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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
in life to grow fruit. Every farmer should have a fruit gar¬ 
den. I have tried to impress on the farmers the advantages of 
fruit growing. It is your province to urge men to buy trees 
and plant them.” 
President Wilson in thanking the mayor and ex-Secretary 
Colman, said the convention represented 4,500 nurserymen 
who joined in an expression of appreciation of the cordial 
greetings. 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. 
The president then read his annual address : 
Gentlemen of tlie American Association of Nurserymen : 
The honor of presiding over the deliberation and enterprises of this 
association for the current year was alike unsought and unexpected 
by myself, and yet the surprise of my selection did not lessen my 
appreciation of your kindness, nor my sense of the high honor con¬ 
ferred. 
The cordiality which exists among the progressive nurserymen of 
this country is to be commended. There is a freedom from the pre¬ 
judice and jealousy so often manifested in other vocations. This asso¬ 
ciation should be kept alive if for no other purpose than the social 
advantages enjoyed by our members also the business advantages by 
the nurserymen of this association should not be underestimated. Many 
thousand dollars worth of business is transacted annually at our meet¬ 
ings. 
Our twenty-second annual convention meets under circumstances of 
great encouragement. The work of this association during the past 
year in the matter of securing a tariff on nursery stock will result in 
more substantial good to the nurserymen of America than any other 
year’s work ever done by this [association, with the possible exception 
of the work done by the transportation committee of 1888. 
I desire to commend the tariff committee of this association for their 
untiring energy and faithful services rendered. I believe this associa¬ 
tion should have standing committees as follows, viz : Transportation, 
Tariff and Legislation. I would therefore recommend the appointment 
of the above named committees or the continuation of the committees 
already appointed. I would further recommend the appropriation of 
at least $500 by this association to be set aside, or as much thereof as 
may be needed for defraying the expenses of said committees, believ¬ 
ing the funds of this association cannot be expended in any other way 
that will result in as much good to the association. We will have the 
pleasure of hearing the reports from the above named committees 
which will no doubt be interesting to every member of the association. 
The fruit growers and entomologists of the United States held a con¬ 
vention in Washington, D. C., on March 5th, 1897. The principal act 
of this convention was the appointment of a committee on legislation 
whieh formulated a bill known as the Federal Insect or San Jose Scale 
bill, which, if it should become a law without amendments or modifica¬ 
tion, it would certainly work an unreasonable hardship upon the nur¬ 
serymen of the country. I believe this to be a very important ques¬ 
tion for the nurserymen of the country and that it should receive the 
careful attention of this association. 
While I am in sympathy with the disposition manifested by the fruit 
growers and entomologists to stamp out the San Jose Scale or other 
destructive insects or diseases wherever found, I am also in favor of 
the great nursery interests of the United States being at least consulted 
before such important legislation should be enacted. I have therefore 
announced as committee on legislation men of experience and ability in 
order that they might present a report on this important subject at 
this meeting. 
In conclusion, I desire to return to you the trust you have so lavishly 
bestowed upon me. 
TREASURER’S REPORT. 
Treasurer N. A. Whitney presented the following report : 
June 10, 1896, balance on hand, $1,837.12 ; membership 
dues, $1,100.82 ; total, $2,937.94. 
June II, 1896, paid Professor Bailey, $54; E. H. Van 
Deman, $42.83 ; Miss Jacobson, $50 ; Whitehead & Hoag Co., 
$44.13 ; Union and Advertiser Co., $201.70 ; W. C. Barry, $51; 
J. J. Harrison, $48 ; Silas Wilson, $88 ; Irving Rouse, $48 ; 
W. W. Morrison, $22.44 ! Whitehead & Hoag Co., $50 ; W. C. 
Barry, $7.12 ; salary treasurer, $50 ; salary secretary and clerk 
hire, $325 ; postage and railway commission, $49.46 ; total, 
$1,141.68. 
Amount received, $2,937.94 ; less amount paid out, $1,141.- 
68, leaves balance on hand, $1,796 26. Mr. Albaugh stated 
that the expense of the tariff committee caused a larger total 
of disbursements than usual and accounted for the difference 
of $40.86 in the balances on hand in 1896 and 1897. The 
total interest account was $93 52. 
VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
The following vice-presidents were chosen : 
Alabama, W. F. Heikes ; Arkansas, T. Wing ; Colorado, J. A. Gage; 
California, Thomas B. Bolender ; Connecticut, J. II. Hale ; S. Dakota, 
George A. Whiting ; Delaware, A. Pullen ; District Columbia, .Tames 
Wilson ; Florida, G. L. Taber ; Georgia, R. C. Berckmans ; Illinois, E. 
G. Mendenhall ; Indiana, E. S. Albertson ; Iowa, Samuel Lorton ; Kan¬ 
sas, F. S. Stannard; Kentucky, J. M. Samuels ; Louisiana, L. T. 
Sanders ; Maine, Herbert A. Jackson ; Maryland, Edwin Davis ; 
Massachusetts, J. W. Manning; Minnesota, J. Cole Doughty ; Michi¬ 
gan, C. W. Shriver, Mississippi, Dr. McKay; Missouri, .Joseph 
Schuette ; Nebraska, Peter Youngers, jr.; New Jersey, 11. T. Jones ; 
N. Carolina, J. Van Lindley ; Ohio, W. G. Storrs ; Pennsylvania, J. 
Horace McFarland ; Tennessee, W. W. Baird ; Texas, E. W. Kirk¬ 
patrick ; Vermont, D. J. Camp ; Virginia, E. H. Bissell ; Wisconsin, Z. 
K. Jewett; Washington, C. L. Whitney ; Idaho, S. S. Lewis ; New 
Hampshire, J. C. Chase ; Montana, S. M. Emery ; Utah, J. A. Goodhue. 
ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
At the opening of the afternoon session on June 9th, the 
vice-presidents reported the following nominations for officers 
for 1897 : 
President, Irving Rouse, of New York. 
Vice-President, E. Albertson, of Indiana. 
Secretary, George C. Seager, of New York. 
Treasurer, N. A. Whitney, of Illinois. 
Executive Committee—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; R. 
C. Berkmans, Augusta, Ga.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
The report was accepted and the gentlemen named were 
declared the new officers. 
It was decided to continue the standing committees as 
follows : 
Transportation—N. H. Albaugh, Tadmor, Ohio ; Irving 
Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; A. L. Brooke, North Topeka, Kan.; 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la. 
Tariff—W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; Irving Rouse, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y.; N. H. Albaugh, Tadmor, O.; J. J. Harrison, 
Painesville, O.; Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la. 
Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la ; N. H. 
Albaugh, Tadmor, O.; Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
PLACE OF MEETING. 
The vice-presidents reported that after much balloting a deci¬ 
sion which lacked only three votes of being unanimous had 
been made in favor of Omaha as the place for the convention 
on the second Wednesday in June, 1898. 
The eastern members promptly demurred to this. Messrs. 
McFarland, of Penn.; Bissell, of Maryland, and Berckmans, of 
Georgia, argued for a more eastern point Messrs. Taylor, of 
Nebraska, Dennis, of Illinois, favored Omaha. Mr. McFarland 
called attention to the fact that the convention was held at 
Chicago in 1893, at Indianapolis in 1894, at Niagara Falls in 
