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The Florists' Review 



Febrdarx 17, 1916. 



When business was disposed of the 

 club listened to most instructive and 

 entertaining talks by the numerous 

 visitors. E. G. Hill, of Eichmond, Ind., 

 gave a criticism of the roses now oc- 

 cupying the attention of the growers. 

 This was followed by a few remarks 

 on the work of the department of flori- 

 culture at the University of Illinois by 

 H. B. Dorner. A. F. J. Baur, of Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., secretary of the American 

 Carnation Society, scored the growers 

 of the middle west for letting New 

 England send more blooms to St. Louis 

 than they, and carry away more prizes. 

 He warned those present that the 

 Yankees would try to repeat this next 

 year at Indianapolis. S. S. Skidelsky, 

 of Philadelphia, spoke interestingly of 

 the coming show in that city. Fred 

 Lemon, of Eichmond, Ind., when called 

 upon, subscribed to what had been said 

 by Mr. Baur. William Graham, the 

 new manager of the Fleischman Floral 

 Co., expressed his pleasure with things 

 as he found them in Chicago. A short 

 review of the progress made by the flo- 

 rists ' trade in Chicago since his first 

 visit in 1893 was given by W. A. 

 Manda, of South Orange, N. J. C. C. 

 Pollworth assured the members of the 

 club that anything in the shape of a 

 speech by him would be a greater nov- 

 elty than any on exhibition in the ad- 

 joining room. 



orchestra for the banquet, and L. Stapp 

 invited the conventionists to his place 

 to lunch February 8. As the conven- 

 tion matters overshadowed everything 

 else at this meeting, no reports were 

 made as to the trade conditions in the 

 Tri-Cities. The meeting adjourned after 

 a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Goos 

 for their whole-hearted hospitality. A 

 special meeting will be held at the Eock 

 Island Turner hall, February 24, at 

 2:30 p. m. A, A. 



The general committee in charge of 

 the local arrangements for ' the meeting 

 of the Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion was photographed at its recent 

 meeting. Accompanying the picture re- 



produced herewith came the following 

 comment from one of the Moline mem- 

 bers: Top row, left to right — Chair- 

 man John Staack, retiring but ener- 

 getic; Ed. E. Patton, as upstanding as 

 his roses; P. G. Pearson, of receptive- 

 character, see his open countenance; 

 "Lud" Stapp, universal Big Brother; 

 W. C. Wilson, utility man. Middle 

 row — Secretary Wm. Knees, Jr., "man 

 afraid of his shirt;" Henry Gaetge, 

 high-powered but steers well. Front 

 row — Secretary Tri-City Florists' Club, 

 Wm. Goos, our "wheel horse;" Messrs. 

 C. J. Eeardon, A. Anderson and C. 

 Sorensen, the Purity League; Daven-' 

 port Superintendent of Parks C. O. E. 

 Boehm, not "born to blush unseen." 



TBI-CITIES' CLUB MEETING. 



The monthly meeting of the Tri-City 

 Florists' Club was held Thursday, Feb- 

 ruary 10, at the residence of William 

 Goos, at Bettendorf, la. This was one 

 of the best attended, most interesting 

 and enjoyable meetings ever held in 

 the history of the club. The main busi- 

 ness of the meeting was the considera- 

 tion of the reports from the various 

 committees in charge of the arrange- 

 ments for the forthcoming convention 

 and exhibition of the Illinois State Flo- 

 rists' Association, to be held at Turner 

 hall, Moline, 111., March 7 and 8. 



Satisfactory progress was reported by 

 the committees at this meeting. John 

 Staack, of Moline, one of the vice- 

 presidents of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association, volunteered to furnish the 



THE NEWER FORCING ROSES. 



[A synopsis of a talk by E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., before the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 February 10, 1916.] 



The rose will always have first place 

 in our calling, and it is well that we, as 

 growers of roses, are catching on to the 

 fact that novelty is one of the potent 

 factors in roses as well as in ribbons, 

 silks and the trimming for the ladies' 

 hats. We have been supinely indifferent 

 to this phase of our business, but a new 

 era has dawned, and this means good 

 and not ill, for our business. Eose 



G>minittee in Charge of ItltnoU State Florists' Association Meeting. 



growers are at work in more earnest 

 effort than ever to meet this new fea- 

 ture of our trade. 



The Season's Offerings. 



The Waban Eose Conservatories are 

 sending out two sports from Mrs. Eus- 

 sell, which most of you have had op- 

 portunity to inspect and crticise. 

 These two varieties, Mrs. Bayard 

 Thayer and Dark Pink Eussell, should 

 certainly commend themselves to all 

 who do Eussell well. The last named, 

 maintaining, as it does, its fine rich 

 color, may be a dangerous rival of its 

 parent. Mrs. Thayer certainly will be 

 in demand, and I predict a goodly num- 

 ber will be grown in the near future. 



If a fine corsage and bowl rose is 

 desired I can commend Tipperary as 

 filling the bill. This rose is free in its 

 production of bloom, and is greatly 

 esteemed at the two retail stores I am 

 interested in, many preferring it to 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



Tip-Top is a charmingly colored little 

 gem of a rose in the way of a polyan- 

 tha. Nothing imaginable can be more 

 beautiful than the color scheme of this 

 little rose. A corsage bouquet made of 

 this little beauty captivates the most 

 fastidious. This variety has only one 

 defect — it lacks stiffness of stem, but 

 as all corsage roses are wired, this does 

 not militate against its usefulness. 



A. N. Pierson is sending out Eed 

 Eadiance; also a deeper colored sport 

 from My Maryland. These should be 

 valuable additions for summer cut 

 blooms. 



You all know about Champ Weiland 

 and you who are here can speak, for I 

 have not seen it. 



Chas. H. Totty offers Gorgeous and 

 Cleveland, two of the Hugh Dickson 

 productions. These are being put out 

 with the endorsement of Mr. Totty, 

 which certainly is warrant for their in- 

 troduction. 



The Hugh Dickson rose, winner of 

 the $1,000 prize at the Panama-Pacific 



