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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNK L>-', 1011. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



ANEIMCAN ASSOCIATIO OF NUBSEKTMEN. 



()Hl.-.i~ 1(11- I'.llll?: I>iv-.. .1. M.DaMoM. I'iiiii.s- 

 \\\U\ ( >.: Vii-c |.iv^., W . II. \Vx riKiri. Ndiili Aliiiititiin. 

 .\I:i->.: Sci-'j. .loliii Ihill. l{(icli«-~l(i-, N. V.; 'Ii-.iis.. 

 ('. X.. Yiitis. Kiiclifslcr. N. V. 'I'liii ly--.<\ iritli Miiiiiiiil 

 iiHM'tiiiir, lldslun. Jiiiif, V.tVi. 



John ( '. Cifask, (if P.ciij. Cliasc Co., 

 l)('n-,v. >.. Jl., is iiiiikiiifi' a Pacific coast 

 trip after the St. Louis coiucut idii. 



»'. < '. ('(M.li;. formerly the i('|iicsciitat ivc 

 of tlic Stark Bros. Nurseries ».V Or 

 cbards Co. at < 'a it liaise, ]\Io., has hccn 

 a[ipoititoii iiiaiiam-r for the coiiipatiy at 

 • Jnialia, Neb. 



.(OJIN Hall, sccrciary nl i he .\. A. .\., 

 adxiscs that in iiis amiiial report lie faih'd 

 to yi\i' I'ciii!syl\aiiia ci-cdit for t-iirteeii 

 iiieiiiheis. aiiHiiiL; the sesciilcoii states lia\- 

 ill','' ri'prcsciiiat iim ot' six or inor(>. 



\VlLLL\M I'. IxASTlNO, of T^ulfalo. is 



a candidate for tiic olficc! of comiiiis- 

 sioner of aori,-u]tiii(^ for tlie state of 

 New ^ork to snccc^ed Kaymond A. Pear- 

 son, wiiosi' term iif iilljcc li;is expired. 



THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. 



i'l'lic tii-sl liav '< si-ssiiiii, Willi lisi III' tiMili' 

 e\liil>ilc'i>. I ic, \v;is liilh i i|imiIi'i| ill 111.' 

 !!• vi. \v ti.r .luiif i:.. I 



Officers Elected. 



President— .T. II. Davton, I'aiM(>-\ iile. 

 Oliio. 



\'icG-president — W. H. Wyinan, Nortli 

 .\liingtou, Mass. 



Seeretarv — .Folin Hall. T^ochester, N. 

 Y. 



'freasiirer— C. L. Vates. Hoehester, 

 N. V. 



i;xecuti\'e Committee — K. M. Slier 

 man, Charles Citv, la.: H. H. Chase, 

 lluntsville, .-Ma.; .'l. M. Pitkin, Newark, 

 N. Y. 



Meeting: place lor I'.tlL'- Boston. 

 Ma-^s. 



Resolutions Adopted. 



Win I^itkin'.- repoit for the le,i;isla- 

 1i\i' c(jininittee was the subject for pro 

 loii;:ed discussion. Kesolntions were 

 adopted and ordered sent to eacdi mem 

 ber of both houses of Con;;ress, ]iro 

 testinjx ajrainst the so-calle<l Symnions 

 bill, orifjinated liy Prof. Ij. < ). iioward, 

 tlie government entomologist, by the 

 terms of which it is jiroposed to give 

 the Secretary of Agriculture arbitrary 

 power to (juarantine all nursery ship- 

 ments from countries where nursery 

 stuck is infested with injurious insects 

 or diseases. Resolutions were .also 

 adopted favoring a federal inspection 

 law, sii that the inspection be not cen- 

 terei] in a one man power. St.ate in- 

 spection, now in effect, was approved. 

 The legislative department was author 

 i/ed iu the dilferent states to make 



J. H. Dayton. 



(President American Association of Nurcerynien. i 



tes! cases of state inspection laws. Fro 

 tests were entered against state inspec- 

 tors in Color.ado and Montana condemn 

 ing and destroying large numbers of 

 trees, iu enforcenu'iit of the state in- 

 speitioii law. The parcels post and 1 

 r<'ut postage were favoreij. 



