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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_33_2 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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■v-wfv-TjT'-r' MAncii 12, 1914. The Florists^ Review 17 ILLINOIS AND INDIANA FLORISTS it JOIN HANDS 9X 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 !^ THE rs HAVE IT! !»e
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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

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