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rnjild ;i(l\;iihi' in tiic> i. rices dl' lircsia 

 Lull.-. 



'I'm sci'il ti:ii|c irpnrts .llllic s;ilrs (.r 

 insect iridcs .-IS Iilllcli lieliiw tlluse (jf dtlier 

 veais. A|i|i;ilt'ntl_v \ve;itlier ceii. lit ions 

 li;ive liei'n iint;>viir;ilile loi- tlie liii^s. 



]?lisiness is s;ii,| iinw til lie pickillLT ll|i. 



I'\m; stdiiiii; sied luiil (iiiiim sets, the 

 leveret te I,'. l'e;ic(M-k Co., < 'hic;ieo, lias 

 I'urchased a l.nil.linL; at Xew KNicliclle, 

 III. 'Die warehouse is a l;nL;c brick slriic- 

 tme oii|,osi1(> llic ,St. I'aiil st;i1i((ii and is 

 \n]iie(i at $1,", 011(1. 



"VViiii.F indications .'uc rciiorted j,'o<>il 

 for this season's Freiicli hnU) hnrvcst, it 

 is said that anion-,' lioiiian liyacintlis tlipre 

 lias liecn a f,'0()(l doaj of disease and in 

 some (|uart<M-s a heavy jiroportion have 

 had to lie ilestroycd. This sugpests tliat 

 Komaiis will aj^aiii be expeiisivt', and. of 

 course, so far as all oilier hiill.s are con- 

 cerned, tlie French, like the rest of us, 

 have had to face increased cost of ]al)or 

 and re(iuisites to production, so that the 

 first quotations prepared are hi^^h all 

 around. 



THE MILWAUKEE CONVENTION. 



Officers Elected. 



At the closing; session Tliursdav, June 

 24, of the American Reed Trade Asso- 

 ciation convention, which received its 

 preliminary report in The Keview June 

 24, the followinjT ofiicers were elected 

 and installed: 



President— IT. G. Ilasfinps, of the IT. 

 G. Ilastinps Co., Atlanta, Ga. 



Pirst vice-president — I^. L. Olds, of 

 the T.. L. Olds Seed Co., Madison, Wis. 



Second vice-president — Alexander 

 Forbes, of Alexander Forbes & Co., New 

 York. 



Secretary-treasurer— C. E. Kendel, of 

 A. C. Kendel, Cleveland, O. 



Assistant secretary— K. C. Duncan, of 

 Wni. Henry Maule, Inc., Philackdphia. 



Pxecutive committee — Kirbv B 

 White, of D. M. Perry & Co., Detroit! 

 Mich.; C. E. Massie, of Xorthnip. Kint,' 

 & Co., Minneapolis, ]\Iinn.; Jolin l" 

 Hunt, of the Jerome P. ]{i,.e Seed Co 

 Cambridge, N. Y.; Leonar<l IT VauRhan' 

 of Aaujihan's Seed Store. Chican-o- p' 

 C Pnn-an, of Wm. Ilenrv Mauh", Inc ! 

 Philadelphia. 



Moiiiliersliip committee — Alexander 

 Forbes, of Alexander Forbes & Co., New 

 York; Pobert W. Pommer. of D I 

 Bnslinell & Co., St. Louis, Mo.; Geor-,^ 

 S. Green, of the Illinois Seed Co Chi- 

 ^'i-o; P. 13. McCausland, of the Ross 

 Jiros. Seed Co., Wichita, Kan • W P 

 Stiibbs. of Wood, Stubbs & Co.'. Louisi 

 villc, Ky. 



Improving the Industry. 



Though much business alonp various 

 lines was taken care of Wednesday in 

 both tlie nKirniut: and the afternoon, 

 each session had a single subject around 

 wliich the warmest discussion centered 

 In the morning it was nomenclature hi 

 the afternoon it was jniblicitv and the 



j.(arden c.'nii paij^n ; tliis was taken up 

 rather late in the afternoon ami I'e 

 (juircMl further coiisideral ion tin' next 

 iiiorniii<if. 



'J'he iirst subject was o|)eue(l Wednes- 

 day morninj; by Francis Stokes, oT the 

 Stidvcs Seed Farms (Jo., Moorestown, N. 

 J., with a resolution that the .associa- 

 tion should .'ipiioint a nonienclature 

 committee of live to coiipei.-ite with tlie 

 varietal names committee of the Ve<;e- 

 tal>l(> (irowi'rs' Associ.atiou of Ainerici. 

 He su^<.;ested that the .association micjlit 

 recpiest Secretary V.. T. Meredith to 

 allow Dr. W. W. Tracy, of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, to 

 take charf^e of the prejiaration of the 

 standard list of varieties, since Dr. 

 Tracy would be unbi.astMl and highly 

 competent and would have the facili- 

 ties of the Arlington trial grounds. 

 Watson Woodruff offered the name of 

 Lester Tj. IMorse as another exjiert on 

 nomenclature and II. G. Hastings called 

 attention to the fact that the American 

 Society of Agronomy was undertaking 

 much the same task. C E. Kendel, 

 Kirliy P. White :ind Frank Polgiano also 

 shared in the discussion. The resolu- 



tion, put as a motion, with an amend- 

 ment appropriating ^LTiO for the use of 

 the committee, was passed. 



The American Joint Committee. 



Then J. llor.ace McT'arlaiul, chairman 

 of the Anieric.Mii .Joint. Committee on 

 Hort iciilt iir.al Xomenclat ure. re.ad a 

 stimulating; .ami often humorous paper 

 on * ' Horticultur.al Nomenclature." 

 After fortifying himself with defini- 

 tions, he showed, with abund.'int illus- 

 tr.atioii, tlie need of having definite 

 coniinon names, ;is well as definite 

 scientific, names, ''to make buying 

 easier," and described the plans and 

 the jiresent achievements of the Aincri- 

 c;in joint committee. Copies of the 1920 

 prospectus of tlu! oflicial catalogue of 

 plant names wcro provided for inspec- 

 tion by the members of the association. 

 Mr. McFarland said that the oflicial 

 catalogue would be conijileted by Octo- 

 ber or November of this year and would 

 be published by the end of the year, 

 unless subvarietal names were added, 

 in M'hich case u little more time would 

 be required. He said also that it was 

 j>lanned to continue the American joint 



H. G. Hastings. 



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