Papers Read. 



The papers read at the session'- ol 

 'J'liursday and Frida\- were: 



"Tlio .\iirsi-i-.\ men ;iiiil the Liili>iii'iin';isl," liy 

 I'ri't. S. .1 llMnOf. I.MU iciicc. Kail. 



"Sprinu' \'ci>ii'- I'.'ill I'l.-inliiii.' et Kriiil 'I'rccs," 

 li.v 1)1-. ,7. C. WliilO'ii. ITotc' 

 ('nliiint.iii. .M'i. 



•'Klliicv i.f (IIP- |{i.>iii.'s-." l,\ Harlan r 

 sc.v. Sali'iJi, Mas-. 



"I''riilciiiil.\ .\iMiiiit' .NiiiM r.viiM'ii." b.v Cliaih 

 Siiiitli, ('miciail. (ia. 



"Slaiiilai-ilizalioii nl' liiailcs." liy W. .!. Ma 

 loncv. Ilaiisvillc. N. V.; i;. 1'. Hcnianliii. I'ar 

 xnis". Kan.; W. I'. ll.'iKcs. Iliinl>villc, Ala 



'■Slaiiilanlizalinn .if I'iic.'< al Wliuli'salc." |i.\ 

 T. .1. Siiiilli. Ci'iicva, N. Y. 



'■Stan(!anlizali''n •■( I'ric's ai W.-lail." h\ 

 .M.iici- lln..|i('s, W.'sl Clicslcr. I'a. 



•■Slinulil Lar;.'c I'.iiyia's Not in llic 'I'lailc. I'.iili-^. 

 rciiM'icrii'S, I'lililii- Institutions, lO-., lie Civi'H 

 ■I'lailc Trices V" li\ 'I'lionias I!. .M.'.'lian, Drcslicr. 

 I'a.: William I'itUin. Ui.i-licstci-. .\. V. 



■■\l<>\\ I.. I.Mcial <liir Wli.^U'salc .Markcls." \.\ 

 I". S. Willi!. Slicnamliiali. Iowa. 



"How to Lxlciiil (lur Ki'lail Markets." liv 

 J. M. ritUiii, Xcwarli, .V V., ami I'. 11. Slai. 

 i.anl. <il ta« a. Kan. 



•■Ilni' \|:i'l.,iu l.lvls Wl,,, \i,. |:mIM|.',| I, 



of lloiticiilliirc. 

 Ki'l 

 T. 



Trade Lists?"' b.v K. W. Kirkpaliick. McKlnm^y, 

 T '\as. ai'il Jim Parker, 'reciiniseli. (Uda. 



■•Oi:r .MailiMi; I.isis Slmulil 'Ihcy Bo Class!- 

 lieilV" liv C. .T. .Maliiv. Kocliesler. N. V.. iin<t 

 .\. .1. Uo'Miisiin, r.c.lfonl. Mass. 



■ (lur Mailini; Lists -How r.pst Kept Ipto 

 hi'eV liy C. .1. r.rowii. Uochestcr, X. V. 



Entertainment Features. 



The )iriiicipal features of the enter 

 t.-ii'imi lit program were the Shaw han- 

 ipiet at the Southern lint(d Tlmrsda}' 

 e\ciiing. .Iiiue l"i. ;uid the steamer ride 

 on the Mississippi the following after- 

 noon. The will of the late Henry Shaw, 

 founder of tlie Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den, provided funds for an annual ban- 

 i|U(t of horticulturists, and the direc 

 tor of the garden took tiie opportunit.v 

 of gixing the twenty-second of these 

 e\ents a I a time when he could have 

 the iiiirs"r\ iiieii as guests. .\earl\' HOtt- 

 atlendeil. William Tr(dease, (liiector of 

 Shaw's Carden, jiresided .as tuast 

 master. lie introduced the first 



sjieaker, .1. II. Dayton, of Plainville, 

 Ohio, presidentelect of the association, 

 who spoke on ''Our <iuests. '' Mr. Day- 

 ton accoinited for liis election on the 

 ground that the ,associ;it imi has a.lopted 



the ciist(.m ot' electilio its (il'licers on 



Members of the American Association of Nurserymen at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 



