THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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tion. The following resolution was presented and laid on the 
table until afternoon : 
Resolved, That the kind invitation of the chairman of committee on 
horticulture, R K. Smitliers, and the director of exhibits, F. W. Taylor, 
of the Pan-American exhibition be accepted and that the president of 
the Association appoint a committee of three to act as an advisory com¬ 
mittee in conjunction with the sub-committee on horticulture of the 
Pan-American Exposition. 
Mr. Albaugh : “This nurserymen’s meeting has been 
increasing in interest and we have a splendid meeting here 
to-day. You will notice that this is the 24 th annual meeting. 
I have attended twenty-one meetings. If another member has 
such a record, I would like to see his hand. No hands up ? 
I guess this Ohio kid is the only one. This is my forty-second 
year in the nursery business at one stand, can any one else say 
the same ? 
(Up stood Jacob W. Manning of Reading, Mass , who has 
seen forty-five years in the business at the same stand.) 
“ We have met in a good many places. I have frozen at 
Niagara Falls and melted at Detroit. I have ransacked the 
Mississippi and the Missouri. I suggest the desirability of 
considering Chicago as the place for the next convention.” 
The following committee on programme was appointed, 
after which the convention adjourned until afternoon : C. L. 
Watrous, la.; Ralph T. Olcott, New York ; E. Albertson, Ind. 
VICE-PRESIDEN TS. 
At the opening of Wednesday afternoon’s session the follow¬ 
ing vice-presidents for the states were elected : 
Alabama, Robt. Chase ; Arkansas, T. Wing ; Colorado, George J. 
Spear; California, Thomas B. Bolander ; Connecticut, J. H. Hale; 
Delaware, Alexander Pullen ; Florida, W. D. Griffing ; Georgia, R. C 
Berckmans; Idaho, S. S. Lewis ; Illinois, F. S. Phoenix ; Indiana, W. 
S. Reed ; Kansas, A. Willis ; Kentucky, F. M. Downs ; Louisiana, L. 
T. Sanders ; Maine, Herbert A. Jackson ; Maryland, Joseph Davis ; 
Massachusetts, J. W. Manning; Michigan, C. E. Greening ; Minnesota, 
J. Cole Doughty ; Mississippi, Dr. A. T. McKay ; Missouri, Frank A. 
Wheeler; Montana, S. M. Emery; Nebraska, Peter Youngers; New 
Haven, J. C. Chase; New Jersey, P. Ouwerkerk ; New York, D. II. 
Henry ; North Carolina, J. Van Lindley; Ohio, J. H. Dayton ; Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Thomas B. Meehan ; South Dakota, G. H. Whiting ; Tennessee, 
J. E. Murphy; Texas, E. W. Kirkpatrick ; Utah, J. H. Goodhue; 
Vermont, D. J. Camps; Virginia, W. T. Hood; Washington, C. L. 
Whitney ; West Virginia, G. P. Miller; Wisconsin, C. Edwards. 
The resolution relating to the Pan-American Exposition in 
Buffalo, offered by Mr. Bogue, was adopted. 
THE WHITNEY CLAIM. 
President Brooke called upon Mr. Watrous to report on the 
Association’s claim on the Whitney estate, at Franklin Grove, 
Ill. Mr. Watrous reported that the conditions are as follows : 
“The Association had for many years as its treasurer, A. R. 
Whitney. His health failed and his son, N. A. Whitney, was 
elected treasurer. The father died and the money of the 
Association was locked up in the estate which is wholly in 
land, 270 acres. The son has no property of his own, at least 
not nearly enough to make good the amount of the Associa¬ 
tion’s fund, some fourteen hundred dollars. The last infor¬ 
mation I had from the administrator of the estate, who is the 
husband of a daughter of the decedent and is therefore an 
heir and an interested party, is to the effect that we cannot 
expect to obtain our money until the estate is settled. Our 
claim is secured by a full legal assignment of the distributory 
share of N. A. Whitney, and we shall get our money first when 
the estate is divided. 
“The administrator is Mr. Crawford, a wealthy man and one 
of large business experience. We cannot expect him to sell 
the property until he can get what he thinks is a right price. 
Now we have two courses : We may go to law over the 
matter, or we may seek to make terms for the purchase of the 
claim by the administrator or some one else. I am personally 
acquainted with the advisory lawyer of the estate. He will 
do all in his power to help us. But I am thoroughly satisfied 
that it would be worse than a waste of money to sue the 
administrator or Mr. Whitney. We may wait for a settlement 
or we may make the best terms we can in an assignment of the 
claim. If we need the money now, we can send some one to 
Franklin Grove to negotiate. I believe the administrator has 
two years’ time from the date of his appointment in which to 
effect a settlement. The claim carries six per cent, interest.” 
Irving Rouse, of New York, suggested that as the Associa¬ 
tion is not in pressing need of the money, and as the claim is 
well secured it would be well to await a settlement of the 
estate and get the benefit of the interest. The amount due 
one of the protective societies by Mr. Whitney has been paid. 
It was much smaller than that due the Association. The 
claim of the Association was referred to the executive commit¬ 
tee with power to act. 
President Brooke read a communication from U. S. Pomo- 
logist, G. B. Brackett, stating that the space for a nursery 
exhibit at the Paris Exposition would be restricted and sug¬ 
gesting that photographs of nursery stock be sent to him at 
Washington to be forwarded to Paris. These should be sent 
not later than October 1 , 1899 . It is also suggested that an 
exhibit be made of American fruits of the crops of 1899 and 
1900 , fresh or manufactured. 
CLASSIFICATION OF STOCK. 
In presenting the repoit on the president’s address Silas 
Wilson, of Iowa, called attention to the urgent need of a re¬ 
arrangement of the classification of nursery stock. He said 
that he had found that grape vines, cuttings and hedge plants 
billed as such are rated as first-class freight, whereas stock 
billed as trees and shrubs are favored. Mr. Bissell, of Mary¬ 
land, said that his firm imported eleven boxes of trees and one 
of plants from Japan, and because of peculiarities in classifi¬ 
cation he paid $96 more for freight from San Francisco than 
was necessary. President Brooke cited a case where an agent 
told him the minimum carload weight had been increased to 
24,000 pounds. He investigated and finally was able to show 
the agent that the minimum had not been changed from 20,000 
pounds. President Brooke urged the importance of looking 
into these matters and not accepting the statements of railway 
officials. 
Following is the report of the committee on the president’s 
recommendations : 
Your committee, to which was referred the president’s address, has 
had the same under consideration, and would respectfully submit the 
following for your consideration: 
Regarding the classification of nursery stock to include grape vines, 
cuttings, seedlings, etc., all in same classification as trees and shrub¬ 
bery. 
We would recommend further that our committee use its best efforts 
to secure this classification by all forwarding companies. 
We recommend that the suggestions of the president on the tariff 
question be referred to a special committee for its consideration for 
such action as it may deem proper. 
Your committee would recommend a continuation of the same com. 
mittee on transportation. 
In relation to the distribution of price lists, catalogues and circulars 
