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March 11, 1911 



CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Trade Items. 



0. F. Larson has opened a retail 

 store under the name of the Ogden 

 Park Florist, at 1635 63rd street. Mr. 

 Larson was in business for several 

 years at Joliet and for the past year 

 has been with Swain &, Nelson. 



It looks now is if a large number of 

 Chicago florists would attend the Na- 

 tional Flower Show at Boston, March 

 25th to April 1st. There is much en- 

 thusiasm and a large party will no 

 doubt leave here on the Lake Shore 

 road March 23 at 5.30 P. M. 



A. C. Rott of Joliet, 111., was in the 

 city arranging for stock Monday. Mr. 

 Rott makes a special feature of window 

 advertising, bringing out something 

 original for each holiday, and says he 

 finds the time and money spent for 

 these special days a good investment. 



There are plenty of indications that 

 the green and other artificially colored 

 carnations will be in evidence again 

 for St. Patrick's day. Nothing alto- 

 gether new has been offered for an at- 

 traction on that day, and the sham- 

 rocks will have their innings as usual. 



Personal. 



Miss Josepha Then has taken a po- 

 sition in O. J. Friedman's retail store. 



Mike Fink has been missed from his 

 accustomed place at Kennicott's the 

 past week. He has been ill with grip. 



L. H. Winkleton, who has been 16 

 years with Bassett & Washburn in 

 their wholesale store, will leave after 

 Easter to go into another line of busi- 

 ness. 



Ernest Farley and W. 0. Johnson 

 left the Percy Jones Co. last week. W. 

 O. Johnson is now at Vaughan & 

 Sperry's and J. Heidelberg, formerly 

 of the A. L. Randall Co., takes his 



place. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Alexander B. Scott is enjoying a 

 very pleasant vacation at Hot Springs, 

 Va. He expects to return in about a 

 week. 



We had a pleasant call from R. T. 

 Brown of Cottage Gardens Co., on the 

 1st inst. We understand this company 

 has discontinued the landscape feature 

 of their business. 



There will be a large delegation 

 from this city to the National Flower 

 Show at Boston — which opens on the 

 25th. Almost every other man you 

 meet answers the inquiry promptly by 

 saying, "Yes, I'm going." 



We are pleased to report that one of 

 the right-hand men of the Michell out- 

 fit (Israel Rosnosky), who has been 

 confined to his room for two weeks 

 with a severe case of the grip is mend- 

 ing slowly and hopes to be able to take 



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THE GREAT 



National Flower Show \ 



MECHANICS BUILDING 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



March 25th to April 1st, inclusive 



Under Auipices 



Society of American Florists 



in connection with 



American Rote Society, American Carnation Society, 

 National Sweet Pea Society, Gladiolus Society, Nat- 

 ional Association of Gardeners, Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



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Applications for Space in Trade and Competition 

 Departments now receivable. 



Write for Complete T-'remium List 



for the 



$10,000 in Prizes, and diagram of floor space to 



CHESTER I. CAMPBELL, Gen1 Mgr. 



5 Park Sq., BOSTON, MASS. 





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his place with Maurice Fuld and others 

 in looking after the firm's interests at 

 Boston during the continuance of the 

 National Flower Show. 



Robert Craig arrived home last week 

 after a pleasant sojourn in the Isle of 

 F*ines, etc. Health much improved, 

 sleeves rolled up, ears pinned back — 

 and ready for the biggest spring busi- 

 ness on record. It's fine to be chipper 

 and cheerful! 



Chas. Henry Fox will move in a few 

 days to his new store, 223 South Broad 

 street, a few doors below his present 

 location on the same side. The prop- 

 erty on the corner of Broad and Wal- 

 nut streets has been sold to the Rentz- 

 Santley Co., who will erect a hotel on 

 same. 



The "Prinz Oscar" arrived this week 

 with a large shipment for M. Rice & 

 Co., supplementing among other things 

 their depleted stocks of lace corsage 

 shields, bridal scarfs, Easter baskets, 

 butterflies and lace bouquet holders. 



This firm has had a tremendous run 

 on their new designs in these items 

 this season. 



Among the visitors at the executive 

 meeting of the Peony Society on the 

 1st inst., were: Bertrand H. Farr, 

 Reading, Pa.; R. H. Humphreys, F. 

 Mendelsohn Meehan and Harry Sim — 

 the latter representing J. D. Eisele, of 

 the Henry A. Dreer Co. 



Visitors: Mr. Albert, manager for 

 E. C. Campbell & Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 and about ninety-five other distin- 

 guished strangers from distant points 

 — most of the latter being at the invi- 

 tation of Messrs. Dreer, to inspect their 

 big new range of greenhouses at River- 

 view, March 8th; R. M. Ward, New 

 York. 



"Buds," the enterprising young New 

 York seed house has presented a silver 

 cup for award at the National Flower 

 Show, in such class as the managers 

 may select. 



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Huntington Avenue, Exeter and Blagden Streets 

 BOSTOIM, IVI. 



Nearest hotel (only one block) to Flower Show. Rooms without 

 bath $1.50 per day up, with bath $2.00 per day up. European 

 plan. 350 rooms, 200 private baths. 



AMOS H. WHIPPLE, Proprietor 



