. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; Ji, IIIU»»II| l«li» ?pp^UM')(*'('l|.f.»J); «»M' M'^ '.'IV; fVy "-^ • -^-IW ."^l" . ,^- ; .ly-^wr^w j^.rp^^gf^'f^j^^^f^^jirf^j^rTjpr'rr^-- Jl^^jffr^"'."^:^*. V'"- '^ • J' ~".'T"->»»'^'''^;*Vf'^t'v^'i'^V(C'<r'»'" 18 The Florists'Review April 3, 1913. C iiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiiiiiimiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimMiiiniiiiiiiim CHICAGO'S SECOND ^ SPRING EXHIBITION EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. Show an Artistic Success. The Horticultural Society of Chicago is this week distrib
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ; Ji, IIIU»»II| l«li» ?pp^UM')(*'('l|.f.»J); «»M' M'^ '.'IV; fVy "-^ • -^-IW ."^l" . ,^- ; .ly-^wr^w j^.rp^^gf^'f^j^^^f^^jirf^j^rTjpr'rr^-- Jl^^jffr^"'."^:^*. V'"- '^ • J' ~".'T"->»»'^'''^;*Vf'^t'v^'i'^V(C'<r'»'" 18 The Florists'Review April 3, 1913. C iiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiiiiiimiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimMiiiniiiiiiiim CHICAGO'S SECOND ^ SPRING EXHIBITION EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. Show an Artistic Success. The Horticultural Society of Chicago is this week distributing its surplus in giving to the Chicago public what is practically a free exhibition of great- er magnitude than any other spring show ever held in the west, and prob- ably the largest spring show ever held in the United States, with the single exception of the National Flower Show held at Boston two years ago. It is Chicago's second attempt at a spring exhibition. The quantity of stock shows a considerable increase over that of a year ago, although the number of ex- hibitors is not materially increased. Finer stock it would be difficult to imagine. The two big rose groups are^ magnificent, and Frank Oechslin staged a group of hard-wooded flowering plants the like of which has never been seen in the west. Some twenty varieties are included. Fritz Bahr sJso put up a group of hard-wooded blooming plants of the commercial sizes, but including many varieties which, to quote Mr. Bahr, "are not" seen as frequently as they should ; In addition to these, Mount Greenwood Cemetery has a group of geraniums, antirrhinums and sweet peas grown in tubs and trained on balloon-shaped trellises that is nota- ble. The private gardeners are partici- pating in the show to a greater extent than ever before and for the benefit of the society reporters for the daily papers the names of the employers only are used, so that one may read in the morning papers how A. B.
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