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The Florists^ RcvicW 



August 12, 1920 



William Peterson is spending his 

 vacation at Winona Lake, Ind., and ex- 

 pects to return to Chicago about Septem- 

 ber 1. 



While J. A. YouJig, president of the 

 Aurora Nursery Co., was attending the 

 summer meeting of the Illinois State Nur- 

 serymen 's Association at Urbana, the big 

 packing shed and the office of the Aurora 

 Nurseries, Aurora, 111., was burned Thurs- 

 day, August 5. The loss amounted to 

 about $8,000 and is partly covered by in- 

 surance. All records and books were 

 saved. The firm has temporarily set up 

 its offices in Mr. Young's residence and 

 there has been no interruption of busi- 

 ness. 



Secretary John Watson has revived 

 the Association Bulletin and No. 1 of 

 volume XX went to members of the A. 

 A. N. under date of July 31. This issue 

 stands out as being what an organization 

 bulletin ought to be, full of discussion 

 of the association's problems and of its 

 members' problems in which the associa- 

 tion may be of help. The editorial matter 

 reprinted from various sources is not 

 filler, but valuable views on important 

 topics. One appreciates anew how valu- 

 able to the A. A. N. is its executive secre- 

 tary from this piece of his handiwork. 



ILUNOISANS AT UBBANA. 



For Summer Meeting. 



About thirty firms were represented 

 at the summer meeting of the Illinois 

 State Nurserymen's Association at Ur- 

 bana August 4 and 5, several of the 

 firms having three or four representa- 

 tives. Their enthusiastic appreciation 

 of the work of their hosts, the members 

 of the department of horticulture of the 

 University of Illinois, was shown in 

 their promises to do everything possible 

 to win from the state legislature the 

 necessary appropriations for the enlarge- 

 ment of the work. Another financial 

 responsibility undertaken was the rais- 

 ing of money to carry out the plan of 

 the committee on cost accounting and 

 uniform grades. 



The meeting started promptly at 7:30 

 p. m. Wednesday evening, August 4. 

 Professor J. C. Blair, head of the depart- 

 ment of horticulture, whose address at 

 the February meeting of the association 

 in Chicago made so favorable an impres- 

 sion, told about the nurserymen 's school 

 which is being established at the uni- 

 versity. He explained that much of the 

 course is already established and that 



it will require only a small outlay of 

 $15,000 per annum to put the course 

 fully into existence. To conduct prop- 

 erly the experiments and practical side 

 of the course will require some land and 

 some buildings, the total cost of which 

 is estimated at $50,000. The represent- 

 atives of the different firms agreed to 

 bring every influence to bear to secure 

 the $65,000 needed to set the new course 

 on its feet. 



Professor Blair called upon H. B. Cor- 

 ner, professor of floriculture; Professor 

 Euth, of the research department, and 

 others connected with Professor Blair's 

 department; their papers and talks were 

 both instructive and interesting. 



Hybridizing Tree Fruits. 



Professor Crandall was then presented 

 by Professor Blair. He is engaged in 

 hybridizing tree fruits and producing 

 new varieties, work involving experi- 

 ments which require years to determine 

 their value. The nurserymen present 

 were evidently surprised that work of 

 such value was being conducted and that 

 they had known so little about it. 



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