Mabcu 10, 1921. 



The Florists' Review 



33 



Mi^^tyiity.>ii yj i LujiLuiiiijj i tui i iutiLv;j i Lvi* i Luj i Lvii|tA^^ 



URBANA MEETING 



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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION MEETS. 



Officers Elected. 



Till' sixteenth aiiiiii;;] meeting ni' the 

 llliiKiis StJite Florists ■ .Vssdc'int ion, 

 .\r;ircli 8 and !), drew a j^ood in;niy llmists 

 of tiic state to rrl)ana, wlieic tlie fioii 

 ciiltui-e coiirscs of tlie state nni\eisity 

 / and tile ex|ii'iiin('ntal station were .-(ildecl 

 at tr.act ions. .\ meet inj^df tlie e\ecnt i\'e 

 eolliniittee was lield ,Moni|,i\ e\ellin^, 

 Mar<di 7, when reeoninieiid;it ioii-~ were 

 a]i[)ro\-e(l for |ireseiit at i(j|l to the II t 



inn'. 



The o]ieuine session oi" the asMieiat ion 

 was iieid 'i'liesday afternoon, at l! |i. in., 

 when the foliowin;;' were elected ollicers: 



Presiilent .Jose|di Kolioiit, hilieitv 

 ville. ■' 



Vice inesident (.. W. .I.aeolis, ( ';int(oi. 



Sccretaiy — .Mhert 'I', lley, Ma\\\(ioil. 



Tre.-isnrer- -l". L, W.-ishloii n, l-ilooinini: 

 toll. 



Opening Ceremonies. 



I'rof. .1. <'. I'.l.-nr, load ot' tiie dejiart 

 iiU'lit of horticulture ot' the I'iii\ crsit V ot' 



or;;aiii/.e to ednf.ale til.- llioi-t, to ffCf' 

 the lioiislv lo^etlo-r ,ihd lo ad\;iii.e tlie 



iiij.'in I/a t Inn ure l.i ^t ;i iid.ird i /■ 



loi.ilv lliav lie .MMlolcl ,■! .■rltili. :lli' 'if IIMTJI l.y 

 lilN ;lssi*.iii t inn, 



11 \cclllivc . .mnilil Icr li'cl^ IIjmI Ihci-,. is .1 



i|4.>irc c.n llic n.n-I of llii^ oruiiiiizMlion m m-{ in trade at l;irL;e. Tlo' :iilh^ i.l' the ll.itional 



.liisc.r c.i.iliclill inn Willi llic Unrk of llic c\|pcl'i 



ini'iii soiii..n te llic ciiil llcii «!• in.i.v work le 



ircthcr fill- llic niiiln.il intci-csis iif Ihc It'iiisis ;oi.l |iiih|io)s ;iiii| tn ne.iie a inaiket loi 



llic sliiiicm. 'i'licrcfnrc. wc i-cc cinl ili.il mii iheni 



iolvisc.ry criiiiiillcc he ;ip|ii.iiilc,l l.v tlic |,rcsi y 



ilcnl of lliis Mssiiciiiliiiii. ciiiisisliM;; d live nicin -1. I.. I oljwoitli s|,,,K.. on ■■ ||i,' (lohleii 



Imts. ..nc I., he M i-n-c L-niwcr. ..iic -., cmi-iim li.ni |;i,|,. , , f W |i, J,..;, | e (III I'luwei Hisiriliil 



;;riovcr. mic ;i iml phint urcwci'. niic ii |icn-nui.i I - ■■ ii i i ■ i .i . i 



1,-novcr. ,-lll.| llic no'siiicnl of lll.' ,,s>,„.iil I ici I.. 'K'U- He .'I Ue e|n|,l|:i,|/ed the -t.llld 



I \ iillici.i cli.iinii.oi nf the riil\ i>u,-.v ...111110110,, a n I i /..a I Ion oT llnljr 11 I I 11 |;i I |il.pducts. 



'"•'.V'"-',"'" 'V'", , -1 , St.-il.ili/ati f orice. niiiM ,01, o- l.v 



I lici cl.pfc. he 11 rcsoh.'d ihiil ilio prc^nloiii I 



of ihi- ;issooniii,.n :i|.|ioiiii 11 roiiiiiiiil..o iM dr.iw niiitii;il II iidefst a lid i 11;^ ol' .ill men who 



tin .1 t'ciiiioM prosfiit in^: Ilicii i-hiini^ \>* I'lofcs 



^ol- .1, r, I'.hlil :in<l :i-kill- for coiisii||.|-;ili,.ii ,,( 

 I his Mm I li'i- 



I'rof. II. I!. Hill iiei w.anted I he fourth 

 resolution to cover eo("i|ier;it ion with the 

 stlldi'llts ;is well as with the e.\|ieri 

 iiieiit;:! work at the uiii\ er-ity. 



Interesting Addresses. 



