MABCH 0, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



Gov. Herrick, was shown in attractive 

 shape. Smith's Sons also were repre- 

 sented on the carnation tables by a crim- 

 son seedling, No. 108-81 ; by a variegated 

 seedling, by Benora and by Victory. 



W. H. GuUett & Sons, of Lincoln, 111., 

 were represented by an interesting dis- 

 play of Easter blooming plants, cyclamen, 

 American Beauty rose plants, Koosevelt 

 ferns, Easter lilies, etc. 



The Rue Floral Co., of Peoria, put up 

 ;i handsome table decoration of Killarney 

 roses and sweet peas, probably as much 

 admired by the public as any other ex- 

 liibit in the room. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., of Chicago, made 

 an excellent showing of roses and carna- 

 tions. In roses, Killarney, White Kil- 

 larney, Eichmond and Mrs, Taft were on 

 display and were of the usual high 

 quality staged at so many flower shows 

 by this exhibitor. The carnations in- 

 cluded all the leading varieties grown 

 at Morton Grove and were in equally 

 good shape. 



A. C. Brown, of Springfield, showed a 

 number of vases of well grown carna- 

 tions, including Gloriosa, White Wonder, 

 Sangamo and Mrs. C. W. Ward, 



Chas. Loveridge, of Peoria, had the 

 largest exhibit of roses, carnations, bulb- 

 ous stock, etc., in the hall. His narcissi 

 were especially good. Killarney, White 

 Killarney and a number of carnations 

 were shown. Cut flowers arranged in 

 baskets for effect were also on display, 

 as well as orchid plants. 



Bassett & Washburn, of Chicago, 

 sliowed a vase of red seedlings and were 

 the only ones to display the Sunburst and 

 T^ady Hillingdon roses, Ehea Eeid was 

 also shown in good shape. 



Wendland & Keimel Co., of Elmhurst, 

 III., displayed a splendid lot of roses, 

 notable for the length of bud and excel- 

 lence of color. The varieties were Kil- 

 larney, White Killarney, Ehea Eeid and 

 Mrs. Taft. 



E. C. Amling Co., of Chicago, staged 

 a number of vases of winter-blooming 

 Spencer sweet peas, fine flowers on long 

 stems, showing the true Butterfly char- 

 acter. 



H. N. Bruns, of Chicago, had a display 

 of his well known Chicago Market valley 

 of excellent quality. 



Geo. A. Kuhl, of- Pekin, 111., had one 

 of the largest exhibits of blooming 

 plants, large both in number of plants 

 and in varieties shown, including hydran- 

 geas, spiraeas, lilies, cinerarias, bulbous 

 plants in variety, roses, etc. From his 

 Peoria retail store were baskets of cut 

 flowers, well arranged, while a dinner 

 table display was effectively executed 

 with jonquils and attracted the eyes of 

 the city people. 



Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Association. 

 "^ Mprgan Park, 111., had "carnations on 

 exhibition. Two seedlings were shown, 

 '510 A and 6909 A, as well as a vase of 

 Gloriosa and one of Eosette. They were 

 in fine shape. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., 

 sent an exhibit of the new rose. Milady, 

 which proved a great attraction. 



1 he Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 111., 

 y^^ ^m, '■^ircsented by the new carna- 

 tion, The Herald, which was especially 

 nne, being long-stemmed and of bright 

 color Vases of well grown blooms of 

 tne^atanclard varieties also were shown. 



J^he E. 0. Hill Co., of Eichmond. Tnd.. 

 fh ^^ ^Ji^n'isome vase of 100 blooms of 

 ine new Commodore carnation. The stem, 

 Hptv '"^"'^,''"1^^ all spoke well for the va- 



„atli ^. *^^ growers were much inter- 

 esred m it. 



The Hill Floral Co., of Streator, 111., 



had on exhibition two vases of carnations, 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward and Beacon, of excel- 

 lent quality. 



