Gbe IRational IRursersunan. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXIII. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. JUNE. 1915. No. 6. 
DETROIT CONVENTION, JUNE 23-25 
4 4 *■ I ' HE City Beautiful” as it is called is well worth 
a visit and those planning to attend the Con¬ 
vention may look forward to a thoroughly en¬ 
joyable time. It is an ideal Convention city. 
Here are a few brief facts about Detroit, 
Seventh in population in United States. 
40 per cent of Detroiters own their own homes, and it is 
noted for its beautiful residences, broad streets and 
boulevards. 
Industrial peace is less disturbed than any other manu¬ 
facturing city in the world. 
There are sixteen theaters and 125 splendid photo- 
Central Avenue, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich. 
Population 600.000 and adding 40.000 each year. 
Detroit covers an area of 41.76 square miles. 
Detroit has twenty-nine public parks. 
Most beautiful boulevard in the world. 
Finest fleet of excursion steamers in the world hail 
from Detroit. Carried ten million and a hall passengers 
last year without loss of a single life. 
Street railway system comprises over 223 miles ol 
electric lines, owned by one company. 
Over 100 public schools and 85 other educational insti¬ 
tutions. 
Has long been recognized as a city of homes. Almost 
play houses, furnishing amusement for everybody. 
Owns its own water works system and electric light 
plant; total valuation of $15,000,000. 
Visiting nurserymen will be especially interested in 
the famous park system, it includes that most superb 
recreation ground—Belle Isle, with its 707 acres of rest, 
recreation and unsurpassed beauty and is oiten more 
admired by foreign visitors than Americans. It has few 
equals on the globe and all belongs to the City of Detroit. 
There are thirty public parks on which the city ex¬ 
pends almost a million dollars yearly for up-keep, fur¬ 
nishing its people and visitors amusement. 
