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The Florists' Review 



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The annual meeting of the Illinois 

 State Nurserymen's Association will be 

 held next week, February 9 and 10, at the 

 Hotel La Salle, Chicago. 



Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Chicago, 

 state that reports received by them indi- 

 cate prospects of a brisk demand for 

 nursery stock this season. Seymour G. 

 Nelson is in Florida and will not return 

 till March. Alvin E. Nelson recently left 

 on a short business trip to the east and 

 will return February 9. 



Connecticut nurserymen will hold the 

 annual meeting of their state association 

 at Hartford, Conn., February 5. The 

 City Club has been chosen as the meeting 

 place. The present oflScers of the asso- 

 ciation are: President, C. F. Brainerd; 

 vice-president, H. W. Gottschalk; secre- 

 tary, F. L. Thomas, and treasurer, W. W. 

 Hunt. 



Under a bill introduced in the Oregon 

 legislature, nurserymen and dealers in 

 nursery stock and their agents, salesmen 

 and solicitors would be licensed by the 

 state board of horticulture. The license 

 fee is placed at $5 for a nurseryman, 

 dealer or importer and at $1 for an ffgent 

 or salesman. A penal clause is attached 

 for the punisliment of persons violating 

 provisions of the act. 



IIarrisburo, Pa., was the scene of 

 much activity January 27, when, among 

 other conventions and meetings, the Penn- 

 sylvania Nurserymen 'a Association held 

 its annual meeting at the Fhaunstock 

 hall. The executive session was held 

 from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and several im- 

 portant matters came up for discussion. 

 The remainder of the meeting was open 

 to the public and there was a large at- 

 tendance. Secretary John Watson, of the 

 Americnjn Association of Nurserj-men, 

 gave an address on the duties of the nurs- 

 erymen generally during the coming year. 

 Adolph Mueller, of Norristown, Pa., spoke 

 on the trade conditions on the Pacific 

 ■coa.st and Alaska. The large scale farm- 

 ing of the northwest was a feature of 

 !his address. 



'The Massfichiisetts Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation will hold its annual meeting at 

 Horticultural hall, Boston, Mass., Febru- 

 ary 8, at 2 }). m. Following the usual 

 business meeting and election of oflScers, 

 several i>apcra and addresses will be 

 heard. D. A. Clarke, of Fiskeville, R. I., 

 will speak on "The Propagation of De- 

 ciduous Shrubs," and Christian Van der 

 Voet, superintendent of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, will give an address on "The 

 Propagation of Evergreens." Both of 

 these gentlemen will speak from practical 

 experience and the subjects should prove 

 highly interesting at this time. After 

 the annual dinner the association will 

 join with the State Department of Agri- 

 culture in its union meetings. J. Horace 

 McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa., will deliver 

 an illustrateT lecture on "Good Plants, 

 Old and New." The present officers of 

 this association are as follows: Presi- 

 dent, Walton G. Wyman, North Abing- 

 ton ; vice-president, Julius Heurlin, South 

 Braintree; secretary-treasurer, Winthrop 

 H. Thurlow, West Newberry. 



NURSERYMEN AT NASHVILLE. 



Tennessee Association Elects. 



The sixteenth annual convention of 

 the Tennessee State Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation was called to order in the as- 

 sembly room of the Hermitage hotel, 

 Nashville, Tenn., by President George 

 W. Poague, of Graysville. In the pres- 

 ident's annual address, Mr. Poague re- 

 viewed the progress of Tennessee's hor- 

 ticultural interests and spoke of the op- 

 portunity for fruit growers in the state. 

 He commented on the matter of secur- 

 ing favorable legislation and appropria- 

 tion? for the furtherance of the trade 

 and said that Tennessee, for the first 

 time in its history, is taking official 

 recognition of the importance of the 

 nursery industry. 



Secretary-treaaurer G. M. Bentley's 

 report showed th6 association to be in 

 a comfortable financial position and in 

 a promising condition as to membership. 



A. J. Byrn, Dickson, Tenn., urged 

 nurserymen to orga»ize and cooperate, 

 so that planters and orchardists might 

 know where to secure reliable service 

 and good nursery stock. A discussion 

 followed his address regarding the mat- 

 ter of buying trees suited to the locality 

 for which they are intended. George 

 E. Murrell, Washington, D. C, gave a 

 short address on the latter subject. 



Schemes were introduced for opening 

 markets in the small towns of the south. 

