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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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PPtiT Riinberg. 



The Three Premium 



PoelilmjiDii Bros. Co. KasHii t .V Waslibiirn 



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



as toastiiiaster, who called upini Dcaii 

 Davcupoit. of tlio Illinois College of Ay- 

 rieulture, as tlio tiist .speaker. .Mi-. Dav 

 enport traced the liistory of aiiric-ultiiral 

 education at state expense in Illinois 

 and said tliat Illinois now has the largest 

 college of agriculture and state I'.xperi- 

 nient station in the worhl. Othei- sjieak- 

 ers confined theni.selves generaliy to tin' 

 two topics inscn.ss(>d tiv the lir^t gentle 

 men called upon and there >\as uiiMidmity 

 in support of the national llowcr >\\o\\ 

 and state aid to th(> florists' Ipusimss in 

 the form of ed\u-ationai effort. I'rof. 

 lilair, who has direct i'(^s|ionsiliilit y foi- 

 the woi-k in hortii-ultnie at (lianipaign. 

 .says it is contemplated to eventually have 

 at th(^ State I'uixersity a thoiruigii cour.se 

 in jtractical tlorii-ultui'e adapted to ih" 

 needs of the sons ot' florists who will 

 follow in theii fathers' footsteps, .\mong 

 the spcakeis wei'e: .1. A. X'alentinc, |)cii 

 v.r: A. 'I', lley. Springfield. III.; .1. 11. 

 hunloji. Toi'intto ; ,1. T. Temple, haven 

 )iort: Kd K'oflns. Kntheiford. \. .1.; W. 

 1'. <iaig, I'hiladelphia: ■riiioiKis .\|,.|| 

 Strom, l^ruges. J-Selgium ; .1. A, Sunth. 

 Lake fieneva; .1 ('. X'aughan, I'. .1. liaus- 

 wirtii. r. .1. I'olev. (ieorgc .Xsmus and 

 • . W. A'cKellar, Chicago. The < hicago 

 Indians whooped f.aintly, the softening 

 influence of time liejiig manifest in thi^ 

 dPliU'anor of the Saiiamores. whose num 

 hers now are few. 



National Flower Show. 



The connnittee ot' titty in (diarge of' 

 the national exhiliilion ot' (he Society of 

 .Xmei'ican Ploiists v\as in session in Chi 

 (•ago ,\o\eml)er s mid voti'd unanimous 

 Iv to jiroceed with the lirst national tlow 

 er show at ('hicago. .Xovcnilier (! to I."), 

 I'.HIS. which gives two Sundays. 



Those present at the initial session 

 of the ciHUmitfee Were: W i II a in 1". 

 Kasting, IJufl'alo, cdiairman; 1'. .1. Ilaus 

 wirtli. (hicago. secietaiy: W. I', (iude 

 ;ind .\. (iude. Washington, I >. ( '. : Irwin 

 Ueiteiinann, I mlianapolis : I'liilip l>ri'ii 

 meyi>r, Detroit; I'rank II. Tr.aeinlly. 

 picsident (decl ot' the S. ,\. I'.. \ew 

 \'ork ; Otto Ko nin, St. Louis; II. II. 

 K'itfer, havtioi. ( ). ; Ceoi^e .\l. Kellogg, 

 rieasaiit ilill. Mo.; S. S. Skidelsky. 

 I'hiladelphia; .1. .\. \rileiiliiie. Denver; 

 W. I'. Craig. I'hihhhdphia ; Trof. .\. C. 

 I'mmI, ( 'lianipaign. 111.; Le(ni;if(i Kill. .1. 

 ( '. \aiiglian, W. \. K'lidd, of ChicaL;o, 

 and a ri'presental iv i- of the l<*i:vii;w. 



( 'liai iiiiaii K.'isiing reportecj thai the 

 L:iia la iitee fund now aggreg;iles .*ll.il(iii. 

 A call for twenty jH-r cent of i||f siili 

 scripfioiis was ordeieil. Irwin I'.ertei 

 nmnn. of I iidi;i napoli^. In-iny e|ei-te(| 

 treasiiiir. ('(unmittee i-li,i i iiiieii weii' ap 



I'ointeil as follows; lixecllt Ve ami 



finance. W. I'. Kasting. I'.ulf.ilo; .\mer 

 e.an exhiliits, I'hilip I liei i imy i. D( 

 I iniil; foveiun exliihits, i;. (i. Ilill. Kich- 



uioiid, Ind.; premium list. W. N. U'lldd. 

 .Mt. (Ireenwood, 111.; a dv eil i>i lig, 1'. .1 . 

 llaiiswirth, ( liicago; local ma nageinent. 

 .1. ( '. X'aughan, ('hicago; vji.'cial t'ea- 



tUl'es. ( ). .1. Koellig, St. Louis; rei'Op- 



tion. August I 'oelilmaiin, ( hirago; au- 

 iliting, .1. .\. X'aleiitine, Denver. These 

 nine I liainneii were constituted the exec 

 Utive coinmittee. with f'lill power. 



It was ori|ei-i'i| tli.at an invitation lie 

 sent to ;ill horticultural liodies to jiiir- 

 ticipate and that the < a rna t ion, L'ose 

 ami ( lirysaiifliemum societies lie asked 

 to cooperate and nominate indices t'or 



their respective section^.. 



The Visitors. 



\o previous ('!iii-a^M -iiiev has ;it- 



traeted so great a iiiiiiil"i i.i visitors as 



th.at of the last v\(.ck. \ poiti t' the 



nam s .appi'aied last wii'k. Tlie t'ollow- 



ilie wiTe those V\ ho ree is] (•; ,., I : 



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A r|...|il. IMw.. .hni.'sv illf. VV i- 



VriniNiiin. .1. I'., IMw .'U'dsviU''. 111. 

 Xii.lreu, .I..I111 1;.. Moiiiiccll.., Ill 

 VmImt. W lie .1 iMiuHlr. Ill 



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Piiehlmann Bros. Co. Bassett A Washlinm. Peter Heinberp 



Superb Premium Winners in the Class for 100 Killarney Roses at Chicago, November 7. 



