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Mitrrli IK. 1916 



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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



ILLINOIS STATL FLoKlbTb' ASbO 

 CIATION. 



This AxHuciiitioii iiii't 111 annual cdii 

 venlluii at MolliX' on Marrli T. It war 

 a very sucroHsfiil luxl i-iitliusiiistii 

 affair. Mayor Carlson of Mollix' 

 opened tliv proccetllnKK with an a<l- 

 dress which was rosiHinilfd to by vice 

 prt'sldenl I'lllsbury. Ollloora' report v 

 and the various techniial papers wer^ 

 all interesting and instructive. Th' 

 ofllccrs of last year — C W. Johnson 

 president. I. U. Plllshnry. llrsl vln 

 president, J. F. Aininaii. secretary and 

 F. L. Washburn, treasurer were all re- 

 elected by lui unanimoii!:; vote. 



The banquet at Uie Moline Com 

 mercial Club in the evening was a de- 

 lightful occasion. There was a very 

 creditable collection of exhibits of 

 decorative plants, flowers, supplies 

 heating apparatus, etc. 



Among the important addresses ii 

 the business meeting and at the ban 

 quel were the following; Report of 

 Work on Fertilizers by Prof. P. W 

 Muncie; Pathological Work, prepared 

 by Prof. G. G. Peltier and read by E. 

 Lauterbach. Christmas and Easter 

 P'lowering Plants by W. E. Tricker, 

 Work of the Division of Floriculture 

 by H. n. Donier, and Soils by Dr. W 

 E. Taylor. 



Extracts From President C. W. John- 

 son's Address. 



This is the first time Uiat we have 

 met in the far western part of the 

 state and I feel sure that the Associ- 

 ation will greatly profit by it and that 

 every member will be benefited be- 

 yond measure for any sacrifice he has 

 undertaken to attend this meeting. It 

 will enable us to get acqtiainted with 

 the florists of this part of the state as 

 well as those from our neighbor state 

 of Iowa. 



Professor Dorner informs me that 

 there are more students taking up the 

 study of floriculture than at any other 

 time. I have had the privilege of 

 having some of these students work 

 with me during the summer months, 

 and found them to be clean cut earn- 

 est young men. and the question that 

 presents itself to me is — "How are 

 these young men going to be received 

 by the trade after they are through 

 with their studies? Will they re- 

 ceive remunerative salaries commen- 

 surate to the study they have put in 

 to have made their efforts worth 

 while?" Surely, these young men 

 trained to the conditions of this coun- 

 try ought to be able to show better 

 results than men of more mature 

 years who have not had the same ad- 

 vantages. 



Just a few words for the good of 

 the Association, the first matter being 

 the non-payment of dues. The secre- 

 tary advises me that he is at his wits 

 end to find a way to induce the mem- 

 bers to pay their dues regularly. It 

 certainly cannot be the annual amount 

 of $1.00 that is standing in the way. 

 but it seems to be just neglect on the 

 part of the members to attend to the 

 matter on time, 



I am not sure whether our Associa- 

 tion is eligible to affiliate with the So- 



Meetings Next 

 Week 



Monday. March 20. 



l><'trol( riiirlHtn' Club, llciiili Klunil 

 M ill. DutruK, Midi. 

 lloUKtiiii KlurlxlH' (.'lull. I'liiiiiii 



I <*oinitMTC(' ICuulllH. UuUHtull. 'i • 



\«'\v JfTHi'V l''ltirl(-iillural .Sncl- t 

 •' iiii;.'. N. j, 



Tuesday, March 21. 



ilariU'iiiTH' uiiil KlorlHlH' (.'lull of 

 l'<i!<(un. llurtk-iilliiral Ilnll. lioaton. 

 M isD. Ciiriiiitioii .N'iKlit. 



i.arilciiiTH' iiiHl Kli.rlHlB' Club of 

 'ii.iarlo, St. lii'orc'H Hall. Toroiili), 



I.ako Gonovn iinrih'iiiTH' aiiil I'ort*- 

 III' n'H Assoclulloii. Horticultural Ilall. 

 I tki' GiMH'vn. Wis. 



MlniK'HoIa Stiiti' KliirlBta' AHHOcia- 

 i 11. .MIunc-apollB. Minn. 



ii-nusylvanla llortlculliiral .Sii 

 y. Horticultural Ilnll. I'lilladtl 

 I .111. I'n. 



Wednesday, March 22. 



< lystiT Itny Horticultural Society. 

 " 1} ster Hay, N. Y. 



Friday, March 24. 



i'onnertlcut Horticultural Society. 

 ' "iiiity ItldB., Hartfiiril. Couu. 



Miininoutli County Horticultural 

 > ■ i.'ty. Ued Itank. N. J. 



I'asadeua Horticultural Society. 

 I isadona, Calif. 



COMING EXHIBITIONS. 



Miirih '^.'i-.Vprll i, rhlliiili>l|ihln. 

 I'i.inth .National Klowi'r Show of 11. e 

 S.H-lcty of Aniorlcnu Florists, Con- 

 v.iitlon Hall. Broad Street and Al- 

 legheny Avenue. 



