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The Florists^ Review 



.Ii 1 V 24, l'.)I. 



lions th;it liji\c llnricult iii;tl coium'^ tliat 

 )ia\(' lici'ii fst;ili|isli('i| with iiioic ni Icss 

 ilil'lii'iilt y, iiiustly lit'(iiu--r i>\' llir iicccl to 

 first |uurinc I'lUhN. \\i\ tlir iniijcrtal; 

 iiii; ill llic <'hic;ii;n )iiililii- schuuls no 

 iimiicil i;it r :i |i|)i (i|iri;i I inn is nccili'il. 

 ('hiss riii>iii nii'l (•( jiii I piiii'iil nrc iciiily. 



'I'llc Ini^li sclicMil luil'ls ;i\ ;i ihllilr tn tllc 

 \ oc'.'it inii.-i I •i('|i;ii t inciit run 111' llscil I'm 

 tllc liiTcss;ii-y silliMV. lllilccil. tllc li()iir<i 

 rules sliniiji' make the o]i|"irt nil ity at- 

 tiactixc ti> the liest men in the Inisiness. 



W'llili' the I etill lat idlls lie Hut permit 



pay i lie a liiLih salary at the start, sal 

 ai'ies ail\anee aiitemal ieall\ as time 

 passes ami it is p()s>ili|(. in reaeli :t^L',t!ii(i 

 tor t ell moiit lis ' w (Ilk. 



Practical Work. 



'I'll!' iiniise will lie starteil in Seplein 

 liei it' Mr. liiilieits is iiiNiireil III' a class 

 111 twenty HI iiidie. Xi) \ncatinnal 

 coiiiscs can he startc'l with less. Tlic 

 question of wliat to teach will lie ije 

 ciiied liy the wishes ut' those who want 

 to he taii;;ht. Mr. Kohcits is in con 

 siiltation witli II. )'.. l>ornei. who has 

 chaise of the work tOr lloiicult lire at 

 tile I'liiveisity ot' Illinois: with W. .\, 

 Kmlil, who prohahly has ei\,.|| the siih 

 joct more thoiieht than has anyone iiof 

 actually eiieae,.,! jn eiliicational work; 

 \vith I'reil Hencjiliim. secretary of the 

 West J'arks civil ser\ ici> coiiiniissioii, 

 \v}i(ise experience lias shown the neecl ot' 

 sucli a school; witli \'.. .\. White. \\ lio 

 has charge ot the tloiicultiiial classes 

 at -Massaclmsetts Agricultural < olleye. 

 Ainlier.st ; witli the horticultural depart 

 ineiit at Cornell, \vhere llorists" sons e., 

 for their college course, aii'l with leail 

 infj ".growers in the city. While the 

 work heiiiji (lone at these institutions 

 is hcinj; invest ijiated, it is not with a 

 \iew to ailoptiii^ anytliiny hut the prac 



+ ^n per \(';ir for those who take a full 

 course ((t' live studies and jiio]i()rtion 

 ately lower in the case of sju'cial 

 courses. 



Mr. K'oherts \\(dcoines suggestions 

 lidin the trade. lie \\;ints to start a 

 school for llorists and i^ardeners that 

 shall lia\e a wide and jieriii;inent use 

 fulness. He shouhl he addressed: Win. 

 Ni. K'oherts, District Superintendent of 

 S(dio(ds. 'rrihuiie hiii Id i iil:. <'hicaeo. 



COLLEGE WORK FOR FLORISTS. 



Studies for those iiitciidinu to eii^aj^e 

 III the e|-(,\\ii|o (it llowers for coniiner- 

 (dal pniposes are pid\ided in the de|iart- 

 nient of lloiicult iiie ol the New ^'ork 

 St:ite ('(dleec ef .\ ^ liciilt lire at Corncdl 

 rni\eisit\-, Ithaca. N. \. Instruction 

 in lloi icii It lire alon;^ general lines has 

 heeii ei\eii since the hefiinnin;; of the 

 \\(irk of the deiiaitinent of hoil icultnie 

 and almost all its ^r.aduates ha\e liad 

 more or !es> experience in hoth er(.(.ii. 

 house :ini| oiitiloor work. Tliere is now, 

 however, a sep.arate departnient of llori- 

 ciiltiire, wliiidi adapts its instruction to 

 t he tlorist s ' needs. 



The rajiid de\(dopiiient ol' fruit j;iovv- 

 III", lloriciiltnre and \eyetahle iirowiiig 

 as distinct occupations has resulti^d in ii 

 deiiiand for iikmi specially trained alon<^ 

 a pa't iciilar line, rather than men 

 hroadly trained in the whole siihject of 

 horticulture. In order to nietd the {(row- 

 iiie demand for traineil llorists hy jiro- 

 \ iclino s|ie(dal courses (d' instrindion and 

 for the purpose of (lev (dojiinj^ the in- 

 vest i<;at i ve work, a department (d' flo 

 liciiltnre has i n orjiani/.ed. 



Aims of the Department. 



The department ot lloiicult uie lias 

 three piiiKdjial aims to ;;ive iiistnic- 



Hydrangea Otaksa Grown at Port Allegany Greenhouses. 



tical features of the iiist met ion Lliven. 

