September 13, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



379 



MERIT RECOGNIZED 



A First-Class Certificate of Merit and a 

 Highly Commended Award 



Were given by the judges in the Trade Exhibition at Minneapolis to Novelties in our Display of Florists' 

 Supplies — the most extensive and complete exhibit in its class. 



Send for Illustrated Descriptive List of Vp-to-the-Minute Imported and Domestic 



Goods for Fall Trade 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 



C. H. Fisk is bjfk from C'alitornia. 

 where rumor has it that he has in- 

 vested in farming land. 



C. A. Samuelson has returned from 

 a western trip, which included an in- 

 spection of his apple orchards. 



The Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion held its annual picnic, September 

 7th and a glorious time was enjoyed. 



Visitors: S. R. Welch, of Storrs & 

 Harrison Co.. Painesville. Ohio; H. 

 Philpott. Winnipeg. Man., Can.; Sam 

 Seli.gman, of New York, is still in Chi- 

 cago, being detained by illness. 



The preliminary premium list of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 in conjunction with the Horticultural 

 Society of Chicago and the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, has been received here. 

 The exhibit will be held at the Art 

 Institute, November 5, 6, 7. 



Some changes in the retail stores 

 of the "Loop" are coming with the ad- 

 vent of the fall season. In the win- 

 dow of the Muir store on East Monroe 

 street hangs a "For Rent" sign and 

 the store now occupied Tjy another 

 florist is being advertised by the rent- 

 ing agent. 



Starved Rock, a special feature in 

 the newly acquired State Park of Illi- 

 nois, and so called because of the 

 fate of a tribe of Indians who lost 

 their lives upon its summit, was the 

 scene of a patriotic celebration, Sep- 

 tember 7. Flag poles were set and 

 flags raised to their places while flow- 



ers were thrown into the river below 

 in honor of the soldiers of 1812. 



The American Importing Co., of So. 

 Dearborn street, thus far known only 

 through their specialty, gold letters 

 for florists, have so increased their 

 business that they now announce 

 themselves as a general florists' sup- 

 ply house. They are putting on the 

 market a new letter known as Mother 

 of Pearl, which is very handsome and 

 the firm announce themselves as will- 

 ing and anxious to send samples to all 

 in the trade. See their advertisement 

 in another column. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Edward Reid left on a three weeks' 

 business trip through the southern 

 states on the 9th Inst. 



Our old friend Raymond Kester. late 

 of Pennock Bros, and the Hill-Heller 

 Co., paid us a visit last week in com- 

 pany with his partner, Mr. Hardin. 

 They are getting ready to open a flow- 

 er store in Williamsport. Pa., under 

 the title Kester & Hardin. The loca- 

 tion will be at 213 West Fourth street, 

 and they expect to be ready for busi- 

 ness by the 20th inst. 



The Wanamaker store gave a dahlia 

 show this week which attracted good 

 crowds — probably ten thousand a day 

 for six days. About two hundred vari- 

 eties were staged, these all coming 

 from the Peacock Dahlia Farm in New 

 Jersey. No flowers were sold but or- 

 ders were taken for spring delivery. 

 This event was undoubtedly a good 



boost for the dahlia in addition to be- 

 ing good business for Wanamaker and 

 Peacock. Made-up designs and bas- 

 kets showing many different effective 

 ways of using the dahlia were a feat- 

 ure. Palms and terns were freely 

 used among the flowers to break the 

 monotony. 



Visitors: Wm. Rehder, Wilmington, 

 N. C; Raymond Kester and R. H. 

 Hardin, Williamsport, Pa.; S. McClem- 

 ents, Randolph & McCIements, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa.; Mrs. C. M. Perry, Phoebus, 

 Va.; Antoine Leuthy, Roslindale, 

 Mass. 



Gold Letters 



II4 inch 45c per 100 



1 " 40c " " 



% " 35c " " 



< In nil orders of 1000 initials cir nver we 

 will incliKle one compartnicnt t><»x free. 



Mother of Pearl 



Tlip liitt'st for ril)bun work. We made 

 ;i liit right from the start I If you have 

 ii"t received our samples as yet. write 

 immediately and get on the mailing list 



AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 



219 No. Dearborn Street, Chicago 



