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The Florists' Review 



JDLT 1, 1915. 



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W. N. ScAEFP Will entertain the Ohio 

 Horticultural Society July 14 at his place 

 at New Carlisle, O. 



John G. Gaynor, of Prospect, N. Y., 

 has been reported missing to the police 

 by his brother, Wm. H. Gaynor, of Oil 

 City. It is thought he mayi have be- 

 come mentally affected by liis severe 

 losses from frost during the last season. 



Incorporation papers have been issued 

 to Siebrecht & Son, proprietors of the 

 Rose Hill Nursery, at New Rochelle, N. 

 Y. The capital stock is $10,000, and the 

 incorporators are Isabel S. Munroe and 

 Emma S. and Henry A. Siebrecht, of New 

 Rochelle. 



The Moon Nursery Corporation, 41 

 Broadway, New York city, has been in- 

 corporated by J. Edward Moon, presi- 

 dent; Henry T. Moon, treasurer, and E. 

 Wright Peterson, vice-president. The 

 purpose of the company is to sell in 

 New York state the products of the Wil- 

 liam H. Moon Co., of Morrisville and 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



tion run along so smoothly that there 

 is never anything much to do more 

 than reelect the old oflScers, which was 

 duly done last week. They are: 



President — H. M. Marshall, Arling- 

 ton, Neb. 



Vice-president — B. J. Greening, Mon- 

 roe, Mich. 



Secretary-treasurer — Guy A. Bryant, 

 Princeton, 111. 



THE DETROIT CONVENTION. 



RETAILERS' PROTECTIVE. 



The American Retail Nurserymen's 

 Association held its annual love feast 

 Thursday evening, June 24, at Detroit, 

 in connection with the A. A. N. con- 

 vention. The affairs of the organiza- 



NURSERYMEN'S PROTECTIVE. 



The American Nurserymen's Protec- 

 tive Association held its annual meet- 

 ing Wednesday evening, June 23, in 

 connection with the A. A. N. conven- 

 tion at Detroit, and reelected last 

 year's officers. They are: 



President — Irving Rouse, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Vice-president — H. Simpson, Vin- 

 cennes, Ind. 



Secretary — ^Thos. B. Meehan, Dresher, 

 Pa., reelected. 



Treasurer — Peter Youngers, Geneva, 

 Neb., reelected. 



Executive committee — Irving Rouse, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; John Watson, New- 

 ark, N. Y.; H. B. Chase, Chase, Ala.; 

 John H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; D. S. 

 Lake, Shenandoah, la.; F. H. Stannard, 

 Ottawa, Kan.; J. R. Mayhew, Waxa- 

 hachie, Tex. 



' E. S. Velch- 

 *fPre8l(1«lfit-«lect American Assoi-ladoh of Ndrserynicn.) 



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Officers Elected. 



At its convention in Detroit last 

 week, the American Association of Nur- 

 serymen elected the following officers 

 to serve for the coming year: 



President — E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, 

 la. 



Vice-president — John Watson, New- 

 ark, N. Y. 



Secretary — John Hall, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Treasurer — Peter Youngers, Geneva, 

 Neb. 



New Constitution. . 



As stated in last week's Review, this 

 year's meeting proved to be the most 

 important in many years. Revision of 

 the constitution amounting almost to 

 reorganization was made in accord- 

 ance with the suggestions of J. R. May- 

 hew in his paper on "A Better Na- 

 tional Association." 



The new plan provides for six di- 

 rectors to be appointed, each one rep- 

 resenting a different section of the 

 country. Only two of the six retire in 

 one year, thus preserving the stability 

 and continuity of the board's pro- 

 gram. The four officers of the associa- 

 tion are members of the board of di- 

 rectors, making its total membership 

 ten. According to Mr. Mayhew 's plan, 

 one director is to be selected from the 

 eastern states, one from the north cen- 

 tral states, one from the western states 

 east of the Rocky mountains, one from 

 the southern states east of the Missis- 

 sippi river, one from the southern 

 states west of the Mississippi river and 

 one from the Pacific coast. In the 

 hands of this directorate, according to 

 the Mayhew plan, will be placed full 

 power to do anything necessary for the 

 maintenance of the association along 

 such lines as it may elect. 



For Further Funds. 



To provide more money for the ad- 

 ministration of the affairs of the asso- 

 ciation, Mr. Mayhew 's plan of assess- 

 ment was adopted. By this each mem- 

 ber will be required to pay, in addi- 

 tion to his annual membership fee of 

 $5, an assessment proportionate to the 

 voluihe of his annual business. The 

 rate will be $5 upon each $10,000 busi- 

 ness, so that each member's fees will 

 hereafter be at least $10 a year; if he 

 does $20,000 worth of business an- 

 nuJEilly, they will be $15; if he does 

 $100,000 worth, they will be $55. This 

 phase of reorganization, however, still 

 awaits development at the hands of the 

 directors. 



The Legal Phase. 



William Pitkin's formal report as 

 chairman of the committee on legisla- 

 tion east of the Mississippi river was 

 supplemented by a verbal report of a 

 conference with Curtis Nye Smith, of 

 Boston, attorney for the American Seed 

 Trade Association, and the executive 

 and legislative committees. 



The result of this conference was a 



