The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1899, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ There is great need for the development of our native plum fora.” —Bailey. 
Vol. VII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY, 1899. No. 6. 
THE CONVENTION, 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FOERTH ANNEAL MEETING 
OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NERSERYMEN. 
Enusually Large Attendance and General Good Feeling—Reports 
on Financial and Legislative Affairs—Canadian Exclusion Act 
and Retaliation —Question Box Provokes Lively Discus¬ 
sion-Reports of Secretary and Treasurer—List of 
Those Present—President’s Address — 
The Exhibits. 
The twenty-fourth annual convention of the American As¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen was held at the Chicago Beach 
Hotel, Chicago, June 14 th and 15 th. There was an unusu¬ 
ally large attendance and a feeling of confidence in a con. 
tinued improvement of business. So well pleased were the 
members with the location that it was unanimously agreed to 
go to Chicago again next year. 
Immediately upon assembling in the convention hall Presi¬ 
dent Brooke delivered his annual address, prefacing his re¬ 
marks with words of congratulation for the Association and 
its executive committee upon the splendid arrangements for 
the convention. 
MEMBERS PRESENT. 
The following names were on the register of the Chicago 
Beach hotel when the convention opened : 
George Achelis, West Chester, Pa. ; N. II Albaugh, Phoneton, O. 
E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind. ; H. Augustine, Normal, 111. 
Arthur Bryant, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, 111 ; R. J. Bagley. New 
Haven, Mo.; Peter Bolander, Phoneton, O.; L. G Bragg, Kalamazoo, 
Mich,; W. W. Baird. Humboldt, Tenn ; L. 0. Bobbink, Rutherford, 
N. J.; E. Brewer, Ottawa, Kan.; A. J. Brown, Geneva, Neb.; II. II. 
Blair, Kansas City, Mo.; A. L. Brooke, N. Topeka, Kan.; Nelson 
Bogue, Batavia, N. Y. 
D. C. Converse, R. J. Coe, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Charles F. Chase, 
II. S. Chase. II. B. Chase, II. C. Chase, Huntsville, Ala,; Lewis Chase, 
Rochester, N. Y.; John C. Chase, Derry, N. II.; A. L. Causse, New 
York City ; Professor JoLn Craig, Ames, la.; Frank Custer, Normal, 
III. ; Central Michigan Nurseries, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
E. T. Dickinson, Paris and New York City ; ,J. II. Dayton, Paines- 
ville, O ; Joseph Davis, Baltimore, Aid.; John F. Donaldson, Warsaw^ 
Ky. ; Thomas II. Douglas, Waukegan, Ill.; F. N. Downer, Bowling 
Green, Ky. 
S. H. Fulton, South Haveu, Mich.; S. R. Fergus, Phoneton, 0.; 
William Fell, Hexham, England ; Marsden B. Fox, Rochester, N. Y r . 
A. II. Griesa, Lawrence, Kan.; Charles E. Greeuiug, Monroe, Mich.; 
T. E. Griesa, Lawrence, Kas.; W. D. Griffing. Macclenny, Fla. 
H. W. Henry, La Porte. Ind.; W. L. Hart, Fredonia, N Y.; Or¬ 
lando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; W. T. Hood, Richmond, Ya,; J. J. Harri. 
son, Painesville, O ; Theodore S. Hubbard, Fredonia, N. Y.; D. H. 
Henry, Geneva, N. Y'.; N. W. Hale. Knoxville. Tenn.; J. Hill, St.; 
James, Minn.; D. Hill, Dundee, Ill ; Joseph Heinl, Jacksonville, Ill.. 
James Hartshorn, Joliet, Ill.; J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; J. W. 
Hill, Des Moines, la.; W. H. Hartman, Dansville, N. Y.; W. F 
Heikes, Huntsville, Ala. 
