THE NATIONAL NUKSERYMAN 
U!l 
that of any otlier Oak. 
Altogetiier Quercns falcata is of inost ornamental 
eliaracter, and in tlie ])lanting of grounds eonld ])e 
nsed to great advantage .—Joseph Mcelion in Floeisls' 
Ihrclunujc. 
“THE VOICE WITH THE SMILE.” 
Tlie telephone exeliange girl of A. AV. Hniitli Co , 
the Pittshnrgli retail florist, deserves honoral)le men¬ 
tion. 
The nsnal way to handle a eall that has come in on 
the line hv mistake is to veil “Wrong nnm])er” and 
ring off. 
This is what ha])i)ened Eehrnary 13, when the calls 
were coming so fast that all trunk lines were busy 
nearly every moment: 
A voice: “Is this tlie-Coal Col” 
citic (\)ast Association, most elaborately. Tin* re¬ 
creation, so(*ial and jileasnre features so mnch enjoy¬ 
ed liy th(‘ memliers during the ])ast meetings will 
again serve to I'estore the needed new ])ersi)ective, 
create the renewed energy and develop the nnflinch- 
ing determination which are essential for snc(*ess in 
the nursery business. 
TEXAS NURSERYMEN WILL ATTEND THE 
CONVENTION. 
Denison, Texas, IMarcli 3, 11)14. 
Hegarding the forth-coming Convention of Th(‘ 
American Association of Nurserymen at Cleveland 
next dime, will state that 1 am arranging it so that all 
Texas Nurserymen will attend in one party and go on 
the same train. 
The present plan is for all Texas Nurserymen to 
Block of One Year Pear at the Durant Nursery Co., Durant, Okla. 
Phone girl: “This is A. AY. Smith Co., and we sell 
nicer things than coal.” 
The voice: “Oh, you do? AVell, what do you selll” 
The girl: “AVe sell flowers, and just now we have 
the Ahilentine Special on.” 
The voice: “AVhat is the Ahileutine Special I” 
The girl: “I’ll give yon the order department.” 
Curtain, as salesman books order. 
AYrily, as the telephone company says, “the voice 
with the smile wins.”— Florists' Bevieic. 
PACIFIC COAST NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
The 1914 meeting of the Pacific Coast Association 
of Nurserymen will he held at A^ancouver, D. ( . Ihe 
Executive Committee has fixed the next meeting 
dates dune 16, 17 and 18 with the view of affoiding 
an op])ortunity for members so desiring, to attend 
the meeting of the American Association with dato-^ 
following, on same round tri}). 
The British Columbia Nurserymen’s Association 
has already made ])reparations to entertain the 1 a- 
neet at convenient junction points on the line of tlie 
\r. K. & T. Railway in Texas namely, Houston, San 
Mitonio, Austin, Taylor, Temple, A\ aco, Hillsboro, 
\A"axahachie, Fort AVorth, Dallas, Greenville, and 
Denison. At such points they will be able to get the 
nain line train carrying sleepers so no change will be 
aiade until they arrive at Saint Louis. If we have IS 
in the party we can get the sleeper to go right on 
through to Cleveland without change. At Denison 
ill the members can get into the same sleejier which 
will go through to Cleveland. 
The Texas Nurserymen invite their brethren and 
friends living in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and 
Missouri to join them and to arranp their trip so as 
to join the main line train of the “Katy” at such con- 
v’^enient junction points as Durant, Atoka, AIcAlestei, 
Muskogee, Ahnita, Parsons, Nevada and Sedalia. At 
Saint Louis we can be joined by several more from 
other points using the St. Louis gateway. 
The particular train that the Texas Nurserymen 
will take and the date and hour it will pass the prin- 
