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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 19, 1902. 



bureau of publicity in eounection with 

 the association and in his address spoke 

 in favor of it. 



' ' In this "way, ' ' said he, ' ' the public 

 will be kept informed of new fruit re- 

 gions, new gardens and growing interests 

 in country life. It will create a public 

 interest and lead to better planting. An- 

 other improvement that I would .suggest 

 is better catalogues. The effect of fine 

 colored plates cannot be over estimated. 

 The evolution of nurserymen and the 

 importance of their business has taken 

 phico in the past fifty years, but the 

 future will see greater Importance "at- 

 tached to it. I look for greater speciali- 

 zation in the nursery business of the 

 future taking the place of the attempt 

 to raise everything, which has been a 

 drawback to so many of our nursery- 

 men." 



Secretary G. G. Seager's annual report 

 showed that he had received and dis- 

 bursed during the year the sum of 

 $1,459. Treasurer G. L. Yates made his 

 annual report. At the beginning of the 

 year he had on hand $2,232 and the re- 

 ceipts had exceeded the disbursements by 

 $484.94, making the sum on hand $2,717. 



The following were selected as State 

 vice-presidents by the members in at- 

 tendance: 



.\labama — W. F. Ueikes. HuntSTillP. 

 Connecticut — .T. H. Hale. South Glastonbury. 

 Delaware — Alexander PuUen, Milford. 

 Illinois — Irving B. Spaulding. .Spaulding. 

 Indiana — E. Albertsou, Bridgeport. 

 Iowa — Samuel Lorton. Davenport. 

 Kansas — A. C. Griesa, Lawrence. 

 Kentucliy — F, N. Downer. Bowling Green. 

 Indian Territory and Olilahoma Territory — J. 

 A. Taylor, Wlnwood, I. T. 



Maryland — C M. Peters. .Snow Hill. 

 Massachusetts — J. W. Manning, Reading. 

 Michigan — Charles E. Greening. Monroe. 

 Minnesota — E. A. Smith. 

 Missouri — J. W. Sehuette, St. Louis. 

 Nebraslia — H. W. Marshall. Arlington. 

 New Hampshire — J. C. Chase, Derry. 

 .South Daliota — George H. "W'hiting. Yankton. 

 New .lersey — Hiram T. Jones. Elizabeth. 

 New York — H. E. Henry. Geneva. 

 North Carfilina — J. Can Lindley. Pomona, 

 tihio — J. W. Gaines, Xenia. 

 Pennsylvania — Earle Peters. Uriah. 

 Tennessee — N. W. Hale, Knoxville. 

 Texas — E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney. 

 Virginia — R. A. Wickersham, Winchester. 

 Wisconsin — Theo. J. Ferguson, Milwaukee. 



At the second day's session the fol- 

 lowing, resolutions were unanimously 

 adopted : 



Having suffered from the increasing num- 

 bers of insect pests and plant diseases, whose 

 ravages already cost the fruit-growing and 

 nursery interests of the country untold and 

 yearly increasing millions, and believing that 

 federal quarantine regulations restricting the 

 free transportation of infected fruits and plants 

 in interstate and foreign commerce, offer the 

 only effective means of hindering the spread 

 of such destructive pests and diseases, . there- 

 fore. 



We, the American Association of Nurserymen, 

 in annual convention assembled, hereby re- 

 solve : 



First — We believe that a well-guarded fed- 

 eral (quarantine) law reglilating both foreign 

 and interstate commerce in fruits and plants 

 offers our greatest hope of relief. 



Second — We favor the passage of house bill 

 No. 10.990 now pending in the house of rep- 

 resentatives, and ask our representatives and 

 senators to favor its prompt enactment into 

 law, without amendment. 



Third — The secretary of this association is 

 hereby authorized and directed to promptly 

 transmit an official copy of these resolutions to 

 each representative and senator in congress now 

 in session at Washington. 



The bill appropriates $50,000 for the 

 payment of experts to be appointed in 

 every state and territory to examine all 

 nursery stock to be transported from one 

 state or territory to another. Nursery 

 goods from foreign countries will be in- 

 spected at the port of entry at the ex- 

 pense of the importer. The Secretary of 

 Agriculture is authorized to quarantine 

 importations of nursery stock or fruit. 

 The bill provides other rules and regu- 

 lations governing the importation of 

 trees, plants, shrubs, vines, grafts, cut- 



tings and buds and fruits, as well as for 

 their insjiection when they become sub- 

 jects of interstate commerce or exporta- 

 tion 



The report of the board of vice-pres- 

 idents was presented and adopted unan- 

 imously. The report selected Detroit as 

 the convention city next year. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected : 



President — Charles J. Ilgenfritz. Monroe. Mich. 



Vice-President — E. S. Lake. Shenandoah, la. 



.Secretary — George C, Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 



Treasurer — C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 



Executive Committee — Peter Youngers. 

 Geneva, Neb.; N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; 

 William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 



N. H. Albaugh of Phoneton, O., made 

 the first address, a characteristically 

 humorous effort. ' ' There is a tend- 

 ency, ' ' said he, ' ' in the public mind to 

 doubt the veracity of members of our 

 profession; but let me tell you there is 

 no body of men who strive to subserve 

 the truth so notably as nurserymen. 

