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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
305 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. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, _____ $1.00 
Six Months, ______ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ * - - - 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. 
Igg^Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are 
requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AHERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Wilson J. Peters. Troy, O.; vice-president, D. S. Lake, Shen¬ 
andoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; treas¬ 
urer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Irving- Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; C. L. Watrous, Des 
Moines, la.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind. 
Committee on Transportation—Wilson J. Peters, ex-officio, chairman ; William 
Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; A. L. Brooke, N. 
Topeka, Kan.; Robert C.Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, 
Tadmor, O.: Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la.; Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; J. J. Harrison, Paines- 
ville, O.; N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Annual convention for 1900—Chicago Beach Hotel, June 18-14. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., November, 1899. 
VALUE OF DISCUSSION. 
Upon all sides are opportunities to benefit by experience. 
We have called attention to the fact that at the recent bien¬ 
nial meeting of the American Pomological Society the pro¬ 
gramme was made up of papers of great length presenting 
matter that was not new for the most part. And now the 
nineteenth annual session of the Farmers’ National Congress 
has been held in Boston and one of the leading agricultural 
journals of the country says of it : “ It must be said that in 
some respects the convention was a windy affair. The 
speeches were long and, as a rule, did not deal with topics 
calculated to arouse earnest discussion. Some of them were 
discussed briefly, but it would seem as though shorter talks 
dealing with single, live topics, followed by animated, possi¬ 
bly prearranged discussion would be better. Some points 
made by the speakers met with vigorous approval from vari¬ 
ous delegates, but nothing definite seemed to be in mind.” 
To a very large degree that criticism could be applied to 
the proceedings of the American Association of Nurserymen. 
As these suggestions are presented in the experience of 
others, they may be considered by the programme committee 
of the American Association. 
As we have repeatedly urged, upon the character of the 
programme and the proceedings of the annual conventions of 
the American Association depend the interest in the associa¬ 
tion and the attendance at the annual gatherings. We would 
like to see the proceedings made so valuable that the nursery¬ 
men could not afford to stay away from the conventions. 
THE SEASON’S TRADE. 
Steadily have conditions improved until now the nursery¬ 
man has something besides hope to depend upon. The reali¬ 
zation of a marked increase in prices is at hand. Special re¬ 
ports to the National Nurseryman from various points 
indicate conclusively the confidence that has been restored 
and the promise of a continuance of a period of business 
activity upon a paying basis. Wholesalers are greatly en¬ 
couraged by the outlook. Apple, cherry and pear and fruit 
tree stocks are scarce, and prices are sure to advance in the 
spring. Fall sales have increased in many sections, even 
where a severe winter was expeeted to affect sales this year. 
There will be a large demand for stock for spring. It has 
been an unusually busy fall season. 
AUTUMNAL GLORIES. 
Seldom have the trees and shrubs put on a more brilliant 
attire than was the case this fall. Nature set the fashion for 
bright colors and the leaves in glen and forest presented 
magnificent landscape scenery. The parks of Rochester, 
N. Y., as those of other cities, afforded a grand opportunity 
for viewing the work of Nature whose brush had been dipped 
alternately in orange and gold and crimson. Here and there 
the verdant green of springtime had been left untouched, by 
way of contrast. The Indian summer haze added greatly to the 
beauty of the landscape. The high banks of the Genesee, 
which flows through one of Rochester’s largest parks, were 
clothed in splendor. Red and gold predominated. Most 
brilliant of the reds were the leaves of the red maple, the 
dogwoods and the sumacs. Next to the dogwoods in bril¬ 
liancy of coloring were the pin oaks. The scarlet oaks with 
their sharp-toothed, deeply-lobed leaves were very attractive. 
All in red were the silky dogwoods, the red osier dogwoods, 
the panicled, round-leaf and alternate-leaf dogwoods. 
The clearest yellow was on the leaves of the American 
birches ; the black birches, the tulip trees and the hickories 
that grew along the water furnished the yellow also. The 
hickories growing in dry places lose their leaves soon. The 
beautiful tinge of purple and brown was from the white ash, 
while the sassafras leaves were of varied hue, some being of a 
rich orange, some a brilliant red and some a lemon yellow. 
The variegated leaves of the soft maple this year were excep¬ 
tionally brilliant. Scattered through the mass of crimson and 
gold was the dark green of the pines and hemlocks and the 
emerald green of the European birches. The yellow and red 
of the hornbeam mingled with the red shad trees. 
