THE NATTONAT. NURSERYMAN 
2‘]1 
allies allaehed lo ael in aeeordanee will) the letter and 
tin' spirit of your r(‘solnlion. 
I’UIU.ICITY AM) DlSTHIliUTIOiN 
You have u|)on youi‘ |)ro^i’afn the two elosely related 
suhjeets of Puhlieily and Distrihution. To^»:elher, they 
r(‘pi’(‘sent our great(‘sl j)rol)hMn. If we study our pro- 
^M’ams and oui’ diseussions in th(‘ eonvcMitions that we 
have held in the past forty years, w(^ shall find that we 
have given our thought very largely to the produelion of 
slock lo the matter of varieties and their adaptability, to 
(juestions of propagation and cultivation; to digging and 
packing. We hav(‘ concermHl ourselves with the pro¬ 
duction of tr(‘es and t)lants and always more and mon* 
trees and plants to the almost total exclusion of the prob¬ 
lem of their distribution; and in that we have attempted 
to reverse the law that makes the supply follow the de¬ 
mand; we must make the demand and the supj)ly will 
take care of itself. * * * 
(iONSTITUTlON AND JtVLAWS. *** 
Ac K N O W LE D r. EN TS. 
I wish to take advantage' of this oj)porl unity lo aeknow - 
ledge my pe'rsonal imh'hte'dm'ss lo the National .\urs«‘ry- 
man and the American .\uis<*rynian. our two trade* j)a|)e‘is. 
for many couit(*sie*s e‘xlenel(*el me*. Ihelh pajee'rs have* 
given libe*ral space* lo the affairs of the* Assetcialion anel 
both have ollereel lo increase Ihe* numhe*i' e)f th(*ir page's 
whenever ne'cessary lo ac(*e)mme)elale* malle'r e)lfe*r(*el Ibi' 
publication in the inle*re‘st eef Ihe* Asse)cialie)n. I wish 
to urge upe)n Ihe* Asseecialieen Ihe^ importance* of siipjeenl- 
ing oui' li'aeh* pa|)e*rs; while lhe*y are* private* e*nle*i’j)i‘ise*s 
it is true*, anel ce)nelucle*el feer pe*rse)nal pi'eetil, ye*l .ei 
trade is estimaleel by the unollicial j)re*ss sj)e*aking lor it; 
not eenly sheuilel eeur members use lhe*ir aelvertising ce)l- 
unms, but the* Assex'iatieni ought pre)pe*rly spenel .‘j^oOO a 
year eni Ihe* Ireiele* paj)e*rs whie'h aie* ne»w furnishing the* 
Asseeciatieen’s aelve*rlising five* e»f ceist. *** 
The Convention Dinner 
At the 1916 convenliem a reseilutiem was passed to dis- 
eemrage local nurserymen from entertaining their visit¬ 
ing brothers w hen atteneling convenliem. 
This did not prevent the Philadelphia nurserymen fremi 
entertaining the ladies, which toeik the form of a elinner. 
which prejved to be a get-teigether and a very successful 
affair. 
The Menu 
7.08 -Mess Call. 
7.10—Music. 
7.28—Inveicatiem. 
7.65—(Irape'fruil Maraschine). 
Hearts eif Celery, lladishes, Olives, Nuts. 
7.45— "Brighte'ii the C^leirner.” 
7.55— Straineel (lumbe) en Tasse. 
8.05—Drill by Marines. 
8.15— Sea Hass Saule Meuniere. 
Pemuue's Neiisette. 
8.20—Singing eif Old-time Semgs. 
8.25— Serb(*l au Kirsh. 
8.50—“Hurpe*e's Se*exls Creiw.” 
8.55— Chicken Cxasse*re)le* Masceitte. 
New Peas au Huerre. 
Peitateies Pe*nt Neuf. 
8.45— Latest Message's frenn Home. 
8.55— Lettuce and Teimale) Salad, Russian Dressing. 
9.05—Sce)tch Hag Pipes and Dancing. 
9.15— Ice Cre'am Phanlasie. 
Assoi’te'el (bikes. 
Demi Tasso. >' 
9.25— Hawaiian Dance. 
9.55— The Teiast master’s Remarks. 
9.40—The Big Speech. 
9.55— Singing. 
10.05—Creetings freim A. A. N. Members, w ith inter¬ 
ruptions and Novelties. 
10.55—“Star Spangleel Hanne*i',” le*il by Ceilumbia and 
Uncle Sam. 
Jedm Hall, feirmer Secretaiy' of Ihe* Assex'ialiem was Ihe* 
guest e)f Imimr anel rece*iv(*el birlhelay cemgralulatiems. A 
jileasing inciele*nt was the pre*se*nlalion of a beuiepie'l eif 
reises tee Mr. anel Mrs. TImmas H. Me*e*han. it be*ing Ihe'ir 
29th weeleling anniversary. 
Heibert Pyle* inaele an able; leiasimasle'r. anel Ihe* e*nle'r- 
tainment was ari'angeel by the* Peieir Hie'harel ('lub. 
The* inimitable* “Heib” (5iase* sang: 
‘77/1 (I mile prairie fioieer, f/roieira/ leihler everu hoar 
A7> one seems lo enlfivale me. I'm leihL I'm leild.” 
“Hur[)e*e’s se*e*els greiw” preive'el a ve*ry ple*asing ceme'e'il. 
Feuir little* girls apjieared em Ihe* slage* w ilh lhe*ir gareli'ii- 
ing tools and sow ed the sw eel pe*as. w Inch immeeliate be- 
gan to grow up a trellis from wdiich they jiicked huge 
bunches and presented them tei the laely guests. 
'‘Latest messages from Imme” were ve'ry amusing tele¬ 
grams. 
A traflic cop w ith a stop sign and a klaxon stationeel in 
the center of the hall contreilleel the speakers. 
Lloyd C. Stark spoke on the “American soldier.” Wil¬ 
liam Pitkin, although sadly interrupted on ‘‘The diflicul- 
culties of travel around Philadelphia.” 
A speech that was entirely preveided by the traflic cop 
and Stop sign ran somewhat as follows:— Marble tops 
on furniture is not always a sign of ipialily. In study¬ 
ing the lo|) of our presid(*nt 1 could not help wondering 