 Even our friends, the entomological bug- 

 gers, seem to want to hammer us as 

 much as they can. Thej' won't allow a 

 nurseryman or planter to devise a rem- 

 edy for any bug in the United States, 

 not even humbug. They want to do it 

 all themselves. They invent new insect 

 pests and manufacture new diseases that 

 we never heard of. In this way they 

 play it on us, as Bret Harte said in his 

 ' Heathen Chinee, ' ' in a way I despise. ' 



A paper on "The Nursery Interests 

 at the St. Louis World's Fair" was 

 read by Professor Frederick W. Taylor, 

 the head of the horticultural and agri- 

 cultural exhibits there. He made many 

 suggestions as to the effective grouping 

 and display of nursery stock at the ex- 

 jK)sition. 



Tlie Friday morning session closed the 

 convention. The session opened with the 

 reading of a paper by A. Willis of Ot- 

 tawa, Kan., on "The Eesponsibilities of 

 a Nurseryman to the Community in 

 Which He Lives. ' ' He took the ground 

 tliat it was the duty of a nurseryman to 

 strive to make the place of his residence 

 beautiful and to encourage and aid his 

 neighbors in the same line. 



"The importance of combating the San 

 .To.sei scale was discussed, and E. W. 

 Kirkpatrick of McKinney, Tex., took the 

 ground that while vigilance was essential 

 to exterminating the pest, continual talk 

 on the subject did great harm by fright- 

 ening people who intended to go into 

 ])lanting and fruit raising. He thought 

 university professors talked too much in 

 that particular line. A. L. Brooke of 

 Kansas agreed with him. 



A paper by A. L. Brooke, containing 

 recommendations for the good of the 

 association, will be published in the otti- 

 idal rei)ort. 



A resohition was adopted thanking the 

 Citizens ' Business league and -its repre- 

 sentative, R. B. Watrous; the delegates' 

 brotlier nurseryman, T. J. Ferguson ; 

 the Plankinton house management and 

 the daily press. 



Just before adjournment President 

 Ilgenfritz announced the standing com- 

 mittees for the ensuing year, as follows: 



Transportation— Charles J. Ilgenfritz. ex- 

 cifficio; A. L. Brooke. North Topeka, Kan.: 

 William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.: Peter 

 Youngers. Geneva, Neb. ; N. W. Hale. Knox- 

 ville, Tenn. 



Tariff — Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y,: T. B. 

 Meehan, Germantown. Pa.; J. H. Dayton. 

 Painesville. 0. 



Legislation — C. I.. Watrous. Des Moines, la.; 

 Silas Wilson, .Atlantic. la.; Charles 3. Brown, 

 Uoihester, N. Y.; Howard A. Chase, Philadel- 

 jililii. I'a. 



Yon can save time and money by 

 making use of our eltissified advs. 



NEW YORK. 



It is geneially conceded that the busi- 

 ness season is almost over, and the ma- 

 jority of the wholesalers declare that 

 the spring was a poor one for them. They 

 claim that the retailers have had the besi 

 of the season, almost dictating as to the 

 prices they paid. Just now the man who 

 speaks about business is not take« se- 

 riously. Vacations are more to the point. 

 European trips are contemplated by some 

 of the Broadway florists, and it is ex- 

 pected by one or two in the wholesale 

 district, while others will use automo- 

 biles and the fishing rod. 



The plant market at Laurel and West 

 streets is demoralized. No one attends 

 there at present but peddlers, "who get 

 the plants at starvation prices. "The 

 plant auctions are in a similar coadition, 

 the prices scarcely paying for i>ot8 or 

 baskets. 



The majority of the seed houses close 

 at 1 p. m. Saturday, and pity it is that 

 there is not a unanimity in this matter 

 also among the wholesale florists, and, for 

 all that, it might be extended to the re- 

 tailers, at least in a way, to relieve the 

 dreary monotony. 



Prices are what you wish to make 

 them, but as usual good stock will be 

 scarce next month. 



Alex Burns is out today celebrating 

 the twenty-eighth anniversary of his 

 wedding. 



Dr. D. Y. MacDougal delivered a. very 

 interesting illustrated lecture on the 

 vegetation of American deserts at the 

 Botanical Gardens June 14. 



The florists who have branch stores at 

 Newport report a splendid plant season 

 so far, and the future cut flower pros- 

 pects look very bright. 



F. R. Pierson 's new fern is in splendid 

 condition and is sure to be in great de- 

 mand when sent out next season. Mr. 

 Pierson will devote several houses to its 

 culture. It is a mighty good thing. 



J. I. D. 



Bowling. 



At the regular meeting of the New 

 York Bowling Club, Monday evening. 

 June 16, the report of the treasurer was 

 very satisfactory, showing a good mem- 

 bership and encouraging surplus. Ar- 

 rangements were made for regular prac- 

 tice liy the team on different alleys dur- 

 ing the remainder of the summer. The 

 scores during the evening were: 



Lang 121 177 158 16.9 



Burns 

 Thielniann 

 O'Mara . . 

 Siobrecht . 

 Traendly . 

 Sorby , . . , 

 ,sliaw . . . . 



124 140 140 16B 1211 



14.T llu 154 181 l:i'.l 



109 9S 134 18T l«-i 



n:i 121 l.-i2 122 12.-.. 



14:> 140 18S 10* 1 7 



Ifil 102 140 120 



154 167 1.31 109 nil 



Austin. 



BOSTON. 



The Market- 

 Plenty of everything except, perhaps, 

 first-class roses, which have at times 

 seemed a bit inclined to be scarce. There 

 may also be a little lull in certain kinds 

 of cheap material that have been coming 

 irregularly, this being a sort of ' ' be- 

 tween indoors and outdoors" sea.son. 

 One reason for scarcity of roses is the 

 fact that quite a little mildew is preva- 

 lent among about halt the growers. 



Weddings and school graduations help 

 to keep up a fair run of custom. 



For some reason or other there have 

 not been so many gladioli this spring 