.1. I'. .\iiini:iiin addresseil the meeting 

 on • ' 'I'lie I i I ow els ' Association, Its .\ iius 



:Mld ( Jlijects. ■ ' lie st resseij the follow 



iiiL; |ioiiits: Success can onl\' come 

 tlirou;^li orn;i iii/.o t ion. Ones fur .all 

 dorist-' oin;i iii/iif ions .jo not e(|iial the 



dues |i;iii| liy a Ipriekl.a \er to his union. 



.Illinois, made till' address of weU-oiiie to ( )re;i n i/nt ion is jis n.-cessaiy ; ,0 



llorists .-IS ;imoiio ipther ludijiicers. j'lo 



the association. He eiii|iliasized the fact 

 tli.at it was an lionor tip the iini\crsity 

 and its stafl" to li;l\e tlie .association Ml 

 Trhtiiia tiiid he w islu'd the a--soci,-i1 ion 

 miiiht niee! two or three times each ye.ai 

 .'it the university, so that the tlorists of 

 the state minlit liecoine I'amili.ar ^^•itll 

 |pro|p|en;s there ;ind the iiiiix eisity minht 

 liecome ac(|uaiiited with the llorists. 

 rrot'. Hlair stated that the |p.irtine of 

 the ways Ipefween the university and the 

 tlorists had arrived unless the leeisl.atuie 

 at Spriiio-tield should firant the unlvei 

 sity the desired iiierea-^e in funds. Tlie 

 amount ot' money from tlie state is tin 

 same now as it was seven years ;ii;o and 

 the iiiimliei' of students re^nstered is 

 dfiiilile that of seven ye.ai's ayo. It is 

 now im|iossilp|e to hold the stafl' to 

 gcther as it should be on the stime 

 amount of moii(>v from the st.ate. The 

 p1ei>.artment of horticulture needs an in 

 crease of '.Hi per eent this year from tin 

 legislature in order to allow the flori- 

 cidtiire division to live uji to what tin 

 llorists cxi>ect of it. 



President W. .(. llemlueikei le 

 sixiiided, indicaf iiig that the .association 

 iinderstiPixl the jiosition of the nniveV- 

 sity. He reviewed the life of the asso 

 ciation dtirinj; the ]past year and nrj;ed 

 a flower sliow this coming season, a- 

 Lfreenliouses are again on .a prewar 

 liasis. 



Executive Committee Recommendations. 



Secretary AHu-rt T. Hey witli his re 

 l)ort jiresented the following recoin 

 nieudations of the execiiti\e conimittee: 



Tlio rxcnilivo coiiiinitico rocipiiimciuls Hint nil 

 nicintiirs in iirrcnrs fer diios Ivvo ,vi';iis or inon. 

 to this associ;ition be iiolilioit f>f tlip'ir ;irrc.ir;iL'i 

 Willi :i rciincst for ii.i.vincnl of ilic siinic. loul if 

 siiiil artcimiKc is iiol imiil vvillpin lliirly ila.vs 

 from ilnto of notice, saiil nn>nilior sli.iU he 

 'Iroppci! from llic roll of iiioinhcrsliip in this 

 association. 



Tlio pxpcntivo committpp roooinmcmls to this 

 assofi.ition that tlio rrosiitcnt appoint a com 

 mittt'c oj three niemt'crs to m.ike a ii'vision of 

 the Ip.v laws of tliis orsjanization ami prcsint 

 them for action at the next animal incciinc. 



The oxecutive coinniitlce rccommoiicls that a 

 oommittee lie api>uinte(l to foriuiiliite a plan 

 wherehy amatenrs' and private ganleners' ex 



lists ;|le not OV erol ^.-l II i/ed. We should 



handle lloweis. This c.-m lo- linpuiiht 

 .alioiit liy honesty, courteous alti'iition 

 .and decii-.-iscd liiisii ndeist ;i ii.l i l|os lie- 

 tWeell .'ill men h,-|lldlil|o lloWej-s. .V ni.al 

 ket diip'ctor wipiild t';o-ilitate inatti'is, 

 1 le Willi hi lie ill .-1 [pipsit iipli .-It I IP 'cluck 

 I'ach d;iy tn sinte tin- |iriip' pel IihpI of 

 .all tliiwers ,'iii.| the siiipliis lit' iliiwi-is on 

 the in.aiket I'lr live inl Imv i ii-^ d;iv. 'I'his 



would 1 elhlej- ■ • li|-e;|i<i||o ' ' 1.1 l' t he market 



iiiipossilili-. Would help the letailei, .and 

 would o,.t .advertising ciprr..t. lie fur- 

 ther stiessed the fact th.ar the iloiists 

 must liecome interest I'd III ill,, experi- 

 ment st.ation ill iiidei tn imprnve the 

 produce. 



University Adds to Pro^^rani. 



The p.'l|M|- 111' ,Ilili;iii ll. Smith w;is 



Joseph Kohout. 



Newl.v Kleitc.l Frcsiaeiit •>!' IllMoi-* State Finimts' .\ssooNiti.pTi, 



