56 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 13, 1912. 



NURSERY STOCK FOR FLORISTS' TRADE 



FRUIT TREES ORNAMENTAL TREES SHRUBS CLEMATIS SMALL FRUITS 



ROSES EVERGREENS 



Writ* lor 

 Tnule Ldat. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY. Ceneva, N. Y. ""JSi^c^ 



Mention Tbe Review when tou write 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AlOIBICAK ASSOCIATION OF NUBSEBYMEN. 



Offlcera for 1911-12: Pres., J. H. Da.yton, 

 PalnesTlUe, C; Vice-Pres., W. H. Wyman, North 

 Abington, Mass.; Sec'y, Jobn Hall, Rochester, 

 N. y.; Treas., C. L. Yates, Rochester. N. X. 

 Tblrty-seTentb annual meeting, Boston, Jone 12 

 to 14, 1912. 



TEXAS NUBSEBYMEN MEET. 



The third annual meeting of the 

 South Texas Nurserymen 's Association, 

 held at Port Arthur June 2 and 3, at- 

 tracted only a light attendance, of the 

 thirty-five concerns in the membership 

 only seven being represented at the 

 meeting. A preliminary session was 

 held at the Board of Trade, after which 

 adjournment was taken to the nursery 

 of Griffing Bros. Co. It was the sense 

 of the meeting that there should be a 

 reduction in the growing of Satsuma 

 orange trees until the demand has 

 caught up with the supply. W. E. 

 Stockwell, of Alvin, was reelected presi- 

 dent of the association, and J. Johnson, 

 of Houston, was reelected secretary. 



PACIFIC COAST CONVENTION. 



At the tenth annual meeting of the 

 Pacific Coast Nurserymen's Association, 

 held at Salt Lake City, June 5 to 7, the 

 following officers were elected: 



President — Albert Brownell, Portland, Ore. 



Secretary — C. A. Tonnesen, Tacoma, Wash. 



Vice-presidents — B. H. Bower, Utah; W. S. 

 Hawkes, Idaho; Richard Layrltz, British Colum- 

 bia; Byron Smith, Arizona; Fred T. Howard, 

 California; H. A. Lewis, Oregon; C. F. Brelt- 

 haupt, Washington; D. J. Tighe, Montana. 



Executive committee — George C. Roedlng, Cali- 

 fornia; W. McDonald, Oregon; M. B. Sowles, 

 Utah. 



Convention city for 1913 — Portland, Ore. 



The address of President P. A. Dix 

 was devoted to a general review of the 

 trade conditions on the coast, with a 

 prophecy as to the extent to which the 

 business will eventually expand and 

 some suggestions as to the means by 

 which the growth can be hastened and 

 made easier. He said that the business 

 is going to concentrate in the hands of 

 larger and more responsible concerns. 

 The policy of replacing stock was con- 

 demned in strongest terms. The reports 

 of officers showed the association to be 

 making steady progress. Both Governor 

 Spry and Mayor Park made addresses 

 of welcome. The attendance was about 

 100. 



The association, by resolution, agreed 

 to cooperate with the experiment sta- 

 tion workers and to bend all energies 

 toward securing a more uniform set of 

 state laws governing the inspection and 

 destruction of nursery stock. A propo- 

 sition to assess each member one per 

 cent of his annual sales for the general 

 and special work of the association 

 failed of passage until it was put in the 

 form of calling for voluntary payment. 

 The following committee on legislation 



^^.,. 



ADVERTISING 



of Nursery Stock Is a strong feature of our organization. Years of work among 

 plants and serious studies of ttie many problems confronting nurserymen have 

 given us a thorougli knowledge of how to help through advertising. 



Many prominent firms in your line are our loyal customers. They have learned to 

 depend upon our services and know that they receive full value. Our mission Is to 

 creato mora buslnoss durlns; dull seasons and bettor buslnosstdurlns busy 

 seasons. Booklet "Real Advertising Service" relates a typical campaign conducted by us 

 for a live nurseryman. Write for your free copy of a limited edition at once. 



The Mumm-Romer Company, bmI! Columbus, Ohio 



Mention The Review when you write. 



was appointed: M. McDonald, Oregon; 

 C. F. Breithaupt, Washington; Eichard 

 Layritz, British Columbia; Fred How- 

 ard and John Vallance, California; E. J. 

 Harness, Utah; C. P. Hartley, Idaho, 

 and Byron Smitji, Arizona. 