 Henry Pointer, of Spring Hill, Tenn., 

 urged that efforts be made to interest 

 local capital and enterprise in develop- 

 ing orchards within the state and the 

 idea was enthusiastically adopted. Plans 

 were reported to be under way whereby 

 Tennessee bankers will finance such en- 

 terprises throughout the state. 



President Poague announced his com- 

 mittees and they are already at work 

 on their various subjects. The meet- 

 ing went on record as opposed to the 

 rejjeal of the Tennessee law relating to 

 dogs. 



Election of Officers. 



The election of officers opened the 

 afternoon session and the following 

 were unanimously placed in office: Presi- 

 dent, Willis Shadow; vice-president, 

 Charles Bain, and secretary-treasurer, 

 G. M. Bentley. 



W. A. Easterly, of Cleveland, dis- 

 cussed the question as to what shade 

 trees to plant and he urged careful se- 

 lection of the right tj-pe of native 

 growth. R. S. Maddox, state forester, 

 urged that nurserymen should quote in 

 their catalogues not only the common 

 names of trees, but also the scientific 

 titles. Mr. Maddox advised the plant- 

 ing of black locust for reforestation 

 purposes, and he mentioned its excep- 

 tional qualities in preventing erosion. 



A motion was passed appointing a 

 committee to confer with California re- 

 garding the quarantine against stock 

 from Tennessee nurseries. The matter 

 of increased freight and express rates 

 was discussed and a committee was ap- 

 pointed to take the matter up with the 

 authorities. 



The evening session commenced at 8 



p. m., with a vote of thanks to the offi- 

 cers for 1920. A general discussion on 

 the proper precautions to be taken to 

 insure good stock the coming year 

 proved the spirit of the association to 

 be one of service. 



At a get-together smoker after the 

 meeting, members of the Southern Nurs- 

 erymen 's Association explained the 

 ideals and purposes of this association 

 and told what it was doing to raise the 

 morale and personnel of nurserymen in 

 the south. The meeting was finally ad- 

 journed at 9:30 p. m. 



WESTERN NURSERYMEN. 



Election of OfOcers. 



At the thirty-first annual meeting of 

 the Western Association of Nursery- 

 men, at the Hotel Baltimore, Kansas 

 City, Mo., January 26 and 27, the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the year 

 1921: President, E. H. Smith, of York, 

 Neb.; vice-president, G. L. Welch, St. 

 Joseph, Mo.; secretary-treasurer, George 

 W. Holsinger, of Bosedale, Kan. This 

 is the fifth consecutive year for Mr. 

 Holsinger to hold this office. The exec- . 

 utive committee is as follows: C. G. 

 Marshall, Arlington, Neb.; C. C. May- 

 hew, Sherman, Tex.; E. E. May, Shen- 

 andoah, la.; F. H. Weber, St. Louis, 

 Mo., and E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kan. 

 Harry Hobbs, of Bridgeport, Ind., was 

 appointed chairman of the program 

 committee. 



Next year's meeting will be held 

 Wednesday, January 25, 1922, at the 

 Coates House, Kansas City, Mo. 



The sessions, as usual, were executive. 

 Fifty-eight firms were represented and 

 the total attendance was seventy-six. 

 After the usual formalities. President 

 E. P. Bernardin gave his annual ad- 

 dress, and made a few recommendations 

 for the coming year. The program was 

 an excellent one and appears in detail 

 in The Review for December 30, 1920. 

 The speakers included E. S. Welch, M. 

 R. Cashman, John Eraser, Jr., Dean F. 

 D. Farrel, Chancellor E. H. Lindley, 

 Earl Needham, C. G. Marshall and 

 Lloyd C. Stark. 



Interesting Addresses. 



Charles Sizemore, traffic manager of 

 the A. A. N., gave a short talk on trans- 

 ])ortation matters, and loss and damage 

 and overcharge claims, which was of 

 considerable help to many members. 

 Irwin Snattingor, of the Sherman & 

 Ellis Service, Kansas City, Mo., gave a 

 talk in place of Mr. Poindexter on the 

 subject of "Employers' Liability." 

 Mr. Snattinger dealt with most of the 

 dangers arising to employees in the 

 nursery business and cited cases of 

 which he had personal knowledge. He 

 then proceeded to answer questions by 

 the members in accordance with the 

 various compensation laws in the states 

 which compose the membership of the 

 association. It proved an instructive 

 address. 



President Bernardin called upon 

 members for 3-minute talks on ' ' Future 



