HOKTICULTURE 



March 22, 1919 



ILLINOIS STATE FLORISTS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 



The thirteenth annual meeting of 

 the Illinois State Florists' Association 

 was held in the Floricultural building 

 of the University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 March 11-12. The meeting was called 

 to order early Tuesday afternoon by 

 Vice-President Hembreiker in the ab- 

 sence of President Keimel, who was 

 unable to attend on account of im- 

 paired health. 



After a few remarks by the chair- 

 man, the reports of the secretary and 

 treasurer were presented, showing the 

 association to be in good condition de- 

 spite the adverse times. 



Dr. P. A. Lehenbauer, in charge of 

 the floricultural experiment work at 

 the university, was called upon and 

 gave a very interesting account of 

 some of the problems now in hand, 

 particularly those on "selection," "tem- 

 perature, humidity and light" and 

 "fertilizers" in their relation to pro- 

 duction. 



George Asmus, chairman of the pub- 

 licity finance committee of the Society 

 of American Florists, and President 

 Ammann of that organization, told of 

 the great advertising campaign the na- 

 tional society is conducting under the 

 "Say it with Flowers" slogan, urging 

 every florist, large and small, to sub- 

 scribe his just share, according to his 

 volume of business, to the fund for 

 this purpose. Proofs were exhibited of 

 the effective advertisements prepared 

 for a long list of coming magazines, 

 and the speakers felt that as all flor- 

 ists would profit by this publicity, all 

 should share the expense. Upwards of 

 $40,000 was spent in this national pub- 

 licity work last year, with the benefi- 

 cial results already known to the trade, 

 and it is the intention to spend $100,- 

 000 the present year, $33,000 of which 

 has already been subscribed. 



During the discussion of publicity 

 and advertising, it was disclosed that 

 the Milwaukee plan of assessing grow- 

 ers and retailers had proved so satis- 

 factory that arrangements are in prog- 

 ress to increase the payments in the 

 local co-operative advertising fund, 

 levying two per cent, of the amount of 

 their purchases on retailers and one 

 per cent of their sales, on growers. It 

 was also stated the St. Louis florists 

 are considering the advisability of 

 adopting a similar scheme. 



In considering the time and place 

 of the next annual meeting, the prop- 

 osition to hold this in connection with 



the convention and exhibition of the 

 American Carnation Society at the 

 Hotel LaSalie, Chicago, January 21-22, 

 l, was adopted. 



The selection of officers for the ensu- 

 ing year resulted in the re-election of 

 Win. J. Keimel. Elmhurst, president; 

 W. J. Hembreiker, Springfield, vice- 

 president; J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 ville. secretary; F. L. Washburn, 

 Bloomingtc-n, treasurer. 



The Evening Session 



At the evening session in the Inman 

 Hotel, Professor Dorner spoke of the 

 increasing need of more buildings in 

 his department for the accommodation 

 of the students. The bulletin on antir- 

 rhinum rust is practically ready for 



Wm. J. Keimel 



Re-elected President Illinois State Florists' 

 Association. 



the printer, and incidentally he men- 

 tioned that so far the experimenters 

 found destruction of infected plants 

 the only remedy, propagating from 

 seeds. The violet, he said, has been 

 scheduled for early investigation. 



Professor Blair had for his subject 

 the impossible task of financing the 

 university under present conditions 

 with the funds available. 



Most of the visitors stopped over 

 until Wednesday to inspect the uni- 

 versity grounds, buildings and work. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 

 The regular monthly meeting of the 

 St. Louis Florist Club was held March 

 13th at Jules Bourdet's greenhouses, 

 with about fifty members in attend- 

 ance, President Aug. Hummert in the 

 chair. Jules Bourdet spoke on the 



publicity campaign and endorsed the 

 Milwaukee plan whereby the growers 

 deduct x k per cent from the amount 

 paid them by the wholesalers, and the 

 retailers settle with the wholesalers at 

 1 per cent. A carnation show was the 

 feature of the meeting. The next meet- 

 ing will be held at the Windier Whole- 

 sale Flower Co. J. W. Patton, Otto 

 Sanders and H. Rohrbach were unan- 

 imously elected members. The flowers 

 exhibited were auctioned by Wm. C. 

 Smith, which netted the club a goodly 

 sum. Among the exhibits were the 

 following: Giant seedling violets, Jos- 

 eph Hauser; Carnation Washington. 

 Billy Edw r ards; White Enchantress 

 and Enchantress Supreme Carnations, 

 Woodlawu Garden; jonquils, carna- 

 tions and snapdragon, R. W. Rowe; 

 Carnation Laddie and Rose Premier, 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; Carna- 

 tion Ruth Baur, O. E. Steinkamp, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



NASSAU COUNTY HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 above society was held in Pembrooke 

 Hall, Glen Cove, on Wednesday, March 

 12th, at 7 p. m., with President 

 Joseph Adler presiding. Five petitions 

 for active membership were received. 

 The judges appointed for the monthly 

 exhibits were Thos. Scott, Thos. Meech 

 and W. G. Wyatt. The following 

 awards were made. Competition: 12 

 stalks of rheubarb, 1st, Thos. Twigg; 

 6 heads of celery, 1st, Ernest West- 

 lake; exhibition, pan of narcissus, 

 honorable mention to Thos. Twigg and 

 a beautiful display of pansies. cultural 

 certificate to Thos. Twigg. Mr. Twigg 

 upon request, gave a brief account of 

 his method of growing pansies which 

 proved quite interesting. An essay 

 was ably read by Ernest West lake, en- 

 titled, Wanted — A Gardener, written 

 by Robt. Weeks, Cleveland, O. A letter 

 of thanks was ordered sent the author. 

 Arthur Harris, one of our members 

 who went over seas with the Cana- 

 dians, was present and spoke briefly 

 We were all pleased to have him with 

 us again and to give the glad hand. 

 P. W. Popp, vice-president of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, was 

 present and spoke briefly on that or- 

 ganization. Allen Kriechman, man- 

 ager of the Oyster Shell Lime Ferti- 

 lizer Co., was present and spoke a few 

 words. A short discussion followed on 

 the making of a Clay Tennis Court, 

 which proved quite interesting and in- 

 structive. It was decided to hold a 



