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The Florists' Review 



Febkdaby 5, 1914. 



GET YOUR VALENTINE ORDER IN 



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VIOLETS SWEET PEAS VALLEY 



And all of the other popular flowers for St. Valentine's Day Corsage Bouquets. 



Violets may not be so plentiful as we anticipated, but Sweet Peas are fine. Valley is one of the essentials. 



No corsage complete without it. 



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 la.; Sam Seligman, with Wertheimer 

 Bros., New York; E. J, McCallum, Pitts- 

 burgh; Paul M. Palez, Little Rock, Ark. 



PLAN FOR DANVILLE MEETING. 



The officers of the Illinois State Flo- 

 rists' Association and representatives of 

 the Danville Florists' Club met to- 

 gether at the Plaza hotel at Danville 

 January 21 and went over the plans for 

 the joint meeting of the state florists' 

 associations of Indiana and Illinois at 

 Danville March 10 and 11. The Dan- 

 ville florists have outlined a program 

 for the two days, which the officers of 

 the association fully approved. The 

 Plaza hotel has been named as headquar- 

 ters for the visiting florists and an at- 

 tendance of about 300 is expected. The 

 hall of the Armory will be used for the 

 exhibition, which is being planned as a 

 big feature of the convention. 



Monday, March 9, will be devoted to 

 staging the exhibits of flowers and 

 plants. Tuesday will be the first day of 

 the exhibition, and in the afternoon the 

 important business meeting will be held. 

 Wednesday the visitors will take a trip 

 to the University of Illinois, at Urbana, 

 to visit the agricultural school and the 

 experiment station there. A banquet 

 at the Plaza hotel Wednesday evening 

 will close the convention and is to be 

 one of its prominent features. The 

 speakers have not yet been selected. 

 The music committee comprises W. J. 

 Anker, Charles Walker and J. J. Smith. 



The program of the meeting, so far as 

 it has been et)mpleted, is as follows: 



Introductory remarks — H. E. Smith, president 

 of the Danville Florists' Club. 



Address of welcome — Attorney H. A. Swallow, 

 corporation counsel. 



Response and welcome to the Indiana Florists' 

 Society — One of the officerst of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Society. 



Response — W. W. Coles, of Kokomo, Ind. 



President's address — Charles Loveridge, 

 Peoria. 



Report of secretary — J. F. Ammann, of 

 wardsville. 



, Report of treasurer — F. I,. Washburn, 

 Bliwnilngton. 



T'nflnlshed business. 



New business. 



Remarks by visiting Indiana florists. 



General discussion. 



Nomination and election of officers. 



of 



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of 



Falls City, Neb. — Mr. and Mrs. Bert 

 Simanton attended the meeting of the 

 State Florists' Association at Lincoln, 

 at which the firm of "Simanton & Pence 

 received first prize for their display of 

 roses. Other stock intended for ex- 

 hibition failed to reach Lincoln in time 

 to make a showing, on account of the 

 express company's delay. 



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Murray Hill, N. J. — Bexpard Muz- 

 zucco, an employee of L. B. Codding- 

 ton, is being held on $500 bail for steal- 

 ing ^2 roses from his employer 's green- 

 hou^ January 29. Mr. Coddington 

 wishes to prosecute the case because a 



great many flowers have disappeared 

 from his houses in the Ifest year. Mr. 

 Muzzucco blames his downfall, to sev- 

 eral drinks of hard cider, declaring he 

 did not know what he was doing when 

 he took the roses. ,. . ,„, 



