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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT .... THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
VICE-PRESIDENT AND EDITOR - - RALPH T. OLCOTT 
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BUSINESS MANAGER, C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, - - - - - $1.00 
Six Months, ------ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AHERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; vice-president, D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Committee on Transportation—President Ilgenfritz, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Howard Davis, Baltimore, Md. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Germantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; George A. Sweet, Dans- 
ville, N. Y.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Programme—George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Wilson J. 
Peters, Troy, Ohio; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Committee on Publicity—C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Ralph T. Olcott, 
Rochester, N. Y.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Annual convention for 1903—At Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as seconchclass mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., April, 1903. 
CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS IT. 
The indications are that under the personal guidance of 
President Ilgenfritz the convention of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen, to be held in Detroit in June, will be the 
most profitable ever held by the Association. The members 
cannot afford to miss it, and those nurserymen who are not 
yet enrolled should make it a point to be numbered as mem¬ 
bers of this active and influential organization from the date 
of the Detroit convention. 
A committee on program for the meeting of June 10th to 
12th is completing arrangements; we are confident that the 
convention hall at the Cadillac Hotel will be full at all the 
sessions. Mr. McFarland, of Harrisburg ; Mr. Peters, of 
Troy, and Secretary Seager of Rochester are working on the 
program which will provide short, bright papers from capable 
gentlemen, followed by a discussion. It is the intention to 
have a program full of subjects of the deepest interest to 
active nurserymen. This is what the National Nursery¬ 
man has argued in favor of repeatedly. Our contention has 
been that a basis for important convention work should be 
prepared, so that those who desire can assist in making the 
business feature of the meeting prominent, while those who 
wish to enjoy more particularly the social side may do so. 
President Ilgenfritz believes, as did President Berkmans, 
that there is enough of discussion and business to occupy the 
attention of the Association during a three days’ convention. 
BUILDING COVERS TWENTY ACRES. 
The contract for the completion of the Agriculture building 
at the St. Louis World’s Fair has been let for $529,940. This 
building is fifteen per cent larger than any other building at 
the exposition and is the largest structure erected for the 
reception of a single department. It is 500x1600 feet, thus 
containing a floor space of almost 20 acres. This building and 
that to be built for horticulture will probably be the only ones 
in the exposition bearing color on the outer walls. The 
Agriculture building will have a green tint with points of 
brighter color. Garlands, wreaths and festoons of fruits and 
flowers are to figure in the color scheme. The architectural 
members, such as the cornices and the piers between the 
mouldings, are to be left white. 
PROFESSOR BAILEY’S NEW FIELD. 
Professor Liberty Hyde Bailey has been appointed dean 
of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University. Perhaps 
no professional man stands in higher esteem among the 
nurserymen of the country than does Prof. Bailey. Com¬ 
menting upon the new field which he has entered, the Ameri¬ 
can Agriculturist says: 
His splendid work in horticultural literature stands as a monument 
to him. Now comes a new line which cuts squarely across the field in 
which he stands paramount. No doubt he has felt that there may 
come a time in a man’s life when he cannot do what he wants to do 
and still be a man. Not as a matter of choice, but as one of necessity, 
he has been obliged to lay down the special lines of work for which he 
is so well adapted, leaving the past behind and stepping into a broader 
and newer field of usefulness. He goes into the new position with all 
the zeal and energy that he can command. 
There are possibilities before the college of agriculture and greater 
responsibilities connected with it than ever before. We have no doubt 
he will be equal to every emergency that confronts him and that the 
institution will continue to advance under his immediate supervision. 
In a recent letter regarding the situation he says: “ I will do my best. 
I shall give up all work that will in the least interfere with my use¬ 
fulness and efficiency, and will give my red blood to the new work 
with hope and love.” 
He was born on a farm in Michigan. His father is one of the best 
known fruit growers in that state. Although now nearly 83 years, he 
is planning to plant a peach orchard the coming spring. He is 
thoroughly in love with nature and in this respect his distinguished 
son has inherited much. Prof. Bailey attended the Michigan agri¬ 
cultural college and was graduated in 1882. For two years thereafter 
he was private assistant to Dr. Asa Gray, the world-renowned botanist 
