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HORTICULTURE 



March 12, 1910 



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Are You Prepared for 



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We recommend those New Designs in BASKETS for 



AZALEAS, LILIES and ROSES 



They're one of the best propositions we ever made for the Florist who has a good class of 



trade to cater to. 



There is Yet Time for You to 5tock Up 



Among our new things that will be needed directly after Easter are Ribbon Posts. Every 

 decorating florist needs them. Bouquet Papers are coming in again. We can supply 

 them. Imported Magnolia leaves are selling fast. We do not handle the domestic kind. 

 Cape Flowers are just in and they're very fine this year. We have prepared Maiden Hair 

 Fern and Japanese Air Plants by the million. Send for quotations and complete catalogue. 



A Leader — Imperial China Ware Open-Work 

 Plant Receptacles in Many Beautiful Designs 



H.BAYERSDORFER & CO.,Phila(lelphia,Pa. „ 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Florists' Club. 



Ladies' night was a great success; 

 in fact, it is generally conceded to have 

 been the best ever given by the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club. Nearly one hun- 

 dred and fifty sat down to the banquet 

 at the Union Restaurant. Music and 

 speeches followed, and Mrs. Clara Mac- 

 Cloud, an elocutionist of note, greatly 

 pleased the company. An especially 

 attractive part of the program was the 

 graceful dances by a little six-year-old 

 girl. The tables were decorated with 

 red roses and green. President Asmus 

 not being in his usual good health, 

 Duncan Robertson was master of cere- 

 monies and did credit to himself and 

 club. 



Poehlmann Acquisitions. 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. have just pur- 

 1 based fifteen acres of land on the 

 east side of Plant B, and in a year or 

 two will erect another large range of 

 houses. This piece contains a large 

 dwelling house which will be utilized 

 as a boarding house for the employers. 

 .Another fifteen acres on the west side 

 of Plaut P. is also a recent acquisition, 

 though Mr. Poehlmann says they do 

 not expect to build on it for some 

 time to come. The cement benches in- 

 stalled in some of the new houses are 

 satisfactory so far. and Mr. Poehlmann 

 can see no difference in the respective 

 merits of those constructed after the 

 Wittbold and after the Garland pat- 

 ents, so far as the appearance of the 

 ])lants is concerned. 



Moninger Busy. 



.Tohn C. Moninger Co. report that. 



notwithstanding the severe winter, 

 business with them has more than 

 doubled and a long list of contracts 

 is on file for spring building. Their 

 new catalog. No. 6, of Pipes and Fit- 

 tings, is just out and gives distinct 

 cuts with descriptions and prices of 

 everything in that line. It is a valu- 

 able book and can be had for the ask- 

 ing. See their advertisement in this 

 paper and send for the book. 



Around the City. 



All the wholesale florists lu Chicago 

 will presently write a different num- 

 ber in their address. Last September 

 a new system of numbering was in- 

 augurated in all parts of the city ex- 

 cept the down-town district, and the 

 committee on street nomenclature is 

 now working on a plan which will 

 complete the city. 



People especially interested in the 

 beautifying of the city by defeating 

 the pending ordinance granting per- 

 mission for the erection of billboards 

 upon the roofs of buildings not more 

 than eight stories high are much 

 pleased with the recent decision of the 

 Missouri Supreme Court against this 

 kind of advertising, reversing the de- 

 cision of the Circuit Court. 



The frequency with which women's 

 clubs include papers and talks on 

 plants and trees is quite noticeable. 

 The services of City Forester Prost 

 are very often in demand, but the club 

 members are also bestirring them- 

 selves and the result is good programs 

 that cannot fail to show results in the 

 near future Mr. Prost strongly rec- 

 ommends the appointment by the 

 board of education of a teacher of 

 horticultnie to take active charge of 



the work in the schools and teach the 

 children how to plant and care for a 

 garden. 



The salesmen for the bulb houses 

 seemingly are having a hard time to 

 take orders for their goods, for sharp 

 reductions in price are offered to in- 

 duce customers to place orders. Over- 

 production this year is holding back 

 many from the same experience next 

 year. Many blooms have sold for less 

 than the cost of the bulb. 



Personal. 



H. A. Goodman of the W. W. Bar- 

 nard Co. has returned from Europe. 



Chas. Schlick of Winterson's Seed 

 Store is mourning the loss of his fath- 

 er, whose funeral occurred Sunday, 

 March 6th. 



Harry Manheim, after eight years 

 with J. A. Budlong, is now with Hoer- 

 ber Bros, on the second floor in the 

 Atlas building. 



J. W. Starrett now has charge of the 

 table decorations at the New LaSalle 

 hotel. Mr. Starrett has been for 24 

 years in the wholesale and retail busi- 

 ness in Chicago and knows his work 

 perfectly. 



Chas. L. Washburn has received a 

 letter from his son, E. B. Washburn, 

 announcing his safe arrival in River- 

 side, Cal.. where they found the tem- 

 perature Si deg. in the shade and 102 

 deg. in the sun. 



Harvey Brooks, eleven-year-old sou 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brooks of Mor- 

 ton Grove, suffered a serious accident 

 to his knee in a fall while skating re- 

 centl'-. His wound seemed to be heal- 