 Tlie <'hic;ti;o ide.i is practical in ;ill 

 t)iin;^s 



Eligibility. 

 The lilies of the I'hica.ijo hoard of 

 education make the sidiool a^e from ti 

 to :21 Years; the vocational sidiools are 

 for those from HI to -\. hut in cases 

 of those above L'l years who wish to 

 share in the adv;inta^'es otVcrecl the 

 board has fjraiited spei ial jierniits. It 

 will no (Inubt do so in the case of llo- 

 rists. The seliools are tree to all resi 

 (lenth within the eity limits; non lesi 

 dents must jiav tuition, whii h i- onl\ 



tioii at the colleiie; to cipiiduct investij;a- 

 tions. fiidd studies, .-ind surveys aiiiiin)^ 

 to h(d|i in s(dv ini; the lloiicult iiral prob- 

 lems (d' comniendal llorists throiii^hout 

 New N'ork state and to ei\e inldrmation 

 and assistance to intending jdanters of 

 home and |iiihlic ;;roiinds in the state. 

 The iiist lint ion yiven .at tlie college 

 is intemlc'l |o meet the iieeils (,{' arna- 

 teiir llower o|-,,wers; to juovide instrnc- 

 tion for students in other lines of horti- 

 culture who wish to <,'(d a knowledge 

 ot' some of the f uiiilaniental jiriiiciples 

 dl' lloricult lire; to train students for 

 tc-ndiiiiL; and in vest i^at i \e work in flo 



liciiltiire in colleges an<l t^xperiineiit - 

 tions and to prepare studoiits for ] 

 fessional work. 



Classroom Equipment. 



The eipiipment is dividcnl inio i 

 parts; that Ixdoiiging to the (dassroi 

 and ollices is on the second floor id' 

 main building and that eoiinected w 

 the forcing house and gardens, as v\ 

 as witli the espeiimeiit.al areas, i- 

 the li(dd. 



I.eidiii'es are given :ii the lie;idi|ii 

 teis of the de)iaitnient on the ^f<-< 

 tlo(>r of tile main huihling. The lar. 

 leiduie room. \vhi(di is jnovided witl 

 ster(>o]dicon. has :i seating capaidty 

 li'O persons. The smaller lecture le. 

 seats thirty dive, besides containing i 

 herbaiium. The reinaindiu- of the lb 

 is used for ollices f<ir the instruct! 

 staff. barge display cases lining i 

 corridor ;ir( tilled with horticultu 

 spei iineiis. tools and v:irious apl>liaie ■ 



In addition to the laig(! colUsdion 

 lloriciiltnral hooks iri the univers 

 library, the de]iartment is fortunate 

 possessing the large jirivate libr.-iry 

 the late Professor John Craig. Ti 

 contains ;!,i)(hi volumes, many of win 

 are on lloricultnrai subjects and ,'i 

 avaibible for the use (»f advanccl s- 

 dtMits. 



Greenhouses and Gardens. 



The greenhouses coinfileted in I'.'l 

 together with the contemplated ad ; 

 tions to be erected during the jiresc 

 year, cover an area of about S,"" 

 s(|uare feet. The lauge consists of 

 conservatory and jiropagating house ai 

 a house for the culture of roses, earn: 

 tions, chrysantheinunis, sweet jieas in 

 other greenhouse plants. These bui' 

 ings are used by all classes in florie 

 ture and afford space for advanced ai 

 graduate students investigating spec ; 

 jiroblenis. The service building i- 

 two story strueture containing lalx.i 

 tories, an ollice an^l se<^d .storage ;ii 

 tool rooms. 



The deiiartmeiit ha.s bees ahsigu 

 twenty acres of land for its large <■ 

 ItMdions of jieonies, irises, perenn 

 jihloxes, roses, sweet j-eas, gladioli a 

 inisc(dlaneous annual and perenn 

 flowers. These collections afford vali 

 ble material for study and niimere 

 jiroblems for invest igtition. 



.\side from ordinary equipment, i 

 gaiileii herbarium, with more than 1 



0(1(1 si Is, is an inqtortant aid in 1 



study of plant v;uiation. There is a 

 .•I ^o(.(i collection ol negatives illiisti 

 ing the urovving ot tlowers, whiih 

 Icing :idd(Ml to coiit in iially and wh 

 furnisher ;i ii-(diil -oiir.e for lant' 

 slides fo! idust rating recent inelh' 

 in the iiKinai^einent aie] coiistrmdion 

 forcing houses ;in.| the erowing ol tl" 

 ers in the li(d(i and i.nder glass. I 

 department li;is a cidle(dion (d 1.' 

 I.antern siiiles. to whi( h idditioris :■ 

 constantly being tnade 



Regular Courses of Instruction. 



The f(dlov\iiig courses of instru''' 

 are remilarly given by the dcpartnie! 



'ireenhouse Management. — Studie- 

 the principles and jiractice of jiropa- 

 lioii, soils, ]iotting, shifting, waleii' 

 ventilation, fumigatio7i. ind the Ii 

 of llorists" jilants. 



(ireeiihouse ( 'oust iiKtion. --The 

 vidopinent of the modern greenhon- 

 types of houses, materials and methe 

 of construction, installation of heati 

 svstenis. :ind tin- like, rrtiofice in ►•:•■■ 



