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The Bulk'tiii of Peony News, No. 15, 

 published by the American Peony Society 

 under date of November, 1921, and just 

 sent out by Secretary A. P. Saunders, 

 contains a list of the society's members. 



Secretary Sizemore will represent the 

 A. A. N. at Washington, D. C, January 

 9, when the interstate commerce commis- 

 sion opens its hearings for shippers in 

 regard to the general reduction of freight 

 rates. 



On a forward page of this issue appear 

 figures showing the importations of fruit 

 stocks and tree seeds under Quarantine 

 37, from the report of C. L. Marlatt, 

 chairman of the P. H. B., for the year 

 ended June 30, 1921. 



Though an early inspection led to the 

 belief that losses in his nursery from the 

 "ice storm" would be heavy, Harlan 

 P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass., whose evergreen 

 nursery is at East Boxford, Mass., be- 

 lieves '$500 will cover all the damage 

 done. 



MEETINGS THIS MONTH. 



The Massachusetts Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation will hold its annual meeting 

 and luncheon at Horticultural hall, Bos- 

 ton, January 17, at 2 p. m. President 

 Julius Heurlin has secured as speakers 

 H. O. Cook and Hon. Charles O. Bailey, 

 who will discuss forestry topics. 



The Hlinois State Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation will hold its annual conven- 

 tion at Chicago January 19 and 20. 

 Secretary J. A. Young will announce the 

 hotel later. 



The Western Association of Nursery- 

 men will meet at the Hotel Baltimore, 

 Kansas City, Mo., January 25 and 26. 

 Eetail nurserymen will hold a meeting 

 at 2 p. m. January 24. 



The New England Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation will hold its annual meeting 

 at the American House, Boston, January 

 31 and February 1. By the death of the 

 President, John K. M. L. Farquhar, and 

 the resignation of the vice-president, 

 Ernest F. Coe, of New Haven, who has 

 retired from the nursery business. Sec- 

 retary Sheldon Robinson shoulders the 

 executive burdens. 



WESTERNERS TO KANSAS CITY. 



For Annual Meeting. 



The Western Association of Nursery- 

 men will meet at Kansas City, Mo., for 

 its thirty-second annual meeting Janu- 

 ary 25 and 26. The Hotel Baltimore has 

 been chosen as headquarters. For this 

 meeting the ]>rogram has already been 

 issued and scheTlules a number of worth- 

 while talks by worth-while speakers. 

 There will be a meeting of retail nurs- 

 erymen at 2 p. m., January 24, in the 

 Hotel Baltimore. 



Wednesday morning, January 25, at 

 10 o'clock the meeting will be called to 

 order and immediately thereafter the 

 doorkeeper will be appointed. Applica- 

 tions for membership will be received, 

 the minutes of the previous meeting will 

 be read, committees will be appointed. 



the president will make his address and 

 the secretary-treasurer will make his re- 

 port. Then there will be 3-minute talks 

 by members from each state represented 

 on the subject of "Trade Conditions," 

 the president calling for these reports. 

 At 12:30 p. m. the meeting will adjourn 

 for luncheon. 



Valuable Talks Scheduled. 



At the Wednesday afternoon session, 

 beginning at 2 p. m., Henry Chase will 

 speak on "The Immediate Future of the 

 Nursery Business." This will be fol- 

 lowed by an address on "Transporta- 

 tion, Overcharge, Loss and Damage 

 Claims," by Charles Sizemore, traffic 

 manager and secretary of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen. Then "A 

 Talk Worth Hearing" will be presented 

 by E. T. Meredith, editor of Successful 

 Farming, Des Moines, la. The "Late 

 Ruling of the Horticultural Board" will 

 be elucidated by Thomas B. Meehan, 

 and John Watson will discuss "The 

 Small Orchard vs. the Commercial." 

 "Cooperation — Nurserymen and En- 

 tomologist" will be the subject of a 

 talk by Professor S. J. Hunter. 



Second Day. 



The meeting of Thursday, January 26, 

 will open at 9:30 a. m. This day also 

 will be rich in good addresses, among 

 which are to be the following: "Re- 

 newing Land, Cultivation, Labor-Sav- 

 ing Tools, Etc.," by Homer Reed; "The 

 Future of Orcharding," by C. G. Mar- 

 shall; "How We Handle Our Retail 

 Orders," by E. M. Sherman; "Average 

 Number of Marketable Fruit Trees Pro- 

 duced in Proportion to Number of 

 Stocks and Grafts Planted in the United 

 States Outside of the Pacific Slope," by 

 Bert Lake; "How An Agent Can Be 



Optimistic and Sell Goods When His 

 Customers Are Pessimists," by Michael 

 Cashman, and "Cooperation Between 

 Nurserymen," by E. H. Balco. 



At the Thursday afternoon session the 

 officers for the ensuing year will be 

 elected and some more fine talks are 

 scheduled. Thov are "Home-Made 

 Fruit Trees," by Lloyd C. Stark; 

 "Grades and Proper Packing of Nursery 

 Stock," by E. S. Welch; "The Report 

 of the Latest Developments in Propa- 

 gating American-Grown Fruit Tree 

 Seedlings," by J. H. Skinner, and 

 "Should the Nurseryman Handle Nurs- 

 ery Stock through the Farm Bureau and 

 County Agents?" by C. W. Carman. 



As there will be other conventions in 

 session at the Hotel Baltimore at the 

 same time, those who plan to attend 

 are urged to make their reservations in 

 advance. 



ILLINOIS NURSERYMEN TO MEET. 



Outline of Program. 



Pro]iarations are being made for the 

 biggest and best meeting of the Hlinois 

 State Nurserymen's Association ever 

 held, which is to take place at the Con- 

 gress hotel, Chicago, 111., January 19 

 and 20, 1922. 



Clarence Siebeuthaler, Dayton, 0., 

 will speak on "Creating the Desire 

 to Plant." Mr. Siebcnthaler has done 

 some remarkable constructive advertis- 

 ing along the line of publicity and ac- 

 tive sales promotion. He is the execu- 

 tive of the Siebeuthaler Nurseries, Day- 

 ton, O. 



John Watson, Princeton, N. J., will 

 deliver an address entitled "Sales 

 ]*his." Mr. Watson has been engaged 

 in the nursery business all his life. He 

 has been both president and executive 



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