. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review March 4, 1915. tions to this plant will soon be forth- coming. We gather here today for the tenth annual meeting and exhibition of our association. I am sure we shall all be much interested in the reports of our secretary, treasurer and the advisory committee; also the reports by the mem- bers of the department of floriculture on subjects of vital interest to all flo- rists. .Florists' conventions and exhibitions are becoming more popular and profit- able each year, a fact demonstrated by the large attendance at the flower s
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review March 4, 1915. tions to this plant will soon be forth- coming. We gather here today for the tenth annual meeting and exhibition of our association. I am sure we shall all be much interested in the reports of our secretary, treasurer and the advisory committee; also the reports by the mem- bers of the department of floriculture on subjects of vital interest to all flo- rists. .Florists' conventions and exhibitions are becoming more popular and profit- able each year, a fact demonstrated by the large attendance at the flower shows throughout the country. The grower who exhibits a novelty of merit at these shows is worthy of success, on account of the ever-increasing demand of the flgwer buying public, for something new, something different. A great many flo- rists invest each year in enough plants of new varieties to give them a thor- ough test, and claim the better returns rfeeeived from the ones that make good always offset the loss on varieties that are not adapted to their soil and condi- tions. The originators of new varieties of roses, carnations, chrysanthemums and novelties in the plant line, the inveu- fit to bis neighbor, and, after the two days' meeting is over, may we return to our homes feeling well repaid for the short time spent in delibetation. My thoughts are ever with the asso- ciation, and I trust that what I have failed to express in words has been, or will be, accounted for by my deeds. CABNATION DISEASES. [Tlie report of Geo. L. Peltier, florlcultural patbologist, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, presented before tlie conven- tion of tlie Illinois State Florists' Association at Urbana, March 2.] We now have in the process of pub- lication, as a bulletin, the results of the last three years' work on the fungus causing the stem-rot of carna- tions. This bulletin will be of a more or less technical nature, but will be of value to the florist. The fungus rhiz
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