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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
205 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. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., June, 1903. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
CONVENTION TOPICS. 
We present in another column the complete program for 
the Detroit convention of the American Association. There 
is every reason to believe that the coming convention will be 
one of the most profitable in the history of the organization. 
The prospect is especially pleasing to us, for we have per¬ 
sistently argued that these annual gatherings afford oppor¬ 
tunity for mutual gain on the part oi the members that should 
not be overlooked. There has been too much of perfunctory 
attendance at a convention that often has seemed to have 
been held mainly because it had been customary to meet an¬ 
nually in June. 
There need be no apprehension that there will not be the 
usual time for enjoyment of both the social and the business 
features of the convention. Under the able direction of Presi¬ 
dent Ugenfritz the proceedings as outlined in the progam 
should move briskly, and it is only necessary for the members 
to assist by prompt and full attendance at the sessions in order 
to insure the successful occasion that all loyal members of the 
Association anticipate. 
The topics that will come up for discussion at the conven¬ 
tion may be summarized as follows : 
Legislation. 
Tariff. 
Transportation. 
Agency Business. 
St. Louis Exposition. 
Varieties. 
Insurance. 
Ornamental Stock. 
Spraying. 
Southern Interests. 
Fumigation. 
Cost of a Tree. 
Customs Decisions. 
Packing Houses. 
Strawberry Culture. 
Publicity. 
Condition of Trade. 
Prices of Stock. 
Apple Consumer’s League. 
Packing for Shipment. 
These topics will suggest others and it is expected that the 
question box will be a fruitful source of discussion. 
President, Charles A. Ugenfritz, 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 Ugenfritz, 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, Ta.; 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. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective AssociATioN^President. William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresliertown, Pa. 
Meets annually in June. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association— President, N. H. Albaugb, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, 
Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, L. R. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. 
Meets annually in June. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen— President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y.; secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually 
in January. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association— President, A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; secretary, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in 
July and December at Kansas City, Mo. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association— President, John C. Miller, Rome, Ga.; 
secretary, .T. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn. Meets at Winchester, Tenn., in 
August, 1903. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association— President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association— President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, Sherman, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, M. McDonald, 
Salem, Ore.: secretary-treasurer, A. Brownell, Albany, Ore. Organized at 
Portland, Ore., January, 1903. 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 
In his preliminary announcement for the convention of the 
American Association of Nurserymen at Detroit this year, Sec¬ 
retary Seager calls attention to the fact that there were about 
four hundred nurserymen who qualified as members of the As¬ 
sociation last year by the payment of the regular fee of $2.00. 
Unlike the four hundred of New York society no notions of 
class or cast limit the membership of this Association, and the 
secretary truly remarks that inasmuch as a nurseryman or one 
engaged in an allied industry may become a member, there 
should be enough wide-awake, progressive, aggressive and pub¬ 
lic-spirited men among the nurserymen of this great country 
to swell the membership to at least one thousand. 
This is a subject, it seems to us, that might well be taken up 
at the conventions of the Association. Perhaps there are meas¬ 
ures looking toward an increase in the membership of the As¬ 
sociation that have not yet been tried. Certain it is that a 
membership of 400 is much below the figure that should char¬ 
acterize the national organization of nurserymen. 
We believe that the one thing above all others that will in¬ 
crease and maintain the membership of the American Associa¬ 
tion is careful attention to the business of the annual conven¬ 
tions, both as to preparations for a program and as to hearty 
co-operation, on the part of all the members, with the officers^ 
in an endeavor to make the proceedings so valuable that nur- 
