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The Florists' iRcvicw 



E^BBUARY 11, 1915. 



Bouquets in Use at a Recent Georgia Wedding. 



and lilies, and the improvised altar, ar- 

 ranged in the form of an enormous 

 shell, was made of orchids and valley 

 and myriads of tiny lights. An aisle 

 leading to the altar was formed by 

 Easter lilies and white ribbon. In the 

 next room the walls were hung with 

 gold wall pockets filled with pink ear- 

 nations and roses. All the mantels 

 were banked with ferns, roses and 

 lilies. The hall was gorgeously deco- 

 rated with tall vases of American 

 Beauty roses, and around the foot of 

 the circular staircase were quantities 

 of red azaleas, the entire stairway and 

 landing being hung with smilax and 

 studded with American Beauties. 



"In the dining room the table was 

 exquisite, with a centerpiece of orchids, 

 which appeared to be growing natu- 

 rally iij a tree stump. In the room 

 where the gifts were on display, the 

 walls were hung with baskets of Kil- 

 larney roses and white hyacinths. Be- 

 tween all of the rooms portieres of 

 smilax, valley and hyacinths were held 

 back by ropes of orchids. 



F. T. D. MEETING. 



The Florists' Telegraph Delivery 

 Association will have a meeting of di- 

 rectors at the La Salle hotel in Chicago, 

 March 2, at 10 a. m. Members are 

 invited to attend this meeting if possi- 

 ble. Albert Pochelon, Sec'y. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Binghamton, N. Y. — Unless creditor.s 

 show cause to the contrary, William 

 Stewart, trustee for James W. Shearer, 

 bankrupt, will sell to F. A. Hutchings, 

 of this city, for $3,000, or to anyone 

 who will pay more, the greenhouses and 

 land on Broome street February 13. 

 The property includes four parcels of 

 land on which the greenhouses are sit- 

 uated and the contents of the houses. 

 It has been inventoried for $7,400 aside 

 from the contents. The property is sold 

 subject to mortgages amounting to 

 $2,000 and a claim of $420 yearly to 

 Frank Shearer, father of the bankrupt 



and formerly head of the firm of F. 

 Shearer & Son, who is now oVer 70 

 years old. The bankrupt estate was 

 inventoried at $21,174.60 at the time 

 of filing the petition. 



Salem, O. — Application for a receiver 

 for the greenhouses formerly owned by 

 him was made by Joseph E. Bonsali 

 February 2 in an action filed Against 

 V. Austin Cowgill, charging violation 

 of the terms of a contract entered into 

 at the time the houses were sold to the 

 latter four years ago. Judge Moore 

 appointed J. E. McNeelan receiver, to 

 take immediate charge of the property. 

 Mr. Bonsali states that at the time of 

 the sale Mr. Cowgill agreed to operate 

 the greenhouses to the best of his abil- 

 ity, particularly the rose houses, but 

 that he has placed Fred Meyerhofer in 



charge of the greenhouses and leaset) 

 the property to J. J. Gunn & Son, wit i 

 the result that the property is rapidly 

 deteriorating in value. He asks for i 

 judgment of $10,000 against Cowgill 

 and that the greenhouses and real estat.j 

 be sold at public sale to satisfy th > 

 claim. 



THE lUiINOIS MEETING. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa 

 tion will hold its tenth annual conven- 

 tion at Urbana March 2 and 3. Ther.' 

 will be an exhibition. The program is 

 as follows-: 



TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2 P. M. 



Welcome: Dr. E. Davenport, Dean of College 

 of Agriculture. 



President's address: H. E. Smith, Danville, 111. 



Report of secretary: J. F. Ammann, Edwards 

 vlUe, 111. 



Report of treasurer: F. L. Washburn, Bloom- 

 ington. 111. 



iteport of advisory committee: W. N. Rudd, 

 Morgan Parle, 111. 



Report on fertilizer work: F. W. Muncie, 

 Urbana, 111. 



Report on pathological woric: G. L. Peltier, 

 Urbana, 111. 



Unfinished business. 



New business. 



General diseussion. 



Nomination and election of officers. 



Adjournment. 



After the meeting the state experimental green- 

 houses will be open for Inspection. The research 

 and instructional staffs will be on duty and will 

 be pleased to answer all questions. 



SMOKER 



A smoker will be held at 8 p. m. Secure tickets 

 at the secretary's desk. 



Welcome: Prof. J. C. Blair, Head of the De- 

 partment of Horticulture. 



"What the Division of Floriculture is Trying 

 to Do," H. B. Dorner, Assistant Professor of 

 Floriculture. 



"Landscape Gardening," R. R. Root, Assistant 

 Professor of Landscape Gardening. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 



The day will be spent In an Inspection of the 

 greenhouses and other university buildings. 



GERMINATING PLUMOSUS SEED. 



Will you kindly give us some instruc- 

 tions on the germinating of Asparagus 

 plumosus seeds? We seldom get more 

 than fifty per cent of them to grow. 

 After they are germinated we have no 

 further trouble. We sow in flats, in 

 three inches of sandy loam, and cover 

 the seeds to a depth of about one- 

 fourth of an inch. Before sowing, we 

 soak the seeds for twenty-four to forty- 



Koeeling Stool Overhvog by Canopy of Orchids and Valley. 



