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The Florists' Review 



March 9, 191G. 



down ill the t'xciiiiiji ;it tin' tnhli's in 

 till' l:ir<;(' l);iii(|Ut't li;ill of llic Moliuc 

 ( uiiiiiiciciiil ('lull. Al'tcf .•! most Siitis- 

 Iviii;; ii'ji;ist, till' c-oiiiii:iiiy w.-is I'o- 

 ;;iilcil witli u ]):i|i('i' on ( 'liristiiKis ;iml 

 I'lastiM- lldwfrinji jiikI folhijit' ]ilants, 

 loail by W. K. 'I'lickcr. of WcstcM-ii 

 tSjiiiiifis. Tlio l)aii(|U('tt'is sli(i\v(>il tlu'ir 

 ajiprociatioii l>_v a lisiiij;' \ otc of thanks. 

 Tlu'ii caiiH' a treat in tlic 1'onii of a 

 si'i't'iiailo by a hical <i\ov. club. 



I'rof. Doriicr 's talks arc always most 

 \vt'l( (lino, and liis remarks on what the 

 J^i\ ision of Floriculture is doin;^ were 

 received ■with close attention. lie 

 s|iiike briefly of the (ie\ tdojuiient of the 

 lloricultural dejiartment of the iiiii 

 \t'rsity and of tlie inst ru.t ional iiieth 

 (ids. There are now twenty-three 

 undergraduate and two tiraduatc stu 

 dents in his deiiartment. and se\i'ii 

 will receive their decrees this year. 

 AV. K. Palmer, a ;:raduate of llH.i, 

 is now in (diargc of the <ireenhouses and 

 is also diiin<: instructional ^voik. \\. 

 Lauterbaih is assistin;,' (!. ii. I'eltier in 

 ]daiit patholo^iy. 



The talk bv W. i:. Ta\lor. M . !>.. 



o'clock and proceeded on a motor tour 

 of inspection through the tiiree cities. 



The Exhibits. 



It was generally agreed tiiat tlic flis- 

 pla\- this year was fully ('(pial to that 

 of former years, and tlioiigh not large, 

 it made up in variety and excellonc(! 

 whatexcr it lacked in size. The dis- 

 play of lilooming ]ilants and novelties 

 was particularly striking. 



The judges vvei-e ('. J.iovcridgo, of 

 I'eoria. II. K. Smith, of Danville, and 

 .1. S. Wilson, of Des Moines, who re 

 iiorted on the exhibits during tli(> course 

 of the e\-ening and made the following 

 ,i\\ .-lids: 



I'.assett iS: AVashburn, Chicago, stageij 

 an excellent exhibit of <)|ihelia, Sun 

 burst and Shawver roses. .\ large \ ;ise 

 of their carnation, lielle Washburn, oc 

 cupied a prominent place in the ex 

 hibit. They also sent a vase of calen- 

 dulas, several vases of f.ancy sweet ]ieas 

 and ;i number of young grafted rose 

 plants and Helle Washburn cuttings in 

 .'.inch pots. 



.1. Staatk' iSi: Sons, proline, sliowe(l 



Frank L. Washburn. 



Tie.i^iiicr "f till- IMiiKHS Stiitc lloriwlh' A-socl;ili(>n. 



pro\ed to be one ol' the most entor- 

 tniniiig features of tlu' evening. He 

 declined to confine hinisidf to the to|iie 

 assigned and indulged in highly inter- 

 esting bits of florist .nnd lloricultural 

 history. His talk Ihidiigliout was in- 

 terspersed with wit and humor. 



Before closing the e\ (Miing session, 

 the association oil'eicd ;i \(ite of thanks 

 to the Tri-C^ity florists for their eflforts 

 in promoting the success of the con 

 vention and for their royal entertain 

 ment. 



The following nioining the visitor^ 

 met in the Manufacturers' hotel at 



^ipine fine jiot grow n lil.ais. a/.ale;is and 

 iioxwoods. K'ecei\('i| s|ieci;il mention. 



William Knees iS: Sons, Moline, had 

 ;iii attractive disjday of retinospora, 

 bi^gonias, lilies and amaryllis. 



The Davis Flor.'il ('o., I i;ivenport, la.. 

 exhibited ]ialms, ferns, cinerarias and 

 cV(damens of excellent ipiality. 



