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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



ILLINOIS STATE 

 FLORISTS' ASSOCIATION 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



' .'sident — C. L. Washburn, Chicago, 

 ce-prcsident— C. Loveridge, Peoria, 

 jretary — 4. F. Ammano, Edwardsvillc. 

 rcasurer— F, L, Washburn, Bloomington. 



I'oJ^sibly the most, iiiijiurlaiit result <it' 

 r meeting of the Illinois State Florists^ 

 ■sociation, that tiiviving littU> body of 

 aiiie state enthusiasts, at Cliamiiaign- 

 rliana tliis Avoek, A\as the adojttion of 

 solutions calling upon tlie autliorities 

 the yreat uni\ei'.sit\- with uliid: the 

 >iists iu»\v arc' so elosely associated, to 

 insider the landscape ait in relation to 

 !:eir broad campus. As "men build 

 _r.indly before they come to garden 

 iiely, " the higher art largely has been 

 Mglected at the University of Illinois. 

 I'lie (leliciency long has been noted and 

 !!(' jiossibilities commenteil on in pri\ate, 

 nt it, reinaineil for the Stale florists' 

 Vssociatiou to start the moNcnu'nt for 

 iii't.ter things by the adoption of resolu- 

 Mons offered by W. N. Ku<ld, after the 

 -nliject iiad been discussed at the an- 

 Mii.il bancjnet. The university recently 

 uas a]ipointed a campus- commission, for 

 ihe jiurposo of im[iro\ ing' the .-ippearance 

 ■ if its great group of monumental build- 

 ings, lint the (-(pminission i^ coniposc'i 

 'iitirely df architects; not a landscape 

 Mian among them I The Illinois State 

 I hirists' Association asks that a c(nniie- 

 I'lit landscai)e man be added tn Ihc com- 

 mission. 



Tlu" inlluence of tiie skillful landscape 

 'icatment of the \,-0i) acres of camjtns 

 >'. ill be of infinite value in inculcating an 

 ^ippreciation of and love for gardening 

 in the 4,000 young peo|)le who are con 

 ^tantly in residence at the university. 



Meet at Experiment Station. 



riie (jbject of nuM^tiug at ('hain|iaign 

 I liiana was to alVord tiie florists of the 

 --'tate r.n opportunity to inspect the mudel 

 uiecnhouse plant which has been creited 

 ii til"' uni\ersitv and the wdrk I'nr llmi 



culture that is being conducted there 

 iimler the direction of 11. B. 1 )(irner. 

 I'liil Foley takes special pride in the 

 two houses that thus far have been built, 

 lor they are up-to-date in every particu 

 lar, not only the houses but the heating 

 plant and service building. The range 

 is commercial in character throughout,- as 

 experimental work under any other con- 

 • litions would have little value to the 

 trade. The enterprise is solely iu the 

 inteiest of the florists' business. At 

 present tests of chemical fertilizers for 

 carnati(jn growing occupy most of the 

 s|)ace. It is yet much too early to })ub- 

 lish results, but the iiuMubcrs of the as- 

 sociation, most of whom grow carna- 

 tions, took much interest iu examining 

 the test ]»lots, for it is recognized that 

 before many yi'ars some substitute for 

 animal m.anures must be found. Apart 

 from the lloricultural experiment station 

 there is s.ome interesting work in sweet 

 p(^a breeding in progress in one of the 

 old nni\ersity greenhouses. 



Opening Session. 



The busiin.^ss sessions of the association 

 were- lield in a hall of the College of 

 Agriculture ;ind were opened by an ail- 

 dress of welcome by l)r. Mdmuml .1. 

 .lames, pre-^ident of the I'niNcrsity of 

 Illinois and an enthusiast in the \vork. 

 lie s|)oke most interestinj^ly for twenty- 

 five minutes, explaining the relationship 

 (if the university .and other pul)lic insti 

 tutions to the peo]i!e of Ihe state, sketch- 

 ing the growth of the university 1'rom 

 its inccjition as one of the first land- 

 grant colleges to its |iresent enrollment 

 nf oNcr "j.OOO. cuunting all dep.artiiH'nt^. 

