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Ifi, VJ22 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



I ILLINOIS STATE MEETING 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS MEET. 



At State University. 



UrliJiiia, 111., atf r.-icti'il ;i lar^i^ iiuiii 

 bor of florists to tlu' si'vi'iit('(!iith an- 

 nual iiHH'tiii"; of the Illinois Stato I'lo 

 rists' Association, wliicii took jilacc at 

 tlif llorit'ulture biiiMiii}^ of Ihc rnivn- 

 sity of Illitiois Mar. li 11 and l."i. Tho 

 university, with its cxi'i'llcnt (■x|)rri 

 ineutal station ami its >taff of aldi' 

 facicnts, formed no small jiart of tlu' 

 attraction. 



Tlie executive committee, Jose]ili Ko 

 hout, A. T. Hoy, W. .1. Hemhreikor ami 

 F. Ij. Wasliliurn, had drawn u|i tlie f<il 

 lowinj:' recotnmendatious, in a letter ad- 

 dressed to Prof. ,]. (*. Rlair, liead of the 

 department of floriculture there, which 

 were siilisequenfly adopted by the as- 

 sociation, and wliich reflect the jiroyjres 

 sive s[iirit of the Illinois florists: 



\\'i\ tlic ;ii|vis<>r.v coTiirnitti'i- (if ttic Illinois 

 St.ite FloriHis' KxiicrimciitHl Stiitidn, in sessimi 

 li.rc (iRscjiililcd, ;il IrhJinu, .Miinli II. llii;-. iifti r 

 thor<iii«lily froiiiir (iv<t tin- W(irk in (-..iriiilislnMl iiml 

 till- iiiM('S.s.Try work to \n> doni' :il Ilip sljitinii. 

 which is »ii fiiriilily piTMcntcil lo lis iiiiil iIi-iiuiikI 

 • il l>y the tl.iriculliinil iiio-rrst-i •.!' tin' stiilc (•<r 



■ ■\|iiTiiiii'ntal iiiKl iiisirui tiiiiiiil work, Hould, 

 ihtTcfori', 



iti'ciiiiiriK'iiil that two morf honsis, in nililillou 



to tliosi- alriiidy iiHki-d foi- last ycai-, 1 n-cli'd: 



that the lalMiralory aski'd for last .vcar. and 

 ^^llich «<■ dcMMii vitally iioccssiiry in the cxiicri 

 inoiital «ork, Ik- laki'ii rafi' of: and wi' also 

 -ilnincly r»-<-<iiiinii-iid that tiic |>alin lioiisc, as 

 lilanncd. shoiiid liv iiiniiiliii'cl 



Wi' would alK<i ro-oiiiiiiiiid that llirri' tiv at 

 li'ast one ( iinipcliTit assist.-int a|i|ioinI(-d to assist 

 Mr. IV A. IxlKidianiT in his lahoratory wiak : 

 and that a field workrr Ik- ciiiiiloMd to visit 

 tlif florists of tlif stati- in an ad\isor.\ lapacit.v . 

 ■"iinilar to the (-niiiity advisors in thf I'armiuc 

 mti'iTsts. 



Wr Would iilxo I all >otir atti-ntion to tin- iin 

 portanf niatt.r of tin outdoor work, whiih w<- 

 dfcni a.s an ini|H>rt.'iiit and lu'i cssary adjiini't to 

 'III- isliK ational and instrin tional work u( tin- 

 -latiun. and as a nn-ans of iilin-at inir tin- imbln 

 in the intircsts of tin- aih am inii nt of tin- art 



■ »f tlorifultnrc in fjenoral 



Addresses and Business. 



The officers who served during; t In- 

 last year were reidected, as follows: 

 President, Joseph Kohouf. Libcrtyville: 

 secretary, Albert T. Iley, Maywood, and 

 treasurer, Frank I, \V;ishbiirn, Hlooiii 

 inoton. 



In his report fh< secretary presenti'd 

 the tOlldwing summitry: 



r.alani-c on hand Man h 1, IICI .<.">!»).:; I 



Paid to treasurer. '^42 do 



'"'■•fst. ; ; i5;-,4 



'rotal $M2 ss 



IHsliiirsenientH L'Tii 1^1 



I'..ilanee in trpaRury .")T:;.L's 



I'l'tal $S41'.s.s 



rill' nienilii TRliip lonsists of the following;: Ati- 

 aiMl nieniU rs, ftt , life ineinU'rs. sil: total, l,"i:',. 



In .-I. stirring,' talk Professor J. C. 

 151a ir enipliasized the fact that the ex 

 j>eriniental station is the florists', and 

 that it i.s the greatest in the world. 

