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June 18. 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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The NuTEerymen at Milwaukee^ Wis., June 11, 1908. 



Papers Read. 



The papers and addresses were more 

 than ordinarily interesting and drew out 

 much discussion. The subjects were as 

 follows: 



"IR It (}(H)(1 Policy on the I'art of the Nurs- 

 erymen to Send Out Cheap Lists at the End of 

 the Season?" liy .T. M. Fltkln. Newark, N. Y. 



"A Few Points on Iniproveuients," by Eugene 

 Stark. Louisiana, Mo. 



"Tlie Peean," by II. I). Simpson, Vincenues, 

 Ind. 



•The (ireat Southwest," by Jno. S. Kerr, 

 Sherman, Tex. 



'•Elements of Sufoess in the Nursery Busi- 

 ness." by .T. H. Pilkington, Portland, Ore. 



••SprnyluK," by Prof. L. K. Taft, East Lan- 

 slnjf. MIeh. 



••Peaoh Yellows," by Professor Phillips, of 

 (Jeorijln. read by Prof. E. L. Worshaui, state 

 entomolo);lst of (icorgia. 



"How Can the Nurserymen Best Assist in tlie 

 <Mvlc Imjirovement Movement?" by J. Horace 

 McKarlnnd. Ilarrl.slinrK, I'a. 



Mr. Pitkin 's remarks brought out con- 

 siderable argument, but all on one aide, 

 for those who spoke were in favor of the 

 bonfire rather than the cheap list at the 

 end of the season. The paper on yel- 

 lows asserted that contagion could be 

 spread by infected nursery stock and by 

 both seeds and grafts from infected 

 trees, and claimed it is better to use 

 Georgia seed from budded trees carrying 

 a certificate of health than to use the 

 Tennessee natural pits, which are of un- 

 certain source. J. C. Hale denied that 

 there is yellows in Tennessee and sev- 

 eral nurserymen asserted that experi- 

 ence has proved that yellows is not 

 spread by the distribution of nursery 

 stock. Prof. Taft gave safe formulas 

 for spraying and both he and Prof. 

 Worsham said fumigating with hydro- 

 . cyanic acid gas is sure death to all in- 

 sects, including San Jose scale, and does 

 not injure the stock if properly done. 

 Several nurserymen related instances of 

 injury where the work was in the hands 

 of public authorities and others sup- 

 posedly capable. 



Mr. McFadand's address was charac- 

 teristic and full of inspiration. 



A list of questions in the program 

 brought out good discussion, if not es- 

 pecially illuminating. One question, 

 "Why should growing nursery stock be 

 taxed as personal property any more 

 than wheat, corn, etc.?" received more 

 consideration than some dozen others 

 combined. It showed that in some states 

 the stock is taxed, while in others it is 

 not, and that in all but one or two states, 

 where the law specifically provides for 

 the taxation of growing nursery stock, 

 assessment can be preventetl, or at least 

 reduced, as F. H. Stannard said, "to 



where it doesn't cut any figure." W. H. 

 Wyman asserted that it was a matter of 

 principle with him and that he would 

 no more submit to a trifling assessment 

 than he would to a higher one, and said 

 he hoped everyone would stand on his 

 rights. 



Officers Elected. 



The state vice-presidents, who act as 

 a nominating committee, proposed the re- 

 election of tresident J. W. Hill, but that 

 gentleman declined. The election there- 

 tore resulted as follows: 



President — Charles J. Brown, president of 

 Brown Bros. Co., Kochester. 



Vice-president — C. M. Ilobbs, Bridgeport, Ind. 



Secretary— (Jeo. C. Seager. Rochester, N. Y. 



Treasurer — C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 



E.xecntive committee — J. H. Dayton, I'aines- 

 ville, ().; E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.: 

 H. B. Chase. HuntsvlUe, Ala.: J. W. Hill, 

 Des Moines, la.; (ieorge C. Seager, Rochester. 



The rollcall of the states resulted in 

 naming the following state vice-presi- 

 dents: 



Alabama — James Eraser, HuntsvlUe. 



Arkansas — \V. G. VIncenbeller, Lincoln. 



Callforula — F. W. Power. 



Colorado — (Jeo. B. h ravert, Denver. 



Connecticut — C. R. Burr, MancUester. 



Florida— Geo. L. Tal)er, Glen St. Mary. 



Georgia — R. C. Berckmans, Augusta. 



Illinois— D. Hill, Dundee. 



Indiana — H. M." Simpson, VIncennes. 



Iowa — E. S. Welch, Shenandoah. 



Kansas — G. L. Holslnger, Rosedale. 



Kentucky — J. F. Donaldson, Warsaw. 



Maryland — H. C. Peters, Ironshlre. 



Massachusetts — W. H. Wyman. No. Abington. 



.Michigan — C. A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe. 



Minnesota — O. F. Brand, Faribault. 



.Mississippi- S. W. Crowell, Rich. 



Missouri — W. P. Stark, Louisiana. 



Montana — C. F. Dallman, Missoula. 



