. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 173 coidial greeting and my best wishes for a successful ; Another letter from the state capitol read as follows: "J. F. Ammann, Secy., Dear Sir: As one of the members of the den of in- iquity, otherwise known as the Illinois general assembly, I wish to express my hearty appreciation of the lovely flowers which your association has so generously showered upon us today. The legisla- tive paths of the last six weeks have hardly been strewn with roses until this mornin


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 173 coidial greeting and my best wishes for a successful ; Another letter from the state capitol read as follows: "J. F. Ammann, Secy., Dear Sir: As one of the members of the den of in- iquity, otherwise known as the Illinois general assembly, I wish to express my hearty appreciation of the lovely flowers which your association has so generously showered upon us today. The legisla- tive paths of the last six weeks have hardly been strewn with roses until this morning.—; Prof. J. H. Collins, superintendent of the public schools of Springfield, on Wednesday morning spoke before the as- sociation on the topic of "School Gar- ; He read several reports he had collected of the results of the school gar- den idea, but did not confine his atten- tion to this phase of the matter, but went on to tell of the advantages of home gardening in general. This was an ex- cellent talk and well received. Prof. H. B. Dorner followed with an address on "Our Experiment Stations," telling of the work there being carried on some- what in detail. W. N. Rudd then spoke of "A Few Carnations I have ; Votes of thanks were extended to the Springfield florists who had so gener- ously entertained the association, also to the speakers for their papers and re- marks. The Election of Officers. The election of oflicers resulted as fol- lows : E. G. Gullett, Lincoln, president. G. B. Franks, Champaign, vice-presi- dent. J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, secre- tary. F. L. Washburn, Bloomington, treas- urer. Wednesday afternoon was spent by the visiting florists in visiting'various grow- ing establishments as guests of the lo- cal trade or in visiting the historic sites of the town. Report of the Jad£:es. Your judges of tlie exhibition respect- fully report exhibits made by 16 exhib- itors, as follows: Chicago Carnation Co., Joli


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