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May 5, 1906 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



The 31st Annual Convention of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 will be held June 13, 14, and 15, 1906, 

 at Dallas, Texas, in the Commercial 

 Club rooms. The Oriental Hotel will 

 be headquarters. 



The Southwestern Excursion Bureau 

 has announced a rate of one regular 

 standard fare plus $2.00 for the round 

 trip from all points in its territory to 

 Dallas, Texas and return. Dates of 

 sale: June 11 and 12, 1906. Final re- 

 turn limit: 21 days from date of sale. 



Connecting lines have been advised of 

 the action of the Southwestern Excur- 

 sion Bureau and those who are repre- 

 senting the Association in the matter 

 confidently expect that rates more 

 favorable than usual will be secured. 

 Those who expect to attend should 

 take the matter up early with local 

 ticket agents so that they may have 

 ample time to get advices. 



The Secretary will be pleased to 

 furnish later information to all who 

 request it and are unable to gain de- 

 finite advice from local ticket agents. 



Under date of April 25, President 

 Albertson writes: "Am just in receipt 

 of word from the Frisco line that they 

 have got concessions for our Associa- 

 tion of the privilege of going by one 

 route and returning by another, that 

 is, we could go down by way of the 

 Frisco through South Missouri and 

 North Arkansas and return by the 

 Rock Island through Indian Territory, 

 Oklahoma and Kansas by way of Kan- 

 sas City, with stop-over privileges 

 going and coming. And to those want- 

 ing a further extension of their ticket 

 thirty days extension would be granted 

 beyond the limit, thus giving a chance 

 for any outside trips into Mexico or 

 California or anywhere else wanted. 

 This is on the basis of one fare plus 

 $2.00 from St. Louis. If our party 

 makes up one hundred from St. Louis 

 they will give us a special train going 

 down and wherever there can be a 

 sleeping car load made up the sleeper 

 will be run right through to Dallas 

 if arrangements are made in advance." 

 The program committee suggests 

 that the Eastern contingent meet at 

 St. Louis and be ready to leave in a 

 body, Monday afternoon, June 11th, 

 the Northwestern contingent to meet 

 at Kansas City same date and all join 

 at a proper place and the consolidated 

 train to arrive at Dallas, Tuesday 

 afternoon, June 12. 



The Oriental Hotel will be head- 

 quarters. Rates will be $2.50 per day 

 and up, American plan. Members are 

 advised to engage rooms in advance. 



One session only a day will be held, 

 from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. The remainder 

 of the time afternoons and evenings 

 to be given up to recreation and busi- 

 ness. It is intended to arrange for 



sions to the orchards and other 



places of note in the state. 



The Fruit Banquet is expected to be 

 given probably on Thursday night. 

 The exhibits are expected to be ar- 



ranged near the Auditorium where the 

 sessions are to be held. 



Provisional Program. 



June 13th, 190G, at 9 o'clock A. M.: 

 Calling to order, President E. Al- 

 bertson of Indiana; Welcome to 

 Texas, by Stanley H. Watson, 15 

 minutes: Response, by Judge Lynn 

 of Rochester, 20 minutes; Wel- 

 come to Dallas, by Hon. John A. 

 Ewton, Pres. Hundred and Fifty 

 Thousand Club, 20 minutes; Re- 

 sponse, by Congressman N. W. Hale 

 of Tennessee, 20 minutes; Welcome to 

 the Orchards of Texas, by Roland 

 Morrill of Morrill, Texas, 20 minutes; 

 Response, by J. H. Hale of Connecti- 

 cut, 20 minutes; President's Annual 

 Address, by E. Albertson of Indiana, 

 30 minutes; Report of Standing Com- 

 mittees: On Transportation, 60 minutes, 

 On Tariff, 50 minutes, On Legislation, 

 30 minutes; Report of secretary; Re- 

 port of Treasurer; Selection of State 

 Vice-Presidents; Meeting of Nursery- 

 men's Mutual Protective Association 

 at 3 p. m. 



Thursday, June 14th, 1906: "Specific 

 Requirements of New Varieties in 

 California Fruit Growing," Prof. Wick- 

 son, Berkley, California, 40 minutes; 

 "The Importance and Best Methods of 

 the Bud and Scion Supply in Propa- 

 gating," C. C. Mayhew, Texas, 15 

 minutes; On "Credits," Geo. H. 

 Josselyn, New York, 20 minutes; 

 Meeting of American Nurserymen's 

 Protective Association at 3 p. m. 



