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iZLrwoT8 mnTonwAZ smtt^Y "A garden is a poem come to life and dramatized in all
" the glamour and eloquence of T^ature's finest talent.
VIEW FACING EXHIBITION- HALL FROM ITALIAN FORMAL GARDEN
By Charles Fiore.
HOftTICULTUftt A CENTURY OF PROGRESS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
. • ^(^^^ C H I C A G O ILLINOIS U. S. A.
9 3 3 "J^atUTe has glorified tfie romance of the s\y and the earth and given us her flower gardens." FOREWORD
^Sk^^-^TN"^^ IFE minus its aesthetic values would be barren indeed.
'1^^ Though we may often forget the fact, beauty is as essen' tial for our well-being and happiness as are food and shelter and clothing. Fortunately, beauty appears in many forms—in music, in painting, in sculpture, in Ht- erature, and in a thousand glories of Nature. Not only are we moved at twilight by the rose colors of the western sky, or by the sparkling stars that sprinkle the vault of heaven at night, but deep in our
beings there is a love for growing things, for living objects that in grace ful forms and lovely colors and with sweet odors spring miraculously from the warm bosom of the soil. Even a single blossom, growing in a
clay pot on a window sill, has opened to a weary soul a glimpse of heaven.
In the exhibition of A Century of Progress, there is an unparalleled display of the advancements in architecture and the triumphs of science, not only in their physical forms but also in their varied apphcation to the arts of living. But these things do not compass man's interests or en- tirely cover the fields of notable progress.
The Horticultural and Floricultural Exhibition measures up to the very high levels attained by science, invention, engineering and industry as exemphfied at A Century of Progress International Exposition. This
great exhibition is dedicated to the Horticultural Industry in all its branches.
Here have been gathered the choicest blossoms, finest trees, shrubs and accessories, weaving them together into a dehghtful picture designed to give you something to take away with you as an enduring possession, that intangible something, not of leaf nor of bud, but the infinite happi-
ness which comes in an association of these things. If it shall have added this to your life, if it shall give you enjoyment and inspiration, then our efforts shall not have been in \-ain and the objective and ideals of this Exhibition shall remain monumental to its accompHshment.
^J^ "yiot so much a fan ?\{arcis.sis or a lovely Rose, But a s\]\en, perfumed something that )ust groups.'
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION
AND GARDEN AND FLOWER SHOW
AT
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
May 27th to November 1st
19 3 3
Located at
SOUTH END—NORTHERLY ISLAND
An Exhibition featuring the products and creations of
Leaders in the Horticultural field
Operated in cooperation with the
HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY
By
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS, INC.
HENRY A. ERLINGER President JOHN A. SERVAS Executive Director GEORGE PHILLIPS Secretary and Treasurer
SAMUEL A. AND LEONARD B. ETTELSON General Coimsel "Trees were among the earliest companions of man and they have ever remained his steadfast friends."
PERSONNEL OF HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. INC.
HENRY A. ERLINGER President JOHN A. SERVAS Executive Director Vice-President LEE J. STRAUSS CHARLES G. DAVIS Specia! Shows Director JAMES H. BURDETT PubJicity Director KENNETH W. BANGS Landscape Architect ALFRED A. HILBRON Assistant Manager FREDERICK A O'HAGAN ComptroUer SAMUEL A. AND LEONARD B. ETTELSON General Counsel
OFFICIAL PROGRAM AND SOUVENIR BOOK
Special Editorial material by REBECCA ANTHONY Assistant Editor HARRIET KEATING Printed by LINCOLN PRINTING COMPANY Photographs by KAUFMAN & FABRY CO.
SPECIAL FLOWER SHOW COMMIHEE GEORGE ASMUS, Chairman OTTO AMLING ERIC JOHNSON FRANK K. BALTHIS AUGUST KOCH JAMES H. BURDETT JOSEPH KOHOUT LAURENT CLODY MRS. BERT SCHILLER McDONALD RUDOLPH ELLSWORTH ABE MILLER JOHN FISCHER SWAIN NELSON WM. A. HANSEN JAMES SYKORA ALEXANDER HENDERSON LEONARD VAUGHAN GEORGE WIENHOEBER
ART COMMITTEE
HARRY L. ENGLE EMORY P. SEIDEL
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Horticultural Building at A Century of Progress 6¥3rKo 'Li}{e so many precious jewels. Summer has .studded the hillside with her most hrilliant blossoms."
