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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Mazzard is nearly destroyed, while the row of Mahaleb has 
nearly recovered from the effects of the cold. At Des Moines 
the Mahaleb endured the cold much better than did the Maz¬ 
zard this year.” 
HEDGE PLANTS. 
“ What is the most practical hedge for farm purposes and 
what for park and cemetery purposes ?” was asked. 
Mr. Windsor, Ill.: “In Central Illinois, for twenty years, 
the Osage orange has been regarded as the most practical 
farm hedge. There is the disadvantage that when it is 
allowed to overgrow it develops into a hedge of trees. But 
even then it has been of great use, as it has broken the wind 
and saved wheat crops. It has been found to make the most dur¬ 
able fence posts—more durable than red cedar. It is now an 
article of merchandise in lumber yards and is shipped by the 
carload. North of the belt for Osage Orange the honey 
locust has been used successully, especially in Wisconsin and 
Canada. I shipped annually six to eight carloads to those 
sections until my trade was cut off by the Canadian exclusion 
act.” 
Mr. Harrison: “The farmer does not want a hedge fence 
if he is in the neighborhood of the scale, for it is a harboring 
place for the pest.” 
Mr. Albaugh: “Anything that is practical is successful. I 
have four miles of Osage orange which has to be trimmed 
twice a year. I believe that the only practical farm hedge is 
a barbed wire fence.” 
NURSERY COMBINATION. 
“Is a national combination of nursery interests advisable?’ 
was asked. 
J. H. Dayton, Ohio: “ If I could be secretary and treasurer 
it would be; otherwise not.” 
Mr. Hubbard: “If I could sell out for double the value 
and then start in again in opposition, it would be advisable.’’ 
TREASURER’S BOND. 
At the opening of the Thursday afternoon session President 
Brooke suggested that the Association pay the cost of an in¬ 
demnity bond given by the treasurer under a resolution 
adopted by the Association. 
Mr. Watrous: “To whom would such a bond run in the 
absence of incorporation ?” 
President Brooke: “I suppose to the officers of the 
Association.” 
Mr. VanLindley: “I move the Association pay the cost of 
such a bond, the amount to be fixed by the executive com¬ 
mittee.” Carried. 
Mr. Hale: “Could we get the bond if the surety company 
knew that the Association was paying for it ?” 
President Brooke: “Yes.” 
Mr. Watrous: “I move that the Association constitute the 
chairman of the executive committee the custodian of the 
funds of the Association and that the bond of the treasurer 
run to the chairman of the executive committee.” Carried. 
CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. 
The special order of the report of the committee on the 
president’s address was taken up and Chairman Wilson of that 
committee said: “The committee thought it was asking 
rather too much of the tariff committee to impose upon it the 
extra work in connection with custom house affairs, so it 
recommends t e appointment of a special committee of three 
t» look into the matter of the importation of nursery stock.” 
President Brooke named the following as such special com¬ 
mittee, the members being Eastern men: Thomas B. Meehan, 
Penn.; J. J. Harrison, Ohio; Theodore Smith, New York. 
STANDING COMMITTEES, 
President Brooke announced that the president-elect, Mr. 
Peters, had asked him to state that all the standing committees 
would remain as they were last year. 
A paper was read by Professor E. S. Goff of the State Uni¬ 
versity, Madison, Wis., on “ Root Killing of Nursery Trees.” 
PRAISE FOR THE HOTEL. 
Chairman Willis of the committee on resolutions reported 
strongly in favor of the excellent accommodations provided 
the members of the Association by George B. Ross, manager 
of the Chicago Beach Hotel and by all the hotel employees, 
the kindness and courtesy of whom was especially mentioned. 
The report expressed the thanks of the Association to the pro¬ 
prietor, Mr Ross, and instructed the secretary of the Associa¬ 
tion to make a record of this expression and to present to the 
proprietor a copy of these resolutions. The report was adopted 
unanimously and vociferously. 
President Brooke then briefly congratulated the Association 
upon the success of its twenty-fourth annual convention and 
thanked the members for their consideration for him during 
the time he had presided over their deliberations. 
At 3.45 p. m. the convention adjourned until next June. 
THE EXHIBITS: 
Chairman Jones of the committee on exhibits noted the fol¬ 
lowing: Chicago Carnation Co., carnations; Rochester Litho¬ 
graphing Co., represented by M. B. Fox, plates; P. S. Peter¬ 
son & Son, Chicago, herbaceous pjeonies; J. Austin Shaw, 
representing several firms; D. B. Long, Buffalo, catalogue de¬ 
signs; D. W. Rich, Atlantic, la., Wallace new red raspberry; 
Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, O., R. C Stoehr, repre¬ 
sentative, fruit tree labels; John D. Abel, rapid fruit tree bud- 
der; Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J., Japanese maple; Ben¬ 
jamin Chase, Derry, N. H., represented by John C. Chase, 
fruit tree labels; Joseph Heinl, Jacksonville, Ill., junipers and 
amarylis; Stecher Lithographing Co., Rochester, plates. 
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
The American Nurserymen’s Protective Association met at 
the Chicago Beach hotel June 14 . Over 40 members were 
present. It was one of the largest meetings the association has 
held. Seven new members were admitted. The following 
officers were elected: President, C. L. Watrous; vice-presi¬ 
dent, Samuel Lorton; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan; treas¬ 
urer, Wilson J. Peters; executive committee, C. L. Watrous, 
C. H. Perkins, W. J. Peters. 
The Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association met at the 
Chicago Beach hotel, June 14 . There was a good attendance 
and matters of special interest to the members were discussed, 
hive new members were added. The following officers were 
elected: President, N. H. Albaugh; vice-president, William C. 
Barry; secretary and treasurer, George C. Seager; executive 
committee, E. Albertson, Irving Rouse, F. H. Stannard. 
It is proposed that the two associations unite, as their ob¬ 
jects are identical. 
CONVENTION NOTES. 
What every one said : The Chicago Beach hotel is all 
right. 
I he badge book listed 395 members of the Association. 
About 150 attended the convention. 
