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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Pbbbuart 1^, 1910. 



florists' flowers, and with the space 

 available only one variety could be han- 

 dled in the complete and comprehensive 

 way desired. The reason that no results 

 have been published is that while much 

 of interest has been learned, everything 

 must be verified by repeated experiments, 

 as conditions affecting any one series 

 of tests might interfere with the accu- 

 racy of the conclusions drawn, and it 

 was strongly put before the board and 

 concurred in unanimously by them, that 

 it was much better to let the florists 

 wait for their information than to take 

 any possible chance of giving them in- 

 formation which might, by subsequent 

 test, be found wrong. In conclusion the 

 board wishes to extend its thanks to Dean 

 Davenport and Professor Blair for the 

 many courtesies shown and to express its 

 confidence in Mr. Dorner and its great 

 satisfaction with the able way in which 

 he has handled our work, of which he 

 has been directly in charge." 



A. M. Augustine, secretary of the 

 State Horticultural Society, was present 

 to invite the Florists' Association to 

 join in a ten days' meeting and short 

 course of instruction at the university 

 about the middle of December. This was 

 referred to a committee consisting of 

 J. C. Vaughan, C. L. "Washburn and "W. 

 N. Eudd. 



A. T. Hey, A. G. Fehr and O. B. Heinl 

 were named as an auditing committee. 



Addreu of Prof. Blair. 



Prof. J. C. Blair, chief of the depart- 

 ment of horticulture of the university, 

 read a paper on "The Value of the 

 Experiment Station to the Florists and 

 the Duty of the Florists to the Station. ' ' 

 He said it is only recently that the 

 florists' business has been thought of 

 sufi^cient importance to receive attention 

 in experiment station work. Out of the 

 thousands of publications of the . ex- 

 periment stations of the United States 

 only forty-seven relate to florists' work, 

 but these are of real help to the 

 trade. He estimated the present invest- 

 ment in floriculture in Illinois at $20,- 

 000,000 and said he could see into the 

 future far enough to figure an invest- 

 ment in the state of a hundred millions. 

 Fertilizer for the work is even now not 

 available in suflicient quantity, he said, 

 and he had been told one Chicago firm of 

 growers plans to start a dairy simply 

 to supply the deficiency. He said it is 

 up to the florists' experiment station to 

 . find a chemical substitute for animal 

 manure. He estimated the present glass 

 area in Illinois as 20,000,000 square feet, 

 or about 400 acres, and said that no in- 

 dustry will receive fuller value than 

 will the florists for time and money put 

 into the experiment station work. Some 

 of the things wanted are improved cul- 

 tural methods, improved types and im- 

 proved methods of packing and shipping. 

 He promised that the investigators will' 

 work long and faithfully and predicted 

 that the tax money used in the task 

 will be given back to the people a hun- 

 dred or even a thousand fold. 



Prof. Blair said it is the duty of the 

 florists individually and collectively to 

 support the work of their experiment 

 station, work directed by them through 

 their advisory board of five appointed 

 by the president of the State Association. 

 He said that the trade must make its 

 wants known to the station authorities, 

 and also to the state legislature, so that 

 florists, who are heavy taxpayers, will 

 not be forgotten when the means of 

 prosecuting the work are apportioned. 



More glass is wanted. What has been 

 done is only a beginning. Concluding, 

 he said that if the floricultural depart- 

 ment did not add one iota to the knowl- 

 edge of florists it would nevertheless be 

 worth while because it would instill the 

 love for the beautiful in the 5,000 pupils 

 who are constantly passing through the 

 State University. 



The Closing Session. 



At the final session, Wednesday morn- 

 ing, February 16, Dr. J. W. Garner 

 spoke on behalf of the Illinois Outdoor 

 Art Association, which enlists the in- 

 terest of all florists, C. L. Washburn 

 read a paper on the cut flower industry 

 of the state, which appears in full in 

 this issue, and H. B. Dorner told conver- 

 sationally of the work being done in 

 the greenhouses under his charge. ' ' The 

 work for the season is with chemical 

 fertilizers as supplementing natural 

 manures in the growing of carnations. 

 Fertilizers chosen for this work are 

 those that had proven most successful 

 in the previous season 's work. The fer- 

 tilizer is used on dried blood for nitro- 

 gen acid phosphate, for phosphorus and 

 a potassium sulphate for potassium. In 

 three sections manure sulphate replaces 

 the dried blood and in a second set of 

 three, ground rock replaces the acid 

 phosphate. 



* ' The test this year is a test of quan- 

 tity used in the sections in varying pro- 

 portions. Each section is marked with 

 a single label upon which is a record of 

 the amount of the fertilizer applied. 

 All sections have added to them at the 

 beginning, thirty pounds of cattle 

 manure, which is about two-thirds of a 

 bushel. ' ' 



An amendment to the constitution 

 was adopted so that the time and place 

 of the annual meeting hereafter will 

 be decided by the executive board of 

 the association. 



Eesolutions were adopted putting the 

 association on record as urging the ap- 

 pointment of a competent landscape 

 architect on the campus commission and 

 favoring national conservation of natu- 

 ral resources. 