GENERAL ADVISORY FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE
Frank J. Baker Alfred C. Hottes Harrie S. Mueller John C. Wister Presideni President President PccsiiJcnt F. T. D. Association Men's Garden Clubs of America Kansas State Florists' Ass'n The American Iris Society Utica. New York Dcs Moines. Iowa Wichita. Kansas Germanlown, Philadelphia, Pa
Edward J. Barnes Roscoe Huff W. L. Oswald Richardson Wright President ^crrerary Editor President Missouri State Florists Ass'n American Gladiolus Society Seed World American Rose Society Kansas City. Mo. Goshen. Indiana Chicago, 111. New York, N. Y, Otto H. Amiing Leonard Barron Laurenz Greene Elmer T. Peterson George Di reef or Chief in Horticulture Editor Asmus Horticultural Society Purdue University Better Homes W Gardens Andrew Benson of New York La Fayette. Indiana Dcs Moines, Iowa Frank K. Balthis F. R. Kilner RE. Berlet Roy Patience K. W. Bangs, L. A. President Edifor President Florists Review Herman Benthey Central States Dahlia Society Florida State Florists' Ass'n Chicago, Illinois Chicago. 111. Crescent City, Florida Laurent Clody
Koch Carl Cropp, Sr. August F. Prof. J. C. Blair R. Pierson Chief Horticulturist University of Illinois National Councillor Charles N. Evans Garfield Park Conservatory Urbana, Illinois U. S. Chamber of Commerce Chicago. Illinois Tarry town. New York R. B. Faxon Frederick Fisher Miles W. Bryant Thomas Leavitt Herbert L. Potter Secretary Secretary A. H, Hill Illinois State Nurserymen's Ass'n National Ass'n of Commercial President Princeton, Illinois Dahlia Growers. Inc. Texas Stale Florists Ass'n Jens Jensen, L. A. Assinippi. Mass. El Paso, Texas Hal Kennicott W. F. Christman Paul R. Klingsporn Secretary Wm. G. Loveridge H. J. Rahmlow American Peony Society Secrefury Secretary Joseph Kohout Norlhbrook. Illinois The IllinoisState Florists' Ass'n Wisconsin State Horticultural Peoria, Illinois Society Homer Langc Madison, Wis, Charles G. Davis W. B. Lathrop Secretary Thomas C. Luke Maud F. Robertson Fran; Lipp, L. A. California Flower Festival Portland. Oregon San Leandro. Calif. Managing Editor Ruth S. May, L. A. Home and Garden Review Edward A. Manda Chicago. III. J. Horace McFarland A. T. De La Mare President A. Miller Edifor New York Florists' Club Henry C. Rosacker Jersey Florists Exchange East Orange. New R. E. Moore, Jr., L. A. New York President Minnesota State Florists Oakley V. Morgan Charles E. Mandeville Minneapolis, Minn. Alvin Nelson Prof. H. B. Dorner Presidenr Chief Floriculture St. Louis Florists' Club John T. Scheepers Hubert Nelson University of Illinois St. Louis, Mo- Urbana, Illinois New York City Louis A. Paeth James McHutchinson Peter Pearson Charles Sizemore Rudolph Ellsworth President Charles G. Sauers Presidenf Society of American Florists t3 Secretary Ornamental Horticulturists American Ass'n of Nurserymen Allied Florists Ass'n of Illinois Rudolph Scheffler Chicago, Illinois New York City Louisiana, Mo. S. G. Shraiberg Dorothy Ehel Hansell Joseph S. Merritt O. E. Steinkamp Leonard H. Vaughan President Secretary 5ecrefary Paul Weiss National Ass'n of Gardeners The Florists' Clubof Baltimore The American Carnation Society New York City Dundalk. Baltimore, Md. Indianapolis. Indiana Roy J. West, L. A.
A. Dudley Crafts Watson William A. Hansen Dr. George J. Moore H. Vogt President Director President John M. Weiland Chicago Florists' Club Missouri Botanical Garden Michigan State Florists Ass'n Henry C. Whitmarsh Chicago, Illinois St. Louis, Mo. Flint, Michigan "Old fashioned gardens whispering tell Of things remembered, things loved well."
HONORARY COMMIHEE
Honorable HAROLD L. ICKES, Secretary of the Interior of ifie United States
Honorable WILLIAM H^ DIETERICH, United States Senator
Honorable HENRY HORNER, Governor of Illinois
Honorable EDWARD J. KELLY, Mayor of Chicago
Herman Black George A. McKinlock
Sheldon Clark John J. Mitchell
Edward I. Cudahy Robert Isham Randolph Albert Blake Dick George W. Rossetter
L. A. Downs Arthur G. Rumpf
Samuel A. Ettelson Joseph T. Ryerson Edward N. Hurley Fred W. Sargent
D. F. Kelly Charles H. Schweppe
Louis B. Kuppenheimer Dr. Walter Dill Scott
Albert D. Lasker Albert A. Sprague
Hon. Frank O. Lowden Silas H. Strawn
George Lytton G. F. Swift
Leon Mandel Thomas E. Wilson Warren Wright
PATRONESSES
Mrs. J. Ogden Armour Mrs. John L. McInerney Mrs. Philip D. Armour Mrs. Robert Townsend McKeever
Mrs. Sewell L. Avery Mrs. George A. McKinlock
Mrs. Jacob Baur Mrs. Charles H. Morse
Mrs. Walter S. Brewster Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt
Mrs. John Alden Carpenter Mrs. Julius Rosenwald
Mrs. Philip R. Clarke Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild
Mrs. Tracy C. Drake Mrs Charles H. Schweppe
Mrs. Max Epstein Mrs. Frank D. Stout
Mrs. Samuel A. Ettelson Mrs. Melvin L. Straus
Mrs. William F. Farrell Mrs. T. Philip Swift
Mrs. Henry Ford Mrs. John R. Thompson
Mrs. Bowman C. Li.ngle Mrs. Frederic W. Upham
Mrs. Joseph B. Long Mrs. Albert H. Wetten
Mrs. Andrew M.\cLeish Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley
Mrs. Hugh J. McBirney Mrs. Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Mrs. Robert R. McCormick —
V IMMORTAL—TREE
Think you no soul dwells in a tree No soul such as of you or me, No hfe that pulses 'neath The bark and rough 'Neath all that hard exterior And woody stutf That is immortal Tree, That hfts its arms to God To worship in the great cathedral Of the sky and sod. Think you the winds That beat upon its breast Strange music Of a wordless tongue; Nay, these are hymns That have reverberantly sung Through ages Ever since the world begun.
