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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Januabx 26, 1911. 



DOINGS OF THE SOCIETIES 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The Illinois State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, with the cooperation of the Illi- 

 nois State Florists' Association, the 

 Cook County Truck Growers' Associa- 

 tion, the Illinois Outdoor Improvement 

 Association, the Lake Forest Horticul- 

 tural Society, and the Horticultural De- 

 partment of the University of Illinois, 

 will hold a ten-day horticultural insti- 

 tute at the University of Illinois, 

 Champaign, 111., beginning Tuesday, 

 January 31, and ending Friday, Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1911. The last two days will 

 be devoted to the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association. 



The program for the meeting of the 

 State Florists' Association is as follows: 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 

 10:00 a. m. Preliminary Session. Appoint- 

 ment of Judges and Committees. 



2:00 p. m. President's Address. Report of 

 Secretary. Report of Treasurer. Report of Ad- 

 visory Committee for the Experiment Station. 

 Question Box. Business Session. 

 Evening. Banquet. 



THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 9. 



9:00 a. m. "Live Issues for the Florist," 

 J. C. Vaughan, Chicago. "Some New Things," 

 E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. "Work at the Ex- 

 perimental Greenhouses," H. B. Domer, Urbana. 



Reports of Committees. Miscellaneous Busi- 

 ness. Election of Officers. Adjournment. 



Exhibits are to be staged by noon, 

 February 8, and to remain until 12 

 o'clock, February 10. Write J. F. Am- 

 mann, secretary, Edwardsville, for par- 

 ticulars. 



During the ten days' institute there 

 will be many features of special inter- 

 est to those in the trade. Some of them 

 are as follows: 



"Insects of the Greenhouse and Their Exter- 

 mination," John J. Davis, Assistant to State 

 Entomologist, 10:30 a. m., February 1. 



"The Nursery Business as Related to a De- 

 mand Created by Professional Landscape Garden- 

 ers," A. M. Augustine, Normal, 2:00 p. m., Feb- 

 ruary 2. 



"Packing and Shipping Plants and Flowers." 

 J F. Ammann, Secretary, Edwardsville, 3:30 

 p. m., February 2. 



"How to Plan Home Grounds," illustrated 

 lecture by W. N. Rudd, Blue Island, 7:30 p. m., 

 February 2. 



"Methods of Plant Propagation." with dem- 

 onstrations, H. B. Dorner, University of Illinois, 

 1:30 p. m., February 3. 



"Fertilizers for Use of the Florist," H. B. 

 Dorner, 10:30 a. m., February 4. 



"Illinois Greenhouses and Their Products," 

 Philip J. Foley, Chicago, 7:30 p. m., February 4. 



"Floral Decoration," with practical demonstra- 

 tion. Miss Emily Domer, Lafayette, Ind.. 3:00 

 p. m., February 6. 



"Greenhouse Management." C. L. Washburn, 

 Hinsdale. 9:00 a. m., February 7. 



"The Home Garden," Edward 0. Orpet, Lake 

 Forest, 10:30 a. m., February 7. 



"Native Trees, Shrubs and Flowers. Their 

 Usefulness for the Embellishment of Home and 

 Public Grounds," E. Bollinger, Lake Forest, 7:30 

 p. m., February 7. 



NEW ENGLAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the New 

 England Dahlia Society was held in 

 Library hall, of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Boston, January 11, 

 at 2 p. m., for the purpose of electing 

 officers for the year, and to listen to 

 the annual report of the secretary and 

 treasurer. The meeting was called to 

 order by President Henry W. Kendall, 

 of Newton, Mass. 



After listening to the reports of Sec- 

 retary Loring M. Bates and Treasurer 

 Willard D. Moon, the election of officers 

 for the year 1911 was held, with the 

 following result: President, J. K. Alex- 

 ander, East Bridgewater, Mass.; vice- 

 president, N. Allen Lindsey, Marble- 

 head, Mass.; secretary. Prof. G. W, 

 Bullard, Medford, Mass.; treasurer. 



Loring M. Bates, West Bridgewater, 

 Mass. Executive committee, H. L. 

 Winters, Medford, Mass.; W. C. Brady, 

 WoUaston, Mass.; A. L. Brown, Marble- 

 head, Mass.; Edward F. Dwyer, Lynn, 

 Mass.; Geo. L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I. 



The meeting was one of the largest 

 in the history of the society and many 

 interesting subjects were discussed. 



The amendments which had been 

 presented at the previous annual meet- 

 ing were acted upon and voted to be 

 placed on file, with the exception of 

 Article IX, which was adopted, and 

 which reads as follows: "The society 

 shall publish once a month a paper 

 called the Dahlia News, for the dis- 

 semination of information on the dah- 

 lia, which paper shall be for sale by the 

 society at $1 per annum." 



