July 1, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



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THE MACNIFF HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 



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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN. 



Koport ol' Sfci'i'tar.v John Hall at the An- 

 nual t'ouveutiou iu Milwaukee, Juue 

 28-30, lyiB. 

 Members of American Association ot 

 Nurserymen: 

 A pleasing duty placed upon your 

 secretary by a resolution adopted at 

 the Detroit convention, was to express 

 tlie good wishes of the meeting to the 

 •grand old men" of the association 

 who were unable to be present at that 

 gathering. This communication was 

 written to J. Van Liudley, B. W. Kirk- 

 patrick, C. L. Watrous tsince de- 

 ceased), A. N. Willis and C. S. Harri- 

 son. Several acknowledgments were 

 received. 



In anticipation of queries as to the 

 effect of the new schedule of member- 

 ship fees under the revised constitu 

 tiou upon the registration, your secre- 

 tary feels that he cannot answer sucii 

 ill any different language than has al- 

 ready been employed by him iu cor- 

 respondence with the Executive Com- 

 mittee and in the columns of the trade 

 publications. Predictions were made 

 by some that Article I of the new Con- 

 stitution, creating "active" and "asso- 

 ciate" members, and introducing ths 

 plan calling for "additional dues" 

 based on amount of business done, 

 would work disastrously to the asso- 

 ciation The results to date do not 

 show such to have been the case. They 

 have rather justified the wisdom of the 

 adoption of the new rule, for, without 

 any canvass for new members, the 

 Badge book contains 364 names and 

 eight others have registered since that 

 publication was mailed. The cash re- 

 ceipts for the year have been $5,829.85. 

 against $3,151.9U in 1915. For several 

 years past effort has been made by 

 specially-appointed committees to ob- 

 tain new members, with some success, 

 but in not a few instances this was 

 largely intended as a compliment to 

 the individual soliciting the member- 

 ship, and therefore such have not re- 

 mained permanent. Your Executive 

 committee has passed favorably upon 

 21 of the 24 new applications for mem- 

 berships, but after careful investiga- 

 tion have been compelled to decline 

 the other three. To hold membership 

 in this association from this time on 

 will mean very much more to the in- 

 dividual nurseryman who enjoys tUo 

 privilege, than the mere perfunctory 

 act of registration. For the last six 

 years the average registration has 

 been 378. It ought to be twice that 

 number. 



To assist diffident members to be- 

 come more easily acquainted with 

 their, brethren, it was decided to try 

 the use of a bar containing a card up- 

 on which members are asked to write 

 their name in a good bold hand. 



The Tireless Reaper — Death — has 

 again attacked our numbers and re- 

 moved several members during the 

 year. Captain Charles L. Watrous of 

 Des Moines, Iowa, fell to sleep in 

 March of the present year. Mr. Wat- 

 rous was one of the "old guard" of 



10 Good Varieties, $10 per 100 

 BEDDING STOCK OF ALL KINDS 



A. IV, DAVENPORT - Watertown, Mass. 



this organization. F. W. Power of the 

 Oregon Nursery Co., Orenco, Oregon, 

 died early iu this summer, after a 

 siege of ill health — the immediate 

 cause of death being blood poisoning, 

 which developed from an accident. W. 

 Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, Pa., 

 died November 25, 1915. aged 57. He 

 was a former member. We also men- 

 tion because of his prominent connec- 

 tion with the Division of Pomology in 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 the removal of G. B. Brackett, in De- 

 cember of last year; also Major Frank 

 Holsinger, Rosedale, Kansas, in Jan- 

 uary this year. He was not a member, 

 but Holsinger Bros, have recently al- 

 lied themselves with the Association. 



There may be others of whose death 

 we have not been advised. Members 

 who know of such are asked to mail 

 particulars to the Secretary, that the 

 names may be included with others in 

 the "In Memoriam" contained in the 

 Annual Proceedings. 



The financial statement of the year 

 is as follows: 



RECEIPTS. 



