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HORTICULTURE 



May 27. 1911 



SOME EVANSTON FLORISTS. 



Evanston is Chicago's nearest north 

 suburban town and has as progressive, 

 wide-awalje florists as can be found 

 anywhere in the country. Most of 

 them have their own greenhouses and 

 their retail stores are models of taste 

 and convenience. Evanston has many 

 florists and several are now retired, 

 leaving the active work to their sons. 

 Farthest north is the new place of R. 

 F. Gloede, a cut of which is given 

 here. Five modern houses are set in 

 spacious grounds, artistically laid out. 

 The front is a perfectly kept lawn con- 

 taining flower beds while the rear 

 shows the nursery stock all so com- 

 plete and harmonious that no one 

 would think it a newly executed piece 

 of work. About four years ago his 

 old place was bought by the drainage 

 canal commissioners and he bought 

 the ground for the new one, putting 

 into effect his favorite motto, "Leave 



the world more beautiful than you 

 find it." The rustic fence and en- 

 trances are particularly beautiful. 



The next place on the way back to 

 Chicago is that of M. Weiland, one of 

 the veteran florists of this vicinity, 

 seventy-three years old and retired, 

 leaving the trade well represented by 

 his four sons, John and George in 

 Evanston, Peter Weiland in New- 

 castle, Ind., Henry Weiland in Denver. 

 Colo. Peter dinger in Cincinnati, 

 and John Didier in Chicago, sons-in- 

 law, are also florists. The six are all 

 well established and have retail stores 

 with greenhouses. The original Wei- 

 land plant is now in the residence dis- 

 trict and must soon give way to the 

 growing city. Geo. Weiland's houses 

 on the opposite side of the railroad 

 are being replaced by a modern range 

 of eleven houses, 25 x 125 feet, with 

 ample service sheds. A fine retail 



store is part of this equipment and 

 Mr. Weiland last summer purchased 

 the entire block. 



The Fischer Bros, are progressive 

 young men who opened a retail store 

 on Dempster street and have worked 

 up a fine trade. They built a small 

 but model range of houses last year 

 and will extend their area soon. Peter 

 Fischer has retired and rented his 

 greenhouses. John Weiland's large 

 establishment on Greenwood street is 

 in fine shape, centrally located and 

 was built last year at a cost of $32,000. 



N. K. Welter grows all the fiowers 

 for his retail store, which is at 527 

 Main street. In his two large ranges 

 were seen an immense supply of Bos- 

 ton Market carnations, large, elegant 

 blooms, and Mr. Welter says his cut m 

 has been almost unlimited during the ■ 

 entire season with prospects for 

 plenty for Memorial Day. 



schedule has been drawn up, and mem- 

 bers of neighboring societies are. cor- 

 dially invited to compete. 



Darwin tulips were finely shown by 

 S. Untermeyer and Supt. H. Turner, 

 and were awarded a certificate of 

 merit, the judges adding that they 

 had never before seen so fine an ex- 

 hibit in that section of the tulip fam- 

 ily. 



Members are looking forward to a 

 good time at a clam bake to be held at 

 Rye very shortly. 



H. M. B. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club will cele- 

 brate its 25th anniversary June 2Sth, 

 1911, with a banquet to its members 

 and invited guests at Peckmann's 

 Hotel at 7 o'clock. This was decided 

 at a meeting by the committee in 

 charge. Secretary Beneke will mail 

 all invitations in June with accep- 

 tances returnable by the I5th. There 

 are quite a few who were at the first 

 meeting 25 years ago who will be 

 present with a seat at the head table. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 has selected the five managers to rep- 

 resent the association on the Board 

 of Managers of the Rochester Indus- 

 trial Exposition Association, as fol- 

 lows: George B. Hart, Charles H. 

 Vick, F. J. Keller, E. P. Wilson and 

 John Dunbar. At the organization 



meeting President Hart was present, 

 and was elected a director. 



The Preliminary schedule of the 

 First Annual Dahlia Exhibition of the 

 New Haven County Horticultural So- 

 ciety, to be held at Harmanie Hall, 

 New Haven, Conn., Wednesday and 

 Thursday, September 13-14, 1911, has 

 been issued. There are 59 regular 

 classes for amateur and professional 

 exhibitors, also generous specials 

 from the following donors: Lord & 

 Burnham Co., New York; Pierson 

 U-Bar Co., New York; H. A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia; Forbes & Keith, New 

 Bedford, 'Mass.; John Lewis Childs. 

 Floral Park, N. Y.; R. & J. Parquhar 

 & Co.. Boston; A. W. Davidson, An- 

 sonia, Conn., and H. W. Farnam, 

 New Haven. 



For further particulars, apply to the 

 secretary, F. H. Wirtz, 86 Nicoll 

 street, New Haven, Conn. 



A HOUSE WARMING. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., as on sev- 

 eral previous happy occasions, opened 

 their new ofldces and plant. The Coun- 

 try Life Press, at Garden City, Long 

 Island, N. Y., on Tuesday last, to in- 

 vited guests, largely horticultural, to 

 the number of 500 or more. A special 

 train from the Pennsylvania Terminal 

 was put on for the accommodation of 

 the guests of the company and hospi- 

 tality was extended without limit. At- 

 tendants and guides were on hand to 

 conduct the visitors from one depart- 



ment to another, through the work- 

 rooms, which were all in full opera- 

 tion, the offices, reception rooms, li- 

 brary and other appurtenances of this 

 great establishment. Refreshments 

 were served in the beautiful flower 

 gardens which have been laid out in 

 the park-like grounds. Altogether, it 

 was a revelation to the visitors of 

 what is possible under up-to-date poli- 

 cies and philanthropic enterprise in 

 the equipment and adaptation of a 

 modem publication outfit. Over all, 

 the atmosphere of country life holds 

 sway — and what a contrast to the old- 

 time factory aspect of such establish- 

 ments! 



RECIPROCITY. 



President Taft, at the Associated 

 Press dinner in New York, said in ref- 

 erence to the proposed reciprocity with 

 Canada, that "the question we have to 

 answer is whether we propose to main- 

 tain an artificial wall across a country 

 3700 miles in length to prevent the 

 natural trade that would flow between 

 two nations of people of the same lan- 

 guage, of similar character, traditions, 

 business hab'ts and moral aspirations, 

 when the removal of that wall would 

 furnish economic advantage to each 

 country without the added responsibil- 

 ity of government and political con- 

 trol." That leaves little more that 

 needs to be said, and we believe that 

 the great majority of people on both 

 sides of the "artificial wall" are fully 

 in accord with the president's views. 



