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Tlic Weekly Florists' Review, 



Febbuary 20, 1908. 



etables and flowers under glass in the 

 state of Illinois than any other disease 

 or insect, or, possibly, than all others put 

 together, ' ' 



Mr. Rudd said he could not close his 

 report without "testifying to the appre- 

 ciation of the committee of the enthu- 

 siastic manner in which Dean Daven- 

 port, Prof. Blair and the officials of the 

 experiment station have taken up this 

 work. They are ready and anxious to 

 push our work in every possible way, but 

 funds must be provided. This is your 

 part of the work. When the time for 

 the next appropriation arrives we must 

 collectively and individually see to it 

 that this appropriation is doubled. 



* * We want to know how to eradicate 

 thrips. We want to know how to fight 

 other insect pests and diseases. We want 

 to know a whole lot more about fertiliz- 

 ers, and about soils, and about new 

 methods of culture. We want to know 

 whether there are not locations in this 

 state where bulbs, plants and seeds for 

 which we now send our good money 

 abroad can be produced cheaper and bet- 

 ter. Above all, and beyond all, we want 

 a great school where our sons and daugh- 

 ters can be educated into our business 

 instead of away from it." 



Officers Elected. 



The election was a part of Wednes- 

 day 's proceedings. It was the unani- 

 mous opinion that Albert T. Hey had 

 made so good a president that his ac- 

 ceptance of reelection was insisted upon, 

 and the hospitality of Springfield was 

 so thoroughly appreciated that the invi- 

 tation to return in 1909 was accepted. 

 The other officers elected are: Vice-pres- 

 ident, George Asmus, Chicago; secretary, 

 J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville ; treasurer, 

 F. L. Washburn, Bloomington. 



Wednesday's Program. 



The program for Wednesday morning 

 provided for two papers, ' ' Summer Bed- 

 ding," by Prof. H. C. Irish, of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, and "Our Ex- 

 periment Stations and What We Have 

 Done," by Prof. A. C. Beal, the latter 

 covering the work thus far done with 

 the state's appropriation for floriculture. 



-The constitution and by-laws were 

 amended to conform to legal require- 

 ments as published. The committee on* 

 the national flower show recommended 

 that the association oflfer a special prize, 

 which was ratified. The judges made a 

 report, recording the trade exhibits and 

 commenting favorably upon each. 



In the afternon the Ad-men's Associa- 

 tion of Springfield took the visitors on a 

 trolley ride to points of local interest 

 and A. C. Brown and A. C. Canfield pro- 

 vided conveyances to take all visitors to 

 their admirably kept and interesting 

 greenhouse establishments. 



The Banquet 



The Springfield Florists' Club enter- 

 tained the visitors at an elaborate ban- 

 quet in the handsomely decorated dining- 

 room of the St. Nicholas hotel on the 

 evening of February 18. Including the 

 local florists and prominent citizens, 

 more than 100 were present. When cigars 

 had been lighted, A. C. Brown intro- 

 duced Hon. Charles E. Hay as toastmas- 

 ter. Mr. Hay gave J. Hamilton Lewis, 

 confessed politician, an opportunity to 

 display some fully developed specimens 

 of the flowers of speech before proceed- 

 ing with the following list of toasts. 



•Future of Our State Association." J. Fred 

 Auimann, Edwardsville, 111.; "I Love Not Man 



the Less but Nature More," C. E. GMllett, 

 Lincoln, 111.; "The National Flower Show," J. 

 C. Vaughan, Chicago; "Springfield as a Con- 

 vention City," Nicholas Roberts, Springfield; 

 "The Hoosler Florist," E. G. Hill, Klchmond, 

 Ind.; "The 'Ruddy' Side of Life," W. N. 

 Rudd, Mt. Greenwood. 111.; "City Beautiful," 

 Stuart Brown, Springfield; "He Who Loves a 

 Garden Loves a GTeenhouse, Too," P. J. Foley, 

 Chicago. 



Among Those Present. 