A tree may die; No less for such as these Still linger its immortal memories. A separation of the wood from wood Cannot dissolve such brotherhood. Linked through the bondage Of transcendent years Such dissolution Would but to release Its soul. Through physical demise.
And we shall feel And know. Both you and I, What there has been Of immortahty That dwells within This silent understanding friend. Whose death can never Friendship end. Whose memory lingers long With you and me;
Such is the immortality Of just a tree. —Rebecca Anthony.
vT ^• .^^T^ ::i^ MUt'LH "I thin\ the angels when they light The stars, the flowers of heaven, at night. Let wee tots of the city peep Into His garden while they sleep."
HORTICULTURAL TRADE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEES COOPERATING
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS
JAMES McHUTCHISON, President
GEORGE ASMUS, Chairman, National Flower and Garden Show Committee
CHICAGO FLORISTS CLUB
Secretary WM. A. HANSEN, President H. J. WOLFE,
ALLIED FLORISTS ASSOCIATION
RUDOLPH ELLSWORTH, President LAURENT CLODY, Secretary
COMMERCIAL FLOWER GROWERS ASSOCIATION
GEORGE C. WEILAND, President LAURENT CLODY, Secretary
AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY
W. G. DuMONT, President W. W. COOK, Treasurer
HARRY W. CLAYBAUGH, Vice President W. F. CHRISTMAN, Secretary
ILLINOIS GLADIOLUS SOCIETY
LOUIE FOREMAN, President REV. W. R. SHULL
EARL A. HOLL, Secretary S. T. COLLINS, JR.
LOUIS L. WILLIAMS S. W. DECKER, Shoir Manager
WISCONSIN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY
JAMES LIVINGSTONE, President M. S. KELLOGG, Vice President
Secretary H. J. RAHMLOW,
CENTRAL STATES DAHLIA SOCIETY
R. E. BERLET, President C, A. LAUTENSLAGER, Treasurer
WALTER SCOTT, Vice President FATHER H. OSWALD, Chairman, World's Fair E. M. LARSEN, Vice President Exhibit
H. LICKERT, Vice President q- J. j FITCHETT, Chairman, Membership and
F, R. KLEEHAMMER, Secretary Publicity "I li^e to thin\ at twilight among His lilies tall. He wal\s, but loves the smallest flower of them all."
ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
Mrs. William F. Farrell, President
Mrs. Willis J. Burgess, Executive Sec'y.
GARDEN DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Wall.ace B. Combs, Chairman
Co-Chairmen:
Mrs. Richard Barr Mrs. Charles Caldwell Mrs. Ransom Kennecott Mrs. Theron Colton Mrs. Vera Johnson Mrs. Frank Wallis
Advisory Committee:
Mrs. Wm. F. Farrell Mrs. Walter Seymour Mrs. Fred Waterman
ENTRIES FOR SPECIAL SHOW—JULY 1st to 7th
Units: District 1-2-3-6-7-9-10
Comer Sec. Highland Park, Forest Preserve (Conservation), Third District (Edgemere Woman's Club). Gardens and floral arrangement: Mr. and Mrs. Kennecott, Chicago Woman's Club, For-
est fe? Garden Department; Englewood Woman's Club, Joliet, Sherman Park Neighborhood House, Chicago Lawn, South Side Catholic Woman's Club, Palos Park Woman's Club, Mr. and Mrs. George Ward, Orland Park Woman's Club, Evanston Friends of Council, 6th District, 7th Dis-
trict, Woman's Ideal Club, Deerfield Woman's Club, Gray's Lake Clearing Woman's Club, Ever- green Florists, Soukel's Nursery, Beverly Juniors, Gresham Woman's Club, Chesterfield Woman's Club.
HOSTESSES FOR SPECIAL WEEK Mrs. Wall.^ce B. Combs, Chairman
Sat. July 1st—PRESIDENT'S DAY - - - - Mrs. Wm. F. Farrell and Mrs. Mar>' Wall
Sun. July 2nd—PAST PRESIDENT'S DAY - - Mrs. W. Seymour and Mrs. J. M. Fowler Mon. July 3rd—GARDEN DAY Mrs. Chas. Caldwell and Mrs. W. B. Combs
Tues. July 4th—CITIZENSHIP DAY - - - - Mrs. C. Dargan and Mrs. R. Hoadley
Wed. July 5th—CONSERVATION DAY - - Miss Z. L. Gray and Mrs. W. Hermsdorf Thurs. July 6th—ART DAY Mrs. A. Cole and Mrs. A. Johnson
Fn. July 7th—AMERICAN HOME DAY - - Mrs. P. Carter and Mrs. W. Seymour "To some they are scientific marvels, to others a decoration, but to me they are a beautijul and an endless song—these flowers."