C. A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J ; George S. Josselyn. Fredonia, 
N. Y.; Irving Jaquay, Benton Harbor, Mich. ; J. Jenkins, Winona, O. 
Gustav Klarner, Quincy, Ill.; E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex ; 
John Klehm, Arlington Heights, Neb.; David Knight, Sawyer, Mich.; 
W. H. Kauffman, Stratford, la.; J. W. Killien, New York City 
R. I). Luetchford. Rochester, N. Y.; Samuel Lorton, Davenport, la.; 
D. S. Lake, A. F. Lake, R. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la. 
Charles J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y.; J. E. Murphy, Humboldt, 
Tenn.; C. W. McNair, Dansville, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, German¬ 
town, Pa.; J. B. Morey, Dansville, N. Y.; E. G. Mendenhall. Ivinmundy, 
Ill.; Jacob W. Manning. Benjamin F. Manning, Reading, Mass.; Ed 
ward C. Morris, Chicago. 
A. W. Newson, Nashville, Tenn. 
P. Ouwerkerk, Jersey City, N. J.; Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N.Y. 
F. S. Phoenix, Bloomington, Ill.; Charles M. Peters, Snow Hill, 
Md.; D. H. Patty, Geneva, N. Y.; A. M. Pearsall, Monroe, Mich.; 
Alexander Pullen, Milford, Del.; W. J. Peters, Troy, 0.; G. E. 
Prater, Jr., Pawpaw, Mich.; J. J. Pinney, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.; Wil¬ 
liam A. Peterson, Chicago. 
Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind.; E. 
A. Riehl, Alton, Ill.; William Iiossney, Bloomington, Ill. 
Harry D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; J. H. Skinner, N. Topeka, 
Ivan.; Irving Spaulding, Spaulding, Ill.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, 
Ivan.; E F. Stephens, Crete, Neb.; Robert C. Stoehr, Dayton, O.; E 
M Sherman, Charles City, la.; W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; J. W. 
Schuette, St. Louis, Mo.; George C. Seager, Edward J. Seager, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y.; G. W. Sallee. St. Louis. Mo.; F. G. Salkeld, Perry, O.; 
Theodore J Smith, Geneva, N. Y.; Edgar Saunders, Chicago. 
Professor L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, Mich.; E. R. Taylor, 
L. R. Taylor, Topeka, Kan. 
John C. Ure, Chicago, Ill.; Robert C. Uecke, Harvard, Ill. 
J. Van Lindley, Pomona, N. C. 
F. W.Watson, Topeka, Kan.; William A. Weber, Nursery, Mo.; N. C. 
Wragg, Waukee, la.; A. E. Windsor Havana, Ill.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; W. M. AVirt, George G. 
AVirt, Alpha, Ill.; A. L. AVood, R'Chester, N. Y.; E. S. Welch, Shen¬ 
andoah, la.; George W. AVhituey, Y T aukton, S. I).; A. Willis, Ottawa, 
Ivan.; Frank A. Weber, Nursery, Mo.; Henry Wallis, AYellston, Mo. 
Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; C. L. Y r ates, Rochester, N. Y\ 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
President Brooke’s addres- follows : 
Gentlemen of the American Association of Nurserymen : 
Since we last met in the city of Omaha only one short year ago, our 
country has made more history than for ten years of her immediate 
past. Her Hag has been gloriously born to the isles of the seas The 
Yankee from Vermont and the sou of the South has thrilled the patri¬ 
otic soul by their deeds of heroism, and even the young man from far- 
off Kansas, unschooled to arms, has performed such brave deeds of 
valor that as a reward Uncle Sam has touched his shoulder with the 
star of the brigadier. The year is now a part of our history dear to 
us all. We are met this year in this great and mighty city of the 
lakes, inspired by her grandeur, ready to bow at her feet and learn the 
lesson of prosperity from the Queen of the empire of the west. From 
the associated wisdom and energies of this people let us learn a lesson 
and unite our own resources for the good of the individual. The 
nurseryman, naturally a lover of nature and always a patriotic citizen, 
knows no East, no West, no North, no South—but is always ready to 
aid his brother from whatever point of the compass he may hail. 