The following amendment, to be add- 

 ed to the by-laws, was presented, to be 

 voted on at the next meeting: "If, 

 after due hearing, a majority of the 

 executive committee shall be of the 

 opinion that any member has acted in 

 a manner detrimental to the interests 

 of the society, such committee may 

 recommend to the society expulsion of 

 such member. The society may legally 

 expel such member at any meeting 

 legally held. " J. K. A. 



AMEBICAN BOSE SOCIETY. 



Eber Holmes, of Montrose, Mass., 

 has been selected as manager of the 

 American Rose Society's exhibition in 

 connection with the National Flower 

 Show at Boston in March. The sched- 

 ule has been issued and may be had on 

 application to Benj. Hammond, secre- 

 tary, Fishkill, N. Y, Because of the 

 week's duration of the show. Division 

 B, calling for display of roses to occu- 

 py 200 square feet, premium $100, will 

 be staged Friday, March 31. The ex- 

 hibits in all classes except Division B 

 will be staged March 25 and will con- 

 tinue Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 

 The days of Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, the space occupied by the 

 Rose Society will be used by the Car- 

 nation Society. 



Rev. Spencer S. Sulliger, of Van- 

 couver, president of the society known 

 as the Rosarians of the State of Wash- 

 ington, who visited the last year's 

 show of the National Society in Lon- 

 don, will read a paper at the Rose So- 

 ciety's annual meeting. R. Vincent, 

 Jr., of White Marsh, was at the inter- 

 national exhibition at Brussels, Bel- 

 gium, and will furnish a paper on 

 "Roses of Europe." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 the Jackson & Perkins Co., of Newark, 

 Wayne county. New York, offers for 

 registration the rose described below. 

 Any person objecting to the registra- 

 tion, or to the use of the proposed 

 name, is requested to communicate with 

 the secretary at once. Failing to re- 

 ceive objection to the registration, the 

 same will be made three weeks from 

 this date. Raiser's description: Abelle 

 Weber-Pate (Thalia x Mile. Eugenie 



Verdier), Lambert x Rugosa America 

 (Harvard Gardens, '94) ; seedling from 

 Herr Peter Lambert, Trier, Treves, Ger- 

 many; citron-yellow, to deep orange 

 center; dwarf polyantha; foliage and 

 habit like Mrs. Cutbush. Name: Yel- 

 low Baby Rambler. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec 'y. 

 January 19, 1911. 



Additional President's Appointments. 



A committee on school gardens has 

 been appointed, as follows: Wm. R. 

 Smith, Washington, D. C; C. L. Sey- 

 bold, Lanvale and Fremont avenues, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



The following additional state vice- 

 presidents have also been appointed: 



Colorado, I. E. Johnson, Colorado 

 Springs. 



Connecticut, Wallace R. Pierson, 

 Cromwell. 



Florida, C. D. Mills, Jacksonville. 



Kentucky, H. G. Walker, Louisville. 



Maine, William Miller, Bar Harbor. 



Nebraska, John J. Hess, Omaha. 



New Jersey, Ant. C. Zvolanek, Bound 

 Brook. 



New York, West, S. A. Anderson, 

 Buffalo. 



Texas, Eugene Corley, Dallas. 



Wisconsin, J. E. Matthewson, She- 

 boygan. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec'y. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



A meeting was held in Horticultural 

 hall, Boston, January 17, of the board 

 of control, the show committee, and a 

 number of the guarantors and represen- 

 tatives of the various societies interest- 

 ed in the great National Flower Show 

 which will be held in Boston in March. 



Representatives were present from 

 the S. A. F., the American Rose, 

 the American Carnation, the Gladi- 

 olus, Sweet Pea and Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Societies, and the 

 National Association of Gardeners, all 

 of whom will hold their annual conven- 

 tion during the progress of the exhibi- 

 tion. This gathering represents the 

 largest combination of the florists' in- 

 terests ever brought together on such 

 a project and gives positive assurance 

 that the exhibition itself will be the 

 most stupendous affair of its kind ever 

 held. 



The entire Mechanics' building has 

 been engaged, and, as it contains over 

 100,000 square feet of exhibiting space, 

 ample room seems assured, but so many 

 applications for space are being re- 

 ceived that there is little doubt that 

 when the doors open Saturday, March 

 25, .it will all be filled. Many of the 

 members from a distance who had 

 never before seen the building were 

 loud in their praise of its desirability 

 for such an affair. The large banquet 

 halls, as well as the two consecutive 

 halls, which will permit of all business 

 of the societies being transacted under 

 one roof, were especially interesting to 

 the representatives. They were particu- 

 larly pleased with the brilliant pros- 

 pects and the large number of firms J 

 who have already taken space, as re- 

 ported by Chester I. Campbell, the ' 

 business manager for the show com- 

 mittee. It is called a National Flower 



