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The Florists^ Review 



June 26, 1913. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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lUnry B. Chase, Vlo<-l'resident. .7. B. Pilklntfton. I'rosldent. 



New Officers of the American Association of Nurserymen Elected at 



Peter Younsrers. Treasurer. 



the Portland Convention. 



TiiK Intoist:itt> ('oinnicr(>o Commission 

 lias litMiied flio iiiipiicat ion of K. H. Ilin- 

 toii. railroad a^^oiit, on tho firoiind that 

 not siifiiciont roason was sliown, to ostah- 

 lisli .•! rate of iM <'onts por linndrcd 

 jionnds nil carlo.'id sliiptni'iits i)f nursery 

 stoik, \aliit'd at not to t'xcO(^d .'> cents per 

 jiounil, frnni ('liasc and iluiitsville. Ala., 

 to |ioints ill <)liin. Kt'iitiicky. Indiana and 

 Illinois. 



SiKiNiiKN r ri';;iil;it inns intcmlril to 

 |iic\riil I lie s|irc:id of yvpsy ;incl liruwn- 

 lail (iiiillis wcic ;iii<i|itc<l at I lie .•inniial 

 MIrctillL; 111' the Stall' l'>naid nl' Ayiii-ul- 

 tnic iif liliiiilc l>l;ind .a few da\> .■i;i(i. 

 Till' I c'l^n l.'il inns .■lilt linri/e tlic state eutn- 



lllnlni^i^t tn |i|('\l'rit llic -ll i 1 1 IHl'llt n t' illln- 



liiT. iiffs nr niiisiTv I'lniincts from at- 

 t'l'c-ii'd --rci inii< nt' tile stair into unaf- 

 frctrd si'itiiMis, and |iermit liiin. it' in 

 liis Jihl^nH'Mt it .'iinir.-i I "^ nri-c^sary. tn ol- 

 der :i i|ii;iiant inr nt' Ilir allected ln.;ili- 



t irs. Till' >I;iti' nit nliinln^ivt ;i|sn \\;is 

 .'lilt Imn/i'd tn ii'Vnkr the liirii^i' ol' anv 

 li!il TiyiiLin wliiiii'Vi'i' 111- dremed it ni'irs 

 sary I'm- the jiicv cat inn nt' the spreail of 

 till' l.rvtv. 



EVERGREENS IN DEMAND. 



I ». Hill is rat liusiast ii- over the luisi- 

 ni'ss in o\ I'l'^iioens. in marked contrast 

 to thr nurserymen wlio s|pei'iali/e in 

 fruit tri'i'^. anil ("Specially apjiles. Mr. 

 llill's liiisiness :it Duiidoe, III., Avas 

 estaldislied in Is.'."! and was ineorpo- 

 rat.'d in l!>l(i. In view of liis fifty <'i-iht 

 years in the linr ."nel the f.-ict that the 

 I'limi'.any i laim-^ to he the lar^^esl irrower 

 of ever^^reeiis in America. .Mr. Ilill's 

 optimism is infectious. 



'■'riie season Just ]iast has Ix'en a 

 most satisfactory one in evcrv respect."' 

 he said to The Keview .lune ."'.: " s.ales 

 liave been jileasinij; and jdantin;:; condi- 

 tions fa\ orable. 



''Prospects look ^ood for fall trade. 



We are jzettiui^ ready for a bi^ florists' 

 trade on evergreens for window-box 

 j)urposes this fall. We find the demand 

 alonjj these lines is increasinfif, espe- 

 cially for the stajde standard varieties 

 of I'ver^'reens, such as blue spruce, 

 Junes, arbor-vita^s, hendoeks and firs." 



NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION. 



I I'm- .-i i-iiiii|iri'|j<Msivc iKcoMiit of tlic pidctM'd 

 iiit'-i iif tlu' lirst il;i,vs. i uniiiiitlic ri'imits. |i;i|n'rs 



Ii'ilil. ilrctiiill Iif till' l':icilic <'o,l<l As..iili;llinM. 



c'l'-,. >ii'i' lull ii|iiprt piililislii'cl e\ihi^ivi'lv in lii>t 

 Uii'k'--. i^Mli' mI 'I'lir Kivii-u . I 



Officers Elected. 



At the clip'-iii;: session of the thirty- 

 ei^ihth annual coincntion of tlu' .\meri- 

 can Assipciat itui of Xurseryiiien. lieM at 

 the lintel Midtiiomali. I'nitl.aml. Ore.. 

 .Iiiiie -*K the fidlowiiii: ollicers were 

 elected: 



rresident. .1. It. 1 'ilkinyt oti. Portland, 

 • he.; \ ice president , llelliv l>. < 'hase, 

 i I uiit^\ ille. Ala.: secretary, .lohii ll.all, 

 Rochester. \. ^'.: treasurer. I'eter 

 ^ niiliLler^, (ieMe\a. Neb.; executive com- 

 mittee. Tliniiias I;. Meeli.an, Dresher, 

 I'a.: .1. Ii. Dayton. I':iiiies\ ille, ().; 1*. A. 

 I»i\. liny. Itah. 



I.nc;i1inii (d' I'.nt meetiiii:, 'li'\ eland, 

 ( )liio. 



Hate ol' I'.Ml meetillLT. .Iiiue L' 1 to 2ti. 



Denounce Free Stock. 



The free distribution of seeds and 

 seedlinizs by the l'. .s. forest service, 

 ('oMirress !ind the state experinu'iit sta- 

 tions has reached ;i j^oint w hei'e it has 

 aroused the nurserx" trade in opposition. 

 It was deiiounceil by many speakers at 

 the convention and President Meehan, 

 in his annual address, said: "We still 

 have th(> activities of the national nur- 

 series to cfinsider and contend with. 

 These nurseries advertise to ship for 

 cost. This is to the detriment of our 



business, and it seems that there shoulj 

 be no more reason for such competition 

 in our lines than in any other business 

 or industry. " 



The Laws the Theme. 



The ])rincipal subject of discussion 

 this year was the laws which are so 

 hamperinjr the trade. The law in one 

 form or another was the subject of 

 more than half the papers, addresses 

 and rejiorts. For ye.ars the trade has 

 been sulferin;; from the nndtildicity of 

 laws, and from unwise interpretation, 

 but of late it has b(>come so much worse 

 !is to be the one tlnn^' the nurserymen 

 think ami talk about. 



The federal ([uarantine law came in 

 for condemnation as an unnecessary 

 burden on the nursery trade and as of 

 no compensatory value to any oth(>r in- 

 terest. .1. Mcllutchison j)resented an 

 I'xhaustixc ])ap(>r, in addition to the re- 

 jiort (d' the legislative committee, in 

 Avhiidi he showeil where several of the 

 jirnv isiiiiis of the act, which hail been 

 modilied in many particulars throujjh 

 the united elVorts of the nurserymen 

 and tlorists. vvei'e almost ruinous to the 

 industry. He showed where, under the 

 act, the trade in this country sullered, 

 but that it also hit the growers, .and 

 exporters al)road, that in <piitc a num 

 ber of instances the law, through its 

 drastic ipuir.antine provisions had 

 iiieatly iiicicased the cost of imported 

 stock, all of which fell on the ultimate 

 consumer. He called .attention to the 

 fact that the •.'rowers and nurserymen 

 abroad wi'r<! a tiiiit, almost, in decliirini,' 

 the law was of little or no \alue as a 

 I'rotective measure, i)ecause of the rigid 

 insjiection laws of the foreign coun- 

 tries. 



-Mr. IMcirutchison told how the orig- 

 inal regulations had lieen modified, five 



