March 27, 1915 



HOKTICULTURE 



437 



TELEGRAPH ORDERS 



forwarded to any part of the United States, 

 Canada and all the principal cities of Europe 



Alexander McConnell 



611 FIFTH AVENUE, - Corner of 49th Street 



NEW YORK CITY 



Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



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In Writing Advertisers Kindly Mention HORTICULTURE. 



to close his greenhouses at "Clayton," 

 his Pittsburgh home. During tlieir 

 eighteen years' existence, these green- 

 houses have been in charge of David 

 Fraser who came from the east for 

 this purpose. For some years they 

 were open to the public with Easter 

 and Chrysanthemum shows, but these 

 special features were abandoned sev- 

 eral years ago. Dr. John Fremont 

 Shafer, a connoisseur in orchids, has 

 also decided to close his conservatory 

 at his home in South Negley avenue, 

 and to that end is disposing of his 

 stock. 



E. M. McCarthy is the inspirer for 

 the handsome floral decorations which 

 appear from time to time with the 

 Joseph Home Company. The spring 

 opening was marked by an exception- 

 ally attractive display, the plants and 

 flowers, as usual, being furnislied by 

 the A. W. Smith Company, under the 

 supervision of Mr. King. The white 

 Grecian supporting columns were 

 gracefully hung with hothouse smilax, 

 with just here and there a touch of 

 floral color, while the huge bronze cir- 

 cular radiators in the front of the 

 store temporarily formed a broken 

 column of primulas, genistas and 

 cinerarias. Surmounting each was a 

 splendid specimen of cibotium fern. 



CHICAGO. 



There is a meeting as we go to press 

 of the joint committee appointed to 

 represent the Chicago Florists' Clul) 

 and the Cook County Florists' Associa- 

 tion, with the idea of their again be- 

 coming one club. 



The making of vacant city lots into 



gardens is being taken up this year 

 much more extensively than before. 

 The project is two-fold, to afford the 

 opportunity to the industrious to raise 

 their vegetables and flowers and cre- 

 ate a love for such work in their chil- 

 dren and to beautify the city by keep- 

 ing the vacant lots in order. The plan 

 is to employ a gardener who will direct 

 the work and money has been pledged 

 for this purpose and for purchasing 

 seeds. 



Whether Lincoln Park shall have 

 erected in it an armory for the First 

 Cavalry. Illinois National Guards, or 

 not, shall be left to the people, is the 

 decision of the Governor. The park is 

 the most centrally located of the large 

 reservations and is visited by thou- 

 sands of people daily during the entire 

 summer. On Sundays whole families 

 spend the day there and to many chil- 

 dren this is the only playground they 

 ever know and there is room for armo- 

 ries in other parts of the city. It is to 

 be hoped tliat the protests of the peo- 

 ple will save Lincoln Park from any 

 encroachments for it is none too large 

 for the use of the people now and the 

 rapidly increasing population of the 



Real 

 Butterflies 



Moths, Bpetles, etc., 



mounted on pln8 for 

 floral deoorntions of every description. 

 Large.st stock In America. 



Write f(tr prices. 



Tke New Eniilaod Entomological Compaoy 

 .166 Arhuriva.v. .Iiiniaicii I'laln, Muhn. 



city makes it desirable to save every 

 foot of this park, which is so close to-, 

 the downtown district. 



Easter Stock. 



In calling upon the growers of 

 Easter stock one finds the usual di- 

 versity of opinion among them as to 

 the quantity actually to be depended 

 tipon. Sunshine seems to be the most 

 desirable adjunct. One thing is cer- 

 tain, there are a great many short lilies 

 this year, too short to be counted as 

 first-class stock and no amount of sun- 

 shine will change that fact. It is not 

 possible that there will be an excess of 

 good medium lilies for this market un- 

 ness they are shipped in from a con- 

 siderable distance. Azaleas are hav- 

 ing to be culled more sharply than 

 usual, so many coming shy of blooms. 

 Rhododendrons are showing up well 

 and will be just right for the big holi- 

 day. Roses differ somewhat this year- 

 in that the big trained ones will be 

 few. There is a nice stock of the 

 smaller plants and indications are 

 that the rose plants will be as popular 

 as ever. Bulbous stock in pans will 

 still be in prime condition. Yarrawaa 

 new New Zealand sweet pea is just 

 coming into this market. The first 

 bunch was received by the Amling Co., 

 this week. It is a delicate blending of 

 pale pink and white and the petals 

 are deeply fluted. Manager Michael- 

 son is pleased with its appearance and 

 thinks something worth while has been 

 added to the sweet pea varieties now- 

 grown. 