.Vpril 5-12. New York. — Interna- 

 tlciiml Flower Show of the Hoi-tl- 

 .•ultural Society of New York and 

 the .New York Florists' Cluli. Cra.id 

 Ci-iitral Palace. Forty-sl.\th Street 

 anil Lexington Avenue. New York. 



.May 10. 14. Boston. — May Show 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Il..rtlciiltural Hall. 



ciety of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists under its rule 

 of one hundred jiaid up S. A. F. & O. 

 H. members, and I would suggest that 

 the secretary take the matter up with 

 Secretary John Young of the S. A. F. 

 & O. H. To my mind a representative 

 from every state society in the union 

 on the board of directors of the Na- 

 tional Society would be an ideal ar- 

 rangement. If it can be done, let our 

 Association be the first. 



As a State Association I believe our 

 work should cover a more extended 

 field than the Florists' Clubs of the 

 cities, and that we should aim to get 

 into close relations with the commer- 

 cial bodies of the state. There is a 

 growing interest among Improvement 

 Societies and Women's Clubs through- 

 out the state to hold local flower 

 shows during the summer months and 

 I believe that we as an Association 

 could help in this work by contribut 

 ing a display through our membership 

 and assist in the judging of the ex- 

 hibits. 



The wet summer of 1915 was a bad 

 season for the carnation plants in the 

 field and to it can be traced, to a 

 great extent, the reason of the short 

 supply of carnation flowers during the 



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Aiiiii'i, I. lit u wiiiild .--i-eiii that grow- 

 • IK arc not watchful enough of their 

 I'lantK luid fall to Kovcni theniBelveH 

 aciordliig to thi- condltioiiH of the 

 wcathiT. The grower who brought In 

 Ills cariiatlon plantH curly and thus 

 saved Ihi'ni from a great deal of the 

 \y<-t weather, hus licon well repaid by 

 lielng able to supply a good lot of 

 -Iiiwers at a high price. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The Kxecutlve Coiiiiiiitteo of the 

 .\merlcan Rose Society met in New 

 York City on Monday. .March 13. to 

 go over the work of pri-paratlon for 

 the coming exhibition and annual 

 meeting. The annual meeting will be 

 held In ConventUm Ilall. I'lilladelphia 

 at 7.30 P. M. on .Monday. Mardi 27. 

 The judges appointed for the various 

 classes are as follows: 



Saturday. .March K. 1 p. M. Plants- 

 Messrs. Philip Hrletmeyer. Detroit Mich 

 -\lex. It. Scott. Sharon lllll. P«.. Georee C. 

 1 homas. Jr.. Philadelphia. 



Cut Koses- .Miinday. .March 27. '2 P M 

 Private classes-Admiral Aurnn Ward 

 Koslyn. L. I.. N. Y.. Kusene Iiallledouie. 

 I'latbush. N. Y. and Victor tiroubcDS. 

 Koslyn. Pa. Cimiuierclal classes: Kmll 

 Buettner, Park Kldge. III.. John U. Dun- 

 lop. Toronto. Ontario, and Wm. h. Hock. 

 Kansas City. Mo. -Si Class: Frank H. 

 Truendly. New York City, Fred. Burkl. 

 Pittsburgh. Pa. and Uobcrt Crulg. Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Thursday, March 30, 2 P. M. Kose Dis- 

 play mid Retailers: A. B. Cartledge. Phlla- 

 ilelplil.i. Pa., James Fort>es. Portland. Ore- 

 k'uii, and W. J. Palmer. BulTiilo. N. Y. 



The Dorrance medal will be 

 awarded as a sweepstake prize. This 

 medal was won last by Gude Brothers 

 of Washington. D. C. 



The blanks for entries are all to be 

 sent to Benjamin Hammond. Widener 

 Building. Room 12(i5. Philadelphia. Pa. 

 The Annual for 1916, the best book 

 the American Rose Society has yet Is- 

 sued, is being mailed to all members 

 that are paid up, and tickets of admis- 

 sion will also be issued to all paid up 

 members. At the annual meeting there 

 will be various important matters to 

 come up, and the time fixed for the 

 meeting is on a day when we hope to 

 obtain a large attendance of members. 

 Be.njamin Hammond, Sec'y. 

 Beacon, N. Y. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 

 The meeting of this Club on .Monday 

 evening, March 12. was a big and en- 

 thusiastic one. no less than 175 mem- 

 bers being present, notwithstanding 

 that a wild storm was in progress. Af- 

 ter reports on the "Din Dan" by Joe 

 Fen rich and the Philadelphia excur- 

 sion by Abe .Miller, a lively discussion 

 came up on the project of inviting the 

 S. A. F. to hold the 1917 Convention 

 in New York. The proposition was 

 passed unanimously. The perennial 

 question of entertainment of Conven- 

 tion visitors was thrashed out by the 

 leading orators of the Club with the 

 usual result that if the time-honored 

 custom is to be abandoned some other 

 town will have to set the example. 

 Emil Schloss arraigned the retail flor- 

 ists for their tardiness in advancing 

 the prices for their goods in line with 

 the enhanced cost of all supplies. 