Juue 21, 1915 — Balauce and New 



Membershipa $ O.'S.SO 



June 20, 1916 — From Membership 



and Bailge Book.. 5,720.75 

 Advertisements 

 Sale of Trade Term 

 Labels 15.60 



DISBURSEMENTS. 

 Paid Peter Youngers $5,572.10 



$5,829.85 



Balance on hand. 



257.75 



-$5,829.85 



In conclusion, gentlemen, let me as- 

 sert that there can be no doubt as to 

 the future of this Association. Having 

 broken the spell of traditional routine, 

 which has had so tight a grip upon 

 the organization, the new constitution 

 beckons members to a higher plane of 

 thought and of action, and it is no 

 fanciful theory that* we pronounce 

 when we say that the American Asso- 

 ciation of Nurserymen is to become 

 the synonym of all that is best in ad- 

 ministration and in future develop- 

 ment along lines that shall bring the 

 orders of the consumers of your prod- 

 ucts to your desks in larger numbers. 

 This, as a result of the more extended 

 publicity that shall be given concern- 

 ing the vtilue of those products from 

 both the aesthetic and the practical 

 points of view, and because, also, of 

 the more dignified position your hon- 

 orable occupation shall come to occupy 

 in the estimation of your patrons. 



Co-operation, liberally and cheerfully 

 given l)y each member to your execu- 

 tive officers, will make possible all that 

 we have herein presumed to predict. 



New Bedford, Mass. — Wm. E. Mosher 



has purchased the greenhouses of A. 

 B. Hathaway, who is retiring from the 

 business. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



From 2;j-in. Pots 



Thaiiksi;iviiig Queen, Unaka, Dolly Dim- 

 ple, Kii(s(* I'apworth. IiitenMity, (ioUten 

 Dome, Jolin .Shrimpton, Lynnwood Uall, 

 Patty, Yellow Eaton, Unaka. 



$4.00 per 100. $rJ0.00 per 1000. 



Autumn Glory. Ada Spaulding, Culling^- 

 fordii. Dr. Enguehard, Early Snow, Golden 

 Glow, Geo. Kalb, Glory of the Pacific, II. AV. 

 Rieman, Money Maker, Maud Dean, Mon- 

 rovia, Mrs. J. Jones, Miss Alice Byron, Mrs. 

 Baer, Major Bonnaffon, Polly Rose, Pacific 

 Supreme, Robt. Ilalliday, Smith's Advance, 

 White Bonnaffon, W. H. Lincoln and 

 Timothy Eaton. 



$3.00 per 100. ?25.00 per 1000. 



WOOD BROS., 



FISHKILL,, 



N. Y. 



REMEMBER! 



it it's a Hardy Perennial or so called Old 

 Fashion Flower worth growlne, we have It 

 In one shape and another the year roand. 

 We have the largest stock in this country, 

 all made in America, and our prices 



will average 75c. per doz., $5.50 per 100. 



Why say more hereT Send for our 

 Wholesale Price List of varieties and bene- 

 fit from the opportunities this affords yoa. 

 Address 



PALISADES NURSERIES, Inc. 



R. W. CliliCAS, Muiacer. 



SPARKILL - - N. Y. 



OUR EXHIBIT OF 



GERMAN IRIS 



Won FIRST PRIZE at the 



International Garden Club, Sum- 

 mer Show, Pelham Manor 

 June 1-4, 1916 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, INC., 



FLOWERFIELD L. I., N.Y. 



WHITMANII IMPROVED— jl5 per 100, $40 



per 1000. 

 WHITMANII COMPACTA— ¥5 per 100, $40 



per 1000. 

 ROO.SEVEI,TS — $5 per 100, $40 per 1000. 

 BOSTONS— $4 per 100, $35 per 1000. 



350 at 1000 rates. 



H.K.BAIlliawS<iSl»l,Whitma n, Mass. 



ORCHIDS 



W« grow and sell nothine but ORCHIDS. 

 If you are In the market for thU eloaa of 

 plants we respectfully solicit your iuqniries 

 and orders,. Special lists on application. 



LAGER & HURRELL, Summit, N. J. 



