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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



NURSERYMEN'S ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CON VENTION 



THE time for the coming together of and prompt publication of the badge 

 our membershio — Tune 14, 15 and 16, book. 



St. Louis, the convention city for 1911, 

 has an altitude of 480 feet above sea 

 level. It is built on rolling ground, ris- 



'HE time for the coming together of 

 our membership — June 14, 15 and 16, 

 1911 — is near at hand, and, with echoes 

 of the splendidly successful Denver con- 

 vention still fresh in our memory, we are 

 called upon to announce the thirty-sixth 

 annual gathering of our association. 

 When we review the record of achieve- 

 ments by this organization, each one of 

 which has secured large benefits to the 

 trade generally, we are surprised that 

 there are so many nurserymen in every 

 state of the Union who are still unidenti- 

 fied with the association. Surely they 

 do not fully appreciate what a member- 

 ship with us means. It is no small priv- 

 ilege members enjoy in being able to 

 annually touch elbows with their breth- 

 ren from far and near, and to listen to 

 valuable papers and discussions on topics 

 of vital importance to each. Whilst cer- 

 tain portions of the time are thus occu- 

 pied the management, fully believing in 

 the old adage that "All work and no 

 play makes Jack a dull boy," caters also 

 to the social and recreative, and a refer- 

 ence to the program prepared by the 

 entertainment committee will furnish an 

 idea of their plans. 



"In union there is strength" may be 

 an "old saw," but it is none the less true, 

 and we repeat what we said in last year's 

 circular: "We are satisfied that there 

 are manj' nurserymen still to be secured 

 as members, and as a result a corre- 

 sponding increase in interest and in influ- 

 ence to be developed." Nurserymen, we 

 ask that each resolve to give immediate 

 response. You can if you will. And 

 your doing so will greatly facilitate the 

 work of your secretary in the registra- 

 tion of members and in the compilation 



ing at some points 200 feet above the 



EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY 



LOGANBERRIES 



level of the Mississippi River, and pos- 

 sesses a frontage of nineteen miles on 

 the "Father of Waters." Beyond the 

 third terrace the surface spreads out in 

 a picturesque plateau. The climate is 

 temperate and healthful. The city is 

 noted for the number and beauty of its 

 public parks, which have an aggregate 

 area of 3,200 acres, prominent among 

 which are the Tower Grove Park and the 

 famous Missouri Botanical Gardens. In 

 its public buildings St. Louis has much 

 to be proud of. It boasts of a $2,000,000 

 city hall, a $6,000,000 U. S. government 

 building and a chamber of commerce 

 building of sandstone in the Renaissance 

 style. It has over 400 miles of streets, 

 and its wide avenues and palatial resi- 

 dences are very attractive. The great 

 bridge over the Mississippi is a marvel 

 of engineering skill. 



The selection of The Southern Hotel 

 as headquarters was made after much 

 consideration by the committee, includ- 

 ing the president of the association, the 

 latter saying of it. "The ideal place for 

 the nurserymen." The management of 

 the hotel say: "The Southern covers an 

 entire city block; is thoroughly fireproof; 

 has about 400 large rooms, every one 

 with an outside exposure, about 150 of 

 them with private bath. Our hotel 

 lobby, the largest of any in the world, 

 in the form of a Maltese cross, has an 

 entrance from each of the four streets 

 by which it is bounded. The Market 

 Street car will bring you from Union 

 Station direct to our doors. We are pre- 

 pared to make you very liberal terms — 

 the free use of such meeting and com- 

 mittee rooms as you may require. 



together with service, and a rate on the 

 European plan of one dollar per day per 

 person where two occupy the same room 

 with one double bed; single rooms from 

 $1.50 per day up. Our $1.50 and $2 

 rooms to be one dollar additional where 

 bed is furnished for each additional per- 

 son; room with private bath from $2.50 

 per day up, single, and from $4 per day 

 up for two people. American plan rates 

 from $3 per day up." The Southern 

 Hotel people promise that they "will not 

 refuse any reservation as long as vacant 

 rooms are at our disposal, and will use 

 every effort to see that your members 

 are satisfactorily cared for." Our advice 

 to all is that they write immediately to 

 Henry C. Lewis, manager, The Southern 

 Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. 



To join the American Association of 

 Nurserymen costs five dollars. Send that 

 amount to the secretary the day you 

 read this notice. We ask your co-opera- 

 tion. You have everything to gain and 

 nothing to lose by joining, while the 

 association as a whole will be materially 

 strengthened thereby. 



In answer to the query, "What is the 

 badge book?" we reply, "an unique list 

 of the live nurserymen of the country." 

 Not that all the live members of the 

 trade are enrolled. Your name should 

 be therein, if not there already. Every 

 member is given a number immediately 

 his fee is received by the secretary, and 

 the membership fee entitles you to publi- 

 cation of name and address only. If a 

 member be alive to his privilege he will 

 buy a space in the book for his advertise- 

 ment, thereby attracting to himself the 

 attention of every other member, for his 

 badge contains his registration number, 

 which he will attach to his coat, and thus 

 introduce himself to all who meet him 

 at the convention. You cannot afford to 

 be off the list of advertisers. Primarily, 

 for your own good, and, next, because 

 this is a grand co-operative concern, and 

 deserves the support of all to enable it 

 to successfully prosecute its work. 



For information regarding exhibits 

 application should be made without 

 delay to Mr. J. W. Schuette, 5600 Gra- 