A. Henderson & Co., of Chicago, staged 

 Carnation Philadelphia, the new pink 

 of Geo. W, Browne, Detroit, the blooms 

 coming from the Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange, one of the disseminators. The 

 blooms were fine and the variety was 

 well received. • 



Cottage Gardens Co., of Queens, N. 

 Y., sent specimens of Carnation Match- 

 less, a new white. 



The Travis Grate Co,, of Henry, 111., 

 showed its now well-known rocker grate, 

 which is being quite largely used in 

 greenhouses. 



The Raedlein Basket Co., of Chicago, 

 showed a large line of baskets, but at 

 another location. 



The judges were A, T. Hey, E, H. 

 Mann and F. W. Plummer. They 

 awarded certificates of merit to Carna- 

 tion Commodore, from E. G. Hill Co.; 

 Eose Milady, from A. N. Pierson; Car- 

 nation Philadelphia, from A, Henderson 

 & Co,; winter-blooming sweet pea, 

 from G. Swenson; Carnation The Her- 

 ald, from Chicago Carnation Co., and 

 Carnation Matchless, from Cottage 

 Gardens Co. 



Among Those Present. 



Among those whose presence was 

 noted were the following: 



Ammann, J. F., Edwardsville, III. 



Augspurger, A. M., Peoria, 111. 



Baer, Henry, Peoria, 111. 



Becker, L. J., Peoria, 111. 



Boinmersbach, John, Decatur, 111. 



Brown, A. C, Springfield, Hi. 



Caswell, N. O., Delavan, 111. 



Cohen, Geo., New York. 



Cole, .lames N., Peoria, 111. 



Gulp, Thos. A., Pekin, Hi. 



Dietsch, Alfred, Chicago. 



Evans, John A., Richmond, Ind. 



Fink, Michael, Chicago. 



Foley, P. J., Chicago. 



Goldsborough, R. A.. Peoria, 111. 



Gullett, C. E.. Lincoln. 111. 



Gullett, Mrs. C. E., Lincoln, HI. 



Guy, E. W., Belleville, 111. 



Hanson, F. M., Peoria. 111. 



Helnl, O. B., Jacksonville, 111. 



Hey, A. T., Maywood, 111. 



Jacobs, Geo. W., Canton, 111. 



Johnson, C. W., Morgan Park, 111. 



Johnson, Harry, Blooniington, 111. 



Keimel, W. J., Elmhurst. 111. 



Klein, E. H., Edwardsville, 111. 



Kohlbrand, A. C, Chicago. 



Kuhl, Geo. A., Pekin. 111. 



Kuhl, Mrs. G. A., Pekin, 111. 



Kurowski. Fred, Chicago. 



Lautenschlager, Fred, Chicago. 



Loteridge, Charles, Peoria, 111. 



Mann, E. H., Richmond, Ind. 



Miller, A., ChlCBfixj,- 



Morton, James, Chicago. 



Muncle, F. W.. I'rbana, 111. 



Nehrllng. A. H.. Urbana. 111. 



Nelson, J. A., Peoria, 111. 



Newcomb, Robert, Chicago. 



Olsem, Peter, Joliet, 111. 



Palinsky, W. L., Chicago. 



Patterson, K. M.. Chicago. 



Peltier, G. L.. Urbana, 111. 



Peterson, A., Hoopeston, 111. 



Pillsbnry, I. L., Galesburg, 111. 



Plummer, F. W., Kewanee, HI. 



Poehlmann, .\ugust, Morton Grove, 111. 



Poehlmann, Mrs. A. F., Morton Grove, 111. 



Poehlmann, Adolph, Morton Grove. 111. 



Poehlmann, Mrs. A. II., Morton Grove, 111. 



Pyfer, A. T., Chicago. 



Rhodes, Lester. Bloomington, 111. 



Rott, A. C, Joliet, HI. 



Rue, Frank E., Peoria, HI. 



Salmons. J. S.. Kokomo, Ind. 



Schleslnger. T. R.. Chicago. 



Schrieher, .Tohn. Chicago. 



Sehrleber, Michael, Chicago. 



Scott, C. P.. Peoria. III. 



Slebenthal. 0. V., Peoria. 111. 



