15»3 Wisco35eh State HoETicn-TTEAi. Society. 



u JSesoived, That all nurserymen who send out agents, should 

 in all sea expect to be fully and strictly resp onsible for all 

 the rej as, and to fully meet all the contracts made by 



"Second, that tree-planters should, as a means of self-prote:- 

 tion, demand of ail who may solicit their orders for trees, unques- 

 tionable proof that they are the authorized agents of some reliable 

 r. ur-f-vman, and that such nurseryman will hold himself strictly re- 

 sponsible for all the representations of such agent. 



' ; Third, that tree-planters may reasonably look for all things 

 that ue really valuable in this climate, in the leading nurseries of 

 the country, rather than in the hands of irresponsible traveling 

 can-risers, and that it may be taken as prima facie evidence of 

 fraud, when scarcity or extraordinary qualities or excellence is 

 claimed for them, or when for the same cause exorbitant prices are 

 for their products. 



'• Fourth, that newspapers throughout the west would protect 

 their readers from swindlers, and advance the canse of horticulture, 

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Mr. A. J. Phillips — I do not think we ought to pass this humbug 

 paper without discussion. There has been a great deal of decep- 

 tion practiced throughout the country on farmers and others in re- 

 gard to selling fancy stock at fancy prices. T think we ought to go 

 slow in disputing what Mr. Kellogg says on horticulture, because he 

 spei : ; _ rfc ereof he knows. I have talked with a nurseryman re- 

 cently wh: is spending a great deal of time, and I think in the end 

 is going to work out a great thing for the west, in experimenting 

 with Russian apples. Perhaps it will never pay him, but he is en- 

 thusiastic. Anvthins' that has " Russian ? ' to it, he is enthusiastic 

 about. He is enthu- about I n turnips, and if there were 



Russian potatoes he would buy them. He tells me, in Russia, 

 where men go long distances in the winter on sledges, there are 

 places put up where travelers can stop to warm; if they do not, 

 their eyes will freeze up. In places it is so cold that if you pour 

 water on the ground it will freeze before it gets there; and the 

 apples and pears that are going to be introduced in this country, 

 are from this cold climate. Thev have varieties with buds resemb- 

 ling a hickory bud, very large, and encased in a number of layers. 

 You must all look out for such things. 



