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The Florists' Review 



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The war will no doubt have consider- 

 able effect on the nursery trade, but the 

 big people in it are sitting tight, declin- 

 ing to become excited; the only disposi- 

 tion to rock the boat is on the part of 

 smaller growers. 



William A. Peterson, of Peterson 

 Nursery, Chicago, says orders for peony 

 roots for fall delivery have been accel- 

 erated by the war. Early in the season 

 some unusually large orders were booked 

 and now the smaller orders are coming 

 in rapidly, giving this season the pros- 

 pect of being the best yet. 



WILL MEET AT CHATTANOOGA. 



Convention of Southern Nursersnnen. 



The seventeenth annual meeting of 

 the Southern Nurserymen's Association 

 is to be held at Signal Mountain Inn, 

 Chattanooga, Tenn., August 26 and 27. 

 Appreciating the value of its work for 

 the members of the association and for 

 the trade in general, and recognizing 

 the opportunities for still greater bene- 

 fits in this direction, the organization 

 is making a strong campaign for more 

 members. As the advantages to be 

 gained by a large number of nursery- 

 men working together through their as- 

 sociation are becoming more and more 

 understood and valued by the trade at 

 large, the membership list of this or- 

 ganization should show a good increase 

 this year. The annual dues, $2, are so 

 small individually as to be inconsider- 

 able. 



The Signal Mountain Inn, which has 

 been selected as the meeting place, is 

 about thirty minutes' car ride out on 

 the mountains from Chattanooga. The 

 hotel will furnish a fine assembly hall, 

 and those attending can secure their 

 meals there and return to Chattanooga 

 for the night, if they prefer. 



The present oflScers of the associa- 

 tion are: President, J. R. Mayhew, of 

 Waxahachie, Tex.; vice-president, Har- 

 vey M. Templeton, of Winchester, 

 Tenn., and secretary-treasurer, A. I. 

 Smith, of Knoxville, Tenn. 



The Program. 



The list of papers included in the 

 program and the names of the speakers 

 give promise of a most interesting 

 meeting. Two features have been in- 

 cluded, also, which are sure to promote 

 the mutual interest of the members and 

 the helpfulness of the gathering. One 

 of these, the quostionbox, has always 

 been a valuable part of the program of 

 this association. The other, a luncheon 

 after the morning session on Thursday, 

 at which all those in attendance are 

 expected to be present, will be followed 

 by a few impromptu speeches by the 

 nurserymen present, and will doubtless 

 bring out points of value. The program 

 in full is as follows: 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 10 A. M. 



Call to order by president. 



Invocation. 



Address of welcome, mayor of Chattanooga. 



Response, Harvey M. Templeton, Winchester, 

 Tenn. 



President's annual address, J. R. Mayhew, 

 Waxahachie, Texas. 



Appointment of committees. 



You may diacontinu* our adTor> 

 tisement, as we are through with our 

 •pring ■hipmants, but we will give 

 you anotber order for fall, aa THE 

 RESULTS from the one for apring 

 HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFAC- 

 TORY.— FranhlinDaTiaNuraery Co.. 

 Baltimorer, Md.. May 19. 1914. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2:30 P. M. 



"Why Are We Here?" E. W. Chattln, Win- 

 chester, Tenn. 



"The National Association," President Henry 

 B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 



"In What Way Are Our Associations Render- 

 ing Most Efficient Service?" Milton Moes, Hunts- 

 vllle, Ala. 



"The Nursery Burtness of the Present Com- 

 pared to the Past," W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 8:00 P. M. 



"The Relation Between the Scientists and the 

 Nurserymen," Dr. B. Lee Worsham, Atlanta, Ga. 



"Status of Uniform Inspection Campaign," 

 Prof. G. M. Bentley, KnorvUle. Tenn. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 10:00 A. M. 



"Shade Trees for the South," R. C. Berck- 

 mans, Augusta, Ga. 



"Are Nurserymen Growing Too Many Varie- 

 ties?" Robt. Chase, Chase, Ala. 



"Why Such Confusion In Names?" E. W. 

 Chattln, Winchester, Tenn. 



"Pedigreed Trees— What Is There In It?" 

 A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Adjournment for luncheon. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2:30 P. M. 



"Can a Permanent Retail Mall-order Business 

 Be Built Through Advertising Alone?" O. Joe 

 Howard, Pomona, N. C. 



"The Safest Method of Selling Nursery Stock." 

 —General discussion. 



"Diseases of Peach, Especially Stop-Back, and 

 Remedies," W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va., and 

 John A. Young, Greensboro, N. C. 



Report of committees, election of officers and 

 selection of place for next meeting. 



JOHN HALL CONTINUES. 



It was with regret that members of 

 the American Association of Nursery- 

 men heard last June of the tendered 

 resignation of John Hall, who had for 

 so long served as secretary of the or- 

 ganization. Bealizing the difficulty of 

 finding another equally capable man 

 for the place, the association elected 

 Mr. Hall to succeed himself until a 

 successor could be found by the execu- 

 tive committee. This committee, con- 



sisting of J. H. Dayton, of Painesvilo, 

 O. ; Thomas B. Meehan, of Dresher, P; ,^ 

 and J. B. Pilkington, of Portland, Ori ., 

 later interviewed Mr. Hall, who agrei il 

 to continue if the association woiiul 

 supply additional compensation for the 

 office, which would enable him to em 

 ploy clerical help for detail work, etc. 

 The committee, through the chairman, 

 Mr. Dayton, has now advised Mr. Hall 

 of the members' unanimous agreement 

 to his request and of his selection lo 

 succeed himself. The association is as 

 sured, therefore, of the continued ser- 

 vices of its capable secretary. 



CONTRACTS OF SALE. 



Express Agreement Necessary. 



One of the elementary principles of 

 law which govern the validity of con- 

 tracts of sale is that in order that an 

 offer to buy or sell may result in a 

 binding agreement, there must be an 

 express meeting of the minds of the 

 parties as to the goods which are to be 

 delivered and as to the prices to be 

 charged. Application of this principle 

 to the nursery trade is well illustrated 

 by the decision of the Massachusetts 

 Supreme Judicial Court in the case of 

 the Shady Hill Nursery Co. vs. John 

 Waterer & Sons, 60 Northeastern Ee- 

 porter 789. Plaintiff dealt at wholesale 

 and retail in nursery stock in Boston, 

 and defendant, having nurseries in 

 England, had filled orders for plaintiff. 

 Plaintiff wrote inquiring the cost of 

 rhododendrons in specified quantities, 

 sizes, quality, variety, colors, etc., and 

 stating that plaintiff would "cable as 

 to filling order." Defendant replied, 

 quoting prices, stating that some of 

 the varieties could not be furnished, 

 and suggesting a cable code, which if 

 used by plaintiff would mean that de- 

 fendant should send certain specified 

 plants of those mentioned in plaintiff's 

 letter. In reply to this letter, the 

 plaintiff cabled, "Ship as ordered." 



Headquarters for 



CaliM Piivet HedM 



A full half-million plants for the comins autumn and 

 next spring's shipments. The grades I have to offer are: 



1-year 12 to 18 inches 



1-year l^a to 2 feet 



2-year l^^ to 2 feet 



2-year 2 to 3 feet 



2-year 3 to 4 feet 



3-year 3 to 4 feet 



2-year 4to6 feet 



3-year 4 to 5 feet 



All are well branched, bright and clean. The 2 and 3-year grades have 

 been cut back one or more times. 

 4I.Very attractive prices— especially in car lots. Correspondence solicited. 



J. T. LOVEH, 



Monmouth 

 Nursery 



Little Silver, N. J. 



