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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C I>. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT. Editor 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
30s Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
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Rochester, -N. Y., July, 1895 . 
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL. 
The twentieth annual convention of the American As¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen was marked by no special feature 
of great interest or importance, but a programme along 
the usual lines was pleasantly fulfilled in the main. The 
first disappointment came in the announcement that the 
president of the association could not be present, but his 
place was ably filled by Vice-President Albaugh. Profes¬ 
sors Webster and Bailey presented important subjects, 
their necessarily brief treatment of which was listened to 
with manifest interest by all. The papers prepared by 
others treated of subjects directly bearing upon the trade. 
These annual meetings are a source of much pleasure 
and more or less profit to the members of the association. 
The programmes of the meetings are intended mainly to 
hold the attention of the nurserymen to subjects of gen¬ 
eral interest connected with their business during brief 
sessions on the two days of the convention. It is under¬ 
stood by all that the meetings are principally for the pur¬ 
pose of renewing old and forming new acquaintances and 
the discussion of topics upon which all have been work¬ 
ing during the year in which the members have been 
widely separated. 
That one of the prime objects of the meetings is to 
secure rest and a mild form of recreation for the members 
is evidenced by the proposition to hold the sessions of 
the convention next year upon a steamer on the lake near 
Chicago, the place chosen. There was some demurring 
to this proposition at the Indianapolis meeting, but it was 
not openly manifested. There was also a difference of 
opinion upon the choice of meeting place for next year, 
but in this case also no open objection was made. The 
western members were in the majority and it was argued 
in executive committee that Chicago is a central point. 
In the opinion of a large number of members there should 
be no reason why the convention of 1897 should not be 
held in the East, and it is probable this will be the result. 
The convention honored with the presidency for this 
year one who by his signal service in the legislature of 
his state has brought honor upon the business he rep¬ 
resents. 
WORLD’S HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
It is probable that the idea of a World’s Horticultural 
Society will have to be given up, at least for the present. 
An organization was formed during the World’s Colum¬ 
bian Exposition, with the following distinguished gentle¬ 
men as officers: President, Prosper J. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; vice-president, Henri L. de Vilmorin, Paris, 
France; secretary-treasurer, George Nicholson, curator 
of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England. Later the presi¬ 
dent appointed William F. Dreer, Philadelphia, vice- 
president for the United States, and Mr. Dreer appointed 
Professor L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. 
Y., secretary-treasurer for the United States. A constitu¬ 
tion was prepared, translated into French, German and 
Spanish, and sent to the agricultural and horticultural 
press of the world. 
Strong efforts were made by Professor Bailey at the 
cost of considerable time and money to effect organiza¬ 
tions in the chief horticultural countries of the world, but 
with only a small measure of success. It has been impos¬ 
sible to interest a sufficient number of horticulturists in 
other countries in the movement to warrant further effort 
at the present time. Through the efforts of President 
Berckmans, Vice-President de Vilmorin, and Secretary- 
Treasurer Bailey, organizations were perfected in Liberia, 
Guatemala, the United States of Colombia, Switzerland 
and a few other countries. 
It was designed that the purpose of the society should 
be the collection and publication of information in the 
form of directories, statistics and abstracts to facilitate 
business or aid inquirers and students, the publications to 
be made in four languages. Such an organization would 
be of great value to its members and it is to be hoped 
that the project may eventually be fulfilled. 
Under the act of legislature of New York State, 
appropriating $16,000 to be expended in the interest of 
horticulture in the sixteen counties lying north and west 
of Cayuga lake. Professors Bailey, Lodeman and Slinger- 
land are conducting experiments in seventy-five points 
in Western New York, from which it is hoped 
soon to derive valuable results which will be 
published in bulletins. Some of these experi¬ 
ments have been in progress in Dansville for the 
purpose of determining methods of reviving land 
