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Section II 
The National Societies 
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American Ass’n of Nurserymen 
The forty-second annual convention was held at Philadelphia, June 
27th to 29th. Much serious business was discussed, and very little enter- 
tainment was indulged in. There was a get-together dinner on the first 
evening, which was well attended. 
The officers elected for 1917-18 were: President, Lloyd C. Stark, 
of Louisiana, Mo.; vice-president, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; 
treasurer, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. The secretary and counsel is 
Curtis Nye Smith, 19 Congress st., Boston, Mass. 
The place of meeting for 1918 was left to the executive committee. 
Chicago was chosen. 
President John Watson in liis address suggested the establishment 
of a National Arboretum. Secondly, that the committee to confer with 
the landscape architects be continued, and that a committee on com- 
plaints and grievances (i. e., as to payments and credits) be appointed. 
The treasurer’s report showed a balance of $5361.07. 
The secretary suggested the establishment of an annual budget, 
and a committee to consider appropriations before they were placed 
before the annual convention. An appeal was made to help French 
nurserymen repair their orchards and nurseries. The convention also 
went on record to help the Government carry the war to a successful 
conclusion. 
The committee on nomenclature reported the publication of a Find- 
ing List of Binomials, a list of plant names for adoption by the trade. 
The committee on interstate commerce reported having attended a 
meeting at Washington at which the railroads had applied for a 15 per 
cent, increase in freight rates, which had been granted. The committee 
was continued for another year. 
The committee on hail insurance made a report, but no action was 
taken. The committees on arbitration and on standardization each re- 
ported. 
A committee was appointed to go into the question, “When are 
Evergreens, If Ever, Dormant?” which was brought up in a paper read 
by J. B. Baker of Fort Worth, Texas, upon the answer to which depend 
certain freight charges. Other papers were read. 
The committee on legislation reported the efforts that had been made 
to defeat the attempt to exclude all foreign nursery stock. They also 
reported on the conference held with the Federal Horticultural Board 
regarding the expansion of quarantine powers asked for by the latter. 
