March 27, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



253 



QUALITY in SERVICE 



Is that 



a new 

 thought ? 



It is just as much a part of the 

 Penn system as Quality in Flowers. 



That is why there are no 

 regrets for orders placed with 



124 Tremont St., BOSTON, MASS. 



Member Florists' Telesrsph Delivery AHHociatlon 



I 



GARDENERS' CONFERENCE 



Association's Position on Quarantine 

 37 Misrepresented 

 A conference of gardeners under 

 the auspices of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners was held on March 

 18 in the Engineering Building, New 

 York City. Robert Weeks of Cleve- 

 land, ex-president of the association 

 presided. The conference was called 

 to give the members an opixjrtunity 

 to discuss the aims of the association, 

 and the operations of the Service 

 bureau, and to formulate plans for a 

 campaign to interest young men in 

 the profession of gardening. 



W. N. Craig of Brookline, Mass., 

 presented a communication from the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 directing attention to Quarantine Bill 

 No. 37 and its detriment to horticul- 

 tural |)rogress in the United States, 

 and asked that a delegate be ap- 

 pointed to represent the organization 

 officially at a meeting to be h.';l(l dur- 

 ing the month of May at which va- 

 rious horticultural interests are to be 

 represented. The association voted 

 to be represented at this meeting. 



Followinp the meeting of the asso- 

 ciation, a statement was issued to the 

 New York papers by an unidentified 

 source, evidently with malicious in- 

 tent, that the association had gone on 

 record as in favor of the exclusion 

 act, preventing the importation of 

 plants. This, of course, is an untruth, 

 as the National Association of Gar- 

 deners from the first has been 

 strongly opposed to Quarantine Bill 

 No. 37, and the discrimination now 

 practised by the Federal Hoiticul- 

 tural Board In favoring those who 

 have been friendly to it, whils dis- 

 criminatin? against thoso who have 

 had courage to express their views 

 regarding the injustice of this meas- 

 ure, is not weakening the opposition 

 to it of the professional gardeners. 



The workings and immediate future 



plans of the Service Bureau v.ere ex- 

 plained and generally discussed by 

 the members from the floor, follow- 

 ing which a motion was carried 

 heartily endorsing what has been ac- 

 complished by this department of the 

 association. 



Alexander Michie, chairman of the 

 Service Bureau Publicity Fund, made 

 a strong appeal tor greater support 

 on the part of members towards this 

 fund, so that the work may be carried 

 out whicli has been planned. His ap- 

 peal met with Immediate response 

 among many of those present who 

 came forward after the meeting to 

 subscribe to the fund. 



The relation between the employer 

 and the gardener came in for consid- 

 erable discussion with opinions about 

 equally divided that both were blame- 

 worthy for the lack of confidence ex- 

 isting between them. 



At an executive meeting of the 

 Trustees and Board of Directors of 

 the association held earlier in the day, 

 at which W. N. Craig of Massachu- 

 setts, Robert Weeks of Ohio, George 

 W. Hess of Washington. D. C, John 

 Bamet of Pennsylvania, Robert Wil- 

 liamson of Connecticut; Joseph Tan- 

 sey, James Stuart, Daniel Coughlin of 

 New York, Arthur Smith and M. C. 

 Ebel of New Jersey, were present; 

 the recommendation of the last con- 

 vention that the 1920 annual meeting 

 be held in St. Louis was favorably 

 acted upon. The secretary was au- 

 thorized in conjunction with the com- 

 mittee appointed at the last conven- 

 tion, to develop plans Immediately to 

 bring the advantages that the position 

 offers, to the attention of young men 

 who may be interested. 



THE LANCASTER COUNTY 



FLORISTS ASSOCIATION. 



Instead of the regular meeting for 



March, a visiting trip was substituted 



ilk its place and the following mem- 



bers attended the New York Show: 

 Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Nagle, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Peter Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. 

 Du Barre Heinitsh, Mr. and Mrs. Al- 

 bert M. Herr, Daniel Irwin Herr, Miss 

 Carrie Steckman, Messrs. Elmer Wea- 

 ver, Walter Denlinger, A. K. Rohrer, 

 H. K. Rohrer, Lemon Lanis. C. S. Leff- 

 ler, John Shoenberger, and last but not 

 least our friend from Coatsville whom 

 we call plain Jim Brown. 



On the way over there was no start- 

 ling incidents excepting the fact that 

 between I.,ancaster and Philadelphia 

 our past President, Mr. Elmer Weaver 

 was tapped on the shoulder by a 

 ministerial looking individual who 

 said "are you attending the confer- 

 ence brother?" referring to the Metho- 

 dist Conference in Phialdelphia, when 

 the reply was "no I am going over to 

 the New York Flower Show" conversa- 

 tion lagged as shows and conferences 

 are not twin subjects. 



The stay In New York was short, 

 11.30 to 4.30, but thoroughly enjoyed. 

 Our party were sort of under the wing 

 of T. J. Nolan, and he proved a good 

 chaperon. 



Most Wondeffupursery injhe 

 Country To Select Large Sizes of 

 Fine Trees for immediate effect 



Grput BarKUlDH. ThoU!»and8 to Selevt 

 from 



— IN— 



Douglas, Nontay and Blue Sproce. Nonl- 

 nanniana, Pectinata, andlConcolcr Firs. 

 Austiian, Scotch, White and Mu£ho Plies 



Rotino.sporas Flllfera, Obtona Nana, 

 Ploniosa, Plomona Aureo, Pirifera 

 Aurea. S<|Uiirro»i» \>it<'heo and Sal- 

 phurnt. 



HEMIOCX BIOTAS 



AlHO Birrb, Elm. Maplen, Tnllps, Morse 

 Chestnuts, Linden and Willowf*. Rho- 

 dod(*nilrnns and Kalmias. 



\ ISIT OVR NIRSERIES 



CONINE NURSERY CO. 



■•TRATFORII. CONN. 



Eslal)l!..li<.l mo.l 



Kefi-rence: Dun & Bradslreet 



