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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_39_1 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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November 16, 1916. The Florists^ Review 23 A. T. Pyfer & Co., Chicago, showed White Wonder carnations, and Ophelia, Sunburst and Mrs. Chas. Russell roses, all fine. A. L. Eandall Co., Chicago, occupied a space in front of the stage with a large line of baskets and supplies. It also had a basket of Thenanthos carna- tions, which was awarded a certificate on a score of ninety points. A. Henderson & Co., Chicago, staged a display of bulbs. Burlington Willowware Shops, Bur- lington, la., occupied a booth with a large assortment of willow baskets. J. iL. Bennett, Bloomington, 111., had a booth of plants and baskets of cut flowers pleasingly displayed. Eaedlein Basket Co., Chicago, filled a booth with a large assortment of baskets. Eichmond Cedar Works, Eichmond, Va., had a display of plant tubs. Lion & Co., New York, occupied a booth with novelties in chiffons and ribbons. Maplewood Greenhouses, Bloomington, m., occupied a booth wherein they dis- played an assortment of cut flowers. Zech & Mann, Chicago, showed excel- lent vases of Eussell, Sunburst and Ophelia roses, and a vase of mixed pompons. C. D. Wiman, Moline, 111., Arvid An- derson, gardener, showed several vases of pompons and singles, a vase of as- sorted exhibition chrysanthemums and one large standard form chrysanthemum plant. Wm. Butterworth, Moline, 111., C. Sorenson, gardener, showed a vase of exhibition Wm. Turner chrysanthemums and a large standard form of Luxford chrysanthemum plant. J. E. Yeats, Champaign, 111., showed his new red rose, Mrs. Yeats, which scored eighty-six points. Eidgewood Gardens, Highland Park, 111., showed Bouvardia Humboldtii. The entire stage of the Coliseum was occupied with an exhibit of pot-grown chrysanthemum plants grown by the school children of Bloomington, 111., many of which would be a credit to commercial growers. These plants were distributed to the children by A. Wash- burn & Sons, Bloomington, last spring and they awarded a number of cash prizes for the best grown plants. The Division of Horticulture, Univer- sity of Illinois, showed a large variety of seedling mums. A certificate of merit was awarded for this collection. The McCallum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., showed a fine vase of Mrs. M. R. Mor- gan chrysanthemums. Bohannon Floral Co., Chicago, showed a basket of Ophelia roses and bouvar- dias, with handle decorations of cat- tleyas and Sweetheart roses. The Banquet. November 9 a banquet was held at the Bloomington Club and a happier ending to a successful day could not have been desired. Many of the guests brought ladies, which helped to make the affair even more enjoyable. After an excellent dinner, C. W. Johnson, pres- ident of the association, introduced J. H. Hudson, secretary of the Blooming- ton Club, who, in behalf of the club and Bloomington, extended a hearty wel- come to the guests. The next speaker was Ernst Wienhoe- ber, Chicago, who spoke on "The Re- ;Miiuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ HE IS 83 TODAY I 1 iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitc
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JOHN COOK. THIS issue of The Eeview has come into existence just in time to participate in the celebration of the eighty-third birthday of John Cook, the Baltimore rosarian. Perhaps some florists scarcely realize how greatly the trade is indebted to Mr. Cook, for we are prone to receive even the best new roses as we accept the gifts of nature, without much thought about their origin. But consider the Cook roses. Here are a few of them: Souvenir of Wootton, Marion Dingee, White Maman Cochet, Mrs. Eobert Garrett, Admiral Schley, Enchanter, Cardinal, Radiance, My Maryland, Panama, Francis Scott Key and—well, the next one is somewhere on the benches where Mr. Cook is still engaged in his wizard-like manipulations. Re- member, too, that he introduced to America the Marie Louise Violet, and the rosea Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and La France. This business man and wonder-worker was born at Freiburg, Germany, November 16, 1833. He came to America about twenty years later, and was employed chiefly as superintendent of large estates for another twenty years. In 1873 he founded his business at Baltimore, Md.

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