Royal Nurseries, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, England 



ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! 



A large and attractive lot of established plants, also im- 

 portations coming which we offer at advantageous prices 



ORDONEZ BROS. 



41 West 28th St., New York City, 

 and Madison, N. J. 



Ariived in fine condition 

 Cattleya Warnerll. C. HarrlsonUe, C. Gm- 

 kelllana, C. glgas Hardyaoa type, Deodr*- 

 blum PbalaenopBla Schroederlana. OdoDto- 

 glosBum luteo-purpareum Hceptrum. 



SUMMIT 



LAGER & HURRELL. 



N- J. 



O leO H I ID j» 



Wc have changed our domicile from Secaucus, N. J., 

 to Mamar. neck, New York. We arc i he largest col- 

 lectors and importers of Orchids and we are now book- 

 ing orders for all ccmmercial Cattleyas for delirery 

 next Spring. 



CARRILLO & BALDWIN, 



MamBrooeck, New York. 



An elaborate scheme was carried out 

 in pink and white and a special feat- 

 ure was the use of many large baskets 

 filled with flowers. The scarcity of 

 stock made it necessary to do a little 

 skirmishing. 



The friends of Fred Strail will find 

 his familar face with the Bohanan 

 Floral Co., on Monroe street, hereafter 

 and Herbert Strong has his place at 

 A. Lange's. 



Winterson's new seed catalogue is 

 practically complete and is to be had 



