. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 786 The American Florist. Jan. 12. They also had in their display a fine vase of John Hartje's new chrysanthemum, Golden Beauty. The South Park Floral Company showed a vase of Bridesmaids of well known New Castle quality. Bertermann Brothers had a vase of carnations in varieties which were beautiful and a table of pot plants admirably arranged. An immense cyclamen plant, several orchids in bloom and quite a number of foliage plants were specially noticeable in their display. Henry Rieman had a sim- ilar display. M
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 786 The American Florist. Jan. 12. They also had in their display a fine vase of John Hartje's new chrysanthemum, Golden Beauty. The South Park Floral Company showed a vase of Bridesmaids of well known New Castle quality. Bertermann Brothers had a vase of carnations in varieties which were beautiful and a table of pot plants admirably arranged. An immense cyclamen plant, several orchids in bloom and quite a number of foliage plants were specially noticeable in their display. Henry Rieman had a sim- ilar display. Most prominent on his table was avase of a promising pink car- nation seedling and several specimen plants of Gloire de Lorraine begonias. He also had several plants of Cypripe- dium insigne, quite a specialty of his, and a very fine plant of Phoenix Canariensis. .\s usual the Smith & Young Company showed Marie Louise violets that would be hard to beat. The judges, Messrs. Hartje, Nelson and Junge, awarded certificates of merit to E. C Hill's new rose. White Lady, and Stuart & Haugh's new carnation, Avon- dale. They also made honorable mention of Cole's display of carnations, Ber- termann Brothers'general display; Henry Rieman's begonias and phoenix, of roses exhibited by the South Park Floral Co., and of violets exhibited by the Smith & Young Co. H. J. Boulevard Planting in Chicago. On November 27, 1900, the park authorities in the city of Chicago awarded a contract for the landscape embellish- ment of the middle parkway on Douglas boulevard. This improvement has been under consideration for nearly two years and six local landscape architects have, in the meantime, made one or more plans each, until finally the design furnished by P. S. Peterson & Son was accepted. The money payment called for by the con- tract is $10,850. Douglas boulevard extends west from Douglas Park, on what would be Four- teenth street, for over a mile to Hamlin avenue, where it enter
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