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method of custom house examination of stock. The commit¬ 
tee seems to have given the subject careful attention and we 
have no doubt that its report represents what it deems the 
very best interests of the nurserymen. 
PRIZES FOR UNITED STATES FRUIT. 
A jury composed of Russian and French gentlemen has 
awarded prizes for United States fruit at the Paris Exposition 
as follows : 
First Prizes: General Collection of the United States, Illinois 
Horticultural Society, Missouri State Horticultural Society, New York 
State Commission. 
Second Prizes: Connecticut Pomological Society, Indiaua Horti¬ 
cultural Society, Nebraska State Horticultural Society. 
Third prizes : Kansas State Horticultural Society, North Carolina 
Department of Agriculture, Gabriel Hiester, Harrisburg, Pa. 
THE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
The American Nurserymen’s Protective Association, at its 
annual meeting in Chicago last month, elected the following 
officers : President, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y ; vice- 
president, A. L. Brooke, North Topeka, Kan.; secretary, 
Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa.; treasurer, PeterYoung- 
ers, Geneva, Neb.; executive committee, C. .M Stark, Louisi¬ 
ana, Mo.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
The annual meeting of the Nurserymen’s Mutual Trotective 
Association was held June 13th in Chicago. The following 
officers were re-elected : President, N. H. Albaugh, Phone- 
ton, O.; vice president, William C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary and treasurer, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; 
executive committee, E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; Irving 
Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.f F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 
The eighteenth annual meeting of the American Seed Trade 
Association was held at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, 
June 12 —13. Among the topics discussed were the follow¬ 
ing : “Tariff, Customs and Express,” “New Century ( on- 
ditions,” S. E. Briggs and S. F. Leonard; “Commission on 
Box Seeds ;” “Prices;” “ Cost of Catalogues ;” “Commercial 
Traveler;” “ How to make an Effective Catalogue at a 
Minimum Cost, Value of Catch Phrases, Does Advertising 
Cheap Collections Pay,” Chas. N. Page; “Cauliflower Culti¬ 
vation and Reproduction,” C. L Allen ; “The Pleasant Side 
of Business Association,” Chas. B. Heath ; “ The Successful 
Retail Seedsman,” W. C. Langbridge. 
Twenty-one members were elected. A gold-headed cane 
was presented to the retiring president, Alexander Rodgers. 
These officers were elected : Albert McCullough, president ; 
F. W. Bolgiano, first vice-president ; S. G. Courteen, second 
vice-president ; S. F. Willard, secretary-treasurer; A. N. 
Clark, assistant secretary ; Alex. Rodgers, C. S. Clark, W. J. 
Mandeville, Albert J. Brown and I. B. Clark, executive com¬ 
mittee. The association will meet next June in Buffalo. 
The National Nurseryman is the official journal of the American 
Association. All the news of the nursery trade for $1 per year. 
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA. 
Under date of June 7th, the P. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, 
Ga., write: “ We are having elegant weather for the growth of 
nursery stock. Although the spring was somewhat late, the 
growth of nursery stock far exceeds that of last year, up to the 
present date. 
All of our peach growers are preparing for heavy shipments 
of peaches to northern and western markets. The prospects 
for a heavy crop are very good. 
“Judging from present indications, there will be a large 
demand for nursery stock the coming fall.” 
.from Dario us points. 
August Rhotert, New York cily, sailed for Europe on June 28 th. 
1 he office and furniture of F. S. Phoenix, Bloomington, Ill., were 
damaged by fire recently. 
The Central Michigan Nursery Company, Lansing, Mich., has 
increased its capital stock to $ 25 , 000 . 
The third annual convention of the Canadian Horticultural Society 
will be held in Montreal August 16 and 17 . 
Over 1,700 trees have been planted in New York city during the 
past year by the New York Tree Planting Association. 
Plants, roots, cuttings and scions, completely crated are, by the new 
express rates, placed on equal footing with those completely boxed • 
Louis Leroy, Angers, France, has been appointed chevalier de la 
Legion d’Honneur by the president of the French republic. His 
nurseres are represented in this country by August Rhotert. 
M. J. Henry, Vancouver, B. C , writes: “ Trade has been extra good 
this season, the warm weather in April causing orders to rush in all at 
once; so much so that we were a week behind in filling them.” 
The Kansas City (Mo.) Tree Planters’ Society, has planted in the 
year past 7,000 trees, and 5,000 more are under contract. In addition 
the Park board has contracted for 6 , 000 . Most of the street trees are 
soft maple. 
George Foster has disposed of his interest in the Phoenix Nursery 
Co., Bloomington, 111 ., to William E. Rossney and retires after thirty- 
two years’ connection with the establishment. Sidney Tuttle and Mr. 
Rossney are now the only owners of Phoenix stock. 
There are 6,000 roses at the Pan-Ameriean Exposition grounds in 
Buffalo. The principal contributors are Ellwanger A Barry Nursery 
Co., Rochester; F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y.; Nelson Bogue, 
Batavia; Vaughn’s Seed Store, Chicago, and Jackson & Perkins Co., 
Newark, N. Y. 
The Park and Out Door Art Association has elected these officers : 
L. F. Holden, Cleveland, O., president; John C. Olmsted, and E. J. 
Parker, vice-presidents, and members of council; Warren II. Manning, 
Boston, secretary; and O. C. Simonds, treasurer. The place of meet¬ 
ing for 1901 will be Milwaukee, Wis. 
The dutiable imports of plants, shrubs and vines amounted to 
$ 70,166 in April, against $ 49,370 in the same month of last year. The 
free imports of seeds amounted in 1900 to $ 48,670 against $ 73 , 059 , the 
value of the imports of April, 1899 . The dutiable imports of seed 
amounted to $ 26,200 in April, 1900 against $ 17,258 iu April of the 
previous year. 
don’t stand in your own light. 
Marble City Nursery Co., Knoxville, Tenn.—"Enclosed find 
postoffice order for $1 subscription for one year, beginning July 1 , 
1900 . We feel as though we had neglected our business in not sub¬ 
scribing for it sooner. Every nurseryman ought to read the National 
Nurseryman. If he does not, he stands in his own light.” 