 Illinois, he said, leads in floriculture and 

 is the possessor of the largest agricul 

 tnral institution in the world. 



Directly following his talk. Professor 

 Hlair introduced Dean of Agriculture 

 Eugene Davenport, who made a cheer- 

 injj address of welcome. Among other 

 facts, he emphasized the importanee of 

 funds for maintaining a station such as 

 that at the university. 



President Kohout then made his 

 oilieial address. This speech is printed 

 on another page of this issue. 



I'rofissor II. l'>. hoiricr delivered an 

 cxcidleiit t;ilk on hribacrous pirennials 

 I'or use as cut llowiTs. This .-ippears on 

 .•iiiotlii'r pat^r of this issue. 



Honor E. G. Hill. 



K. (1. Hill talked of his work with 

 iiises for :i lew minutes ;in(| p.iid tribut(- 

 tosiieli men as I'ernet, .Mont^jomery and 

 ('ook. During the pioorain .\lr. Hill 

 was presented with ;i lieartl'elt tribute 

 liy tile I 111 liois;i lis, ;, ii;iil(| letteri'd tes 

 t iuKiii i;i I, wliii-li is shiiwii on p.aor .',11. 

 The wofijs read as t'ollous: 



When thi-oii:.'li p.-iiiistakiiiL' »oiU an. I slii.ii a 

 iii.'in a.-. ..niplish.s s Iliiii;; ih.it is of cr.ai 



\Mln.- 1.1 III.- people. Ill- is w.illhy of sp,-ri:il l-i-e.ii; 



iiltion I»> Ills r.-lhiw iii.-n. r.\ \oiir \\ oii.l.-i-t iil 

 uork ill III.' il.-\.lopiiiiii( of Ih.- iiio.hrn r.is. 

 Mill. K. C. Hill. ha\. not ..iil\ a.l.l.'.l 1.. tlo- 



pl.-asiin- of th.- I pi.-. I. Ill hav.- a.ld.-d l.> tli. 



pi-..sperit I ..f \oiir In.ith.i II. .rists. The ni.-in 

 l..'i-s of Ih.- mill. .is .Si:ii,. l-'li.risis' ,\ssoeia1 ion, 

 ill nieeiiii..' assi-nilile.l .III III.- fourteenth .lav of 

 M.-ir.h. IIIL'L', tak.- this in.-aiis of espossini: ili.-ii 

 appr.-. iali.in ot .v.iiir L'r.-at a. hi.-\ ••ni.-nts. 



To the alio\(' Mr, Hill res]ionded with 

 inllcli feeling. 



During the busine.ss session the asso 

 i-iation tidopted .■in ameiidnient fo th.- 

 const it lit ion whirli provides that the as 

 soeiation sh.tll meet on the second Tlles 

 .l;iy of .March ;innu;illy .at rrb.ana. 



The ni.atfer of certificates of merit to 

 .■iniatetiis ;irp| that concerning the fall 



llouer sliow well- i-i-terml lo tin- eXi'cii 

 I i\i' committer. 



Evening Progi-am. 



Tin- i'\.'ning program, left wholly in 

 Mil- li.'iinls of the students through the 

 l-'lorii-ult lire ('lull, was a great success 

 .-mil tilled .Mon-ow li.ill, where the " do- 

 iii;4s'" wn-e lielil. to s;itii-ty. l-"irst of 

 ,-ill the |iresident of the club, H. ('. 

 llodoin, welcomed the visitors to the 

 home of the club. Then ("arl (iruniie- 

 \el.l ''l,.•^u^hed It with flowers'' in a 

 liiimorous presentation of ''Say It uith 

 l-'lo\\ els ' ■ ill elext-r port p.iy ,-i I. Mrs. H. 

 I'.. iHinier delit;lited everyone with a 

 \iii-;il selei-tion. She was en.'ore.l re- 

 peati-illy. Th(-u R, ( '. Hodgin reap- 

 peared with a line paper on ''Wh.at Is 

 the l-'iitufe of the Colli'ge < i radllat e ? " 

 This appears on .another jiage of this 

 issiii'. .I.ine Kohout rendered interpre- 

 t.ations of dances. .-Mti'r this came a 

 skit. "After the Meeting," in which 

 the following characters apjieared: 

 I 'red .1. (!annn;ige, George W. Morgan, 

 A. I.. (;lacer. Mr. Xehrman .and U. H. 

 .lohnson. This jirogram w;is received 

 with orcjit apjibause. 



Among Those Present. 



Those who registered the first dav of 



Joseph Kohout. 



. Ki-elerted President I II In.. is ..Stale KhirUt-' A*wlaUon.l 