Nebraska — H. S. Harrison, York. 



New Hampshire — J. C. Chase, Derry. 



New Jersey — C. A. Bennett, Robbinsville. 



New York — Wm. Pitkin, Rochester. 



North Carolina — J. Van Liudley, Pomona. 



North Dakota — J. W. Maher. 



Ohio— J. W. McNary, Dayton. 



Oklahoma — J. A. Lopeman, Enid. 



Oregon— J. W. Pilkington. Portland. 



Pennsylvania — T. B. Meehan. Dreshertown. 



South Dakota — O. H. Whiting. Yankton. 



Tennessee — J. C. Hale. Winchester. 



Texas — J. B. Baker, Fort Worth. 



I^tah— P. A. Dlx, Roy. 



Virginia — C. D. Wenger, Dayton. 



Wisconsin — M. F. Foley, Barab<Jo. 



Place of Meeting. 



The state vice-presidents recommended 

 accepting the invitation to meet in Seat- 

 tle in 1909, during the Alaska- Yukon 

 exposition, and J. B. Pilkington, of Port- 

 land, made a strong fight for it, but the 

 body of members thought the distance 

 too great and substituted Rochester after 

 the recommendation was before the con- 

 vention. So Rochester has the presi- 

 dent, secretary, treasurer and convention 

 for 1909, and ought to be reasonably 

 well satisfied. 



The Trades' Display. 



The exhibits were more numerous than 

 usual and included a larger number of 

 mechanical devices. The cultivators and 

 other bulky machines could not be ac- 

 commodated within the Plankinton 

 house and were shown in a store just 

 around the corner. Among the exhibits 

 were : 



Ellwanger & Barry* maples in tubs. 



J. G. Ilurri.sun & .Son, Berlin, Md., peach 

 trees. 



Alulininii Nursery Co.. HuntBvllle, Ala., tools 

 and supplies; pear trees: also an especially 

 interesthiK exhibit of privet, sample plants from 

 seven different nurseries, showing that no two 

 send out the same thing for the Amoor River 

 variety, and samples of other varieties. 



Tennessee Wholesale Nurseries, Wlncliester, 

 Tenn., photographs showing blocks of peach « 

 trees. 



D. Hill, Dundee, III., evergreens. 



Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., dor- 

 mant roses 



I'. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga., Biota 

 nurea nana. 



Tliomas A. McBeth. Springfield. O.. Hydrangea 

 nrborescens sterilis and other shrubs. 



Thouuis Meehan & Son, Dreshertown, I'a., 

 raffla. 



McIIntcliinson & Co., New York, raffia. 



New Jersey i'eat & Moss Co., Burnegat, N. J., 

 moss. 



E. C. Brown Co.. Rochester, sprayers. 

 Niagara Sprayer Co., Mlddlei>ort, N. Y., 



sprayers. 



Buffum Tool Co., Louisiana. Mo., automatic 

 printing press, improved Stark transplanting 

 plow, the Stark tree digger. 



Chase Nursery Co., HuntsvlUe, Ala., Dlg- 

 Eacy hoe. 



I. E. Ilgenfritz Sons Co., Monroe, Mich., 

 planter and soil firmer. 



Clinton Falls Nursery Co., Owatonna, Minn., 

 trencher and soil firmer. 



L. F. IMiitelman. Belleville, 111., tree baler. 



Homer L. Reed. Louisiana, Mo., Reed tree 

 stripper and Reed-Bell graft wrapping machine. 



A. K. Felgly. Skiatook, Okla., tree digger. 

 W. A. Harding & Co., Winnebago, Minn., 



gang plows and rotary harrow. 



Perhie's Plow Works. Topeka, Kan., graft 

 planter and graft packer. 



Baker Mfg. Co., Chicago, circular on road 

 graders. 



Ward-Dickey Steel Co., Indiana Harbor, Ind., 

 box straps. 



Ohio Nursery & Supply Co., Elyrla, C, paper 

 labels. 



C. L. Mann. Milwaukee, zinc garden label. 



Benjamin Chase Co., Derry, N. H., wood 

 laliels. 



Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, 0., 

 wood labels. 



Rochester Lithographing Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 fruit plates. 



Vredlnburjr & Co.. Rochester, fruit plates. 



Webster & Albee. Rochester, fruit plates. 



Addressogrnpli Co.. Chicago, addressographs. 



American Multlgraph Co., Chicago, Gammeter 

 multigraph. 



Natural Guano Co., Aurora, 111., dried and 

 ground slieep manure. 



B. Ci'. Pratt Co., New Y'ork. Scalecide. 

 American Horticultural Distributing Co.. Mar- 



tlnsburg. W. Va.. Target brand Insecticides. 



J. Horace AIcFarland Co., Harrlsburg, Pa., 

 negatives showing the new system of color 

 photography, samples of horticultural photo- 

 graphs, catalogues and publications. 



White's Class Advertising Co., samples of 

 horticultural advertising. . 



In addition, the fruit growing and other pub- 

 lications seeking nurserymen's advertising were 



