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eties planted, largely taking the place 

 of Ward. 



C. L. Washburn says he never has seen 

 rose orders so numerous or so large for 

 Mothers ' day. He^ lepmments that this 

 year's shortage of tekrnations will kill 

 any idea, if such still persists, that the 

 carnation is the special flower of the 

 day. 



Word comes from Pana, 111., that P. 

 L. McKee is just getting around after 

 a belated illness with the influenza. 



A. H. Budlong says he never has seen 

 so strong a demand as this season for 

 young rose stock. 



Thenanthos would be an excellent car- 



nation, in the view of the growers, if 

 it did not split. Asked what percentage 

 split in his experience, "Exactly 100 

 per cent," was the answer of Peter J. 

 Schumer, the Evanston grower. He has 

 two benches of Thenanthos this season 

 and would discard it except for the idea 

 that it might not split so badly if given 

 just the right treatment. He will grow 

 one bench of it next season. 



Hart Vance, Jr., returned May 5 after 

 being overseas for two years. He was 

 formerly with A. L. Eandall Co. and 

 has gone to Dallas, Tex., to see his 

 folks, after which he will return to 

 Randall 's. 



Visitors. 



As was the case at Easter, there have 

 been many visitors this week, practical- 

 ly all of them looking for cut flowers 

 for Mothers' day, though some had other 

 reasons for being here. 



From Cleveland came F. C. W. Brown, 

 of the J. M. Gasser Co., with one of his 

 store assistants, F. J. Kocher. Also 

 from Cleveland, and Youngstown, and 

 Akron, came Albert Barber. His mod- 

 est wants were 10,000 carnations and 

 10,000 roses. 



From Detroit came J. F. Sullivan, re- 

 tailer, in quest of flowers, and A. J. 



