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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 15, 1911. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEItlCAN ASSOCIATION OF NDBSEKTIIEN. 



Officers for 1910-11: Pres., W. P. Stark, Louisi- 

 ana, Mo.; Vico-pres.. E, S. Welch, Shenandoah, 

 la.; Sec'y, John Hall Rochester, N. Y.; Treas., 

 C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. Thirty-sixth an- 

 nual meeting, tit. Louis, June 14 to Ki. 1911. 



THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. 



A Fine Meeting in Progress. 



^lueh to the disappointnieut of the 

 Missouri members, the American Asso- 

 ciation of Xurserymen took its 1910 

 convention to Denver after having pre- 

 viousi}- voted in favor of St. Louis; 

 they were afraid of the heat. The Mis- 

 sourians considered this a defamation 

 and insisted on having the matter put 

 to the test. This is a delightful week 

 in St. Louis and the Missourians feel 

 themselves vindicated, especially as the 

 convention is at least as large as any 

 of its thirty-five predecessors. Tlie mid- 

 dle west is especially well represented 

 and the old guard from the east is pres 

 ent as usual. The nurserymen who buy 

 and sell with each other are always on 

 the job convention week. They are not 

 averse to combining pleasure with 

 business, but it is a business matter 

 with them. 



The convention is being held at the 

 Southern hotel, with the trades' dis- 

 play in the big sample room on the first 

 lloor. The opening session was set for 

 AVednesday morning and the prograu) 

 lias been arranged for morning sessions 

 only, to allow plenty of time for pri- 

 vate business and the recreations 

 planned by the entertainment commit- 

 tee. Four hundred were jiresent. 



Addresses of welcome were made by 

 ^fayor Kriesmjinn and X. .1. Coleman, 

 of the Convention Bureau, response 

 being by .T. W. Hill, of Des :\[oines. 



President's Address. 



President W. P. Stark has been one 

 of the most active of the many inde- 

 fatigable presidents the association has 

 had and his address consisted of a 

 practical and scholarly review of busi 

 ness conditions, the work of the asso- 

 ciation and the tasks which lie before 

 it, comprising in all nearly 7,000 words. 

 He went in detail into the subject of 

 federal legislation, with the premise 

 that nurserymen are a unit in favor of 

 any government control which will 

 raise the standard of the nursery trade 

 or products, or result in the benefit of 

 fruit growing in any of its broader fea 

 tures. He then went on to point out 

 the difficulties of the situation as they 

 appear from various points of view. 

 He concluded: "We as nurservi'ien 

 need national and state inspection". We 

 should coiiiicratc with those interests 

 to bring about maximum protection 

 with minimum liardship to all con 

 eerned. While the nurserymen mav 

 lose temporarily, it is the consume'r 

 Avho foots the bill in the end." He 

 said that the Supreme Court's "light 

 of reason" might well be applied to 

 luuch state legislation. 



President .Stark spoke of the lack of 

 standard grades as lielping to demoral 

 ize prices, deferring to the fact that 

 The majority of nuiscryuu^n are also 

 orchardists, he spoke for coiiperation 

 between the two interests and urged 

 )iui>erymi'ii to aid experimental and 



demonstratix e orchard work, also move- 

 ments for civic improvement. Speak- 

 ing of association affairs, he said the 

 two things needed are more members 

 and an increased membership fee, offer- 

 ing also the suggestion of a change in 

 the date of meeting either to Sejttem- 

 ber or January, or both. He urged at- 

 tention to publicity work on the part 

 of tlie association — "associated adver- 

 tising which will educate." Calling 

 attention to the usefulness of a per- 

 manent committee on trade opportuni- 

 ties, he urged all nurserymen to en- 

 courage those who are making progress 

 towards higher standards and to set 

 their faces against the things which 

 lead downward, and not up. 



The Secretary's Report. 



Secretary John Hall presented a re- 

 port summarized as follows: 



It is to be regretted that in large 

 organizations of such practical value 



W. P. Stark. 



' Pipgldent Aniorlcnn Agsoclation of Nurscr.vnien.i 



as this there are annually recurring fluc- 

 tuations in the membership. Over forty 

 of those whose jiames were on last 

 year's list f.'iiled to renew foi- the cur 

 rent year. Kach one of these dflin 

 <|uents has icceived from tiie secretary 

 at least two and, in some cases, more 

 remindeis of the importance of renew- 

 ing. But there is another and a 

 lirighter side to the situation. He early 

 beg.an to surmise that there would be 

 a shrinkage and, being somewhat of an 

 optimist, is not easily discouraged. 