Slmmen. R. A.. LaSalle, 111. 



Smith, H. E.. Pnnvllle, HI. 



Smith, Mrs. II. E.. Danville, HI. 



Steinmetz. ,Iohn, Chicago. 



Swenson, G., Elmhurst, 111. 



Vaughan, A. L., Chicago. 



Walker. C. C, Danville, HI. 



Walraven. J. A., Peoria, 111. 



Washhurn, C. L., Chicago. 



Washburn, Mrs. C. L., Chicago. 



Washburn, F. L., Bloomington, HI. 



Washburn, Mrs. F. L., Bloomington, HI. 



Washburn, Geo.. Bloomington, 111. 



Woodyard. R. S., Chicago. 



Yates. J. E., Champaign. HI. 



Young, J. E. . Jacksonville, 111. 



Zech, John, Chicago. 



LANDSCAPING BY FLORISTS. 



(A paper by W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, III., 

 read before the Illinois State Florists' Association 

 at Peoria, March 5, 1013.] 



Many of us fail to realize the possi- 

 bilities of increasing our business, and of 

 making it more profitable, by adding 

 landscape gardening to our regular lines. 

 It seems strange that this is so, because, 

 if one stops to think, the customers for 

 our bedding plants and perennials are 

 the very people who need such work, and 

 we shall not have the difiiculty met with 

 in taking up most new lines; that is, the 

 getting of new customers and building 

 up an entirely new business. Our cus- 

 tomers are ready to hand. Their names 

 are on our books as buyers of plants and 

 all there is to be done is to equip our- 

 selves to supply their wants properly, and 

 to let them know we are so equipped. Of 

 course the downtown store man in the 

 large cities, and the strictly wholesale 

 grower, will probably not find it advisa- 

 able to take up this work, but those flo 

 rists who both grow and retail their prod- 

 uct, and who are located in the smaller 

 cities and towns, or in the residence dis- 

 tricts, will find much and profitable de- 

 mand for good service of this kind. 



The Desire for Change. 



There is a great and growing desire 

 among the middle class of home owners, 

 for better and more beautiful outdoor 

 surroundings. They are being taught by 

 precept and example that the round bed 

 of geraniums or cannas planted in the 

 middle of the lawn is often a very un- 

 lovely thing, that it dwarfs the place and 

 gives no lasting satisfaction. They feel 

 that there are better and more artistic 

 ways of decorating their grounds. They 

 are tired of the everlasting sameness of 

 the red patch of S. A. Nutt with a border 

 of Salleroi, which is repeated and re- 

 peated on each side of each of our resi- 

 dence streets. If we are to keep the?e 

 customers and to sell them more, instead 

 of less of our goods, we must arrange to 

 give them something better — something 

 more artistic and more interesting — 

 something which they and their neighbors 

 and the passers-by will delight in look- 

 ing at again and again. 



Who ever, nowadays, stops on the street 

 and looks at any of these prim, common- 

 place flowerbeds we are planting by the 

 thousand everv spring — and whv shouM 

 they? 



Flowering plants need a background of 

 green. This means that they must gen- 

 erally be planted in front of taller grow- 

 ing specimens. Of course we can use the 

 taller perennials at times for this pur- 

 pose, but why do it when there are a 

 wealth of shrubs to hand which are so 

 much better in every way? Shrubs are 

 never unsightly, even in winter, while 

 many of those with ornamental bark or 

 colored berries are beautiful all the deso- 

 late winter days and carry us through to 

 the time of green leaves and flowers 

 again. The shrub puts forth its leaves 

 quickly in the spring and arrives at its 

 full beauty in a few days, while we must 

 wait, often, half the summer for our full 

 growth from the other types of tall grow- 

 ing flowers. 



Some Simple Rules. 



We thus get to 



Eule No. 1. — Plant shrubs for a back- 

 ground and plant your flowers in front 

 of them. It has been an axiom almost 

 from the first real study which was ever 

 given the subject, which we may state 

 here as 



Eule No. 2. — Plant around the boun- 



