THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
72 
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, _____ ,$i.oo 
Six Months, ______ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ - - ' 1.00 
Advertising rates will he 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., July, 1903. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn ; vice-president, Frank A. 
Weber, St. Louis, Mo.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. 
Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, 
Geneva, Neb.; John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Committee on Transportation—President Hale, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, N. 
Topeka, Kan.: J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.; E. Albertson, Bridge¬ 
port, Ind.; M. McDonald, Salem, Ore. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertovvn, Pa.; Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, Atlan¬ 
tic, la.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.. 
E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex. ’ 
Committee on Program—J. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; Harlan P. Kelsey< 
Boston; Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Committee on Publicity—Ralph T. Olcot.t, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, 
Berlin, Md.: Prof. W. G. Johnson, New York City. 
Committee on Exhibits—R. C. Berekmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winches¬ 
ter, Tenn,; M. B. Fox, Rochester. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective AssociATiON-,President, William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke; secretary, Thomas 
B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually 
in Juue. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association— President, N. H. Albaugh, 
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, Guy A. 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. 
AVestern 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, J. 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. M. Ktrkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen— President, A. Miller, Port¬ 
land, Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A, Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Organized 
at Portland, Ore., January, 1903. 
OREGON ASKS FOR 1905 CONVENTION. 
A cordial invitation was extended to the American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen at Detroit to meet in 1905 in Portland, 
Oregon. It came from the Pacific Coast Association of Nur¬ 
serymen, whose meeting was held on the day that Mr. McDon¬ 
ald, of Salem, Ore., started for Detroit. He was asked to pre¬ 
sent the invitation which was formally tendered by the 
secretary of the Association, Albert Brownell, Albany, Ore. 
Mr. McDonald said he believed that the nurserymen of the 
East would be profited by a visit to the Pacific coast, especially 
at a time when evidences of the progress of the West would 
be exhibited as at the Lewis &: Clark Exposition. He said 
the nurserymen of the East would modify their opinion of 
western horticultural laws and regulations if they would visit 
that section of the country. 
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 
In many respects the twenty-eighth annual convention of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, in Detroit last month, 
was the most important. Never before have practical nursery 
topics so predominated, and the result was the setting on foot 
of several projects that promise to be of immediate and per¬ 
manent benefit to the Association. 
President Ilgenfritz in his annual address advocated the 
raising of the dues to $ 5 , so as to provide an adequate fund 
for vigorous work, and he called attention to the advisability 
of investigating fire insurance rates as applied to nursery 
property. Both of these matters were referred to committees. 
The drastic laws in the Virginias affecting nursery agents, 
reference to which was made in the June issue of the National 
Nurseryman, were discussed and the subject was referred to 
the legislative committee to contest the constitutionality of 
these laws in a test case. Work for the state vice-presidents 
was laid out in a motion that they be empowered to appoint 
committees in each state, the state vice-president in each case 
to be chairman; matters of interest, such as legislation, to be 
reported to the other state vice-presidents. The secretary 
was directed to provide a book in which the members are to 
register upon arrival at the conventions, the badges and badge 
books to be distributed upon registry by the members. A 
standing committee on exhibits was authorized and appointed. 
It was proposed that hereafter one or more exexcutive sessions 
of the Association be held at convention time. The Associa¬ 
tion decided to break away from the custom of following the 
great expositions and will hold its next convention at a point 
where it is expected there will be no strong counter attraction. 
This seems to be an excellent plan, though it may affect the 
attendance somewhat. 
As usual the question box provoked discussion as often as 
it was opened ; but the supply of questions was not large. It 
is probable that the program committee will find it necessary 
to make definite provision for supplying the question box, as 
has been found necessary with regard to other features of the 
program. 
There is still room for improvement in two directions. Al¬ 
though the program committee limited the speakers as to time, 
several of the papers presented were too long. The attend¬ 
ance at the sessions is improving, but it is still below what it 
