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largely influenced by the temperatures it is possible for each 
individual nurseryman to maintain in his storage cellar. 
Nearly all admit the difficulty of keeping uniform temper¬ 
atures and opinions as to correct temperatures vary from 
30°F. to 50°F. No doubt 30°F. will produce better results 
than any of the higher temperatures. It has been demon¬ 
strated in the history of preserving perishable products by 
refrigeration that the lower the temperature at which any 
particular product may be carried without damage from such 
low temperature, the better and longer it may be kept in 
cold storage. Certainly a temperature of 30°F. cannot injure 
nursery stock if it is able to withstand severe winter weather 
with any degree of success. It seems reasonable therefore 
that this is a suitable temperature to maintain. 
In the May number we will look into the question of humid¬ 
ity as it affects our problem and the relation between humidity 
and temperature. Description of a suitable refrigerating 
and temperature regulating system will be given. 
THE BALLAD OF THE NURSERYMAN. 
In Spring when nature wakes from her long sleep, 
And rises from her couch at break of day, 
She breaths a sigh of gladness swift and deep, 
And o’er the harp of life her fingers stray. 
“Rejoice!” she cries, “Our time of rest is o’er,” 
Then on her harp she strikes a wondrous chord, 
And sings, “0 world awake! ’Tis Spring once more! 
And now the Nurseryman reaps his reward!” 
The blades of grass and tender blossoms peep 
From out their dark homes ’neath the sodden clay; 
The life blood of the trees begins to creep, 
Through tiny sap veins, tingling all the way. 
And as with us, some half forgotten lore 
Returns to mind, the trees with one accord 
Draw in the breath of Spring at every pore, 
And now the Nurseryman reaps his reward. 
And mortals who have seen the slow months creep, 
While they, shut in, must all reluctant stay, 
Now hail the Springtime with a pleasure deep, 
And turn to labor with a spirit gay. 
They flit like birds from out the wide thrown door, 
They fall in rapture on the greening sward, 
Their hands itch for a hoe as ne’er before, 
And now the Nurseryman reaps his reward. 
Ye princes, let them dig the garden o’er, 
And let them play the string in monochord, 
For they must needs buy shrubs and seed galore, 
And now the Nurseryman reaps his reward! 
$15.00 BUFFALO TO ST LOUIS AND RETURN 
VIA WABASH RAILROAD. 
Tickets on sale, May 12th. Good to return leaving St. Louis up to 
midnight of May, 18th. The Wabash is the only line with its own 
rails from Buffalo to World’s Fair Grounds, mam entrance. These 
tickets good in our modern reclining chair cars free. Solid vestibule 
trains from Buffalo to St. Louis without change, at convenient hours. 
For full information, enquire of your local ticket agent and see that 
your tickets read via Wabash from Buffalo, or write R. F. Kelley, 
general agent, or James Gass, N. Y. S. P. A., 287 Main Street, Buffalo, 
N. Y. 
WESTERN NEW YORK RETAILERS 
Form a Trade Organization for the Advancement of Cordial 
Business Relations and the Prosperity of the Nur¬ 
sery Industry—a Banquet and Election. 
On March 10th the retail nurserymen of Western New York 
decided to form an organization for the mutual benefit of the 
members and the advancement of nursery interests. E. O. 
Graham was the chairman and Edward S. Osborne the secre¬ 
tary of the temporary organization. On Marcli 19th a ban¬ 
quet was held at the Powers hotel which was attended by the 
retail nursery firms of Rochester and surrounding points and 
by the office forces of those firms. Nearly eighty persons 
were present. 
A permanent organization under the title National Associa¬ 
tion of Retail Nurserymen was formed, with the election of the 
following officers: President, William Pitkin, Rochester,’ 
N. Y.; vice-president, Orville G. Chase, Geneva, N. Y.; sec¬ 
retary and treasurer, John B. Kiley, Rochester; executive 
committee, C. W. Stuart, Newark, E. S. Osborne and Walter 
W. Wyman, Rochester. 
The following firms were represented at the dinner: Allen 
Nursery company, H. J. Bowden, Brown Bros, company, 
E. J. Bowden, G. Costich & Co., Chase Bros, company, Charl¬ 
ton Nursery company, Charles H. Chase, Ellwanger & Barry, 
Glen Bros., F. E. Grover & Co., Graham Nursery company, 
Hooker, Wyman & Co., Hawkes Nursery company, R. D. 
Luetchford & Co., George Moulson & Son, Olver Bros, com¬ 
pany, Rochester Nursery company, H. S. Taylor & Co., 
Western New York Nursery Company, Irving Rouse, C. L, 
Yates, Pinnacle Nursery company, all of Rochester; Clark 
Nursery company, Peirson Bros, company, Waterloo; C. W. 
Stuart & Co., Newark; R. G. Chase & Co., Geneva. 
At the tables were the following: 
H. C. Peck, John D. Kase, T. G. Moulson, C. H. Peck, 
J. M. Campbell, W. L. Manning, F. T. Burke, C. L. Boothby, 
Thomas Marks, E. H. DeForest, J. B. Nellis, J. R. Hanna, 
E. Mayo, S. M. Allen, Gilbert Costich, C. H. Hawks, George W. 
Olver, B. Frank Allen, L, G. Pendill, Walter W. Wyman, 
F. A. Devoll, C. G. Hooker, C. A. Leclaire, William C. Barry, 
R. M. Bond, E. 0. Graham, John Kusse, Charles J. Brown, 
G. T. Walters, Edward S. Osborne, Thomas McGlennon, H. C. 
Phillips, L. Hayward, Peter F. Williams, J. S. McGlennon, 
A. E. Bicknell, J. M. Charlton, T. F. Andrews. F. E. Grover, 
Phil H. Farber, A. H. Dale, James A. Ryan, J. Franklin Dale, 
William Pitkin, Charles H. Chase, W. F. Webb, G. E. Wyman, 
F. V. Taylor, Horace Hooker, H. J. Bowden, Ernest J. Bow¬ 
den, H. S. Taylor, Irving Rouse, Charles G. Schoener, Ralph 
T. Olcott, Charles J. Maloy, A. A. Mosher, C. L. Yates, John 
C. Shaw, R. D. Luetchford. 
Also the following named nurserymen from out of the 
city: C. W. Stuart, J. M. Pitkin, Jr., W. M. Gould and F. M. 
Phelps, of Newark; 0. G. Chase, G. R. Watson, of Gcne , \a, 
H. W. Clark and S. J. Pierson, of Waterloo. 
William C. Barry addressed the nurserymen on the value 
of trade organizations and social gatherings. 
The dinner committee was composed of B. Frank Allen, 
Charles J. Brown and Walter W. W yman. 