SPECIAL EXHIBITS NORTH EXHIBITION HALL FOLIAGE GARDEN AND FOUNTAIN EXHIBITED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN PARK ALFRED D. PLAMONDON President WILLIAM BLAEZING Chief Florist
FLOWER AND FOLIAGE DISPLAY EXHIBITED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH PARKS T. General Su0t. EDWARD J. KELLY President GEORGE DONOGHUE HERMAN BENTHEY Landscape Gardener SPECIAL FEATURES
IN THE HORTICULTURAL BUILDING SCENIC DIORAMA SETTINGS
SPO.N SORED BY
1. A Tropical Garden West Chicago Park Commissioners 2. Maxwell House General Foods Corporation 3. Indiana Dunes Landscape Gary Yard y Garden Club 4. The Loggia Charles Fiore 5. Ferns of the United States Kathryn E. Boydston 6. The Desert T. R. Schroeder 7. A Door-way Court Garden A. F. Amling Company 8. A Mountain Stream Clarence Stauffer 9. A Period Interior Grants Art Galleries 10. Living Room Mandel Brothers 11. Sun Room Mandel Brothers 12. Dining Room Mandel Brothers 13. Old English Interior John A. Colby & Sons 14. A Sculpture Garden Waukesha Garden Studios 16. Suwanee River Cabin Garden Club of Morgan Park GARDEN FEATURES
These are staged on the exterior of the Horticultural Building, Entrance to the garden section is through the North Hall.
NU MBER TITLE SPONSORED BY
1. A Naturalistic Hillside Garden Clarence Stauffer 2. Rock Garden William Oman Nursery Co. 3. A Hillside Garden Joliet Groups 4. California Hacienda Associated California Nurseries 5. A Mid-Victorian Petunia Garden Richard Diener, California 6. Water Garden William Tricker, Inc.
7. Naturalistic Rock Garden Thomas J. Lynch, Inc. 8. Nature's Boudoir Men's Garden Club of Chicago 9. Family Garden Corner Elmhurst Park District 10. A Modern Garden Men's Garden Club of Aurora 11. Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Home in 18 20 Men's Garden Club of Fort Wayne I2-A An Italian Historical Garden Charles Fiore A Garden in Japanese Style Charles Fiore An Informal Planting Charles Fiore 13. An Authentic Japanese Garden Fleming Landscape Co. 14. A Formal Garden Park District of Oak Park 15. An English Garden James Norris Estate 16 A. Garden of Succulents and Annuals and Pearson-Daniels Company, Inc. A Small Formal Garden 17. A Garden Arrangement Commissioners of Lincoln Park 18. A Summer Garden Vaughan's Seed Store 19. An Illinois Apple Tree Garden Kenneth Wright Bangs, dedicated to the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs 20. A Bit of Forest Preserve Forest Preserve District of Cook County 21. Rose Gardens Inter State Nurseries Harmony in Nature C. F. Leaf Company lohn R. Gunderson y Co. CONTRIBUTORS
The following have generously contributed to the success of the Garden and Flower Show at A Century of Progress:
AMERICAN TERRA COTTA COMPANY JOHN A. COLBY i? SONS Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois A. F. AMONG COMPANY COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN PARK Maywood, Illinois Chicago, Illinois AMLING BROTHERS COMMISSIONERS OF SOUTH PARKS Dcs Plaines, Illinois Chicago, Illinois AMLING COMPANY COMMISSIONERS OF WEST CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois PARKS AMLING ROSE COMPANY Chicago, Illinois Pana, Illinois CHARLES G. DAVIS ADLER-JONES COMPANY San Leandro, California Chicago, Illinois RICHARD DIENER ALLIED FLORISTS ASSOCIATION Oxnard, California Chicago, Illinois JOSEPH H. DODSON, INC. HENRY C. ARCH fe? SON Kankakee, Illinois Forest Park, Illinois DORAN GALLERIES ARCHITECTURAL DECORATING Chicago, Illinois COMPANY THE ELMHURST PARK DISTRICT Chicago, Illinois Elmhurst, Illinois ARLINGTON LANDSCAPE SERVICE ESTATE STOVE COMPANY Arlington Heights, Illinois Hamilton, Ohio ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA NURSERIES CHARLES N. EVANS San Leandro, California Wilmette, Illinois ATWOOD DAVIS SAND COMPANY WALLACE EVANS GAME FARM Chicago, Illinois St. Charles, Illinois GEORGE BALL CHARLES FIORE West Chicago, Illinois Prairie View, Illinois KENNETH WRIGHT BANGS FLEMING LANDSCAPE COMPANY Arlington Heights, Illinois Joliet, Illinois LEONE BARRETT FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT Kenilworth, Illinois OF COOK COUNTY S. S. BEMAN, Architect Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois GARDEN CLUB OF MORGAN PARK R. BENSABOTT, INC (Importers) Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois GARY YARD 6? GARDEN CLUB Gary, Indiana J. F. BERNARD 