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March 17, 1917 



CHICAGO NOVELTY FLOWER 

 SHOW 



The following exhibits were shown 

 at the Novelty Flower Show under the 

 auspices of the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 held at the New Morrison Hotel, Thurs- 

 day afternoon and evening, March 8, 



C. C. Pollwortli Co.. Milwaukee, Wis.— 

 New Clirysantbemum Mr.s. C. C. Pollwortli. 



Chicago Flower Crowers' Association — 

 Ever-blooming pussy willows. 



Bassett & Washlturn— New Red Carnation 

 Belle Wasbburn ; White Killarney Roses. 



W. H. Amling Co.. Haywood, 111.— Red 

 Carnation Impcrator. 



J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., .Toilet, 

 111. — Carnation Superb. 



University of Illinoi.s— Seedlins carnation 

 No. 1-12: varicolored Schizanthus. 



P. Ollinser, New Castle. Ind.— Red Car- 

 nation Radium. 



Alois Frey, Crown Point, Ind.— Rainbow 

 Freesias; the new Freesia Amethyst. 



Vauchan's Seed Store — Cannas Fire Bird. 

 Golden Bird and Yellow King Humbert. 



South Park Floral Co.. New Castle. Ind. 

 — New (corsage) Rose Rosalie. 



A. F. Amling Co.— Rose Ophelia. 



George Weinhoeber — Rose Mrs. Chas. 

 Russell, grown by French A: Salm. 



Zech & Mann — Mignonette. 



Wieland & Risch. ITvanston — Basket of 

 New Rose Champ Wieland. 



Holton & Hunkel, Milwaukee. Wis.— Mil- 

 waukee's new rose (Richmond x Anton 

 Rivoire) not named. 



Peter Pearson — Bulbous display con.sist- 

 ing of Tulips Flaming, Kaiser Kroon. La 

 Reine. Couronue d'Or. Urr Back, McKinley, 

 Proserpine. Primrose Queen: .Tominils 

 Emperor, Victoria: Poetaz Vanity: Hya- 

 cinths Gertrude. Gigantea. Lady . Derby, 

 La Victory. I-a Innocence: Crocus Pres- 

 ident Lincoln. Yellow Giant: Snowilrops: 

 Rose George Elgar. 



August ,Iurgens — Poeticus King (icurge: 

 Narcissus Spurius, Maximus, Minimnsblat, 

 Beauty, King Alfred, Glory of Leiden. 



Prank Oechslln— Display of Easter plants 

 consisting of Tulips JIurillo. Pink Beauty. 

 Couronne d'Or. t'rr Back. Cravoise Royal. 

 Rose Luissant, McKinley. Titian: Daffodil 

 Double Von Sion : Narcissus Victoria: Hya- 

 cinth La Innocence. (Jerlrude. Nimrod. Gen- 

 eral A'on der Heyden. Queen of the P.lues. 

 Grape Hyacinth: Snowdrops: Crocus, four 

 varieties: Lilac: I^iukia nndulata media 

 var. : Erica melanthera : Khoclodcndmu Pink 

 Pearl: Geiusta racemosus: Cineraria stcl- 

 lata : Marguerites : Easter Lilies ; Acacia 

 longifolia : Azalea Van der Cruyssen. 



Rose Golden Gem. seedling (Harry Kirk 

 X Lady Hillingdon). grown by Edward 

 Towill and exhibited by S. S. Pennoek- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia. Pa., arrived too 

 late for the show. 



The Novelty Day scored a great suc- 

 cess and called forth some very grati- 

 fying notices in the local papers. Such 

 .gatherings are not only of value to 

 those who are able to be present and 

 examine the novelties, Init through the 

 trade papers, florists all over the 

 country learn whether the new plants 

 and cut flowers are making good or 

 otherwise. This exhibit, staged in a 

 couple of hours, was viewed liy hun- 

 dreds of people. 



A bloom of the Imperator grown by 

 ■Wm. Amling is as perfect as a flower 

 can be at this writing, which is four 

 days after the exhibit, and proves that 

 that carnation has keeping qualities 

 not adversely affected by its immense 

 size. The collection of bulb stock both 

 cut and in pans was exceptional. It 

 was not a flower show in the usual 

 sense but an informal grouping of the 

 novelties in a hotel with a splendid 

 opportunity to talk them over and com- 

 pare notes. 



Ninety-two guests — more than twice 

 the number than had been anticipated 

 ■ — were present at the banquet and it 



proved a very happy occasion. Fred 

 Lautenschlager, as toastmaster. did the 

 honors in his usual happy manner and 

 made all feel at ease by his cordial 

 welcome. Philip J. Foley, who built 

 the greenhouses at the University of 

 111. was naturally selected to welcome 

 the fourteen young men from the de- 

 partment of Floriculture, who had 

 come with Prof. Dorner to the ban- 

 quet and exhibit. Prof. Dorner re- 

 sponded by telling of the good work 

 being done at the "U" and invited 

 florists to bring their problems to 

 them. President Amling, who was able 

 to be with the club for the flrst time 

 since his election, then greeted the 

 members and guests and named the 

 committee on awards, after which all 

 adjourned to inspect the exhibits. A 

 business session followed and lasted 

 till a late hour. 



On Friday and Saturday Prof. Dor- 

 ner and the Unive'sity students visited 

 the wholesale cut flower market, then 

 Vaughan's greenhouses at Western 

 Springs, Basett & Washburn's at 

 Gregg's Station, 111.. Poehlmann Bros., 

 at Morton Grove, 111., Peter Reinberg's, 

 H. N. Burns and Frank Oechslin's in 

 which establishments they studied the 

 various phases of cut flower and plant 

 culture. Mr. Dorner expressed himself 

 as much pleased with what they had 



seen. 



AN OUTLAW BIRD. 



To the Editor, Hokik iltiui;: 



Dear Sir: — Regarding your note in 

 HouTicui.TURE of March 3. "Courting 

 Retribution," in which you express 

 shocked surprise at the quotation in 

 the Gardeners' Cronicle of London, 

 which reads, "As the buds begin to 

 swell keep a sharp lookout for l)irds 

 and either trap or shoot them" — which 

 you consider cold blooded and ignor- 

 ant advice. To the gardening fraternity 

 of the U. S., your remarks are well 

 founded. The plural (birds), as used 

 by the writer whom you criticise, I 

 think is very unfortunate, as it is very 

 misleading. "Birds" I am sure means 

 the bullfinch, which during the early 

 spring months feeds entirely on the 

 buds of fruit trees. Thousands of dol- 

 lars of damage could be done by a pair 

 of these birds in a few hours if left 

 alone, denuding whole plantations of 

 gooseberry bushes, varying tlieir diet 

 on the buds of plums and later on 

 with the apples. This bird during the 

 summer feeds entirely on seeds of all 

 kinds and I venture to say would not 

 tend to reduce the bill for insecticides 

 in any way. I can assure yoi: the 

 English gardener well understands 

 the value of bird life and is very keen 

 on all matters for their protection, al- 

 though he must cover all sii'all fruit 

 with nets if he would gatlier any. 

 For many years also the government 

 has enacted drastic laws for bird pres- 

 ervation, and severe penalties are in- 

 flicted on law breakers in tbi'i respect, 

 but the bullfinch is one oxcoption to 

 the rule. 

 Morristown, N. ,1. S. Goi.dixc. 



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