April 8, 1911 



HORTICULTURi: 



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J.A.BUOLONG 



82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



Here we have greatly increased facilities 

 for handling our large stock of cut flowers 



OUR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS QUALITY NOT PRICES 



THAT TALKS 



We have a heavy supply of Roses — Brides, 'Maids, Richmond*, While 

 Killarney, Pin ^ Killarney, Maryland, Jardine, American Beauties, Marshall 

 Field, etc. Easter Lilies, Callas, Valley, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Mignonette, 

 Tulips, Daffodils, Jonquils — in fact all kinds of cut flowers- and in green we have 

 Smilax, Asparagus in strings and bunches, Sprengeri, Adiantum Ferns, etc. 



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CHICAGO NOTES. 

 Trade Notes. 



Chas. McKellar is receiving large 

 quantities of bulbous stock from the 

 south and it is arriving in fine condi- 

 tion. 



The annual flower sale given for the 

 benefit of the Home for Crippled Chil- 

 dren will take place this year just af- 

 ter Easter, instead of before, as has 

 been the custom. 



Our Chicago visitors to the second 

 National Flower Show came back filled 

 with enthusiasm and have only praises 

 for everything they saw and the wel- 

 come given them by the eastern flor- 

 ists. 



The approach of Easter is bringing 

 in the florists from surrounding towns, 

 who have learned the advantage of be- 

 ing on the spot early and placing their 

 orders well in advance for the big day 

 just ahead. 



A large quantity of callas were or- 

 dered from California by a local firm, 

 but the flowers which arrived appar- 

 ently in good condition quickly faded. 

 They were also smaller than the home- 

 grown ones and it was hard to cover 

 express charges. 



The usual display of flowering plants 

 in the park conservatories is now on 

 and thousands are taking advantage of 

 it. Great credit is due those in charge. 

 Quite possibly florists scarcely realize 

 the value they receive commercially by 

 this education of the people to love 

 and desire plants and flowers. 



Several large openings in the down- 

 town business district April 3rd, was 

 made the occasion for using a large 

 quantity of flowers. The moving of 

 the Fort Dearborn Bank to its new 



home was accompanied by a shower of 

 floral tributes from other banks and 

 individuals, making the building more 

 like a bower than a place of business. 

 The opening of the new shoe store of 

 De Muth & Co. called for cut flowers 

 and palms and several large floral 

 horseshoes were used at the opening 

 of the Wiggery, and American Beau- 

 ties were given to customers. 

 Outlook for Easter. 



On account of Easter coming late 

 this year bulb stock will be compara- 

 tively scarce e.xcept a few varieties of 

 tulips and hyacinths. These will be 

 in fair supply with very little prospect 

 of a surplus. Of the main standby. 

 Easter lilies, there is every indication 

 that a sufficient number have been 

 grown to meet all demands and the 

 quality is good. There are the usual 

 number, at least, of shorts and sec- 

 onds and quite possibly the average 

 length will run shorter this year. 

 Spiraeas and Baby Ramblers are plen- 

 tiful and some splendid trained speci- 

 mens of the latter are seen. Azaleas 

 promise now to be a little scarce while 

 hydrangeas and rhododendrons are 

 in much heavier supply and of excel- 

 lent quality. 



The cold rain which came with the 

 opening of the last week in March 

 was the forerunner of a cloudy week 

 and settled down into a snow storm on 

 Sunday, April 2nd, with continued cold 

 and rain following. As much of the 

 Easter stock depends upon the weath- 

 er conditions of the three preceding 

 weeks there are plenty of conjectures 

 as to the result. Those whose crop 

 of beauties is dependent upon sunshine 

 for setting the buds are not very opti- 

 mistic, but the growers whose roses 



and carnations were coming in too 

 fast are pleased with the cooler 

 weather. 



Personal. 



Geo. Hoffi who was operated on for 

 appendicitis at the Lakeview Hos- 

 pital ten days ago is gaining nicely. 



John Starrett, florist at the La Salle 

 Hotel, will spend two weeks at Mud- 

 lava, Ind., and hopes to come back mi- 

 nus his rheumatism. 



E. Wienhoeber and Wm. J. Smythe, 

 who represented the retailers at Bos- 

 ton, are back and express themselves 

 as delighted with the flower show. 



A card from .T. McHutchison of New 

 York mailed from Santiago says his 

 health is greatly improved by his trip. 

 The party expected the next day to 

 start across the Andes. 



Visitors: Vincent J. Gorly of Grimm 

 & Gorly, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Ellison 

 of the Ellison Floral Co., St. Louis, 

 Mo.; A. Martini, gardener for J. H. 

 Moore, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Geo. F. 

 Crabb, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. F. Wilcox and two sons of 

 Council Bluffs, Mo.; E. Amerpohl, 

 Janesville, Wis.; Mr. Kent of Kent 

 Bros., Newark, O. ^ 



Mt. Vernon, III.— Fred Reinlein, pro- 

 prietor of the Reinlein Greenhouse, 

 whose greenhouse was wrecked by a 

 wind storm, writes us that he intends 

 to allow the place to lay idle for a 

 time as business is slack and his en- 

 tire stock was frozen. He has been 

 working on solving the boll-weevil 

 problem for years and claims to con- 

 trol the correct principle for its de- 

 struction. After this matter has been 

 satisfactorily demonstrated he will re- 

 build his greenhouses. 