It is a pleasure to record that every 

 Springfield florist was on hand, early 

 and late, with his coat off. To include 

 them in the list would be to name every 

 employer and most of the employees in 

 the capital city. Those from outside 

 of Springfield were: 



Adams, James W., Normal. 

 Aggerholm, A. E., Onarga. 

 Ammann, J. F., Edwardsville. 

 Angermueller, G. II., St. Louis. 

 Asmus, Geo., Chicago. 

 Balsey, Harry, Detroit. 

 Beal, A. C, Champaign. 

 Berning, H. G., St. Louis. 

 Bllxen, Edward, Edwardsville. 

 Blixen, Henry, Edwardsville. 

 Breltmeyer, Wm., Detroit. 

 Burdett, J. H., Chicago. 

 Callahan, George, Bloomington. 

 Cole. J. M., Peoria. 

 Cramer, Mr., Columbia, S. C. 

 Denker, Ed, St. Charles, Mo. 

 Dletsch. A., Chicago. 

 Dyslnger, Geo., Ionia, Mich. 

 Evans, John, Richmond. Ind. 

 Fehr, Adolph, Belleville. 

 Foley, P. J., Chicago. 

 Franks, Geo. B., Champaign. 

 Frank, R. C. Beardstown. 

 Garland, Geo., Des Plalnes. 

 Graves, A. J., Bloomington. 

 Gullett, C. E.. Lincoln. 

 GMllett, Ed, Lincoln. 

 Guy, E. W., Belleville. 

 Halstead, A. S.. Belleville. 

 Hembrelker, O. J., Lincoln. 

 Hembrelker, Wm., Lincoln. 

 Henderson, R. C. Pana. 

 Hill, E. G.. Richmond. Ind. 

 Howard, H. B., Chicago. 

 Jensen, J. E., Chicago. 

 .Tohann, Henry, Colllnsville. 

 Johnson, Frank, Chicago. 

 Johnson, Harry, Bloomington. 

 Juerjens, B.. I'eorla. 

 Kidder, H. E., Ionia, Mich. 

 Kill. Leonard, Chicago. 

 Knowles, A. R.. Bloomington. 

 Knowles, D., Bloomington. 

 Kroeschell, Wm. L., Chicago. 

 Kuehn, C. A., St. Ixjuls. 

 Kuhl. Geo. A., Pekln. 

 Lawrence. S. E., Arrowsmlth. 

 Little. C. L., Detroit. 



Loverldge, C, Peoria. 



Lynch, W. E., Chicago. 

 McPheron, R. A., Litchfield. 



Morehead, John, Detroit. 



Olsem, P., Joliet. 



Packer, H. R., Richmond, Ind. 



Pepper, J. H., Chicago. 



Peterson, A., Hoopeston. 



Pllcher, W. J., KIrkwood. Mo. 



PUlsbury, I, L., Galesburg. 



Poehlmann. Adolph. .Morton Grove. 



Pyfer, A. T.. Joliet. 



Rowe, Fred H.. Bloomington. 



Rudd, W. N., Morgan Park. 



Kupp. N. J.. Chicago. 



Salveson. Thomas. Petersburg. 



Smith. A. A., Princeton. Ind. 



Smith, W. C. St. Louis. 



Trenner. W. L.. ZanesvIUe, O. 



Ude, Fred, KIrkwood, Mo. 



Vaughan, J. C, Chicago. 



Vennermann. Frank, St. Louis. 



Washburn, F. L.. Bloomington. 



Wongalt. Mr., KendallvIUe. Ind. 



Wilson, J. S., Western Springs. 



Woodhouse, R. S., Chicago. 



The Trade Exhibits. 



The laurel festooning which added so 

 greatly to the appearance of the exhibi- 

 tion hall was the exhibit of the Crowl 

 Fern Co., Millington, Mass., donated to 

 the Springfield Florists' Club. 



The McCray Refrigerator Co., Ken- 

 dallville, Ind., one of its stock styles of 

 florists' refrigerators, filled with flowers. 



H. J. Morehead Steam Trap Co., De- 

 troit, the new Detroit steam trap for 

 returning the water of condensation to 

 steam boilers, shown in operation. 