1400 Wilder Street GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION Evanston, Illinois New York and Chicago KATHRYN E. BOYDSTON GRANT ART GALLERIES Glen EUyn, Illinois 25-27 So. Wabash Avenue BROOK-ROCK COMPANY Chicago, Illinois Hammond, Indiana JOHN R. GUNDERSON BUSKIRKS AQUARIUM Chicago, Illinois Independence, Ohio THE HABITAT COMPANY CARBONE, INC. Bay City, Michigan Boston, Massachusetts HALSAM PRODUCTS COMPANY Chicago, Illinois J. A. CARTER Chicago, Illinois HARTMANN SANDERS COMPANY CHICAGO COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE Chicago, Illinois COMPANY WM. F. HENNING, Florist Chicago, Illinois Blue Island, Illinois CHICAGO GALLERIES ASSOCIATION DAVID HIPPLE 220 N. Michigan Avenue Elgin, Illinois Chicago, Illinois ILLINOIS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CHICAGO WHOLESALE FLOWER CLUBS, Mrs. William F. FarrcU, President MARKETS GARDEN DEPARTMENT: South and North Market West Market, Market Mrs. Wallace B. Combs, General Chairman, Chicago, Illinois CLAY STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY Flower Show Hostess Grand Rapids, Michigan INTER-STATE NURSERIES CLODY, THE FLORIST Hamburg, Iowa 3900 N, Clark Street ERIC JOHNSON, INC. Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois JOHNSON WATER GARDENS PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY Hynes, California Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania JOLIET FLORAL AND GARDEN CLUB Straus Building GARDEN DEPT. OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB Chicago, Illinois THE PARK BOARD OF JOLIET POMONA PUMP COMPANY Pomona, California Joliet, Illinois Chicago, Illinois CHARLES KLEHM PREMIER Arlington Heights, Illinois ROSE GARDENS PAUL KRUGER Des Plaines, Illinois U. Winnetka, Illinois THOR RAMSING Chicago, Illinois A. E. KUNDERD Goshen, Indiana T. A. REHNQUIST LANG'S NURSERY Chicago, Illinois Platteville, Wisconsin THE RUSTIC MAN Glenview, Illinois C. F. LEAF COMPANY Chicago, Illinois JOSEPH HILL COMPANY GEORGE LEAF Richmond, Indiana £=? Chicago, Illinois JOSEPH T. RYERSON SON, INC ARTHUR H. LEE & SONS Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois T. R. SCHROEDER LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE Chicago, Illinois COMPANY EMORY P. SEIDEL Chicago Illinois Fort Wayne, Indiana and Oak Park, LONG BELL LUMBER COMPANY WARREN S. SHEPPARD Chicago, Illinois Maplewood, New Jersey E. LUSCOMBE F. P. SMITH WIRE fe? IRON WORKS Blue Island, Illinois Chicago, Illinois CHARLES O. SPEICHER THOMAS J. LYNCH, INC. Wmnetka, Illinois South Bend, Indiana MANDEL BROTHERS CLARENCE STAUFFER Chicago, Illinois lOSEPH E. STAUFFER MARSHALL FIELD L^ COMPANY j. VIRGIL STAUFFER Chicago, Illinois Hammond, Indiana MEN'S GARDEN CLUB OF CHICAGO STULIK'S CANARY BIRD BREEDING Chicago, Illinois PLANT MEN'S GARDEN CLUB OF FORT WAYNE LaGrange, Illinois Fort Wayne, Indiana SWIFT 6?" COMPANY MUELLERMIST OF ILLINOIS Chicago, Illinois Oak Park, Illinois W. A. TOOLE NATIONAL BRICK COMPANY Baraboo, Wisconsin Chicago, Illinois M. L. TOWSLEY SWAIN NELSON & SONS COMPANY 4441 WornallRoad Glenview, Illinois Kansas City, Missouri JAMES NORRIS ESTATE WILLIAM TRICKER, INC. Lake Forest, Illinois Independence, Ohio NORTHBROOK GARDENS Saddle River, New Jersey Northbrook, Illinois VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE WM. OMAN NURSERY COMPANY Chicago, Illinois Prairie View, Illinois WALLACE FLORAL COMPANY ONARGA NURSERY COMPANY 5744 Kercheval Avenue Onarga, Illinois Chicago, Illinois ORCHIDWOOD, INC. WAUKESHA GARDEN STUDIOS New Rochellc, New York Waukesha, Wisconsin W. C. OWEN, INC. THE WAREHAM BIRDHOUSE COMPANY Chicago, Illinois Thompsonville, Michigan L. F. OWENS COMPANY JOHN WEILAND Chicago, Illinois DAVID PAIGE Chicago, Illinois New York WELLER NURSERIES COMPANY, INC. PARK DISTRICT OF OAK PARK Holland, Michigan Oak Park. Illinois THE WELLER POTTERIES Zancsville, Ohio PEARSON-DANIELS (Rare Plant Nursery) 1730 Gunnison Street WENONA GREENHOUSE Chicago, Illinois Wenona, Illinois PEERLESS MARKER COMPANY WESTERN STONEWARE COMPANY Waterloo, Iowa Monmouth, Illinois "An in/inite source of pleasure your garden will be a manifold investment."
INFORMATION CONCERNING EXHIBITION
On pages following are shown dioramas and gardens on exhibition in the Horticultural Building The detailed information concerning these exhibits as given below will be of interest.
