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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., August, 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, 
Dreshertown, 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—I. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.: Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Boston; Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Committee on Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, 
Berlin, Md.: Prof. W. G. Johnson, New York City. 
Committee on Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winches¬ 
ter, Tenn,; M. B. Fox, Rochester. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective AssociATioN-LPresident, William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke; secretary, Thomas 
B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually 
in June. 
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. 
Western W holesale 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, JohnC. 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. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
lex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, A. Miller, Port¬ 
land, Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A, Xonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Organized 
at Portland, Ore., January, 1903. 
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 
The fifth annual meeting of the Southern Nurserymen’s 
Association will be held at Winchester, Tenn., August 19th. 
Special inducements are offered to nurserymen attending this 
convention. True southern hospitality is evinced by the fact 
that the citizens of Winchester have generously agreed to join 
the nurserymen of Winchester in entertaining the visitors and 
delegates to this convention at the Mont Miller hotel free. 
Wives and children are invited ; all will be entertained 
without cost. There will be a two-day excursion to Hunts¬ 
ville, Ala., on August 21-22, the entire cost, railway fare and 
hotel bills, to be borne by the Huntsville nurserymen. A 
program for the Winchester convention is being prepared. 
Those who expect to attend should notify the secretary, 
J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn. 
HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE. 
It is proposed that there be organized a society for horti¬ 
cultural science, the object of which should be more fully to 
establish horticulture on a scientific basis. Professor S. A. 
Beach, horticulturist of the New York Experiment Station at 
Geneva, is obtaining views on the subject. He says the 
proposition is meeting with a wide and enthusiastic reception. 
Attention is called to the fact that there is a large amount 
of general scientific work, especially in plant physiology and 
physiological chemistry, which has a direct and important 
horticultural bearing, but which is not making the impress 
it should on horticultural investigation. This work should be 
reviewed from the standpoint of the horticulturist. It is 
thought, too, that such a society as is proposed would afford 
opportunity for the differentiation of scientific and technical 
from popular features in the presentation of results. Such a 
society would not supplant any existing horticultural activities, 
but would supplement all of them. 
It is proposed to hold the first meeting in connection with 
the meeting of the American Pomological Society in Boston, 
September 10-12. 
ATTITUDE TOWARD LEGISLATION. 
One of the most impoitant things with which the American 
Association of Nurserymen has to deal is legislation affecting 
the trade. The experience of the nurserymen has shown that 
it is necessary to keep close watch of propositions before the 
state and federal legislative bodies, so that the interests of the 
trade may be presented for consideration before action is 
taken. If this close attention had been provided for at all 
times, several of the stringent laws now upon state statute 
books might not have been there, it is believed. The legislative 
committee of the American Association warded off the passage 
of a federal bill that would havebeen objectionable to nur¬ 
serymen; and now, by action of the Association at Detroit, 
the state vice-presidents are expected to keep each other 
informed of proposed legislation and so inform all the mem¬ 
bers of the Association, to the end that as much maybe kn^wn 
of measures before state legislatures as has been known of the 
federal bill before Congress. This is a good theory and if each 
state vice-president will actively support the plan, there is no 
reason why it should not work out well in practice. 
The vice-president for Virginia, K. Morton, for instance, 
