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The Florists' Review 



MAitni i, i;tl.".. 



Ix'liclit to its iiiciiilicis, Mli'l siiuufstcil 

 tliiit it Wdllld tend to liven tlii' Illinois 

 <>rw;nii/iitioii. as well as iiuicasc its 

 iisct'uliicss, if it met oltcncr tliaii omc 

 a vfar. It was si|ou,.st('(| that two 

 liicct iii;;s a year he held, oiir at Irliaiia. 

 to k('('|) ill toiicli witli t lie wciiN tlific, 

 ain! one >ii,li as has hccii lichl in |ii(' 

 \ ions \cai>. K. (i. Mill ami t'lias. 

 I <o\ crid;;!' sp(d<t' in laxor ot' this |nd 

 posal and on the motion ot' Aiidrcu 

 I'ctcrsoii, it was iJccichMl to ('in|)owt'|- 

 the cxci lit i \ (' coiiiinit tec to call a 

 iiift't iiii: at I'lliana at a time it should 

 s<dc.t. 



< '. W. .lohnson siii^ycstt'd that, to 

 iiialM' tile int't't iiiLis inoic ln'l|pt'ul, iiapors 

 aihl di^iiissioiis lie added to the |iio 

 ^laiM. To start soiiict iiini^, he asUcd 

 \'.. <J. Ilill iiis o|diiion ot' the <-oni|iaia 

 ti\c \alu('^ of tlic |ioiiiiioii and i'\liilii 

 tion 1 li I \ sa II t hcniiiins. K. W'icnIioidpiM . 

 Mr. .loiinson. .1. !•'. Aniinann :ind II. I!. 

 Sinitli also s|iok(' on this sulijt'it, aihl 

 it was the roninion ojdnion that widl 

 L;io\xn |i(nii|ions were of i iic i c.-isi iil; 

 \alii('. (M|iialin^' the larL;<' Idooni-- in 

 sales ;ind |io|in l;i i i ty . Stdection ;iiid 

 iMi|ii()\ enient . with :in e\ e t'oi (|ii:ilit\. 

 were em |iiiasi/.ed as the road to in 

 (•rease(| use .and ^ale ot' the>e xahialilc 

 l>looms. 



Election of Officers. 



Ill tlie (dertion ot ollii-eis. it \\;i^ 

 tlioii;4lit time to promote ( '. W. .Iidin 

 -^oii tiom the ollict' ot' lirst \ ice presi 

 dent, whiili he has (iiied I'or several 

 years, to that ot |iresident. 1. I.. \'\\\- 

 liurx w:is stdectecj .is his successor. It 

 was deemed i nad\ isalile to ine.-ik u|i 

 the old team, .1. F. .\miii.iiiii ;iiid K. 1,. 

 \V:isliliurii, i'es|iect i\ tdy secretary .•iiel 

 treasurer. ;ind they, like the others, 

 were cdected liy un;iniiii(M;^ vote. 



St. Louis Boosters. 



."^tatiiiL; th.-it he ^iiolie .at the leijuest 

 ot' the |presideiit ot' tiie Ameiicaii t'ar- 

 n.ation Society. \'.. ('<. liiil niuied the 

 ^idUer^ ol' Illinois .and iieit^iilioii ni; 

 -•tates to do their part in ina!\in;^ 

 the sliow at St. Louis ne\t .lanuary 

 a lire.at ^iic.-ess. .1. I-'. Aininaiin. as 

 \ ice |ir"sidenl ot the ^ocii'lv. stroll^i'v 

 leint'orccd his )de;i. W. .1. I'ilcii<'r also 

 ^|ioke. It' the St. !,oni> >hiiw. tlie tiist 

 litdd west <if the Mississippi river in tile 

 twenty t'oill year^ ot' the society '■- o\ 

 isteiice. is not a Client one. il will not 

 lie t'ol lack ot' enri';;etic .and coiitinu 

 oi;- lioo-t iliL'. 



The Smoker. 



( )n 'I'l.t sdav fVciiinu; the incin I ler- and 

 Ulie-^t^ .a^^clldded ill thi' Hotel r.e;ild.~ 

 lev t'ol ;i llio^t ell joy.l Me ^llloi^er. I'idt'. 

 .1. < '. I'laii ^;i\e the W(dcon;ilii; ;ehiies< 

 .•iinl toiii ol' the :^ioath ot lii^ 'leiiart- 

 ineiit tl:ion;:li thi' aid of the llori^ts of 

 Ijlinoi-. 11. i-i. !>oiner toM ■ ■ What lio 

 hivi^ioii ol' 1 1 (II t iciilt mc U Trviiit^ to 

 ho.'' explaining; the wmk in detail- 

 I 'rot'. K\ aii^ -poke i n pl.-n-i' ot' I,'. 1.'. 

 K'oot on the Work at :1m c.dle^e m land 



-cape ;;,a rdelli n^. The pre-j.lelit of the 

 Kloricullural ''liil'. a -tu.ient-' or-.ani 



/.atioll. I'le-lded. 



