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THE NATIONAL NURSEEYMAN 
An Echo of the Philadelphia Convention 
A v(‘ry ('iijoyabh' side trij), was partieipaled in by sev- 
(M‘al pi'oniiiKMil W('s1(‘i'n Nurseryineji, alter the adjonrn- 
MKMil of tiu' Pliiladelj)hia (ionvention. 
Th(' party lel'l Hioad St land Station of llie Penna. H. 
It. at ()..‘t() a. in. Saturday, bound for Narbertb, Pa., and 
on ai’i'ival were met by Mr. A. E. Wohlert, whose olliec 
and nnrsi'ry art' loeated about a mile from tlie station. 
After an inspeetion of the Nurseries of Mr. Wohlert, 
Hie party was taken in eiiar^e by Mr. Adolf Muller, 
projirietor of the DeKalb Nurseries of Norristown, Pa., 
^\ bo bad motored over to Narbertb in bis ever faithful 
and willing “Henry” for the express purpose of acting 
as pilot for the balance of the trip. “Some pilot be¬ 
lieve me, you can’t lose him.” 
Ht'fore starting on the trip, some one suggested that a 
their automobiles and with chief jiilot Muller at Hit' 
helm started for the historical grounds of Valley Forge. 
During the journey to Valley Forge the party insiieeted 
a few of the jirivate estates for which that section of the 
country is noted. Arriving at Valley Forge the parly 
were shown every jioint of interest worth seeing, and the 
Western folks were loathe to leave. 
From Valley Forge the next jioint of interest was the 
DeKalb Nurseries, which were reached at high noon. 
After a thorough inspection of the same, someone sug¬ 
gested “Eats.” That jiart of the trip had been well 
taken care of by pilot Muller, who had made all ar¬ 
rangements for dinner at the William Penn Inn, at Hwy- 
nedd. Pa. Oh my, “some dinner.” 
Immediately after dinner the trij) was resumed and 
Adolph Muller, Cdiarles P. Greening, A. E. Wohlert, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, .1. R. Mayhew, B. .1. Greening. 
l)hotogTaph of the ])arty he taken, and the same is repro¬ 
duced herewith for the benefit of those nurserymen not 
invited to take the trip. Our only regret is the fact that 
one of the party is missing from the picture—the man 
that polled the trigger of the camera—who by the way 
was none other than Mr. M. U. (^ashman. Vice President 
of the (dinton Falls Nursery Company, Owatonna, Minn. 
The identity of those appearing in the ])icture reading 
from left to right are, Mr. Adolf Muller, DeKalb Nur- 
serii's. Norristown, Pa., Mr. Cdiarles E. Greening, Presi- 
(h'lit of the C.rei'ning Nursery Co., Monroe, Michigan, Mr. 
A. F. Wohlert, Garden Nurseries, Narbertb, Pa., Mr. and 
Mrs. Sherman, the Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, 
Iowa, Mr. Mayhew. Waxahaehie, Texas, and Mr. Benj. 
.1. Gi‘('('ning, Vice President the Greening Nursery Co., 
Monro(', JMieh. 
With the jihotograjih disposed of the party entered 
the party headed for the Andorra Nurseries, and after a 
careful inspection of the extensive nursery, the gi'iiial 
proprietor, Mr. William Warner Harper, enteitained the 
party at his home grounds. 
The journey w as continued on to Jenkintow ii. Pa., 
where a stop was made to inspect the beautiful estate of 
Mr. John Cirihhel. Then on down to Elkins Park, at 
which place is loeated the palatial and magnificent home 
and estate of Mr. P. A. B. Widener, the inspeetion of 
which was thoroughly enjoyed and ajipreeiated by 
everybody. 
At 9.30 p. m. after having ])ut in a fifteen hour day 
sight-seeing, the trip was voted a great success, and the 
only regret wais that the time went too (luiekly. Our 
Western guests declared the Philadelphia Convention 
the liest ever. 
