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AUODST 1», 1»16. 



was also thoroughly discussed, particu- 

 larly in regard to ways in which it 

 might be developed to give more satis- 

 factory results. The need for a simpli- 

 fication of the present system seems to 

 be quite clear. 



Election of Officers. 



The officers elected for the ensuing 

 year are as follows: 



President — 8. A. Miller, Milton, Ore. 



Vice-presidents — C. F. Lansing, Sa- 

 lem, Ore.; A. J. Elmer, East San Jose, 

 Cal.; P. A. Dix, Eoy, Utah; E. R Ste- 

 phens, Nampa, Idaho; D. J. Tighe, Bill- 

 ings, Mont.; F. A. Wiggins, Toppenish, 

 Wash.; Jos. Brown, Vancouver, B. C. 



Secretary-treasurer — C. A. Tonneson, 

 Tacoma, Wash. 



Executive c mmittee — J. B. Pilking- 

 ton, Portland, Ore.; John Vallance, 

 Oakland, Cal.; W. S. Bennett, Medford, 

 Ore. 



The Program. 



The morning of August 12 was de- 

 voted entirely to the reading of reports 

 by various officers and committees of 

 the association at the New Civic Audi- 

 torium. President John Vallance read 

 his address at this session. That after- 

 noon and the following day were occu- 

 pied by papers and discussions of them. 

 J. B. Pilkington, of Portland, was not 

 present, but his paper and report were 

 read, and proved of much interest. The 

 papers read were as follows: 



"nniform Horticultural Laws," by M. Mc- 

 Donald, llrenco. Ore. 



"B«ceiit Horticultural Legislation," bj A. J. 

 Cook, Racramento, Cal. 



"Bxperlments with Crown Gall," Prof. H. S. 

 Jaclison, CorTalUs, Ore. 



"QnalltT TS. Quantity and a Wider Diatrlbn- 

 tionj' by J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore. 



"valnable Inforniatlon About Ornamental 

 Plants." by Prof. J. W. Oregj;, Berkeley, Cal. 



"PreTpntlng the Importation of Insect Ene- 

 mies," by Frederick Maskew, chief deputy quaran. 

 tine officer. 



"Seedlings and Stock Grown in America," by 

 M. J. Crow. Gllroy, Cal. 



"'The Walnut Industry," by Almon Wheeler, 

 San Jose, Cal., and F. J. Ruppert, Salem, Ore. 



"The New Roses," by John Gill, West Berke- 

 ley, Cat.; Chan. Howard, Hemet, Cal., and Fred 

 Howard, Los ACKeles, Cal. 



Thursday evening, August 12, was 

 held a reception at the St. Francis 

 hotel, and the following night a theater 

 ^arty. Monday, August 16, was the big 

 ^ay, named Nurserymen's day at the 

 Panama-Pacific exposition. There were 

 nearly 100 at the exposition grounds, 

 where there was a banquet, in the Cali- 

 fornia building. The exposition au- 

 thorities presented a medal to each of 

 the nurserymen's associations. 



RAILWAY OABDENEB8 CONVENE. 



In Session at Detroit. 



The Railway Gardening Association 

 is holding its ninth annual meeting at 

 Detroit, August 17 to 20, with an at- 

 tendance of about thirty members, 

 somewhat less than last year's. The 

 first two days were spent in business 

 sessions at the convention headquarters, 

 the Hotel Ste. Claire. Tuesday, Aua:u8t 

 17, at 10 a. m., the association listened 

 to the address of President Paul Hueb- 

 ner and the report of Treasurer J. K. 

 Wingert. Secretary W. F. Hutchison 

 was kept away by business, and his 

 place was taken by Chas. E. Lowe. 



At the afternoon session the same 

 day and at the morning session the fol- 

 lowing day interesting papers were 

 read by the chairmen of the various 

 committees. I. T. Worthley, of the 

 committee on soils and fertilizers, gave 

 a most interesting demonstration of 

 soil testing. J. A. Byrne, Emil Engel- 



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man and C. W. Eichling were three 

 other committee chairmen heard from. 

 August 19 and 20 were set aside on 

 the program for trips to the city parks 

 and private estates in and near Detroit. 



President's Address. 



President Huebner in his official ad- 

 dress spoke in part as follows: 



"In the way of practical suggestions 

 for appropriate action at this conven- 

 tion I would call your attention to the 

 follovring features of organization: 



Pot- Grown 

 Strawberry Plants 



There are ibany varieties of Strawberries, 

 but for general home use I recommend these 

 four varieties: 



Success for early, Wm. Belt and <71iesa- 

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