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The Florists^ Review 



March 4, 1015. 



benefit to its members, and 8uggeate<l 

 that it would tend to liven the Jllinois 

 organization, as well as increase its 

 usefulness, if it nvet oftener than once 

 a year. It was suggested that two 

 meetings a year be held, one at Urbana, 

 to keep in touch with the work there, 

 and one such as has been held in pre- 

 vious years. E. G. Hill and Chas. 

 Loveridge spoke in favor of this pro- 

 posal and on the motion of Andrew 

 Peterson, it was decided to empower 

 the executive committee to call a 

 meeting at Urbana at a time it should 

 select. 



C W. .Johnson suggested that, to 

 make the meetings more helpful, papers 

 and discussions be ad4ed to the pro- 

 gram. To start something, he asked 

 E. G. Hill his opinion of the compara- 

 tive values of the pompon and exhibi- 

 tion chrysanthemums. E. Wienhoeber, 

 Mr. Johnson, J. F. Ammann and H. E. 

 Smith also spoke on this subject, and 

 it was the common opinion that well 

 grown pompons were of increasing 

 value, equaling, the large blooms in 

 sales and popularity. Selection and 

 improvement, with an eye for quality, 

 were emphasized as the road to in- 

 creased use and sale of these valualile 

 blooms. 



Election of Officers. 



In the election of officers, it was 

 thought time to promote C. W. John- 

 son from the office of first vice-presi- 

 dent, which he has filled for several 

 years, to that of president. I. L. Pills- 

 bury was selected as his successor. It 

 was deemed inadvisable to break up 

 the old teajn, J. F. Ammann and F. L. 

 Washburn, respectively secretary and 

 treasurer, and they, like the others, 

 were elected by unanimous vote. 



St. Louis Boosters. 



Stating that he spoke at the request 

 of the president of the American Car- 

 nation Society, E. G. Hill urged the 

 growers of Illinois and neighboring 

 states to do their part in making 

 the show at St. Louis next January 

 a great success. J. F. Ammann, as 

 vice-president of the society, strongly 

 reinforced his plea. W. J. Pilcher also 

 spoke. If the St. Louis show, the first 

 held west of the Mississippi river in the 

 twenty-four years of the society's ex- 

 istence, is not a great one, it will not 

 be for lack of energetic and continu- 

 ous boosting. 



Tlie Smoker. 



On Tuesday evening the members and 

 guests assembled in the Hotel Beards- 

 ley for a most enjoyable smoker. Prof. 

 J. C. Blair gave the welcoming address 

 and told of the growth of his depart- 

 ment through the aid of the florists of 

 Illinois. H. B. Dorner told "What the 

 Division of Horticulture Is Trying to 

 Do," explaining the work in detail. 

 Prof. Evans spoke in place of R. R. 

 Root on the work at the college in land- 

 scape gardening. The president of the 

 Floricullural ('lub, a students' organi- 

 zation, presided. 



These were followed by short and 

 much enjoyed remarks by officers, past 

 and present, of the society and all the 

 notables present who could be prevaile<l 

 upon to rise to the occasion. This de- 

 veloped into a contest of telling stories 

 to illustrate the unpreparedness of the 

 speaker. The palm was not awarded, 

 but it was felt to belong to I. L. Pills- 

 burj', who compared himself to the 

 darky who, driving along a bad road, 



lout all his potatoes when the tail-board 

 of his wagon was bumped off in the 

 ascent of a hill, and becoming caught 

 in the mire, exclaimed, on viewing the 

 em])ty cart, "Stuck in a rut, and noth- 

 in ' to unload! ' ' 



The Exhibits. 



It was not expected that the display 

 this year woiild be of the usual size, 

 nor was it. But everything shown was 

 of high quality. Carnations were the 

 most in evidence; perhaps the Illinois 

 growers are getting their hand in for 

 the American Carnation Society's show 

 at St. Louis next .lanuary. 



The judges were John Zech, of Chi- 

 cago; Edgar Osborn, of Danville, and 

 Geo. A. Washburn, of Bloomingtori, who 

 veporte<l on the exhibits at the smoker 

 Tuesday evening and made a few 

 awards, which are indicated in the de- 

 scriptions that follow: 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, sent a 

 vase of excellent blooms of their new 

 carnation. Belle Washburn. 



Five vases of carnations from A. C. 

 Brown, of Springfield, were of good 

 quality and made an excellent appear- 

 ance. The varieties were Beacon, Mrs. 

 C, W. Ward, White Wonder, Sangamo 

 and I^nchantress. 



P. Dorner & Sons Co., of La Fayette, 

 Tnd., showed a fine vase of Hoosier 

 Beaut}' rosea and some excellent Good 

 Cheer and Pink Sensation carnations. 

 The latter, with its long, stiff stem and 

 large-sized blooms, seems of exceptional 

 merit. 



Philip Folej' said the Foley Mfg. 

 Co., of Chicago, had the largest exhibit 

 of any, though he did not bring it with 

 him. He referred to the university 

 greenhouses. 



The Haeger Brick & Tile Co., of 



Elgin, was represented by the traveler's 

 exhibit of glazeii pottery and standard 

 j'ots of T. W. Plant, who was on the 

 job. 



From the E. G. Hill Co., of Richmond, 

 li)d., were several vases of roses that 

 were a center of interest. The one 

 most discussed was a yellow seedling, 

 from S. McGredy & Son, the Irish rose 

 raisers, of about the size and general 

 shape of Mrs. Aaron Ward. This was 

 rot sent out this year on account of the 

 war and its detrimental effects, but 

 will be disseminated in the near future. 

 The other varieties shown, all of ex- 

 cellent appearance, were Hoosier Beau- 

 ty, Ophelia and Lady Alice Stanley. 

 The yellow seedling was highly com- 

 mended and Lady Alice Stanley scored 

 S5 points by the judges. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., of Chicago, was 

 lepresented by Fred Lautenschlager 

 v.ith a table full of blue prints, litera- 

 ture, etc., of its boilers 



Two large vases of Killarney and 

 White Killarney on unusually long 

 stems showed the kind of stock grown 

 by Chas. Loveridge, at Peoria. He also 

 exhibited a nice vase of Carnation 

 Philadelphia. 



Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Association, 

 Morgan Park, 111., exhibited a vase of 

 Rosette carnations and a maroon seed- 

 ling carnation No. 6909A. 



A specimen of Begonia Mrs. J. A. 

 Peterson came from J. A. Peterson & 

 Sons, Westwood, Cincinnati, 0., and 

 wTs in excellent shape. It was stated 

 that the plant had been in full flower 

 for two months. 



The attention of practically every 

 visitor was attracted by a vase of an 

 unnamed sweet pea, cerise in color, with 

 18-inch stems, shown by the J. D. 



Herman B. Dorner. 



(In climw of entcrtainint'nt of IllinoU Stato Floilstn' Aww ciiitlun at Urlmria.) 