THE LOGGIA SUWANEE RIVER CABIN Exhibited by Charles Fiore, Prairie View, Illinois. Sponsored by Garden Club of Morgan Park, Illinois. Created by Olive Bohn Fischer. MAX\X'ELL HOUSE THE OLD MILL GARDEN Exhibited by Maxwell House Coffee, General Foods Corporation. Arranged by Leone Barrett, Kenilworth. Exhibited by Clarence A. Stautler and Brothers. Ham- Ilhnois. S. S. Beman, Architect, Chicago, Illinois. mond, Indiana, and Cooperators. This "World's Fair Garden" was designed and supervised by Charles O. A TROPICAL GARDEN Speicher, Landscape Architect of South Bend, Indiana, builder of many beautiful gardens and estates. Exhibited by The West Chicago Park Commissioners; Harry Joseph, President; August Koch, Chief Hor- ROCK GARDEN ticulturist. Exhibited by Wm. Oman Nursery Co., Prairie View, A MOUNTAIN STREAM Illinois. Designed and arranged by John A. Servas, Clarence A. AN INFORMAL GARDEN Stauffer, Cooperating. Exhibited by Thomas J. Lynch, Inc., Winnetka, Ilhnois. THE DESERT CALIFORNIA HACIENDA Exhibited by T. R. Schroeder, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibited by Associated California Nurseries, Mr. A DOOR-WAY COURT GARDEN Charles G. Davis of San Leandro, California, director. Maywood, Illinois. Exhibited by A. F. Amling Company, A HILLSIDE GARDEN Garden design by Kenneth W. Bangs, Landscape Archi- Floral tect, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Exhibited by Joliet and Garden Club, The Garden Department of the Woman's Club, The Park Board of A PERIOD INTERIOR Joliet, Illinois Exhibited by Grant's Art Galleries, Chicago, Illinois. A MID-VICTORIAN PETUNIA GARDEN LIVING ROOM Exhibited by Richard Diener, Oxnard, California. Garden design by Kenneth Wright Bangs, Landscape Furnishings by Mandel Brothers, Chicago, Illinois. Architect, Arlington Heights, Illinois. SUN ROOM WATER GARDEN Furnishings by Mandel Brothers, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibited by William Trickcr, Inc., Independence, Ohio, and Saddle River, New Jersey. DINING ROOM Furnishings by Mandel Brothers, Chicago, Illinois. A MODERN GARDEN Exhibited by Men's Garden Club of Aurora, Illinois. OLD ENGLISH INTERIOR SEMI-FORMAL GARDEN Furnishings by John A. Colby 6? Sons, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibited by Men's Garden Club of Chicago, Illinois. A SCULPTURE GARDEN THE FAMILY GARDEN CORNER Exhibited by Waukesha Garden Studios, Waukesha, Exhibited by The Elmhurst Park District, Elmhurst, Wisconsin. Illinois. INDIANA DUNES LANDSCAPE ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S INDIANA HOME IN 1820 Exhibited by Gary Yard ^ Garden Club; Mrs. J. A. Patterson, Chairman; Tom Warrillow, Designer. Spon- Exl\ibited by Men's Garden Club of Fort Wayne, In- sored by the Honorable R. O. Johnson, Mayor of Gary, diana. Sponsored by the Lincoln National Life Insur- Indiana. ance Company. "/ do not hl{e to thinij of yesterday, but to-morrow, not of petals scattered on the ground, but of bursting blossoms, raising their little faces to the blue of heaven."
FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES A GARDEN ARRANGEMENT Exhibited by Commissioners of Lincoln Exhibited by Kathryn E. Boydston, Chicago, lUinois, Park, Chicago, Illinois, A. D. Plamondon, President. American Fern Society Cooperating.
FLOWER AND FOLIAGE DISPLAY. AN ENGLISH GARDEN Exhibited by James Norris Estate. Garden Planting Exhibited by the Commissioners of the South Parks, by Robert McLaren, Superintendent. Garden design by Chicago, Illinois, Edward Kelly, President: Robert E. J. Kenneth Wright Bangs, Landscape Moore, Landscape Architect; Herman Benthey, Land- Architect, Arlington Heights, Illinois. courtesy of scape Gardener. Urn by American Terra Cotta Company, Chicago, Illinois. A GARDEN IN JAPANESE STYLE A MODERN FLOWER GARDEN Exhibited by Charles Fiore, Designer, Prairie View. Exhibited by Vaughan"s Seed Store, Chicago, Illinois. Illinois. Garden Design by Kenneth Wright Bangs, Landscape AN ITALIAN HISTORICAL GARDEN Architect, Arhngton Heights, Illinois.
Exhibited by Charles Fiore, Designer, Prairie View, AN APPLE TREE GARDEN Illinois. Designed, Planted and Exhibited by Kenneth Wright Bangs, Landscape Architect, Arlington Heights, Illinois. ITALIAN FORMAL GARDEN Plant material furnished by Arlington Landscape Serv- Exhibited by Charles Fiore, Designer, Prairie View, ice, Inc., Arlington Heights, Illinois. Garden Dedi- Illinois. cated to the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Viola Farrell, President. AN INFORMAL PLANTING A BIT OF FOREST PRESERVE Exhibited by Charles Fiore, Designer, Prairie View, Exhibited by Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois. Ilhnois; Emmett Whealan, President: Charles G. Sauers, AN AUTHENTIC JAPANESE GARDEN General Superintendent. Arranged by Arthur Koresgard.
Exhibited by Fleming Landscape Co., Joliet, Illinois. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS ROSE GARDEN Exhibited by Inter-State Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa; A FORMAL GARDEN Charles N. Evans, Rosarian.
District of Oak Park, Illinois, Col A. Exhibited by Park HARMONY IN NATURE D. Rehm, President; Gustaf A. Lindberg, Superintend- ent and Secretary. Exhibited by C. F. Leaf Company and John R. Gunder- son y Co. Rocks furnished by Henry C. Arch tf Son, GARDEN OF SUCCULENTS AND ANNUALS Forest Park, 111., and M. L. Towsley, Kansas City, SMALL FORMAL GARDEN Missouri. Ferns by W. A. Toole, Baraboo, Wisconsin. AND A Fowl and Deer by Wallace Evans Game Farm, St. Exhibited by Pearson-Daniels Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois. Charles, Illinois.