 He told of the purposes of the unixfrsity 

 and the education it imparts ami said 

 that the fniu'tions of such a great centir 

 of learning are not only to teach what is 

 known but to find out what is not known. 

 In the Latter sjihei'e agrirulture (Titers an 

 alnnist virgin field, for tin re is as yet 

 rittl(> exact know ledi^e. I'or lloriciilt iirc 

 the unixer^ity will ijo it- |i:iri, he said. 

 Iiiit its ••lilt liorit ic- rcl\ I'm ;i.|\iro and 



.'issisi.nice on f ho Stat(! I''k)rists ' " -Vsso' 

 'i.itioii, speaking through its .'idvisor\ 

 li'Kiid, ami upon Ihe cral't al large t" 

 luh'w wlh'ii it has made good in its work, 

 r. .1. t'oley responded t'or the asso 

 ' i.itinji, speaking of the -ipprcciat ion the 

 Made li;is of the efforts of the universit_\ 

 olinials made in behalf ot this new (lc 

 pail iiiciil , ol the |K'rsonal ■ ourtesy of Ihc 

 men at Ihe helm of .alfaii-, ;iiid said the 

 assoi'iat ion will push along in the ho[ie 

 that some day Illinois will lia\(,' the lead- 

 iiii;' iloric'ulturai institution v\' the United 

 Slates. 



Reports of Officers. 



Seci'elar_\- .). h'. Ammaiin read his re- 

 port, in part as fouows: 



■'\(>ur secretary begs to report a total 

 membership of 17."), di\ided ;is follows: 

 l.it'e niemtiers, IS; annual niembers, l-");'.; 

 Iioiioiary members, I. In the m.atter of 

 data on our imlustry I am sorry to re 

 port slow progress. It seems there an' 

 still -i i^rc'at many florists throiiglKint the 

 stale in a dormant coinlilion, who need 

 forcing. For instance, out of |0(i return 

 jiostals mailed, 1 received li'.') answers, so 

 you sec the percentag(j of dormaiit st()(d\ 

 is lar;;e. Smiie means shouM be devised 

 by wiiich our memberslii|i would be ma 

 terially iiicreas»'d. I'resent members wUn 

 are in arrears for du( s should be urged 

 to pay up and tak(.' more interest. T'lu' 

 secrelaiy has tried \aiious means through 

 correspondence to accomplish results on 

 these liiu's, but so far has recei\cd little 

 encouragement for his work."" 



Treasurer 1". F. Washbiiin icported 

 finances as follows: 

 HulaiKG ^l.is.o.! 



Kci'cipis KU.dO 



i:\|pi!ii|i| lire: 



. iL'l.oe 



];;il:oiic ijSlTS.'te 



\\ . .\. Iiinld. >ecrel;oy of the ad\is.i|\ 

 Imaril, repoi'fed on the three meetines 

 held by that luxiy diiriiiL; I lie \ ea I'. He 

 sniil thai the picselit ;4 reeiihoiise i;ili^e 

 repr(senl< ;in in\(>stmenl of .$18,650 and 

 that pl;i?is are on foul for .additions to 

 ;4l;i-< .-iinl e.|iii pnieiil . He i'e|iorleil In'ielly 

 on the work liein^ done in the testing of 

 t'ei t ili/(■l-^ ami said: ••The re:\son f'oi 

 taking nji the study (if I'ertili/.ers was 

 that it seenieil to be Ihe oiw subject of 

 -lealest inti'fcsl to tlie Ijorisls of the 

 st.ate ;il i.arge at the present time. The 

 reas(rn for sidecting the cariiat i(Oi for t he 

 beginning of' the expeiinients was that 

 in i-ert;iin ways ii was the )iiost a\ailable 

 :ind desir;ible plant tn iiei^in with. :iiiil 



tli.al .•! ^ I share (if il,e ic-nlls Wduhi 



lie abli'ist e(|n.ill\ appliealije to othel 



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Members of the Illinois State Florists' Association at the University of Illinois, February 15, 1''10. 



