274 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Mr. Stephens: As I stated before, the people out at Grand Junction, 

 Colorado have found that planting timber in the orchards is better and 

 also cheaper as a protection from frosts. They do have coal oil stoves, 

 though, made of sheet iron, with the top open. In order to be effec- 

 tive at all it is necessary to have about forty stoves to the acre, and I be- 

 lieve they say these stoves cost $16.00 to the acre. 



No. 4. What is the best all around strawberry for Nebraska? An- 

 ser, Senator Dunlap. 



No. 5. What variety of Lilies should we force for Easter? 



Mr. Henderson: For myself I would use the Heresie Gigantum. 



Mr. Williams: I would like to heartily endorse the Gigantum. We 

 have been growing that and the other varieties too, and the Gigantum is 

 certainly good. 



No. 6. What are the best lilies for outdoor planting? 



Mr. Harrison: The Rubrum does fairly well; and the Tigurnus, 

 single and double, are all right, and the Superbum, too. 



Mr. Green: I have had good success with the Oratum and Candida. 



No. 7. What shall we do to protect ourselves against the dishonest 

 tree salesman? 



Mr. Yager: I'll tell you. First of all, pay $5.00 and become a life 

 member of this society, get our reports and bulletins and all the literature 

 that we publish and study it. Read our horticultural papers and bulli- 

 tins and get in touch with our horticultural meetings and the honest 

 nurserymen here at home. That is what our society is for. Our of our 

 objects is to protect the people against this class of salesmen. 



Mr. Brown: I have been a nurseryman here in this country for a 

 number of years, and I believe that the nurserymen themselves are as. 

 well behaved and decent as other people. And as brother Yager says, 

 get in touch with the members of our society, and most of them are the 

 nurserymen of Nebraska, read our reports and bulletins and get an 

 intelligent understanding of the nursery business in Nebraska. 



Mr. Williams: I believe it is a very good idea to read the reports 

 and bulletins, etc., but in addition to that, I think we should go further. 

 I think that we should have every man who poses as a tree agent put on 

 record, require him to have a certicate showing that he is competent by 

 training as a horticulturist and also showing that he is all right morally 

 too. I think every tree agent should be competent and able from every 

 standpoint to sell trees. 



RESOLUTION 



The following resolution was read and referred to the Legislative 

 committe. 



