HORTICULTURE 



August 19, 1911 



The Edgebrook Greenhouses and Nurseries 



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THE CEO. WITTBOLD CO. 



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Cordially Invite all Florists interested in 



I Fine Ferns, Palms, and Nursery Stock 



I Also all ether seasonable stock to stop over and 



visit our place at EDGEBROOK. CHICAGO. ILL. 



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| We now have 80 a 



well stocked with a 



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■II ether seasonable stock to stop over and 

 our place at EDGEBROOK, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Milwaukee and S*. I=»=»i_jl 



\way 



Week day trains from 

 Chicago to Edgebrook 



Week day trains from 

 Ed gebrook to Chicago 



Sunday Trains 

 Chicago to Edgebrook 



Look at this 

 Time Card and 

 make your 

 Plans to come. 



A.M. 

 6.55 

 9.20 



P.M. 



12.40 

 1.55 

 3.05 

 5.00 

 5.20 

 5.35 

 6.03 

 6.42 

 8.45 



11.30 



A.M. 

 6.16 

 7.03 

 7.39 



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P.M. 

 1.10 



3.27 

 3.44 



5.44 



7.08 



10.44 



A.M. 

 6.55 

 9.20 



Sunday Trains 

 Edgebrook to Chicago 



P.M. 



12.40 

 1.55 

 3.05 

 5.00 

 5.35 

 6.03 

 8.45 



11.30 



12 miles from Union Depot. 



'Phone us and 

 we will meet 

 any train at 

 Edgebrook 

 Station. 

 'Phone Sunny- 

 side 124. 



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We now have 80 acres of Nurseries and 70,000 square feet of glass at Edgebrook which Is 

 well stocked with a full line of seasonable plants. 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florist Club held an 

 interesting meeting on Thursday af- 

 ternoon last week, this being the 

 meeting when the yearly election of 

 officers takes place. The attendance 

 was not as good as expected for this 

 occasion. The president not being 

 present, Vice-President Frank Weber 

 filled the chair. 



The election of officers for the en- 

 suing year being in order, there was 

 only one nominee for president, Rob- 

 ert J. Windier, and his election was 

 made unanimous; for vice-president 

 there were two candidates, F. Venne- 

 rnann and C. E. DeWeber. Mr. Ven- 

 nemann was elected on the first bal- 

 lot. For the offices of secretary and 

 treasurer Messrs. Beneke and Smith 

 had no opposition and were the unani- 

 mous choice of the members. J. F. 

 Ammann and F. A. Weber were the 

 candidates for a three term trustee, 

 and after several ballots Mr. Weber 

 was elected. For the one year term 

 \V. C. Young and C. C. Sanders were 

 the candidates and W. C. Young was 

 elected. The above set of officers 

 should prove a hustling crew and 

 pilot the good ship through a success- 

 ful year. 



A communication was read from 

 the Chicago Florists' Club inviting 

 the club members to meet with them 

 on Thursday, October 5th, which was 

 accepted and quite a few expressed 

 themselves as wishing to make the 

 nip. State Vice-President Weber of 



the S. A. F., made a neat talk telling 

 the members all about the Baltimore 

 trip. The trustees were given a vote 

 of thanks for the successful outing 

 they gave the members last month. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



As usual this summer the attendance 

 was good and two visitors C. C. Poll- 

 worth of Milwaukee and C. De Weber 

 of St. Louis were present and the for- 

 mer elected to membership, regular 

 rules being suspended for that pur- 

 pose. 



Report of the picnic committee was 

 made by its chairman A. Zeck. Fifty 

 dollars was appropriated by the club 

 toward the Baltimore expenses of the 

 bowling team which consists of Geo. 

 Asmus. John Zeck, C. W. McKellar, W. 

 Wolf and P. Olsem. 



It was voted to extend invitations 

 to the Detroit Florists' Club and the 

 Milwaukee Florists' Club to visit, the 

 Chicago Club Oct. 5, when Elmer D. 

 Smith will read a paper on chrysan- 

 themums. A chrysanthemum show 

 will also be held at the November 

 meeting and an invitation sent to the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America to 

 appoint the judges. A vase of Gladio- 

 lus Kunderdi Glory was exhibited by 

 Walter Scott of La Grange. 111. 



RAILWAY GARDENING ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The fifth annual meeting of this as- 

 sociation is being held this week at 



Chicago. Headquarters. Kaiserhof Ho- 

 tel. 



Presideut, Patrick Foy, Norfolk & West- 

 ern R. R., 61 Fourth avenue, N. E. Roan- 

 oke, Va. 



Vice-President, J. E. Smith, Pennsylvania 

 R. R., Ridley Park, Pa. 



Secretary and Treasurer, J. S. Butterfleld, 

 Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain R. R., Lee's 

 Summit, Mo. 



Executive Committee: A. V. Smith, 

 Pennsylvania R. R., Ridley Park, Pa.; F. W. 

 Vail, Central of New Jersey R. R., Dun- 

 ellen. N. J.; H. A. Bode, Illinois Central R. 

 R., Champaign, 111. 



The following program has been re- 

 ceived: 



Tuesday, August 15, 10.00 A M., Words 

 of Welcome, Michael Barker. Reports of 

 officers. Papers will be read aa follows: 

 "Uniformity in Railroad Gardening and 

 How to Bring It About," E. A. Richardson, 

 Boston & Albany R. R. ; "Interesting Rail- 

 roads in Beautifying Their Station 

 Grounds." N. S. Duulop, Canadian Pacific 

 It. R. ; "Fences, Including Hedges; Where 

 to Use; Material, Maintenance," etc., 

 Joseph Carson, Pennsylvania R. R. 



1.30 P. M. to 5.00 P. M., Inspection Tour 

 of Chicago Parks. 8.00 P. M.. papers will 

 lie read as follows: "Sodding and Seeding 

 I. awns. Comparative Value, Best Time to 

 Do It. Material," R. J. Rice, Michigan Cen- 

 tral R. R. ; "The Gardener's Jurisdiction: 

 How Far Beyond the Park Fence Should It 

 Extend?", R. W. Hutchinson, Pennsylvania 

 II. R. ; "How Best to Prevent Stock from 

 Trespassing on Our Grounds." C. W. Elehl- 

 ing, Queen & Crescent R. R. 



Wednesday, August 16, 10.00 A. M. t 

 "Hardy Herbaceous Perennials in Land- 

 scape Work," W. H. Waite. Western 

 Springs, 111.: "Plants for Permanent Effect. 

 Extent of Their Use, Varieties," Geo. E. 

 Kessler. St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. ; 

 "Should Railroad Companies Purchase or 

 Grow Their Stock?." F. W. Vail, Central of 

 New Jersey R. R.; "Treating Cuts and 

 Banks to Pi-event Washing and Sliding." II. 

 S. Moulder, Illinois Central R. R.; "Ferti- 

 lizers." J. A. Byrne. Baltimore & Ohio R. 

 R.: "Maintaining Parks During Drought." 

 .1. E. Smith. Pennsylvania R. R. Open dis- 



