Febbuaby 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



$6,000 from the special appropriation for 

 floriculture. Continuing, lie said: 



"It was unanimously agreed to ask 

 the state legislature at the present ses- 

 sion for an appropriation as follows: 



For buildings 418,000.00 



For publications 4,000.00 



For research work 13,000.00 



Total $35,000.00 



' ' The committee wishes to make known 

 to the association the extent of the obli- 

 gations of the florists of this state to 

 Eugene Davenport, director of the Ex- 

 periment Station, and to J. C. Blair, chief 

 of the Department of Horticulture. 

 These gentlemen have shown a most en- 

 thusiastic interest in our project and 

 have forwarded our plans in every possi- 

 ble way. The committee also wishes to 

 signify its high commendation of the 

 work done by H. B. Dorner. Having been 

 in close touch with him at all times and 

 having made frequent and careful exami- 

 nation, we have found nothing to criti- 

 cise, much to commend and believe that 

 the station as well as this association is 

 to be congratulated in securing his val- 

 uable services. 



"We wish to urge upon every member 

 of the association the desirability of vis- 

 iting the University as often as possible 

 and of inspecting the work being done 

 for us there. We believe that all will 

 concede that the greenhouse plant is a 

 model commercial plant and well worth 

 the study of all florists as regards con- 

 struction details and heating apparatus. 

 The committee feels sure that every flo- 

 rist will be made welcome by Mr. Dorner 

 and that the educational value to each 

 one coming from an examination of the 

 work can hardly, be overestimated. It 

 should be noted that while we have now 

 two 100-foot houses, if we get the appro- 

 priation asked for we shall be able at 

 once to erect four more houses, thus giv- 

 ing us three times the present capacity 

 for doing good work for the florist. ' ' 



Mr. Rudd presented a supplemental re- 

 port on his own account. The official re- 

 port was accepted and the supplemental 

 one referred to a committee, which sub- 

 sequently reported it had been with- 

 drawn. 



"The committee on state fair made a re- 

 port which was accepted and the commit- 

 tee continued. It consists of J. F. Am- 

 mann, George Asmus and A. T. Pyfer. 

 A letter was read fron\,W. O'Dwyer rel- 

 ative to space for floriculture at the fair 

 and urging the members of the associa- 

 tion to help in ' getting suitable accom- 

 modations. 



Papers and Addresses. 



One of the most interesting addresses 

 to which any florists' body has had the 

 pleasure of listening was thai by Eugene 

 Davenport, dean at the College of Agri- 

 culture. He talked for half an hour or 

 more on the reasons why it is good public 

 policy for the legislature to appropriate 

 public funds for the teaching of profes- 

 sions, and for research work in the spe- 

 cial callings, at the State University, and 

 every one of his hearers would have been 

 glad to have had him go on indefinitely. 

 He brought out the fact that what the 

 florists ask of the legislature is trifling 

 in comparison to the sums expended in 

 the care of unproductive citizens. 



Prof. J. H. Collins, superintendent of 

 the public schools of Springfield, made 

 an address on "School Gardens," a 

 phase of education which has been espe- 

 cially successful at the state capital. 



Prof. H. B. Dorner spoke on "Our 

 Experiment Stations," describing the 



work that has been thus far done for 

 floriculture. 



W. N. Budd was on the program for a 

 talk on "A Few Carnations I Have 

 Seen, ' ' and gave a characteristic address. 



The Banquet. 



The Springfield Florists' Club tendered 

 a banquet to the visitors at St. Nicholas 

 hotel on the evening of February 16. The 

 menu was elaborate and the service excel- 

 lent, which put everyone in a mood to 

 enjoy the speaking which followed. 

 Charles E. Hay was toastmaster. The 

 invocation was asked by Ven. F. A. De 

 Rosset. The toasts were as follows : 



Beacons — On the Carnation Horizon, by W. N. 

 Rudd. 



