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Highland Park Press, 20 Mar 1930, p. 13

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Thur-my, March 20, 1930 ANNUAL GARDEN FLOWER SHOW SOON interest will be illustrated by the city schools. Under the direction of Ed. ward F. Worst, manual training de. partments are preparing models of city bungalows and spartment build- ings, on lots 40 by IM feet, with the grounds planted in the special man- ner suited to congested areas. Roof gardens, court gardens. and terrace gardens, will be shown, offering ob. ject lessons of what can be done by residents of Chicago’s built-up sec- tions for the betutt,ifletstiott of the city. City omieninir,iin locations where growing conditions are unfavorable, will receive special attention in this show. In the model garden section, staged in the exhibition hall, which will be transformed into,“ avenue of beautiful life-size garden pictures. there will be three exhibits applicable to city conditions, A roof garden, to be built on a skyscraper, with n View over Luke Michigan, will occupy the north end of the hall. It has been designed by George Well-0e Carr, ar- ehiteet, sud will be built by Lincoln pork. A modernistic gorden will be shown by the Menu Gordon club. A court yurd pot garden. for localities where plants must be grown in pots, will be I third exhibit. In eompetition for $10,000 in cuh premiums, the eottttttetreittl cut flower and plant growers of the Chicago are: will exhibit choicest blossom- from their greenhouse plants, which produce euch year Bowers valued " 'i6,200,000 wholcslle. The ell-see cell for exhibits of unless. begoniu. etmsrsriats, genistag, spiraeu, hydren- you, margueritee, rerartiuttts, celceol- ttrias, primal“, roses, ferns, house plants, cell”, lilies, hyacinth, tulips, deflodill, orchidl, etrrnatioms, sweet pen. empdregons, celendulu, camel- liu, delphiniumis, lreeliu, annual larupurs, lupins, stocks, violets, mig- nonettes, Ialplglouis, anemones, Ind wtoiowers. _ In this section there will also be wild gnrdens, in which nil the spring Bowers native to Chicago land will be in blossom; rock gardens. "howing plants suitable for rockeries; rose gardens, tulip gardens, «and VII-ions other garden types. Mnny hive been designed by Kenneth Bangs. land. scape architect of the show. and all will depict accurately correct garden design. Mnny Clubs Enter Ninety-two clubs have entered the club competitions. which will be stated on the first floor of the hotel. This year $800 in cash prizes ll of- fered in the club contest: They in. elude the following: Floral decon- tions for dinner, luncheon and garden ten tables; miniature gnden models for dinner, luncheon and garden tea tables; miniature garden models for the model village; window boxes, out. door and indoor; eunpnrlor plant col- lection; room detoratiotu, flower or- rnngemente in bowl or use, garden posters, and decorative arrangements of plant materiel other than flowen. There will be more than 400 eeper- nte exhibits in the club section. Du Competition The big tenure of the Chicuo chow (Continued from Page 4) is always the role competition. This city is famous for in roles, having a winter climate especially favorable to their production. Sumhine, and clear days in the cold weather months, enable the florist to regulate the tem- perature of his greenhouses exactly, and grow roses slowly to maturity, giving ttowen, ot wonderful color, size and keeping qualities. For the Ilower show Ipecial blouoma are grown. with the system known " “un- limited pinching" by which the num- ber of blossoms grown to I Iingle iumdreds oft/wumrzafr q THE PRESS _ 0u)ters... GENERAL (Ill) ELECTRIC ALL-STEEL neural-alumni VIC. J. KILLIAN, Inc. plsnt is reduced so that sll the on» em of the plsnt ls toned Into s few f1owera. m teatagq clsss in the rose section is No. 186, csllln; for s displsy of cut roses covering 200 - test. sad eontslnlnc not less than 500 blossoms of not Iss- than tour varieties. Prim cloud sre $360 for itmtt mo tor mud. Numerous sctlvitles during the show will be curled on by the m. nois Federation of Women's clubs. A tes room will be conducted in the show, with members of the women’s clubs serving as V‘sltresus. A cut Phone 3800 lathe smell mound caning you see on top of " General Electric Refrigerator. the and" uranium in may tooled with up.” new oil Illppl . Dirt, moisture and MM came trouble. M'rt,,"dl,' and spelt bale. an forever shut ouuide! Come in and nee when, attractive utylee of Generral Electric We» tom-and let Ill tell you about our surly ingly my terms. Join In in the Gemini Beanie Hour. bematrmt *very Saturdayat9P.M.. MSW Time,overamuiomaoideN.aC-h has paid a _ . cent for service 19 North Sheridan Rod no“: booth will ho 'ttan-d by the “donation. with Incubus-I of Junior clubs. ad was" of club “In" serving an tittqrer girls.' Tb m of the uh so to the Ida-tun. A Mun PNWYNt' of and. tub. many of them “Instr-ted. will be given. The" will be two “lb and afternoon by “Md-I on VIII. mum of gnedmtittq, lumber: of the (“outlo- will um on a Ito-mm eouunluu. who wlll welcome Vinita-I to the I." ad mm in owl-lain: the dunk-Al tutu" of the exhibits.

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