August 14, 1913 



The Florists' Review 



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View in the Outdoor Plant Display at Minneapolis, as it will Appear to Convention Visitors Next Week. 



when you pinch as I have suggested. 

 Another season do this and note the 

 <liflference. I. would suggest not leaving 

 over four feet of wood for the coming 

 season. Then you Can build up good 

 canes in future years, with strong lat- 

 erals. It will help a little now if you 

 will pinch back all future growths, both 

 at top and sides of vines. Your vines, 

 if well ventilated and kept sufficiently 

 moi.st at the root, should not have re- 

 quiretl any shading. Muscats are a lit- 

 tle more susceptible to burning than 

 any other varieties, and it is usually 

 necessary to give them a little shading, 

 not because they would wilt, but be- 

 cause their foliage would burn. I would 

 advise removing all shading by the end 

 of August. Also keep all new growths 

 removed, so that the canes can get all 

 possible sunlight, to make them of that 

 nutty brown color indicative of thor- 

 ough ripening. C. W. 



ILLINOIS INCBEASES HOLDINGS. 



President Edmund J. James, of the 

 Tniversity of Illinois, announces that 

 the trustees of the university have pur- 

 chased an estate of .'^20 acres at a cost 

 <»f $2-36,000 for the purpose of enlarging 

 ami developing the horticultural inter- 

 ests represented in the university. 



"This will make a provision for the 

 study of horticulture, including for- 

 estry, second to none in the t^nited 

 States, and will surpass considerably 

 any similar work done abroad," said 

 President .Tames. "It is perfectly ap- 

 parent that with the rising price of 

 Illinois farm lands a new system of 

 culture must be introduced to make 

 them profitable to their owners and the 

 people of the commonwealth in gen- 

 eral. 



"More intensive methods of cultiva- 



tion must be adopted. The systematic 

 cultivation of forest trees, the develop- 

 ment of the whole department of flori- 

 culture, which has become one of the 

 great industries of the state of Illinois, 

 and the adequate development of fruit 

 growing and market gardening, call for 

 more systematic and comprehensive at- 

 tention to this subject than they have 

 received. The provision of this added 

 space will permit the university to un- 



dertake the development of this inter- 

 est on an added scale. 



"Horticulturists are fully convinced 

 that Illinois, taken as a whole, offers 

 as good prospects for fruit growing — 

 apples, peaches, pears, cherries, etc. — 

 as are to be found in any state of the 

 Union, not even excepting the most fa- 

 vored regions on the Pacific coast, while 

 opportunities for market gardening and 

 floriculture are of course absolutely in- 

 exhaustible. " 



» !ME\\f3:iFR,OM 



THE CONVENTION CTO 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Additional Trade Exhibitors. 



In addition to the list published by 

 The Review July 31, the following ex- 

 hibitors have taken large blocks of 

 space in the trade section: 



Bayersdorfer & Co.. 11.. Pliiladclptila, Pa. 

 Deaniud, J. B.. ChicaKo. 111. 

 Peters & Reed Pottery Co., South Zanes- 

 Tllle. O. 



WriKlit. T. II.. Los Angeles. Cal. 

 McNeffSwanxon Co., Chicago. IIU 



Arrangements Completed. 



Arrangements are now completed and 

 the local committees deserve much 



praise for the creditable manner in 

 which all details of the convention have 

 been carried out. Indications point to 

 a large attendance from the west and 

 northwest. To show proper courtesy 

 and consideration to the local societies, 

 visitors are requested to be seated 

 promptly at 2 p. m. in the ball-room on 

 Tuesday, August 19, when the opening 

 exercises will take place and Mayor 

 Wallace G. Nye will deliver his address 

 of welcome. The Florists ' Telegraph De- 

 livery Association will have permanent 

 headquarters in the Armory, and Albert 

 Pochelon, the hustling secretary, will be 

 in constant attendance to enlighten 