Ofl5cers were elected and the judges 

 reported. 



The Judges Report. 



The judges were Emil Buettner, Nie 

 Zweifel and C. W. Johnson. They scored 

 the new carnations as follows: Hoosier 

 Lad, 88 points; Scarlet Glow, 85; Annie 

 May, 86; Dorner 's No. 42-06, 85; Mary 

 Tolman, 85; Greenwood, 86; President 

 Valentine, 85; Mrs. W. W. Coles, 85; 

 Conquest, 85; Clara Mae, 65; Optimo, 

 75; Sangamo, 85; Superba, 80; Witter- 

 staetter's No. 1407-O, 80; Bright Spot, 

 86; Mrs. Beckwith, 81; Red Nelson 

 Fisher, 80; Then's red No. 291, 74; 

 Shasta, 85; White Wonder, 87; Then's 

 white No. 41, '83; J. W. Riley, 81. 



The judges made special mention of 

 the excellence of the Killarney and 

 White Killarney exhibited by Wendland 

 & Keimel, mention of the very good 

 Maryland of A. C. Brown and of tiio 

 Maids of Bassett & Washburn. They 

 also made special mention of J. A. Pe- 

 terson's Begonia Gloire de Cincinnati 

 and of the table of well grown blooming 

 plants of F. B. Smith & Son, Danville. 

 All the other exhibits were listed and 

 given, collectively, a good word. 



The Exhibition. 



The flower show was of unexpectedly 

 large proportions. It was not a trade 



exhibit, such as has been held when the 

 association met at Springfield, bit a 

 showing of plants and cut flowers spe- 

 cially for the edification of the uni^er- 

 sity and the 20,000 people of Champ lain. 

 Urbana, who never had seen its like. 

 The show was in the Memorial" hall, ad- 

 joining Agricultural College, and was 

 thronged both days and especially in the 

 evenings. 



Not only was the quantity of sliick 

 large but the quality of much of it was 

 of superior excellence. Perhaps the ex- 

 hibit that attracted the most attention 

 was that of Wendland & Keimel, Elm- 

 hurst, who staged a superb vase of Kil- 

 larney and one of White Killarney tl.at 

 was still more wonderful when it is con- 

 sidered that they have only 250 plants to 

 cut from. 



J. A. Peterson, Cincinnati, had some 

 beautiful plants of Begonia Gloire de 

 Cincinnati that received equal attention 

 from florists and townspeople. He also 

 showed Phoenix Roebelenii, kentias and 

 asparagus. 



Frank B. Smith & Son, Danville, had 

 a large table of flowering plants of spe 

 cial excellence. Among them were cin- 

 erarias, cyclamens, violets in pans, pan- 

 sies, Primula obconica, P. Kewensis, 

 tulips and a cherry tree, also a vase of 

 fine single violets. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, had an 

 excellent vase of Bridesmaids and an- 

 other of O. P. Bassett carnation. 



The Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, was 

 as usual one of the largest exhibitors. 

 They showed their season's novelties in 

 good shape: Conquest, Mary Tolman and 

 two fine vases of Sangamo. Other sorts 

 shown included O. P. Bassett, Alvina, 

 Winsor, Afterglow, White Perfection, 

 May Day, Mrs. Chas. Knopf, White En- 

 chantress, Rose-pink Enchantress and 

 Pink Delight. 



Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., sent 

 Washington, the Lawson-colored sport of 

 Enchantress, and Princess Charming, 

 light pink. 



Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, were rep- 

 resented by a fine vase of Shasta. 



Nic Zweifel, Milwaukee, brought 100 

 Bright Spot that stood up above the 

 other deep pinks. 



W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind., sent 

 enough of his new crimson, named Mrs. 

 Coles, to make two handsome vases. 



R. Witterstaetter, Cincinnati, sent his 

 ligut pink seedling named President .J. 

 A. Valentine and his deep pink desig 

 nated as No. 1407-O. 



W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park, 111., set uj- 

 two handsome vases, one of Greenwooti, 

 the large light pink, and the other of 

 mixed seedlings. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, staged 

 three vases of roses that were of fin. 

 quality, cut tight as for shipping. Thr 

 varieties were Killarney, White Killarne.' 

 and Maryland. 



J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 111 

 showed Ivory, Chatenay, Killarney, Whiti 

 Killarney, O. P. Bassett, Rose-pink En 

 chantress, White Enchantress, May Da 

 and a vase of single violets. 



Anton Then, Chicago, staged two seed 

 ling carnations that he thinks well o' 

 as commercial sorts. No. 291, red, an i 

 No. 41, white. 



A. Jurgens, Chicago, sent a vase o 

 jonquils and another of Double Voi' 

 Sions that gave a touch of variety. 



Joseph Heinl & Sons, Jacksonville, ha'' 

 a nice vase of White Enchantress. 



C. Loveridge, Peoria, had a fine vas< 

 of 0. P. Bassett and good ones of Win 

 sor, Enchantress, Rose-pink Enchantress-. 



