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The Florists^ Review 



Febbdabx 2. 1922 



Theke seems to be no limit to the possi- 

 bilities with shrubs and perennials. The 

 only question is of one 's ability to handle 

 the retail sale and planting at a profit. 

 The cost of labor eats up the profit on 

 many a small job. 



The New Jersey Niuserymen 's Asso 

 elation met at the Stacy-Trent hotel, 

 Trenton, N. J., January 27. The morn- 

 ing session was devoted to business. At 

 the afternoon session J. I-'dward Moon, 

 Morrisville, Pa.; F. F. Eockwell, Bridge- 

 ton, N. J.; Dr. T. J. Hcadlee, New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., and Dr. M. T. Cook addressed 

 the organization. 



The KiikniMii Nursi'ry Co., of Fresno, 

 Cal., lias ]nircliased the entire Sanford 

 tract, located west of tlie Liberty Union 

 high school, at Antioch, Contra Costa 

 county, Cal. The property consists of 

 150 acres and it is tlie intention of the 

 purcliasers to plant the land to orchard 

 trees, between tlie rows of which the 

 nursery will \)c developed. 



A LONG term lease has been secured by 

 the Gray Nurseries, of Marysville, Cal., 

 on the Cline Bull projierty. This firm 

 contemplates oriowiug all varieties of 

 fruit trees ami it will erect a lath house 

 for the ])roji!iyatiou of shade and orna- 

 mental trees, siirubs and evergreens. The 

 nurseries in district No. 10 were discon- 

 tinued February 1, and the ornamentals 

 there will be transferred to the lath 

 houses on the new proiierty. 



The law recently enacted by the Cali- 

 fornia state h'gislatuie re(|uiring non- 

 resident nurseryiiion to file a bond, pay 

 a fee of .$10 and iirovide certificates of 

 inspection before sliii'iiing nursery stock 

 into tlie state lias, as noted jircviously 

 in these columns, been declared inopera- 

 tive by the attorney-general. The direc- 

 tor of agriculture has no authority, how- 

 ever, to return such bond or fee in the 

 event of its liaving already Ix-en filed. 



The Tennessee state nurserymen met 

 last week at Nashville, in conjunction 

 with the meetings of the State Beekeep- 

 ers' Association and the State Horticul- 

 tural Society. All these meetings were 

 well attended. The nurserymen, in gen- 

 eral, reported that they have been pretty 

 well cleaned up on all ornamental stock. 

 A number are planning to go more ex- 

 tensively into the ornamental business 

 in the future. Some of the florists of 

 the state attended this meeting, espe- 

 cially those who do a considerable 

 amount of landscape work. 



The Eastern Nurserymen "s Assoriation 

 held its first annual meeting at Trenton, 

 N. J.. January 18, with an attendance 

 from Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, 

 Pennsylvania and New York. The follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the coming 

 year: President, J. Edward Moon, Mor- 

 risville. Pa.; vice-president, Lester C. 

 Lovott, Little Silver, N. J.; secretary, F. 

 F. Eockwell, Bridgeton, N. J.; treasurer, 

 Adolph Mullcr, Norristown, Pa.; execu- 

 tive committee: Eobert Pyle, West 

 Grove, Pa.; Thomas Meehan, Dresher, 

 Pa. ; William Fleming, Williamsport, Md. ; 

 Warner Harper. 



THANK YOU! 



At the meeting of the Illinois State 

 Nurserymen 's Association held at the 

 Congress hotel, Chicago, January 19 and 

 20, the following resolution was unani- 

 mously adopted: 



Uealiziiig that men and Qrms arc held together 

 in coSperutlve plans and endeavors by close 

 association and that the trade papers of the 

 nursery and florists' industries are doing much 

 to bring the nurserymen into closer relationship 

 both in social and business relations: 



Therefore be it resolved by the Illinois State 

 Nurserymen's Association in convention assem- 

 bled that we heartily thank these publications 

 for their untiring zeal on behalf of the nurseries 

 of the country and that we urge all our mem- 

 bers not only to subscribe for the various trade 

 journals, but also to give thera financial support 

 by use of advertising space. 



Be it further resolved that we aid our trade 

 publications by furnishing Items of interest con- 

 cerning activities in the vicinity of our nurs- 

 eries so that all may be informed of tlie close co- 

 operation of members of tlie Illinois State Nurs- 

 erymen's Association. 



J. A. Young, Sec'y. 



The annual meeting of the New Eng- 

 land Nnrserynien's Association was held 

 at the American House, Boston, January 

 ;il and February 1. Full report ^vill ap- 

 pear in next week 's issue. 



Full account of the meeting of the 

 Massachusetts Nurserynieu 's Association, 

 ;it Bof5toii, January 17, was contained in 

 the Boston News-ietter last week. Offi- 

 cers were elected as follows: President, 

 Sheldon A. Robinson; vice-jiresident, 

 Richard M. Wyman; secretary and treas- 

 urer, Winthrop H. Thurlow'; executive 

 '•omniittee: Julius Heurlin, James J. 

