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November 14, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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Peter Reinberjr. Poehltnann Bros. Co. Bassett & Washburn. 



The Three Premium Winners in the Grand Class for 100 Beauties at Chicago, November 7. 



as toastmaster, who called upon Dean 

 Davenport, of the Illinois College of Ag- 

 riculture, as the first speaker. Mr. Dav- 

 enport traced the history of agricultural 

 education at state expense in Illinois 

 and said that Illinois now has the largest 

 college of agriculture and state experi- 

 ment station in the world. Other speak- 

 ers confined themselves generally to the 

 two topics discussed by the first gentle 

 men called upon and there was unanimity 

 in support of the national flower ghow 

 and state aid to the florists' business iu 

 the form of educational effort. Prof. 

 Blair, who has direct responsibility for 

 the work in horticulture at Champaign, 

 says it is contemplated to eventually have 

 at the State University a thorough course 

 in practical floriculture adapted to the 

 needs of the sons of florists who will 

 follow in their fathers ' footsteps. Among 

 the speakers were: J. A, Valentine, Den- 

 ver; A. T. Hey, Springfield, Dl.; J. 11. 

 Dunlop, Toronto; J. T. Temple, Daven- 

 port; Ed Koehrs, Rutherford, N. J.; W. 

 P. Craig, Philadelphia; Thomas Mell- 

 strom, Bruges, Belgium; J. A. Smith, 

 Lake Geneva ; J. C. Vaughan, P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, P. J. Foley, George Asmus and 

 C. W. McKellar, Chicago. The Chicago 

 Indians whooped faintly, the softening 

 influence of time being manifest in the 

 demeanor of the Sagamores, whose num- 

 bers now are few. 



National Flower Show. 



The committee of fifty in charge of 

 the national exhibition of the Society of 

 American Florists was in session in Chi- 

 cago November 8 and voted unanimous- 

 ly to proceed with the first national flow- 

 er show at Chicago, November 6 to 15, 

 1908, which gives two Sundays. 



Those present at the initial session 

 of the committee were: William F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo, chairman; P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, Chicago, secretary; W. F. Gude 

 and A. Gude, Washington, D. C. ; Irwin 

 Bertermann, Indianapolis; Philii) Bveit- 

 meyer, Detroit; Frank H. Traendly, 

 president-elect of the S. A. F., New- 

 York; Otto Koanig, St. Louis; H. H. 

 Ritter, Dayton, O. ; George M. Kellogg, 

 Pleasant Hill, Mo.; S. S. Skidelsky, 

 Philadelphia; J. A. Valentine, Denver; 

 W. P. Craig, Philadelphia; Prof. A. C. 

 Beal. Champaign, 111.; Leonard Kill, J. 

 C. Vaughan, W. N. Rudd, of Chicago, 

 and a representative of the Review. 



Chairman Kasting reported that tho 

 guarantee fund now aggregates $11,060. 

 A call for twenty per cent of the sub- 

 scriptions was ordered, Irwin Berter- 

 mann, of Indianapolis, being elected 

 treasurer. Committee chairmen were ap- 

 pointed as follows: Executive and 

 finance, W. F. Kasting, Buffalo; Amer- 

 'can exhibits, Philip Breitnicyrr, De- 

 troit; foreign exhibits, E. G. Hill, Rich- 



mond, Ind. ; premium list, W. N. Rudd, 

 Mt. Greenwood, 111. ; advertising, P. J. 

 Hauswirth, Cnicago; local management, 

 J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; special fea- 

 tures, O. J. Koenig, St. Louis; recep- 

 tion, August Poehlmann, Chicago; au- 

 diting, J. A. Valentine, Denver. These 

 nine chairmen were constituted the exec- 

 utive committee, with full power. 



It was ordered that an invitation be 

 sent to all horticultural bodies to par- 

 ticipate and that the Carnation, Rose 

 and Chrysanthemum societies be asked 

 to co-operate and nominate judges for 

 their respective sections. 



The Viiitors. 



No previous Cliicago sliow has at- 

 tracted so great a number of visitors as 

 that of the last week. A [xtrtion of the 

 names appeared last week. The follow- 

 ing were those who registered : 



Aggerbolm, Axel, Onarga. 111. 

 Amerpohl, Edw., JanesTllle. Wis. 

 Animann, J. F., EdwardsviUe, 111. 

 Andrew. John R., Montlcello, 111. 

 Anker. Wm. J.. Danville. 111. 

 .Vrmstrong, Miss, St. Louis. 

 Baer, Julius, Clnclnuatl. 

 Baird, Mrs. O. L.. Dixon, 111. 

 Bancroft, Geo. H.. Cedar Falls, I.i. 

 Bate, Guy, Cleveland. 

 Bather, Leo II.. and wife. Clinton, la. 

 Baumgarten, Mrs. Ida, Milwaukee, Wis. 

 Batir, Alfred. Erie, Pa. 

 Bebb. Robert, and wife. Des Moines, la. 

 Benson. N. .v.. Denver, Colo. 

 Bergstrom. Ed., Momenoe. III. 

 Bemlng, H. (i.. and wife, St. Louis. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co. Bassett & Washburn. Peter R«laberr. 



Superb Premium Winners in the Clau for 100 Killamey Roses at Chicago, November 7. 