Current Topics— From a Professional View- 

 point, by Prof. H. B. Dorner. 



Inspirations of a Flower Show, by George 

 Asmus. 



Springfield — Past, Present and Future, by N. 

 R. Roberts. 



The Western Fad— Is It a Perennial? by Al- 

 bert T. Hey. 



Snowbound — In a Friendly Community, by 

 George H. Angermueller. 



Afterglow — Of the American Carnation Society 

 Meeting, by J. F. Ammann. 



All the talks were brief, and many 



of them witty, so that the affair was 



voted by all an even greater success than 



the similar one a year ago. 



Those Present. 



All the Springfield florists were on 

 hand every minute. 



Among those present from outside 

 were the following: 



Ammann, J. F., Edwardsville, 111. 

 Angermueller, George H., St. Louie, Mo. 

 Asmus, George, Chicago, 111. 

 Bahr. Fritz, Highland Park, 111. 

 Beal, A. C, Urbana, 111. 

 Berglund, August, Western Springs, III. 

 Bernlng, H. G., and wife, St. Louis, Mo. 

 BUxen, J. H., Edwardsville, 111. 

 Burdett, J. H., Chicago, 111. 

 Cohen, George W., New York, N. Y. 

 Cole, lies, Lincoln, HI. 

 Davenport, Eugene, Urbana, 111. 

 Dickinson, C. M., Chicago, lU. 

 Dorner, H. B., Urbana, 111. 

 Dyslnger, George, Ionia, Mich. 

 Ellison, A. Y., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Evans, J. A., Richmond, Ind. 

 Fehr, A. G., BellevUle, 111. 

 Foley, P. J., Chicago, 111. 

 Franks, G'. B., Champaign, III. 

 Garland, George M., Des Plalnes, 111. 

 GuUett, C. E., Lincoln, 111. 

 Guy, E. W., Belleville. 111. 

 Halstead, A. S., Belleville, IlL 

 Helnl, O. B., JacksonviUe, 111. 

 Heinl, William, Jacksonville, IIL 

 Hembrelker, O. J., Lincoln, 111. 

 . Hembrelker, W. J., Lincoln, 111. 

 Hey, A. T., and wife. Western Springs, 111. 

 Howard, H. B., Chicago, 111. 

 Johann, H., CoUinsvillc, 111. 

 Johnson, Henry, Bloomlngton, 111. 

 Kahrs, J. Henry, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Kidder, Harvey, Ionia, Mich. 

 Kuehn, C. A., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Kuhl, Frank, Pekln, 111. 

 Kuhl, George, Pekin. 111. 

 Lautenscblager, F., Chicago, III. 

 Lenlngton, H. C. Chicago, 111. 

 Longren, A. F., Des Plalnes, IIU 

 McPheron, R. A., Litchfield, lU. 

 Miller, J. F. G., St. Louis, Mo. 

 Olsem, P., Joliet, 111. 

 Pepper, J. H., Chicago, HI. 

 Plllsbury, I. L., Galesburg, Ilk 

 Pyfer. A. T., Joliet, 111. 

 Rudd, W. N., Morgan Park, 111. 

 Rupp, N. J., Chicago, III. 

 Schefiler, R., and wife, Wheaton, 111. 

 Schmalzl, Hans, Lincoln, III. 

 Scott, Walter, La Grange, 111. 

 Seibold, W. H., Peoria, lU. 

 Smith. L. R., Edwardsville, 111. 

 Smith, W. C, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Tbiele, L. C, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Washburn, Ed., Bloomlngton, 111. 

 Washburn, F. L., Bloomlngton, 111. 

 Widmer, M. F., Highland, lU. 

 Woodyard, R. S., Chicago, 111. 

 Young, J. E., Jacksonville, 111. 



Judges' Report. 



The judges maSe a report Wednesday 

 morning, mentioning each exhibit and 

 recommending certificates for the follow- 

 ing: 



Chicago Carnation Co., on Carnation 

 Conquest, scored 86 points. 



Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Association, 

 on Carnation Greenwood, scored 86 

 points. 



Baur & Smith, on Carnation Shasta, 

 scored 89 points. 



Bassett & Washburn, on O. P. Bassett, 

 scored 86 points. 



A. C. Brown, on Carnation Sangamo, 

 scored 87 points, and on Carnation Su- 

 perba, scored 90 points. 



Fritz Bahr, on Carnation Lucille, 

 scored 85 points. 



Bertermann Bros. Co., on Carnation 

 James Whitcomb Riley, scored 87 points. 



Honorable mention was made of White 

 Enchantress, exhibited by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co.; Mrs, J. C. Vaughan, ex- 

 hibited by Mt. Greenwood Cemetery As- 

 sociation; carnations, exhibited by Bell 

 Miller; roses, exhibited by J. F. Am- 

 mann, and roses, exhibited by W. H. 

 Gullett & Sons. 



The Trade Exhibits. 



The trade exhibition, while not as large 

 as that of a year ago, was nevertheless 

 an attractive display and pleasing to the 

 members as well as the general public, 

 the latter being admitted each af ternooni 

 The exhibitors were: 



A. C. Brown, Springfield, made a large 

 display. Superba and Sangamo, pjnk 

 seedlings, were especially good. Gov. 

 Deneen, royal purple, was strikingly in 

 contrast to the standard colors. He also 

 showed Rose-pink Enchantress, pink seed- 

 ling Clara Mae, Enchantress, Mrs. Pat- 

 ten and a vase of mixed seedlings. His 

 roses were Mrs. Ames, Perle, Killamey, 

 Uncle John and Richmond. He showed 

 some profusely-flowered azaleas, a rhodo- 

 dendron, pans of tulips, asparagus, some 

 boxwood, well flowered cinerarias and a 

 batch of stocky geraniums flowered in 

 5-inch pots. 



The Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, had 

 an exceptionally large display, including 

 five vases of the following varieties: 

 Aristocrat, Melody, White Perfection, 

 Beacon, White Enchantress, Winsor, 

 Sarah Hill, Splendor, Enchantress, An- 

 drew Carnegie, Lawson-Enchantress and, 

 last but not least, Conquest, the pink 

 with white edging the petals. 



Mount Greenwood Cemetery Associa- 

 tion, Chicago, bad a splendid vase of 

 Greenwood, light pink, of large size and 

 good form. Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, white, 

 also was well shown. A dark red seed- 

 ling. No. 1104 C, also looked good. 



Bell Miller, Springfield, put up seven 

 vases of carnations, including Variegated 

 Lawson, White Perfection, Mrs. Lawson, 

 Rose-pink Enchantress, Lady Bountiful, 

 Winsor and Enchantress, all well grown. 



Carl Rauth, Springfield, had a table 

 of pandanus. Phoenix Roebelenii, azaleas, 

 araucarias and pans of tulips. He also 

 had vases of Enchantress, White Perfec- 

 tion, White Enchantress and Rose-pink 

 Enchantress carnations. 



Wirth & Gaupp, Springfield, Boston 

 ferns, azaleas, araucarias, begonias. They 

 also had five vases of well-grown carna- 

 tions, Rose-pink Enchantress, White 

 Lawson, Enchantress, Lady Bountiful 

 and White Enchantress. 



Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, showed a 

 vase of their new white, Shasta, of good 

 size, fine form and glistening purity of 

 color. 



A. F. Longren, Des Plaines, and Fritz 

 Bahr, Highland Park, 111., exhibited 

 twenty-five blooms of Lucille, with fine 

 color markings on the Prosperity order. 



J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, showed 

 some splendid roses, the varieties being 

 Chatenay, Alice Roosevelt, Richmond, 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, Rhea Reid and Kil- 

 larney. 



Charles Knopf Floral Co., Richmond, 