'I'hese Were I'lilloWed I'V -holt ;illd 

 much eiijovecl rein;ilk- 1 1 ,' oliiceis. p;i-l 

 and ]irtsent. ot' the -ociet»' and .all the 

 not.alile- pii'seiit who i-oiiM lie prev.aih'd 

 upon to rise to the occ.asioii. This de 

 velojied into a conte-t of t 'llili;; -Tories 

 to illustrate tile Ulljirepa It'd lie-- of the 

 -jieakei. The palm was not .awarded, 

 l.ut it was ftdt to ludoni: to I. 1,. I'ills 

 liiiiy, w lio <-omp,aied hiiiiselt' t<i the 

 d.arkv who. driving; aloiitj a li;id road. 



lost all his pot.atoes when the tail Ixiard 

 of his wa;^on was humped oil' in the 

 .ascent of .a hill, and liecomini; caujiht 

 in the mire, exida iiiu'il, on viewini^ the 

 I'lnplv c.ait, ''Stuids in .a nil. ami iioth 

 ill' to 11 nio.ad ' ' ' 



The Exhibits. 



It was not exjiecteil that the displ.av 

 this year would lie of the Usual size, 

 nor \\;is it. Itiit everything; shown w.as 

 of liii;li ipialitv. ( 'ai nations were the 

 most ill evidence; perhaps the Illinois 

 iiidwcrs .are yettiii:: tliidr li.aiid in for 

 ilie .\meiicaii ('.arii.ation Smiety's show 

 at St. Louis next .l.aiiiiarv. 



The indues were .lolin /ecli. of t'lii- 

 cayo; l''d<;ar ()sliorii, of hanville, and 

 to'o. .\. W'ashliurn. of Hloomi iiiiton, who 

 ;eported im the exhihit- at the smoker 

 Tuesday evening .and made a few 

 .aw.ards, which are indicated in the dt- 

 -cii pt ion- I ha t t idlow : 



l'>;issett \ W.asliliili II. ('hic;ij;o. sent ;i 

 vase of excidleiit lilooms ot' their new 

 carn.atioii, Itcdie W'.ashliiirn. 



Live vases of carnations from .\. • '. 

 I'lidwii, ot' Siuinylield. were ot' iiood 

 ipiality aiicl made an excidleiit appear 

 .iiu-e. The v.arieties were Leacon. Mrs. 

 ('. \V. Ward. White Wonder. Sanyamo 

 .iihl Lm hantress. 



L. Doiiiei \ Sons < d.. ot La l";ivette, 

 hid., showed ;i fine vase of lloosiir 

 lleaiitv loses and sonu excellent (iood 

 I heer ;iiid Link .Sensation carnations. 

 riie latter, with its Ioiil;. still stem .and 

 l.arye-si/ed Idooms, seem- of exceptional 

 merit. 



I'hilip Lolev -aid the I'idev .Mfi:. 

 < o.. of ('liic,ai:o. had the largest exhiliit 

 of .any, though lie did not liiiii>; it with 

 him. He referred to the university 

 Lireeiihouses. 



The H.aej-er I '.rick \ Tile Co.. of 



Ll<iin, was represented liy the travader'- 

 exhiiiit of glazed pottery and staiul.ard 

 pots of T. W. I'l.ant, who was on the 

 joli. 



r'rom the L. (i. Ilill < 'o., id K'ichiiioml, 

 hid., vveie seveiiil vases of roses that 

 were a center of interest. The one 

 most cliscussed was ,a vadlow seedling, 

 from S. .Mcdredv lii: Sou, the Irish rose 

 raisers, of .aliout the size and ;;('ueriil 

 sli.ape ot .Mrs. .\aron Ward. This w;i- 

 I'ot si'ii* (Uit this year on ac<-omit of the 

 w.ar and its detrimental eflects, liut 

 will Le disseminated in the near future. 

 The other v.arieties shown, all of ex 

 (■(dient .appearance, were lloosier IJean 

 ty, Ophidi.a .ami Ladv Alice Stanley. 

 The villow seedling was lii<;hly com- 

 ii.emled .and Linly .Mice Stanley scorei! 

 s.") poi lit- l)v t he Jud<;('s. 



l\roes(di(ll liros. Co.. of ('liiea,i:o, was 

 lepresented Ly I'red L.autenschlajier 

 v.itli a t.alde full of Idiie prints, litera 

 Hire, etc., of its Ixiiler^ 



Two larye vases ot' Ixill.arney ami 

 White Kill.arnev on unusually Ioiil; 

 -teiiis sliowed the kind of sto(d< ^row n 

 liy Cli.as. Loveridye, at Leoria. lie also 

 exhildted a nice vast of Carnation 

 Lhil.ad(d|ihi.a. 



.Mt. (ireeiiwdod ( 'emeterv .\ssociation. 

 .^lo|■^an Lark. III., exhildted a \iise ot" 

 liosette (.arnatioiis ami a maroon seed 

 liny carn.atioii No. liiMifLX. 



.\ spei iiiien of Hefionia .Mrs. J. A. 

 Letersoii came from .1. .\. Leteisoii \ 

 Sons, Westwdod, Cincinnati, ()., and 

 was ill exctdlent shape. It was stated 

 th.at the plant had Leeii in full tlower 

 for twd months. 



The attention ol practically eveiv 

 visitor was attracted by a vase of an 

 unnamed sweet pea, cerise in color, with 

 Is ill! h stem-, shown liv the .1. h. 



Herman B. Dorner. 



In cli:iii.'c ill i-iilii Minniiiil ni Illinoi- -liilc I'lori-I-' \— ■ ci;iii..n .ii Irl.iiiiii. 



