. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 'ifec^^sJ^-" ESTABLISHMENT OF JOHN N BOMMERSBACH, DECATUR. ILL. Portion of Cut Flower Plant,. reatest lected New York state as the field of op- oration, and, if this effort is successful, after a definite course has been adopted by the state of New York, the committee will then appeal to the other states. State Florists' Associations. BY ALBERT T. HEY'. I have been called upon to talk to you on state florists" associations, their value and the relation they should bear to the iSocicty of American Florist
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 'ifec^^sJ^-" ESTABLISHMENT OF JOHN N BOMMERSBACH, DECATUR. ILL. Portion of Cut Flower Plant,. reatest lected New York state as the field of op- oration, and, if this effort is successful, after a definite course has been adopted by the state of New York, the committee will then appeal to the other states. State Florists' Associations. BY ALBERT T. HEY'. I have been called upon to talk to you on state florists" associations, their value and the relation they should bear to the iSocicty of American Florists. I believe the best interest of this great society can be better ac- complished and more fully developed by sys- tematizing its work and good to the largest num- ber can be secured through state so- cieties that can individually take up the work and develop what is most suitable for their localities. To give you an idea what these societies can do I will give you a brief review of the work accomplished by the Illinois State Florists' Association. ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION. After a year of preliminary work thi' present organization was formed ami elected J. F. Ammann, of Edwardsville. its first president. From that time the work was carefully planned and the first important step undertaken was to secure a definite and separate department for floriculture at our Illinois Experiment Station, believing this would bring fur- ther benefits iu its train. The next question was to raise funds to carry out the work. The executive committee set to work, a bill was framed and presented to the Illinois legislature, becoming a law and giving us $15,000 for (ho purpose stated. ADVISORY BOARD. Tin: bill provides for an advisory board appointed by the president of the society, consisting of five members of the association with the dean of the col- lege as chairman, whose duty it is to advise and consult with the university officials what shall be done at the station. and the results so tar obtaine
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