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MAncii 12, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



ILLINOIS AND INDIANA FLORISTS 



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Two Progressive Trade Organizations in Adjoining States Hold 

 Successful Joint Meeting at Danville on the Boundary Line 





I HE officers elected by the 

 Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation at its ninth an- 

 nual meeting at Danville, 

 March 10 and 11, are as 

 follows: 



i:'resiaeut — Herbert E. Smith, of Dan- 

 ville. 



Vice-President — C. W. Johnson, of 

 Morgan Park. 



Secretary — J. F. Ammann, of Ed- 

 wardsville. 



Treasurer — F, L. Washburn, of 

 Bloomington. 



Joint Meeting a Success. 



The ninth annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Ilorists' Association, 

 March 10 and 11, was swelled to far 

 more than ordinary size by the pres- 

 ence of a large number of members of 

 the Indiana State Florists' Association, 

 which was invited by 

 the Illinois association 

 to join in the Danville 

 meeting. The success 

 of this first bi-state 

 meeting and the size 

 of the exhibition and 

 attendance will no 

 doubt lead to similar 

 meetings in the future. 



The extensive prepa- 

 rations made by the 

 Danville florists were 

 not a whit too elabo- 

 rate for the impor- 

 tance of the meeting. 

 The eleven local flo- 

 rists put forth their 

 best efforts and the re- 

 sults, in accommoda- 

 tions and entertain- 

 ment, were all that 

 could be desired. The 

 decoration of the 

 Armory hall, where the 

 exhibition was held, 

 evoked praise from the 

 visitors and comment 

 in the judge's report. 

 The ceiling was 

 screened with southern 

 smilax and dotted with 

 Japanese lanterns, 

 while an arbor at the 

 ^ntrance made the first 

 impression a pleasant 

 one. 



Tbe Business Meeting. 



After the opening 

 ceremonies at the busi- 

 ness meeting Tuesday 

 afternoon. President 

 Loveridge read a brief 

 address, followed by 

 still briefer reports 

 from Secretary Am- 

 mann and Treasurer 



Washburn. A letter from the American 

 Eose Society, which was read by the 

 secretary, expressed the society's high 

 esteem of the work of the experiment 

 station at Urbana and recommended 

 that test gardens for roses be estab- 

 lished. This H. B. Dorner, of Urbana, 

 said he hoped to see brought about in 

 a short time. 



A letter from the Chicago Florists' 

 Club in regard to the sale of fertilizers 

 in the state of Illinois led to the adop- 

 tion of a motion that the society go on 

 record as supporting a reasonable fer- 

 tilizer law. The discussion of express 

 rates, which was also opened as the re- 

 sult of action by the Chicago Florists' 

 Club, led to the discovery that the re- 

 cent so-called cut in express rates had 

 in reality resulted in an increase in 

 the rates on short hauls, especially on 

 larger sized packages. The increase, it 



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appears, amounts to as much as forty 

 per cent in some cases. J. F. Ammann 

 reported that he found it now costs 

 more to send packages by express from 

 Edwardsville, 111., to St. Louis than to 

 Chicago. Members of the society are 

 requested to send instances of such in- 

 creases in express rates to Secretary 

 Ammann, who will take up the matter 

 with the commerce commission. 



The election of officers resulted in 

 the unanimous choice of Herbert E. 

 Smith, president of the Danville Flo- 

 rists' Club, for president of the asso- 

 ciation, in recognition of his hard work 

 for the success of the show. The rest 

 of the officers were unanimously re- 

 elected. 



The Banquet. 



The banquet Tuesday evening at the 

 Plaza hotel was an unusually fine one, 

 as regards the dinner, 

 the attendance and 

 the speeches. The last 

 of these three were 

 cut short when, short- 

 ly before midnight, 

 Philip J. Foley sug- 

 gested that the ban- 

 queters would proba- 

 bly prefer to retire 

 than listen to funny 

 stories at that hour. 

 The guests had already 

 (enjoyed A. C. Kohl- 

 brand's skill as toast- 

 jnaster and , listened 

 to speeches by Pro- 

 fessor Blair, J. F. 

 Ammann, W. W. Coles 

 and Danville 's grand 

 old man, "Uncle Joe" 

 Cannon. 



Trip to Urbana. 



Wednesday morning 

 the visitors boarded 

 special cars for Ur- 

 bana, to inspect the 

 jW,ork of the experi- 

 ment station there. A 

 range of 28,000 feet of 

 glass is at present the 

 seat of most activity 

 in this branch. Work 

 is progressing well and 

 H. B. Dorner prom- 

 ises some printed re- 

 ports soon, which are 

 expected to be of ap- 

 preciable benefit to 

 commercial growers. 

 Lunch was provided 

 for the visitors by the 

 experiment station 

 workers. 



The Exhibits. 



The exhibition was 