 McManmon, Leonard Ross, Donald Wy- 

 man, George W. Page. 



The Maryland state board of forestry, 

 whoso membership includes Governor Al- 

 bert C. Ritchie, is of the opinion that the 

 transportation costs on trees and nursery 

 stock, for the refores^tation of areas in 

 Maryland, are entirely too high. To back 

 up its contention, this board has filed a 

 jietition with the interstate commerce 

 commission requesting that these rates be 

 reduced without delay in order that the 

 work of reforestation can go forward 

 without unnecessary imiiediiiients. 



At the annual meeting of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Nurserymen 's Association, at the 

 City Club, Philadelphia, .lanuiiry 10, the 

 followiug officers were elected : Presi- 

 dent, B. F. Barr, Lancasti>r: vice-presi- 

 dent, J. W. Root, Manheini: seeretaiy, 

 Henry T. Moon, Morrisville: treasurer. 

 Tlionuis Rakestraw, Kennett Square; exec- 

 utive committee: E. A. Wohlert, Nar- 

 berth; Albert Meehan, Dre.sher; Robert 

 Pyle, West Grove; legislative committee: 

 Thomas B. Meehan, W. W. Harjier, 

 James Krewson. B. H. Farr. S. Mendelson 

 Meehan, Wilmer Hnopes, W. Worrell 

 Wagner and O. ['. Beckle\. 



A. A. N. EXECUTIVE MEETING. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen held an 

 important session at Kansas City, Janu- 

 ary 25 and 26, the same dates as those 

 on which the convention of the Western 

 Nurserymen's Association held its meet- 

 ing. The meetings were lengthy, with 

 important subjects to discuss, and pro- 



grams of activity to act upon. Reports 

 were received regarding the standardiza- 

 tion work and arrangements were made 

 for the appointment by the president of 

 a committee consisting of representa- 

 tives from various sectional associa- 

 tions, to consider the material prepared 

 by Dr. Harlan P. Kelsey, of Salem, 

 Mass., chairman of the standardization 

 committee. Sectional bodies will nomi- 

 nate candidates for this committee. The 

 report of Dr. Kelsey was adopted, and 

 $1,000 appropriated for publication, 

 when approved. A. E. S. Welch was 

 nominated by the Western Nursery- 

 men 's Association for membership on 

 the standardization committee. 



The executive committee elected 

 Henry Chase to succeed Samuel Cro- 

 well, of Roseacres, Miss., deceased. 



Robert Pyle reported to the executive 

 committee, for Chairman Rockwell, the 

 progress of work by the market develop- 

 ment committee, and the plans for pub- 

 lic information through the national 

 planting service. 



Arrangements were made for the na- 

 tional convention, to be held at Detroit, 

 Mich., in June. Henry Wallace, secre- 

 tary of agriculture, and Gifford Pinchot 

 will be invited to address the convention. 



The following members were present: 

 M. R. Cashman, president; Lloyd Stark, 

 Paul C. Lindley, Robert Pyle, Earl Need- 

 ham and W. C. Reed. 



WESTERN NURSERYMEN. 



Officers Elected. 



The thirty-second annual meeting of 

 the Western Association of Nurserymen 

 was held January 25 and 26 in the Hotel 

 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo. Seventy- 

 nine members were in attendance. The 

 general feeling was that the past year 

 has been satisfactory, considering con- 

 ditions of all lines of business. Good 

 sales have been made to retailers and 

 the coming season promises well, they 

 believe. 



The election of ofTicers resulted in the 

 following named men being elected to 

 office for the coming year: President, 

 C. W. Carman, Carman Nursery Co., 

 Lawrence, Kan.; vice-president, H. L. 

 Merkel, Des Moines, la.; secretary and 

 tr(>;isurer. George W. Ilolsinger, Rose- 

 dale. Kan. This is the seventh year that 

 Mr. Holsinger has been reidccted and a 

 vote of thanks was given him for his 

 efficient work. The retiring president 

 and vice-president are respectivelv E. H. 

 Smith. York. Neb., and G. L. Welch, St. 

 Joseph, Mo. 



The executive committee was made 

 up as follows: C. G. Marshall, Arlington, 

 Neb.; John Eraser, Huntsville. Ala.; 

 Earl Ferris, Hampton, la.; Arthur E. 

 Willis, Ottawa, Kan.; E. H. Smith, York, 

 Neb.; F. H. Weber, St. Louis. Mo. C. E. 

 Buckner was appointed doorkeeper. 



Applications for membership resulted 

 in eleven new members being admitted. 

 There were three from New York, one 

 from Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, 

 Texas, North Carolina, Pennsylvania 

 and Alabama. Reading of the minutes 



