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March 7, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



rose speaks for itself." He added that 

 Sunburst was not his seedling, but had 

 been found by him when visiting Per- 

 net-Ducher at Lyons, France, a few years 

 ago. There it stood up above every- 

 thing else in a big field of roses. After 

 trying it at Ric^ond for three years 

 the .^nerican rights were purchased. He 

 added: "When it gets into the hands 

 of the experts, the Poeblmanns and 

 Keimels, etc., you will marvel at its 

 strong growth." 



Mr. Hill complimented the quality of 

 the carnations in the exhibition and said 

 it looks as though the novelty raisers 

 must be encouraged, as it is quite ap- 

 parent that the best of varieties in a 

 few years break down, perhaps because 

 we reverse the natural order of bloom- 

 ing. ' ' Don 't be discouraged if you 

 buy a few gold bricks," he said, "one 

 good one is worth all the failures. ' ' 



Referring to outdoor roses, he told of 

 the great amount of time and labor and 

 money the European raisers are devoting 

 to the raising of new varieties, but added 

 that these varieties do not meet the 

 American needs. We have raised good 

 garden varieties in this country, notably 

 Radiance and W. R. Smith, but we need 

 more work to raise or test roses for 

 the garden. In Europe from sixty-five 

 to 110 new varieties are offered each 

 year. He described the trials at the 

 Bagatelle gardens at Paris and sug- 

 gested that something of the same sort 

 be undertaken here, predicting that as 

 soon as a good list of varieties can 

 be recommended with the backing of 

 such a trial the whole trade will feel 

 the benefit of the increased demand, not 

 only for plants for the garden, but for 

 I'ut roses in the season when outdoor 

 roses are not in bloom. 



Work at the Experiment Station. 



At the evening session Vice-president 

 Loveridge occupied the chair. Prof. 

 H. B. Dorner, who is in charge of the 

 work being conducted at Urbana under 

 the auspices of the association, made a 

 lengthy report of the experiments, some 

 of them now in their third 'year. He 

 stated that the staff has recently been 

 increased by the appointment of W. H. 

 Anderson as pathologist and James 

 Hutchinson in charge of greenhouse 

 and outdoor work. The instructional 

 work has greatly increased. Last year 

 there were sixty-eight students and this 

 year ninety-one in the^ floricultural de- 

 partment. The erection of additional 

 buildings for which funds have been 

 obtained is held up pending the deter- 

 mination of plans for the rearrange- 

 ment of the campus, which may require 

 the removal of the present plant to a 

 new but not less desirable location. The 

 experiments with commercial fertilizers 

 on carnations have been continued and 

 it has now been definitely settled that 

 as good stock can be grown with these 

 as with animal manures. The station 

 recommends that each grower experi- 

 ment in a small way for himself and 

 will soon issue a bulletin to place the 

 records obtained in available form. The 

 rose experiments started last year have 

 been continued and appear to show that 

 better results are to be had from 

 grafted than from own-root plants. 

 This season a rose garden is to be es- 

 tablished to test the hardiness and 

 blooming qualities of outdoor roses. 



A volley of questions followed the 

 reading of the paper, and Prof. Dorner 

 was kept on his feet for an hour and 

 a half. 



Charles W. Johnson* 



(Vice-president-elect IlUnols State Florists' Association.) 



W. H. Anderson, the new pathologist, 

 described the work the station is doing 

 on stem-rot in carnations and said that 

 the first thing a grower should do v^hen 

 he discovers a plant affected with the 

 disease is to dig it up with all the soil 

 he can get without disturbing other 

 plants and carry it all outside the prem- 

 ises; delays and half-way measures are 

 dangerous. 



Miscellaneous Business. 



The committee on president's ad- 

 dress, W. L. Palinsky and M. Barker, 

 advised concurring in all the presi- 

 dent's recommendations. The report 

 was adopted. 



On motion of W. N. Rudd the presi- 

 dent was instructed to appoint a com- 

 mittee of three to arrange for the asso- 

 ciation headquarters booth at the S. A. 

 F. convention. 



George Asmus and Chas. Johnson re- 

 ported having audited the books and 

 found them correct. 



The Exhibition. 



If the attendance failed to come up 

 to expectations, the exhibition made up 

 for it, as it exceeded what anyone 

 had anticipated, crowding the space so 

 badly that additional room had to be 

 obtained. The number of exhibitors 

 was probably the greatest in the his- 

 tory of the association and the quality 

 of the stock was certainly as high as 

 ever has been seen at any of its meet- 

 ings. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, showed 

 twenty-five blooms each of Melody, Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, Antoine Rivoire, Double 



Pink Killarney and the Poehlmann 

 strain of Double White Killarney. The 

 Melody had the best color and the Ward 

 the best stem many had seen on these 

 roses. The Killarneys had exception- 

 ally long buds. 



Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, showed 

 their strain of Double White Killarney, 

 also Killarney and White Killarney 

 roses, with samples of young grafted 

 stock of each variety. In carnations a 

 fine vase of O. P. Bassett was staged 

 and a big fringed white seedling labeled 

 No. 5, and a red seedling. Some fine 

 strings of Asparagus Hatcheri were on 

 the wall. 



The J. D. Thompson Carnation Co., 

 Joliet, staged 100 blooms each of White 

 Enchantress, Gloriosa, Rose-pink En- 

 chantress, Beacon, Norwood and En- 

 chantress. The Beacon were extra good, 

 but many thought the Gloriosa the 

 finest vase of carnations in the entire 

 show. 



The Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 

 was the largest exhibitor, staging fifty 

 to 100 blooms each of Princess Charm- 

 ing, Scarlet Glow, White Enchantress, 

 Victory, Washington, The Herald, No. 

 94, variegated; No. 150, dark pink; No. 

 78, light pink; May Day, Conquest, 

 White Perfection, Pink Delight and 

 Enchantress. The Washington were 

 fine, but the greatest interest centered 

 on The Herald and the variegated, 

 which are to be sent out next season, 

 and on the dark pink. No. 150, which 

 is an extremely large flower. 



A. C. Brown, Springfield, was the 

 largest out-of-town exhibitor Vof cut 

 flowers, staging ten varieties of car- 