Friday, June 15th, 9 o'clock A. M.: 

 "An Uniform Standard of Grading 

 Nursery Stock, and its Adoption," C. 

 J. Brown, N. Y.; "Ornamentals— Their 

 Increasing Importance, Propagation, 

 etc.." J. Wilkinson Elliott, Pitttburgh, 

 Pa., 20 minutes; "Commercial Fertili- 

 zers for Trees," W. F. Heikes, Alaba- 

 ma, 20 minutes; "Storing Nursery 

 Stock, Dampness, Temperature, Pack- 

 ing, etc.," Wm. Pitkin, 20 minutes; 

 Opening the Question Box; Report of 

 Committee on Exhibits; Report of 

 Committee on Resolutions; Election of 

 Officers; Selection of Next Place of 

 Meeting. 



Just what the condition of affairs 

 would have been had it not been for 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men is food for thought. 



For the benefit of those who do not 

 appreciate the work take the record of 

 this year. Note this extract from a 

 letter from President Albertson: 



"We call your special attention to 

 the reduction of 15 per cent, from 

 second-class rates on trees in boxes in 

 the official territory, and to the changes 

 in minimum car-load weights in West- 

 ern and Southern classifications. Also 

 that in the Western classification 

 bales now go at actual weight in con- 

 signments of one hundred pounds, or 

 over, regardless of sizes of individual 

 bales. 



"By these changes in classifications 

 there will be a very large saving in 

 the nurserymen's freight bills, and an 

 expansion of territory that can profit- 

 ably be covered by them, and a bring- 

 ing closer together of buyer and seller. 



"This saving in freight probably 

 amounting to $50,000.00, or more, per 

 year, as there are a number of firms 

 to each of whom the saving will be 



from $1,000.00 to $5,000.00 per year on 

 box shipments in the official territory 

 alone, while in the Western a saving 

 of 20 per cent, on all small cars, and 

 in the Southern a saving of 20 per 

 cent, in minimum weight on all cars — 

 not counting the other changes that 

 have been made. 



The Secretary's address is George 

 C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. 



A well-attended meeting of the 

 above club was held on the 1st inst, 

 the main attraction being a paper on 

 "Greenhouse Construction" by Dennis 

 T. Connor, the Philadelphia represen- 

 tative of the Lord & Burnham Co. A 

 lively discussion followed the paper 

 and much food for thought and many 

 wrinkles of value developed. Adolph 

 Fahrenwald, J. L. Dillon, W. K. Har- 

 ris, Edward A. Stroud, Fred Hahman. 

 Walter P. Stokes and others took part 

 in the discussion. Mr. Fahrenwald ex- 

 hibited the cups won at the rose show 

 in Boston and was congratulated on 

 his success. The attraction for next 

 meeting will be a symposium on the 

 peony, and a preliminary discussion on 

 the Dayton meeting in August. An ex- 

 hibit of Zion House cucumber came 

 from Wm. Robertson. The proposition 

 to raise the dues of the club was vot;d 

 down. The general opinion seemed to 

 be that the club was giving every pos- 

 sible inducement to the members, and 

 that doubling the dues would have lit- 

 tle or no effect under the conditions. 



TARRYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held Tuesday evening, April 24th, 

 President Mooney in the chair. Wil- 

 liams Scott's prize carried over from 

 the March meeting for the best flower- 

 ing plant was won by John Fether- 

 stone of Yonkers with a beautiful 

 plant of Cineraria stellata; he also 

 carried off Pres. Mooney's prize, for 

 the best-grown foliage plant, with a 

 well-grown plant of caladium, and re- 

 ceived the society's certificate of 

 merit for an improved plant of 

 schizanthus. President Mooney gave 

 a short talk on chrysanthemums, 

 which was followed by discussion by 

 the members. The May meeting being 

 Ladies' night the members are re- 

 quested to make as large an exhibit 

 of cut flowers as possible. The enter- 

 tainment committee are working hard 

 to make this a success. 



JAMES BALLANTYNE, 

 Cor. Sec. 



NEW LONDON COUNTY HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 On Monday evening, April 24, 

 Robert Veitch of New Haven gave an 

 instructive and interesting address be- 

 fore the New London County Horti- 

 cultural Society, taking for his sub- 

 ject "Seeds — How to Plant and Grow 

 Them." He explained at length the 

 different kinds of seeds ranging from 

 the smallest, that of the orchid, to the 

 cocoanut, the largest, and touching up- 

 on their periods of vitality, said seeds 