Detroit Flower Pot Mfg. Co., Detroit, 

 a large line of round-bottomed red pots. 

 The round bottoms are on the inside, not 

 the outside. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind., ven- 

 tilating apparatus. 



Charles Apelt, Comfort, Tex., arma- 

 dillo baskets in many sizes and variously 

 ilecorated; an attractive display. 



The Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, the 

 well-known Morehead steam trap for re- 

 turning condensation to steam boilers. 



A. Dietsch Co., Chicago, model showing 

 section of greenhouse. 



Ionia Pottery Co., Ionia, Mich., a large 

 line of standard flower pots, bulb pans, 

 hanging baskets, lawn vases and grass 

 growing heads. 



E. H. Hunt, Chicago, a full line of 

 To-bak-ine products and spraying appa- 

 ratus; also the Wittbold watering appa- 

 ratus and molds for cement bench; sdso 

 rubber hose and Wizard brand fertilizers. 

 Geo. M. Garland Co., Des Plaines, 111., 

 sections of improved iron gutter. 



Eagle Machine Works, Richmond, Ind., 

 carnation support. 



Maxfield & Dimond, Warren, R. I., ar- 

 tificial calyx to keep carnations from 

 bursting. 



R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, a vase 

 of Afterglow in excellent shape. 



W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, III, white 

 seedling carnation, No. 1605H, specially 

 good, and a vase of the new red, De- 

 fiance. 



Jensen & Dekema, Chicago, a fine vase 

 of Carnation Defiance. 



Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, a table 

 of splendid carnations, including vases of 

 Winsor, Daybreak Lawson, White Per- 

 fection, Aristocrat, Welcome, White En- 

 chantress, Enchantress, Winsor, and last 

 !)ut by no means least, Andrew Carnegie. 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., two 

 fine vases of Rhea Reid rose and a splen- 

 did \ase of Afterglow carnation. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, fine 

 va?es of Cardinal and Mrs. Potter Pal- 

 mer roses. 



W. H. Gullett & Sons, Lincoln, 111., 

 fine vases of Maid, Bride and Golden 

 Gate roses, Rose-pink Enchantress and 

 Aristocrat carnations. 



J. D. Cockcroft, Northport, L. I., Car- 

 nation Harvard, crimson, in fine condi- 

 tion after its journey of over 1,000 miles. 

 J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 111., 

 splendid vases of Golden Gate, Ivory, 

 Mme. Chatenay and Richmond roses, also 

 seven vases of standard varieties of car- 

 nations; young stock of asparagus and 

 roses; amaryllis, tuberose and canna 

 bulbs. 



I. L. Pillsbury, Galesburg. 111., split 

 carnations mended with the Pillsbury 

 staple, 



C. Winterich, Defiance, O., twenty-five 

 very fine plants of cyclamen. 



Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin. 111., ferns, cy- 

 clamens, primroses and hydrangeas. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store, Chicago, table 

 of nephrolepis ferns in several varieties; 

 Ficus pandurata. Phoenix Roebelenii, as- 

 paragus, araucariaa, White Baby Ram- 

 bler rose, etc.; caladium, tuberose and 

 other bulbs; dormant roses, shrubs, etc. 

 A. C. Canfield, Springfield, fine vases 

 of Red Nelson Fisher, Winsor, Rose-pink 

 Enchantress, Beacon and White En- 

 chantress. 



A. T. Hey, Springfield, Ficus pandu- 

 rata, nephrolepis ferns, crotons, bulb 

 stock, gold fish and aquaria. 



A. C. Brown, Springfield, palms, ferns, 

 araucarias, some excellent cinerarias, 

 white lilac and azaleas; also fifteen vases 

 of well-grown carnations, including stand- 

 ard varieties, and four vases of pink 

 seedlings. No. 202, resembling Winsor, 

 being excellent ; also good vases of Perle, 

 Richmond, Maid and Bride. Mr. Brown's 

 display was a flower show in itself. 



David Wirth, Springfield, nephrolepis 

 ferns and cyclamens; also seven vases of 



