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The Florists^ Review 



Jtjnb 30, 1921 



The Neosho Nurseries, Neosho, Mo., 

 has the heating equipment ready for a 

 propagating house which will be erected 

 when the price of glass descends from 

 its present exalted level. 



One of the faces missed at the Chicago 

 convention was that of Ex-president J. 

 Edward Moon. He is at present in Eu- 

 rope at the head of relief work being 

 done by the Society of Friends. 



William A. Peterson returned to 

 Chicago in time for the A. A. N. con- 

 vention after having spent a few enjoy- 

 able days visiting the peony growers 

 about Boston while attending the meet- 

 ing of the American Peony Society. 



Having sold the property on which 

 ,18 located the Aurora Nurseries, Aurora, 

 111., J. A. Young is now busily engaged 

 in finding suitable land in the vicinity 

 to which to move his stock. The property 

 had become too valuable for nursery pur- 

 poses and was sold for eight times the 

 purchase price. 



In addressing the Rotary Club of Clii- 

 oago last week former Congressman Mar- 

 tin L. Davey, head of the Davey Tree 

 Expert Co., Kent, O., made a strong plea 

 for attention to reforestation. He sug- 

 gested government control of the lum- 

 ber industry, immediate intensive re- 

 forestation and a tax of $1 on each 

 1,000 feet of lumber cut in the United 

 States. 



From the convention at Chicago, John 

 C. Chase, treasurer of the Benjamin Chase 

 Co., returned to Derry Village, Vt., for 

 a week before traveling to the Pacific 

 coast, there to take in the meeting of 

 the Pacific Coast Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion in July and that of the California 

 Association of Nurserymen in September, 

 planning to spend altogether about four 

 months west of the Rockies. 



^ BETAILEBS ELECT. 



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^ The American Retail' Nurserymen 's 

 protective A^soc^iation iitet.'ai.^ihfi Con-. 

 li;ress hotel, Chicago, Juue.2j5r JBeeidt'sI 

 discussion of individual protjems, the 

 main business was the election of offi- 

 cers, which resulted as follows: Presi- 

 dent, E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.: 

 vice-president. Earl D. Needham, Dps 

 Moines, la.; secretary-treasurer, L. J. 

 Tucker, Madison, Wis. 



PACIFIC COAST MEETING. 



The Pacific Coast Association of 

 Nurserymen will hold its nineteenth an- 

 nual convention at Seattle, Wash., July 

 12 to 14. The executive committee, 

 composed of Seattle members, C. Malmo, 

 I. F. Madlem and J. J. Bonnell, have 

 outlined an interesting program. 



The Seattle Horticultural Association, 

 with the cooperation of the park boards, 

 the agricultural department of the pub- 

 lic schools, and the local nurserymen, 

 will give an exhibition of flowers, 

 shrubs and plants in Volunteer park. 



The first day of the convention will 

 be devoted to business. The propaga- 

 tion of evergreens and of seedling 



stocks formerly imported will be care- 

 fully considered. July 13, after a busi- 

 ness session, an excursion is planned at 

 11 a. m. to Vashon island, where lunch- 

 eon will be served. In the afternoon it 

 is planned to visit the Puyallup rasp- 

 berry and blackberry fields and can- 

 ning factories. 



Business will be concluded July 14. 

 Then the association will view the show 

 at Volunteer park and later inspect 

 the parks and local nurseries. 



C. A. Tonnespn, of Burton, Wash., is 

 executive secretary of the association. 



A. A. N. ABANDONS TRADEMARK. 



Curtails Publicity Campaign. 



Two days and a half of executive ses- 

 sions were filled with debate on the poli- 

 cies of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen at the Chicago convention 

 last week to determine whether the or- 

 ganization should follow the career of 

 expansion its members set out upon 

 in 1915 or whether a return should be 

 made to those days before the memor- 

 able Detroit meeting. Behind closed 

 doors the members threshed out the 

 subjects set so cle/irly before them by 

 the program commitete and the result 



was decision for a policy of restriction 

 in activities and retrenchrtient in 

 finances. In brief, the chief decisiona 

 were: 



1. To cut dues to approximately one- 

 third of last year's. ... 



2. To abandon trade-mark. 



3. To discontinue office of executive 

 secretary. 



4. To discontinue paid advertising 

 in association's name. 



5. To confine publicity eff6rts to the 

 distribution of reader articles to news- 

 papers. 



The determination of the policies in 

 detail was left to a large extent in the 

 hands of the executive committee of 

 the association. 



Officers Elected. 



The officers chosen on the closing day 

 to carry out the new program were: 



President — Michael R. Cashman, 

 Owatonna, Minn. 



Vice-president — Paul C. Lindley, 

 Pomona, N. C. 



Treasurer — J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 

 la. 



Executive committee — Lloyd C. 

 Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Robert Pyle, 

 West Grove, Pa.; W. C. Reed, Vincennes, 



■ - Michael R. Casbman. ^•.» ■ • 



(New President of the American A<8o<-latlon of Nurrerymcn.) 