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tezy Wear Gloves just what you've— Flower Markers been wanting for GARDEN and HOME UTILITY Wear! used in Rose Garden and All-Leather . Dirt-Proof
Soft as Kid . Washable other locations through- Of extremely soft, pliable leather which gives almost bare- hand freedom with dll-leather protection against dirt, scuff- out the Garden and ing, scratches, stains, infection. ^Torn for gardening, house- work, painting, yard, basement, garage. Outwear 6 pairs of ordinary fabric gloves; can be washed regularly. Flower Show are pre- At department stores (Notions, House Furnishings), better seed and hardware stores, or send us 75c. "Small". "Me-
dium", "Large" sizes for women ; "Medium". "Large" for men. sented through the cour- KREMESKIN — Beauty -Utility tesy of vJrj_/V_/ V lZri3j of special cream-treated lambskin which iojt- etii. uhilens the hands while protecting them. Tor motoring and golf as well as garden and household wear. At toilet or glove counters, or ?end $1. Sizes, "Small", "Medium", "Large".
Peerless Marker Co. VISIT BOOTH 12, H orticultural Building, Chicago Ceniury of Progress and try a pair of these new and un- usual gloves. See also our new garden ensembli -gloves. Waterloo, Iowa smock and hat to match, , . . Made only by THE NATIONAL GLOVE CO.
Dept. J. Columbus, Ohio BUILT FOR A CENTURY OF PROGRESS
Agricultural Building on Northerly Island. This modernistic structure—shaped somewhat like a three-toothed key is 628 feet long and 108 feet wide
Other Century of Progress Buildings, Exhibits, and Concessions now completed or under construction:
Atlas Brewing Company Home Planning Hall Pure Oil Company 16+h St. Bridge International Harvester Co. Phoenix Hosiery Co. American Gas Association Iron Fireman Quaker Oats Company Bryant Heating & Mfg. Co. Institute of American Meat Rock Island Railway Coca-Cola Company Packers Standard Oil Company Century Dairy Exhibits Kohler Company Building Sky Ride Transformer Houses Dairy Building Kalamazoo Vegetable Standard Brands, Incorporated Diamond Mine Parchment Co. United States Government Foreign Bazaar Manz Kitchenette Animated Map Geological Exhibits National Pressure Cooker Co. University of Illinois Addition to Horticultural Building Agricultural Building
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E. W. SPROUL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY General Contractors CHICAGO 2001 West Pershing Road Lafayette 5400 —
SWAIN NELSON & SONS CO, Contribution to A Century of Progress
Landscape Landscape Contractors for Contractors for
Administration BIdg. Hall of Science General Exhibits States Court Agricultural Bldg. Dairy Building Enchanted Island Goodyear Airport Alaska Building Boys' Cabin Girls' Cabin Hall of Religion Polish Pavilion 12th St. Bridge W. Sky Ride, West Grandstand Million Years Ago Fort Dearborn Byrd's Ship Concession Hall of Science
Hundreds of large trees and evergreens, thousands of shrubs and flowers have been brought from SWAIN NELSON'S NURSERIES to beautify the grounds of A CENTURY OF PROGRESS.
This organization, some two years ago, was the first to be called in for planting the grounds about the Administration Building. Later, the materials for the Hall of Science were furnished. Since then, over one-half of all plant- ings planted by A CENTURY OF PROGRESS have been furnished by SWAIN NELSON'S.
SWAIN NELSON & SONS CO. have almost a Century of Progress of their own, for back in 1856, over seventy-five years ago, this Company was founded. Many of the outstanding landscape projects throughout the central west, both large and small, have been carried out by them.
With four hundred acres of the choicest plant materials, experienced land- scape engineers and gardeners at your disposal, your landscape development can be entrusted to them.
Write or call SWAIN NELSON & SONS CO. Landscape Gardeners since 1856
Glenview, Illinois TELEPHONE: Rogers Park 6620 (Chicago's Garden Suburb) Glenview 87 or 88 IP^" The Positive Protection of Fence
Visitors at the Horticultural Exhibition of the Century of plantings on and near the fence. Obviously it has not of Progress will observe that the exhibit gardens are en- been possible to cover the fence with foliage nor to grow closed most effectively with a chain link fence made and beautiful, flowering vines such as roses, clematis and bit- erected by Pittsburgh Steel Company. tersweet that can, after two or three years of growth, make fences such a beautiful part of the landscape. This is the type of fence that is used so extensively for estates, as well as public indus- enclosing large many and In this connection many landscape architects have re- trial properties such as swimming pools, athletic fields, cently been discovering the multitudinous possibilities of parks, reservoirs, airports, factories, play grounds, etc. fences. A wire fence immediately gives protection and
You can imagine the difficulties of trespassing that establishes boundary lines. If subsequent privacy is de- would be experienced here if the grounds were not fenced. sired by means of heavy plantings of shrubs the fence is
In some degree this parallels the experience of every prop- still there to keep out dogs and intruders. On the other erty. In these days of growing disrespect of property hand, particularly where space is limited, vines and flow- rights, ever>' home, estate and exposed property needs the ers on the fence give the same much desired privacy in positive protection of fencing. the nature of a thin garden wall, permitting more space
In many respects the protection of the Horticultural Ex- for lawn and garden features. hibit Gardens is simpler than that of private gardens, es- The chain link fence enclosing our Exhibit Gardens is tates and other properties. Here we need control merely only one of several constructions in Pittsburgh Steel Com- of pedestrian traffic which is already under general super- vision. A fence for your property must also keep out dogs and other animals, prowlers and malicious trespass- ers, guide the newsboy, grocer boy and milk man to the walks, afford a safe place for the children to play and enhance the appearance of the property.