During the meeting a cablegram was 

 received from George C. Eoeding, presi- 

 dent of the California Nurserymen's 

 Association and an ex-president of the 

 general Pacific coast body. Mr. Eoed- 

 ing was in Bremen, Germany, at the 

 time. 



The papers read and discussed were 

 as follows: 



"Correct Record Keeping of Stock from Outside 

 Sources," by Charles A. Chambers, Fresno, Cal. 



"Nursery Inspection and Quarantine," by A. 

 McDonald, Oregon Nursery Co., Orenco, Ore. 



"The Nurseryman's Opportunity," by Prof. 

 J. C. Hogcnson, Agricultural College of Utah, 

 Logan, Utah. 



"Roses," by Fred H. Howard, Los Angeles, Cal. 



"The Proper Grading and Packing of Nursery 

 Stock," by J. W. Pittlnger, of Nampa Nurseries, 

 Nampa, Idaho. 



"What Can Nurserymen Do to Further Elevate 

 Business?" by N. T. Porter, of the Porter- Walton 

 Co., CenterviUe, Utah. 



"Orchard Planting — Its Possibilities and When 

 Will It Be Overdone?" by Henry W. Kruckeberg. 

 secretary-treasurer of the California Association 

 of Nurserymen, Los Angeles, Cal. 



"Relationship of Nurserymen and Inspectors," 

 by J. Edward Taylor, secretary state board of 

 horticulture. Salt Lake. 



"Credits, and Do We Get All the Value We 

 Should Out of the Protective Association?" by 

 Herbert Hald, Portland, Ore. 



"How May We Induce Observance of Our Rules 

 and Regulations?" by C. P. Breithaupt. 



"The Nurseryman as a Philanthropist," by John 

 Vallance, San Francisco. 



"The Nurseryman and Horticultural Educa- 

 tion," by F. W. Power, Portland, Ore. 



THE A. A. N. IN SESSION. 



It Is a Banner Meeting. 



Favored by smiling summer skies, the 

 American Association of Nurserymen 

 opened its thirty-seventh annual con- 

 vention at the Hotel Somerset, Boston, 

 Wednesday morning, June 12, with what 

 promises to become the largest attend- 

 ance in the history of the organization. 

 Secretary John Hall stated that the 

 registration for badges was the largest 

 in many years and there were over 400 

 present when the first business session 

 was called to order. There are no closed 

 doors here. The nurserymen believe 

 that the best way to solve their trade 



problems is to carry them right out into 

 the open. Some of the wheel horses 

 from the west are missing this year, 

 but there are plenty of "old men for 

 counsel," even though the younger 

 working element appears to be coming 

 into the saddle in this most venerable 

 of the trade organizations. 



President J. H. Dayton, of Paines- 

 ville, O., called the convention to order 

 Wednesday morning to introduce Mayor 

 Fitzgerald, who made a felicitous speech 

 of welcome. The balance of the one 

 session held on the opening day was 

 devoted to routine, though important 

 business. The reports of officers came 

 first. Secretary Hall showed a fair 

 gain in membership for the year and 

 Treasurer Yates presented a financial 

 statement that demonstrated how ef- 

 fective is the use made of the income 

 of the association. President Dayton's 

 address was largely devoted to a dis- 

 cussion of the problems confronting the 

 nursery trade and is printed practically 

 in full elsewhere in this Department 

 of The Eeview. 



Committee Beports. 



Chairmen of standing committees 

 were called on for reports in the fol- 

 lowing order: 



Report of transportation committee, by D. S. 

 Lake, Shenandoah, la., and Charles M. Sizemore, 

 Louisiana, Mo. 



Report of legislative committee, east of Missis- 

 sippi river, by William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. ; 

 west of Mississippi river, by Peter Youngers, 

 Geneva, Neb. 



Report of tariff committee, by Irving Ronse, 

 Rochester, N. Y. 



Report of committee on cooperation with ento- 

 mologists, by L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 



Report of committee on publicity and trade 

 opportunities, by W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 



Report of committee on exhibits, by A. E. 

 Robinson, Lexington, Mass. 



Report of committee on root gall, by E. A. 

 Smith, Lake City, Minn. 



Report of committee on entertainment, by 

 J. Woodward Manning, North Wilmington, Mass. 



Of these the most important, by far, 

 was the statement of Wm. Pitkin, 

 Eochester, with regard to the history 

 and present status of the proposed fed- 

 eral quarantine bill. The progress of 

 the negotiations through which the 

 present rather unexpected position of 

 the committee was reached has been 

 followed in the Nursery Department 



