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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
be incorporated. However, I will withdraw the resolution.” 
Mr. Wilson—“We are going to ask the treasurer to give 
bonds. To whom shall he furnish the bonds?” 
Mr. Brooke—“The director system leads to rings. We do 
not want rings.” 
Mr. Watrous—“ I am sure there was not the slightest thought 
of such a result in the proposal made here by me to-day.” 
Mr. Pitkin—“I move that the matter be laid on the table 
indefinitely.” Carried. 
Mr. Watrous—“ I have withdrawn the resolution.” 
President Rouse—“ This is the third time this subject has 
been brought up and dropped.” 
The convention adjourned until 1:30 p. m., June 9. This 
was only for the purpose of giving opportunity to bring up 
other business. As none was presented the adjournment was 
until next year. 
EXHIBITS. 
L. T. Sanders, Plain Dealing, La., exhibited samples of 
McKinney’s May peach and Celestial fig, and plates of Eureka 
and Frances peach and Louisiana apple. 
Robert C. Stoehr, of the Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., 
Dayton, O., had an attractive display of labels of all kinds. 
Marsden B. Fox, of the Rochester Lithographing Co., 
Rochester, N. Y., had a large display of plates for nursery¬ 
men’s use. 
Joseph Heinl, Jacksonville, Ill., exhibited roses and junipers. 
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 
The Nurserymen's Mutual Protective Association elected 
the following officers : President, N. H. Albaugh, Tadmor, 
O.; vice-president, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary- 
treasurer, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; executive com¬ 
mittee, Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; E. Albertson, Bridge¬ 
port, Ind.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association officers 
were elected as follows : President, C. L. Watrous, Des 
Moines, la ; vice-president, Samuel Lorton, Davenport, la.; 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa.; treasurer, 
Wilson J. Peters, Troy, O.; executive committee, C. L. 
Watrous, Wilson J. Peters, C. H. Perkins, Newark, N. Y. 
The American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association 
on June 9 at Omaha re-elected its former officers as follows : 
President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; vice-president, F. H. 
Stannard, Ottawa, Kan.; secretary-treasurer, E. M. Sherman, 
Charles City, la. 
VISIT TO SHENANDOAH. 
On Friday after the convention adjourned, a party of eleven 
visited Shenandoah, la., as the guests of D. S. Lake and E. S. 
Welch, proprietors of the large nurseries at that place. They 
had a most enjoyable time and are enthusiastic in praise of the 
courtesy and hospitality extended. They highly commended 
all that was seen at the nurseries. 
The party which was taken from Omaha and back without 
expense to the members was composed of A. J. Brown, of 
Youngers & Co., Geneva, Neb.; Z. K. Jewett, Sparta, W is.; 
George J. Spear, Greeley, Colo.; Robert C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga ; E. C Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; Mr. Teas, of 
J. C. Teas & Co, Carthage, Mo.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Mr. Marshall, of Marshall Brothers, Arlington, Neb.; 
John C. Chase, Derry, N. H.; H. J Weber, N ursery, Mo.; L. 
G. Bragg, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
The nurseries of Messrs. Lake and Welch were in fine con¬ 
dition. The proprietors generously explained details and 
seemed to enjoy the visit as much as did the guests, and that 
was a good deal. It was one of those pleasant side excursions 
that mark the conventions of the Association. 
THE TRIP TO OMAHA. 
Several parties were made up to and from the convention 
from the homes of the members and the pleasures of the trip 
were thus increased. The longest trip was that of the eastern 
members. Though the representation was not nearly as large 
as it will be next year, it was a merry party that left Buffalo 
on the night of June 5th, via the Wabash railroad for Chicago. 
The officials of that road seemed to have arranged especially 
for the comfort of the travelers, yet the accomodations were 
such as every traveler over that line receives. The party went 
on the Chicago flyer which leaves Buffalo at 8:30 p. m., and 
carries Wagner sleepers, dining car and free reclining chair 
cars. Fast time via Niagara Falls and St. Thomas over a 
smooth road-bed was made and Chicago was reached at 10 a.m. 
From Chicago the party proceeded to Omaha via the Chi¬ 
cago, Rock Island and Pacific, long noted for its excellent 
service. The Rocky Mountain limited carried the nurserymen 
to and from the convention city in the shortest possible time. 
The equipment of trains on this road is unexcelled and the 
satisfaction expressed by its patrons is the best advertisement 
it could have. The connections throughout the West on the 
Rock Island are of the best. 
A part of the party went via St. Louis from Chicago over 
the vestibuled limited and the continental limited of the 
Wabash line. The compartment cars on this road furnish the 
acme of modern travel at a minimum of cost to the traveler. 
Eastern roads might well adopt them. 
Heavy rains throughout Missouri and Iowa had flooded 
field and forest. To a tenderfoot from the sun-kissed, Arca¬ 
dian fields of the peaceful Genesee Valley in Western New 
York the most interesting sight by reason of its contrast, was 
the cyclone cellar close to the side or rear entrance of every farm 
house throughout the cyclone belt, mute evidence of the 
reality of the tales of destruction that have come out of the 
West, and standing arguments for the evergreen specialists 
who advocate “wind breaks.” 
SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. _ 
The sixteenth annual meeting of the American Seed Trade 
Association was held in Hotel Chamberlain, Old Point Com¬ 
fort, Va., on June 14, 15 and 16. A hopeful feeling prevails 
among the members regarding the future of the seed business. 
Officers elected were : President, E. B. Clark, Millford, 
Conn.; first vice-president, Jos. A. Bolgiano, Baltimore ; 
second vice-president, Albert McCullough, Cincinnati ; secre¬ 
tary and treasurer, S. F. Willard, with A. N. Clark, Millford, 
Conn , as assistant. 
Executive Committee—J. B. Rice, Cambridge, N. Y.; W. 
Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia; I. B. Clark, Buffalo ; C. E. 
Kendal, Cleveland ; William Meggat, Wethersfield, Conn. 