You will observe that an effort has been made to beau- tify the fence boundary of the Exhibit gardens by means
pany's lines. The Company offers the chain link design in heights from three to twelve feet or more; also other types of fence such as the Orna- mental Lawn Fence enclosing our tea terrace, and farm and poultry fences. Pittsburgh Chain-LinkFence
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for Homes Estates Playgrounds
Athletic Fields Parks Cemeteries Reservoirs Airports Zoological Gardens Factories Storage Yards The chain link fence enclosing the gardens of the Her' ticultural Exhibition is representative of the character of Tennis Courts materials and construction employed in all Pittsburgh
Chain Link Fences. There is a type of Pittsburgh Fence for every enclosure.
In addition to its Chain Link Fences, Pittsburgh Steel Company manufactures fences for every purpose, farm, poultry, garden and lawn. "Pittsburgh" fences and poul-
try fabrics may be seen at the Egg Laying Contest of the Century of Progress. Write for catalogues and informa-
tion.
Complete Erection Service Everywhere Pittsburgh Steel Company
Pittsburgh, Pa. :
GRANT'S ART GALLERIES 25 and 27 South Wabash Avenue extend greetings to the visitors to A Century of Progress Exposition and invite them to visit their Galleries, where a full display of exquisite and objects, both antique and modern, are constantly on display. We have specialized for the last forty years in the selling of fine art objects from all parts of the world, both at Auction and at private sale. The exhibition in the Horticultural Build- ing necessarily is but a small sample of the things we have. At the present time we have an exhibitor in our galleries of furniture, silver, oil paintings, rugs, etc. from the following estates LORD COLLVILE OF MOTHERWELL, EARL OF LOWDON AND HUNTINGDON, Ferguslie House, Paisley, Scotland Lowdon Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland LADY BURNETT OF WEYS, SIR JOHN GLADSTONE, Crathers Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland Fasque Castle, Kincardine, Scotland EARL OF MORAY, Kinfeuns Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
You are always welcome at GRANT'S ART GALLERIES 25 and 27 South Wabash Ave. State 6939 (Near Madison) Established 1893
HOFFMAN ELECTRIC COMPANY
2525 W. Van Buren St.,
Chicago, 111.
Seeley 0850
The electric work in the Horticultural Building
installed by the Hoffman Electric Company. MATERIAL SERVICE CORPORATION
33 North LaSalle St.,
Franklin 3600
Gravel, cement, stone and lime for the Horticultural
Building supplied by the Material Service Corporation
(1) A section of curbing and stake. (2) Typical installation. (3) Curbing is easily curved. Joints are smooth and even.
RYERSON "Estate" Road and Garden Curbing
Neat, effective separations and simple blending of areas are made at little expense with this newer steel curb strip. It permits the designer to edge in those sweeping curves that add so much to the l>i. ItindsLJpe and when installed affords a neat, almost invisible reinforcement.
The curbing is made of '4 -inch steel, 5 inches deep and comes in 16-foot lengths. Joints are designed to accommodate grades as well as level surfaces. Easy to install. Long tapered steel stakes hold it firmly and permanently in position. Write for illustrated folders and prices. Special illustrated folders for landscape gardeners with their own name and address are furnished without charge or obligation.
Joseph T. Ryersdn & Son Inc.
Plants at: CHICAGO MILWAUKEE ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI DETROIT CLEVELAND BUFFALO BOSTON PHILADELPHIA JERSEY CITY Visit Our Booth PEARSON -DANIELS RARE PLANT NURSERY
Cacti. Succulents, Rock Garden Plants
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5730 Gunnison Street CHICAGO, ILL. Economy F. H. Andersen Decorating Co. Plumbing & Heating Company 22 W. 70th Place,
Chicago, 111. 1308 S. Crawford St.,
Stewart 9093 Chicago, 111.
Crawford 0200
Decorating of the Horti- The plumbing in the cultural Building by the Horticultural Building installed by the Economy F. H. Andersen Decorat- Plumbing ^ Heating ing Co. Company.
Hamilton Glass Mississippi Valley Company Structural Steel Co.
20 N. Wacker Drive, 407 N. Elizabeth St.
Chicago, 111. Chicago, 111. State 0614 Haymarket 7400
The structural steel in the The glass in the Horticul- Horticultural Building tural Building supplied supplied by the Missis- by the Hamilton Glass sippi Valley Steel Com- Company. pany. WE hope that you have enjoyed visiting the rose garden of the Inter State Nurseries at the Chicago Worlds Fair. This is
the Official Rose Garden of the Fair and in it there are 6,175 Rose
Bushes of 104 different varieties.
We grow and sell direct to the planter a complete line of nursery stock as follows: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Shrubs, Roses, Shade Trees, Vines, Evergreens, Bulbs, Perennials, also Flower and
Garden Seeds, etc. We ship into every state of the Union as well as Foreign Countries.
All of the members of our firm were born and raised in the nursery business and because we grow trees and plants by the million and engage in no other business, we can save you money on your nursery needs.
Remember it ALWAYS pays to buy your nursery stock DIRECT from the NURSERY.
All orders receive prompt and careful attention.
General Catalog Bulb Catalog and Planting Guide WRITE FOR and Planting Guide Issued Each Spring YOUR COPY Issued Each Fall February ist September ist
INTER STATE NURSERIES HAMBURG, IOWA
One of Americas Largest Nurseries
GARDEN AND FLOWER SHOW HORTICULTURAL BUILDING A CENTURY OF PROGRESS CHICAGO 1933 SOUVENIR BOOK TWENTY-- FIVE CENTS "SSisi,
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