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florists' interests and horticultural interests of all kinds 

 shall be put into one large National body with headquarters 

 probably to be made at Washington, and a monthly journal 

 v.'hich will be distributed to all the members, and the work 

 taken up in a large National way. 



I remember one of the speakers at the Conference 

 brought out this point very forcibly that in the matter of 

 legislation which we all know is coming in 'lorticultural 

 affairs more and more every year that it could be best 

 handled by a large organization of this kind and that the 

 information needed in framing up legislation. — and that 

 legislation will be necessary in the next few years, — could 

 much better be gathered and distributed by an organization 

 of National scope, and I think that is one point we ought to 

 keep in mind in our consideration of this National project. 



The matter has not gone very far. The other day I was 

 in receipt of a draft of the organization plans from the 

 Committee and I can say from that they are planning for 

 something that will be of interest to all of us and I believe 

 will be of especial benefit to us here in New England. We 

 know all the States are pretty well organized at the present 

 time in a State way and in a district way. ])utthe federation 

 t)f all these interests into one large National body is yet to 

 come and that is what this proposition contemplates. 



I said to your Secretary. Mr. l^rown. today. Aviien you 

 were holding your busijiess meeting in P^ebruary 1 hoped 

 you would take up this matter in a business way and would 

 decide to become affiliated with the National body as the 

 State of Massachusetts. I do not think, Mv. President. I 

 need to take any more of >'our time because, as 1 say. the 

 plans are not yet quite far enough along to give you any 

 detailed idea of what will be worked out. but in a general 

 way. it will cover the points I have mentioned. 



I think that it is the plan to send somebody from the 

 American Pomological Society to each one of the States' 

 business meetings of the different Srates to solicit their ap- 

 proval and membership in this National body. In our plan 



