THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
307 
Waco, Texas, September 25th and 26tli, 1917. 
T HK seveiitcejitli annual session of the Texas Nur¬ 
serymen’s Assoeiation, met in Waco, Texas, 
Tuesday, Se])teml)er 25th, witli Mr. W. B. Mun¬ 
son, of Denison, President of the Assoeiation, presiding. 
Tlic invocation was otTcred hy Rev. D. E. Ingram of 
Waco, following which Mr. Driskill, of the Waco Cham- 
her of Coinmerce extended to the nurserymen a cordial 
welcome to the city of Waco. Col. E. W. Kirkpatrick, 
of McKinney, one of the veteran horticulturists and nur¬ 
serymen of the State, resjxnuled to the address of wel¬ 
come. 
Following this came the annual address of the Presi¬ 
dent who reviewed the work of the past year and ex- 
])ressed some of the future aims of the Association. 
The re])ort of the Secretary-Treasurer ^vas submitted 
hy Mr. John S. Kerr, and the President then called for 
reports of the ditTerent committees. 
Mr. John S. Kerr, Chairman of the Committee on Pub¬ 
licity strongly recommended the raising of a fund lor 
considerable ])uhlicity work to he handled hy the asso¬ 
ciation. Mr. Falkner, of Waco, spoke in su])port of Mr. 
Kerr’s suggestion. 
Mr. C. C. Mayhew as chairman of the committee for 
the Standardization of Plant Names, had with him a 
copy of the Olhcial (kxle recently adopted hy the Amer¬ 
ican Association of Nurserymen and la'commended that 
the Association adopt the re]x)i't officially and also that 
each memher secure a co])y from Mr. Ilarland P. Kelsey, 
of Salem, Mass. 
As one result of the Shreve]x)rt Yate Case, nurserymen 
of Texas have suffered the loss of a siiecial rate which 
had been given them hy the Texas Bailroad (mmmission, 
on shijiments of trees hailed in earth. Mr. Driskill, at 
the re(|uest of the Association, w ent into the matter in de¬ 
tail and explained the many complications connected wdth 
the securing of the re-estahlishment of this rate. A com¬ 
mittee consisting of Mr. W. C. Criffing of Port Arthur, 
Mr. Edward Teas, of Houston. Mr. Driskill, of Waco and 
Mi-. C. Sizemore, of Waxahachie. was apiiointed to wmrk 
in connection with the Transportation Committee in an 
effort to secure the rc-estahlishment of this I’ate. 
At the afternoon meeting, altiu* a talk hy Mr. lalkner 
on the wmrk of the Texas Farmers’ Congress and a dis- 
(‘ussion of the advisaliility of establishing a bureau foi 
the co-operative buying of nursery supplies, the asso¬ 
ciation convened in executive session. 
At the evening si'ssion an ('Sjiecially interesting ad¬ 
dress was delivered hy Mr. J. B. Mayhew'. of W axahachie, 
President of the American Association of Nurserymen. 
Mr. Mayhew- told of the plans of the American Associa¬ 
tion for the coming year and urged that Texas nurser}^- 
men should hy all means belong to the national associa¬ 
tion so as to secure the many lienefits resulting therefrom. 
The last session of the convention w-as held Wednes¬ 
day morning, ojiening w ith a papm* hy Mr. Edw aid Teas 
of Houston, on “New Acipiaintances Among the Old and 
New- Ornamentals.” 
Mr. W^ B. Lanharn, of the Extension Department of the 
A. & M. College spoke on the relations existing between 
the work of his department and the work of the nursery¬ 
men. He show-ed liow' his w ork was to encourage the 
orchardists of Texas to ])lant more trees and take better 
care of the orchards already growing. One of the facts 
stated by Mr. Lanharn was that 65% of the farms of 
Texas are w ithout fruit trees of any kind. 
One of the most far-reaching results of the Convention 
was the adoption of the following resolution, offered hy 
Mr. J. B. Mayhew- and unanimously adopted hy the en¬ 
tire memhersliip. 
“Whereas: The interests of the Nurserymen of the 
Southw-est, embracing the States of Texas. Oklahoma, 
New Mexico, Louisiana and Arkansas and the Republic 
of Mexico, all because of climatic conditions peculiarly 
the same, and believing said interests of the nurserymen 
within this section would lie substantially improved 
through the organization of an association embracing 
this territory; 
“Resolved that the Texas Nurserymen’s Association in¬ 
vite the State associations of the above named states, to 
join with Texas in the organization of an association of 
nurserymen, to he know-n as the Soutuw-estern Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association and to lake the place of slate or¬ 
ganizations. 
“That a committee from this association he appointed to 
confer w-ith a like committee from states mentioned, 
wdiose duty it shall he to [irejiare constitution and hy- 
law-s and do all things necessary to the ends sought under 
the resolution. 
“That w-hen I'eady to report, a convention of the nur¬ 
serymen of the Southwest he called to meet in Denison, 
Texas, or some point to lie selected hy the Committee, to 
receive report of the committee, adopt constitution, and 
transact such other business as may come before the con¬ 
vention.” 
In line w-itli the resolution, the following committee 
was appointed: J. R. Mavhew. Waxahachie. John S. 
Kerr, Sherman. WL C. HrifTing, Port Arthur. WL R. Mun¬ 
son. Denison, Texas. 
The following officers were elected for the new^ year: 
WL C. C.rifnng. Port Arthur. Texas. President; 
J. M. Ramsey. Austin. Texas, Vice-President; 
John S. Kerr, Sherman. Texas, Secretary-Treasurer. 
The Association is indebted to the Waco Cdiamher of 
Commerce for nunxM’ous courtesies extended, especially 
the automobile ride to Cam]) Arthur where some fifteen 
thousand soldiers are in training. 
The convention proved a very successful one. 
Jno. S. Kerr, Sec’y-Treas. 