 Heeding tiie declaration of Richelieu 

 that '-there is no such thing as fail," 

 he at onc(> (Mitcred ujion ;i widespread 

 cainpaign after new material. Tliis has 

 resulted in our not only making up the 

 loss rrfcrrecl to, but in l)ringing the 



enrollment for this year to a point 

 over thirty in excess of last year's 

 registration. If members have not al- 

 ready made an analysis of the mem 

 bership roll with reference to repre- 

 sentation by localities, we commend 

 such a study as affording considerable 

 food for thought and some interest as 

 well. As an illustration I will men- 

 tion the states having a representation 

 of six or more, viz.: 



Coldi-ndo Nebrasliii 1(» 



rdiiiit'cticiit I! Now Jerst'v s 



Illiiidis ii.'i New Y(JiU' 7S 



1 iidiana 1 ."i (Hiio iJS 



Iowa 11! okliilioiiia (; 



Kansas 21 Oregon n 



Michigan 20 Tennessee ]:; 



.Missouri 10 Texas !> 



I trust that this refewnce may 

 awaken a new interest among members, 

 even to the creating of a friendly ri- 

 valry to see which state can next year 

 make the largest addition to its pres- 

 ent representation. 



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The balance of the opening session 

 was given to the hearing of reports of 

 committees, the following being the 

 list of the chairmen who reported: 



Transportation Coiumlttee— IJ. S. Lalie, Slieiian- 

 (loah, la.; Cliarles M. Slzeniore. Louisiana. Mo. 



Legislative Committee — Kast of Mississippi 

 river. William I'itkin, Koehester, N. Y.; west 

 of MIssisi.ippi river, Peter Youngers, Geneva, 

 .Vet). 



Tariff Committee — Irving Rouse, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Committee on Coiiperation witU Entomologists 

 — .T. W. Hill, Des .Moines, la. 



Committee on Pultlicit.v — Orlando Harrison, 

 Rerlin, .Md. 



Conmiiltee on Cooperation with Fruit Growers 

 and Associations — J. M. Irvine. St. Joseph, Mo. 



Committee on Trade Opiiortunities — Jefferson 

 Thomas. Harrislmrg, Pa. 



Committee on .N'lirser.vmen's Share In Civi<' 

 Iiiiliroveiiients — J. Horace .McKarlaiid, Harrlsburg. 

 Pa. 



Committee on Memtiershii) — John \Vatson, Xew- 

 arl:, N. Y. 



Committee on Root Gall— K. A. Smith, Lake 

 Ciiv, Minn. 



("ommittee on Kmertainnient — I'. .\. Wilier. 

 Nurser.v, .Mo. 



Essays. 



The following essays are on the pro- 

 gram for reading at the morning ses 

 sions of Thursday and Friday: 



"The NiHseiymen and the r.iilninolojji^t" — 

 Prof. S. J. Iluiiler. Lawrence, Kan. 



"Siiriii^: ViTsiis I'aii riaiitlng of I'riiit Trees" - 

 Dr. J. C. Whilten. Professor of llorticultuie. 

 Columliia, Mo. 



"Kthios of Our Piisiuess" — Ilarlan P. Kelse.v. 

 Salem. .Ma.-ss. 



'■Krateriiit.v .\niong Xiirservnicn" — Charles T. 

 Smith, Concord, <;a. 



"Staiidtiiili/allou of Grades" — W. J. Malonev. 

 Dansville. N. Y.; i;. P. Rernardiii, Parsons, 

 K:m, 



".Staiidardi/alioii of Piicis at Ritail" — .Miner 

 lloopcs. West Chester. Pa. 



"How to Kxteiid (lur Wholesiile Markets"— 

 i:. S. Welch. Slieuiiudoiili, la. 



"How to Kxleiid Our Retail Mnrkets"~J. M. 

 I'ilkiii. .Newark, .\. Y.; P. II. Slaiinard, Ottawa, 

 Kan. 



"Our Mailing Lists — Who are I'lititled to Trade 

 Lists?" — K. W. Kirkiiatrick, .McKinuey, Tox. : 

 Jim Parker. Tecumseh, Okla. 



"Our Mailiii;: l.isl.s— Should They ho Classl- 

 HedV"— C. .1. .Maloy. Koehester, N. Y.: A. J. 

 Kolilnsoii, liedford, Mass. 



"our .Mailing Lists — How Rest Kept I'li to 

 Dali'V" — C. J. Brown, Rochester. N. Y. 



"Should Lar;:e I'.uyers Not ia the Trade. Parks. 

 Cciueti'ri.s, I'uhlii' Insliliit ions. ctr.. In- (liven 



