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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Standardization—Organization—Cooperation 
Address by J. /». Mayliew, WaxaharJiie, Texas, before the Philadelidfin CoitveaHo)i. 
I AM Jiot uniniiidful of tli(3 titanic* obligation I assinno 
wlion I ooino bcjfoi'o you to speak on this subject, 
and bad I not been urged by friends over the coun¬ 
try generally to atte]nj)t this further service of endeavor¬ 
ing to strengthen our organization, and were I not led in 
this attempt by a desire to render you a service, I could 
but wish that some other one of you had my place on 
shall rei)eat some of the things I shall say, it will not be 
amiss. 
We are to-day face to face with conditions the like of 
which the world has never known and the outcome of 
which no sane person wa)uld hazard an opinion. The 
world is at war, and while we are far removed from the 
battle front, the results of all the waste is becoming more 
Left to right; Top row — E. F. Coe, Elm City Nursery Co., New Haven, Conn.; Mr. Pine, Hicks Nurseries, Westbury, 
N. ¥.; Will. Flenier, F. d; F. Nurseries, Princeton; W. W. Hunt, Hartford, Conn.; Chas. Adams, I. W. Adams Nur¬ 
sery Co., Springfield, Mass.; Center Row — J. Harrison Dick, Editor Florists Exchange; Miss Alice Watson, 
Wilmer W. Hoopes, West Chester, Pa.; AHss Helen Flemer, Stephen Hoyl, New Canaan, Conn.; Bolloni 
Row—F. Burnette Keller, Princeton Nurseries; John Watson, Carl H. Flemer, F. di F. Nurseries, 
Springfield, N. J., visitors at Princeton Nurseries, August 9, 1917. 
this program. The program before you for rendition at 
this meeting is made up of live subjects, all more or less 
related to the (juestions which I am to discuss at this hour, 
for after all the progress of the world de])ends v(‘ry 
largely on organized coo])erative elfort. Hence, if I 
shall traverse some ground which has been covered by 
the speakers preceding me or if those wdio follow me 
and more distressing and a i)ortion of this cost must of 
necessity he borne by our business. Our duty to-day is 
to shape our affairs to meet the conditions of the hour. 
One thing is apparent to all, and that is the })olicies of 
the past and the present will not suflice, and whether we 
accomplish the ends sought individually or cooperatively 
is for you to determine during the days of this conven- 