A large and well-gro\\ii group of 

 (lowering ]ilants was staged by Henry 

 Haeth.ie, IJock Island. His exhibit was 

 highly cointnended. 



I'^om Henry Baer, Peoria, came sev- 

 eral vases of carnations, among tlicm 

 W'.'ird, Pliiladelpliia, Enchantress Su- 



preme, Benora, Pink Sensation, Com- 

 modore, White Wonder and White Eu- 

 chantress. 



^rt. Greenwood Cemetery Association, 

 Morgan Park, HI., sent a vase each of 

 the following: lied seedling Xo. 24- 

 IL'A: white seedling No. 110.00; white 

 seedling No. 140. 09A; pink seedling No. 

 :iii.l2A; jiink seedling No. 1.12A. White 

 seedling No. 110. flO scored S7 points, 

 entitled to association's certificate of 

 m(>rit. 



l''irebird, tlie new caniia sent by 

 \'aiighan's Seed Store, attracted niiu;h 

 attention. 



A v.ase of Mrs. C. H. Deere, a new 

 red carn.ation, was staged by Arvid An- 

 derson, IMoline. together with a white 

 seedling No. 100. Mrs. D(^ei(^ i-ecei\-ed 

 honoi.able mention and seeijliug No. 

 100 scori^d SS jioints. I'hititled to cer- 

 tificate. 



A center of interest was created by 

 several vases of Alois Prey's Raiidiow 

 freesi.'i, staged by the V.. C. Amliiig 

 Co., of «'hic;(gd. Tlun- also exhiliited 

 several vases of excellent roses grown 

 by Wendliind t^' Keimel Co.. of Elm- 

 hurst. They were Killarney Brilliant. 

 White Killarney, Mil.'idy and Sunburst. 

 \;is(>s of Killarney Brilliant and Ophe- 

 lia roses, grown by ]Meyer & Dramm 

 < 'o., of Elmhurst, also fouml a place 

 in the exhibit. Special mention was 

 awarded. 



Its new Jiink seedling carnation Xo. 

 1 (12) was sliown by tlie floricultural 

 dep.'irtment of the University of Illi- 

 nois. This scored 00 points. Entitled 

 to certificate. 



C. I^overidge. Peoria, showed two 

 \ases of forget-me-nots and sua]!- 

 dragons. 



A table of well-grown violets and 

 sweet peas belonged to A. Washliurn & 

 Sons, Bloomington. 



F. B. Smith & Sons. Danville, staged 

 their pink seedling carnation. No. C. 

 208. Scored 8S points. Entitled to cer- 

 tificate. 



H. G. P;uili. Davenport, la., was rep- 

 resented by a well-chosen display of 

 miscellaneous plants. 



Not to be outdone, the City Park 

 Greenhouses, Davenport, exhibited a 

 sjilendid lot of cyclamens and ]irim- 

 idses. Considered worthy of certificate 

 of merit. 



A grou]i of ciner.'iiias of excidlcut 

 'pialitv was sliown bv C. D. Winian, ot' 

 Moline. 



Not satisfied with one exhibit, Ileniy 

 Gaethje. of Bock Isl.and. liad a coni- 

 I'letely oijuipjied house ;iiid garden in 

 miniature, which proved one of the 

 -t liking f(>atures of the exhibition. 



The Gordan-Van Tine Co., of Da\tn 

 port, dis|day(^l a number of hotbe.i 

 sashes and greenhouse material. 



A full line of pots and hanging bn- 

 kets represented the Ionia Pottery Co.. 

 Ionia, iMicli. 



The Pittsburgh Plat.^ Glass Co. ex 

 hibited jtaints, insecticides, gla^s and 

 putty. 



A wide assortment of baskets and 

 florists' novelties and accessories was 

 on display in the booth of the .\. L. 

 Bandall < 'o.. Chicago. 



Self-watering flower boxes were 

 shown by the Ideal Lighting Co., of 

 D.'ivenport. 



Florists' baskets in many shapes were 

 exhibited by the Willow Ware Shops. 

 P.urlington. la. 



Philip Fol(\v. of the Foley Mfg. Co.. 

 of Chicago, was there with a talde full 



