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Gardeners and Florists’* Annual for J9J5 
Potato Association of America. 
President: L. D. Sweet, Food 
Administration, Washington, 
D. C. 
Vice-president: J. G. Milward, 
Wisconsin Exp. Sta., Madison, 
Wls. 
Secretary-Treasurer: Wm. Stu- 
art, Dept, of Agri., Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Railway Gardening Association. 
President: J. S. Butterfield. 
Secretary: Charles E. Lowe, 
Pennsylvania R. R. Lines West, 
216 Jarvella St., Pittsburgh, 
Treasurer: J. IC. Wingert. 
Rhode Island Horticultural Society. 
Ph-esident: <H. H. York, Provi- 
dence, R. I. 
Vice-president: John Hill, Provi- 
dence. 
Secretary: Ernest K. Thomas, 
R. I. State College, Kingston, 
R. I. 
Treasurer: H. L. Madison, Pro- 
vidence. 
Meets third Wednesday each 
month. 
School Garden Ass’n of America. 
President: Van Evrie Kilpatrick. 
Secretary: E. Ruth Pyrtle, Lin- 
coln, Neb. 
Treasurer: John L. Randall, 
Bureau of Education, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 
Meets annually, with National 
Educational Association. 
Society for the Promotion of Agri- 
cultural Science. 
President: Herbert Osborn, Co- 
lumbus, O. 
Vice-president: Wm. D. Brooks, 
Amherst, Mass. 
Secretary-Treasurer; C. P. Gil- 
lette, Fort Collins, Colo. 
Society of American Florists and 
Ornamental Horticulturists. 
President: Chas. H. Totty, Mad- 
ison, N. J. 
Vice-president: Jules Bourdet, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Secretary; John Young, 53 W. 
28th St., N. Y. City. 
Treasurer: J. J. Hess, Omaha, 
Neb. 
Society of Horticultural Scientists 
Secretary: C. P. Close, College 
Park. Md. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association. 
President: O. W. Fraser, Bir- 
mingham, Ala. 
Vice-president: H/ C. Caldwell, 
Atlanta, Ga. 
Secretary-Treasuref : O. Joo 
Howard, Pomono, N. C. 
Tennessee State Florists’ Ass’n. 
President: W. C. Johnson, Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 
Vice - president; Leon Geny, 
Nashville. Tenn. 
Secretary-Treasurers G. M. 
Bentley, University of Tennes- 
see, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee State Fruit Grower*’ 
Association. 
President: J. A. Pruett, Union 
City. 
Secretary-Treasurer: O. M. Wat- 
son, Knoxville. 
Tennessee State Nurserymen’* A*- 
sociation. 
President: Col. George Poague. 
Graysville. 
Secretary-Treasurer: Prof. G. M. 
Bentley, Knoxville. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association. 
President: W. C. Griffing, Port 
Arthur, Texas. 
Vice-president: J. M. Ramsey, 
Austin, Texas. 
Secretary-Treasurer: John S. 
Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Texas State Florists’ Association. 
President: W. J. Baker, Fort 
Worth. Tex. 
Vice-president: O. H. Hannah, 
Sherman. Tex. 
Secretary - Treasurer; L. J. 
Tackett, Ft. Worth, Tex. 
Vegetable Growers’ Association of 
America. 
President: Howard W. Selby, 
Springfield, Mass. 
Vice-president: C. W. Wald, E. 
Lansing, Mich. 
Secretary: Sam W. Severance, 
Louisville, Ky. 
Treasurer: Eugene Davis, Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 
Meets annually. 
Vegetable Growers’ Association of 
Western New York. 
President: Albert S. Goff, Lake 
Placid. 
Vice-president: Leon G. Thorn- 
ton, Lyons. 
Secretary: A. R. Williams, 
Rochester. 
Treasurer: Harry F. Carpenter, 
Pittsford. 
Vermont State Hort. Society. 
President: E. H. West, Dorset, 
Vt. 
Secretary; M. B. Cummings, 
Bujlington, Vt. 
Treasurer: W. C. Colton, Mont- 
pelier. 
Meets December 4-7, 1917, at 
Burlington, Vt. 
Western Ass’n of Nurserymen. 
President: E. M. Sherman, 
Charles City, la. 
