THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
FOR PORTLAND NEXT YEAR. 
Reasons Why Convention of American Association of Nursery¬ 
men Should Be Held on Pacific Coast In 1005—Lewis 
and Clark Exposition Year. 
The members of the American Association of Nurserymen 
have been invited to hold their 1905 convention at Portland, 
Oregon. The Lewis and Clark Exposition is to be held in 
that city then and added inducements are held out to the 
nurserymen of the country to meet with their coast bretheren. 
A member of the Pacific Coast Nurserymen’s Association, 
referring to this matter, says: 
“It would be a generous move on the part of the nursery¬ 
men of America to hold their annual convention in the city 
of Portland, Oregon in 1905, at which time the Lewis & 
Clark Exposition will be in progress, which exposition will 
commemorate the enntennial of the acquisition of the great 
Oregon country; a territory that has added more to the wealth 
of the nation in undeveloped natural resources than any 
other acquired by this government, and particularly in the 
expansion and development of the nursery interests of the 
whole country. And yet this vast field is scarcely touched 
so far as horticultural development is concerned, and the 
next twenty-five years will surely see more progress and real 
expansion in the Far West in the nursery business than in 
any other portion of this land. 
“It will not only be a generous act on the part of the 
National Nurserymen’s Association to meet on the Pacific 
coast and help commemorate the acquisition of this wonder¬ 
ful and resourceful country, but a good business policy on 
the part of the nurserymen to come to Portland at this time, 
mhen the members of the Association can view all the varied 
products of the original Oregon country gathered together 
for exhibition purposes, at which time the}' will be able to 
sec for themselves the wonderful resources and future possi¬ 
bilities of the Pacific coast for the sale of nursery products in 
the next decade. 
“While nurseries will, no doubt, increase and multiply 
on the Pacific coastthe development of the country will 
be even more rapid and reat quantities of nursery stock 
will necessarily have to be shipped from the East to supply 
this ever-increasing demand. 
OBJECTIONS MET. 
“There are but two objections that have been advanced 
in opposition to holding the convention at Portland in 1905: 
First, that it is too far away; second, that an exposition city 
is not a good place to hold a convention. The first argument 
againss holding the convention on the Pacific coast falls bvy 
its own weight, for this is a national association and there 
can be no East or West, no North or South, nor far nor near, 
and, with the number of nurserymen on the Pacific coast,- 
they are surely jusitfied and entitled in claiming the right 
to have the convention this once, at least. Besides, the low 
rates promised by he railroads for the Lewis & Clark Expo¬ 
sition makes is practically as cheap for the nurserymen form 
the Atlantic coast to come to Portland as it would be for the 
same merit o attend a convention in the city of Chicago. 
“The second argument that is it not a good place to hold 
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the convention on account of the Exposition astracting the 
members away from the convention, does not apply in this 
case, for all attending will arrange to stop over in Portland 
longer than if only going to some city close at home, and will 
surely be able to spare the necessary time to attend the con¬ 
vention first and see the fair afterwards. Besides, the eastern 
nurserymen would travel in a special train provided for 
themselves, and on the three days’ trip would lx* able to 
visit, and discuss many subjects of mutual interest that are 
usually discussed in the lobbies of the hotel to the detriment 
of the sessions of the convention. And there is no doubt 
that this meeting would be the best attended of any annual 
convention ever held, for there are doubtless a hundred 
nurserymen on the coast who would attend, backed by the 
Pacific Coast Nurserymen’s Association, which association 
will guarantee the success of tin 1 meeting and the entertain¬ 
ment of eastern members. 
WILL ADI) NEW MEMBERS. 
“This meeting in Portland will add many new members 
to the association who, attending these meetings of the asso¬ 
ciation for the first time, will realize the benefits to be derived 
from such a meeting, and will always thereafter be found 
present. Nothing will enlarge the scope of the association 
and give individual members that feeling of national impor¬ 
tance that this Pacific coast trip would; enlarging their views 
of our wonderful country and its immense possibilities for 
the planting of fruit trees, shrubs and flowers and the devel¬ 
opment of the nursery pusiness generally. 
“Every nurseryman should attend the convention to be 
held in Atlanta, Georgia, this year and go prepared to vote 
for Portland, Oregon, as the proper place of meeting in 1905.” 
DAVIS COUNTY NURSERIES. 
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 16—Harness, Dix it Com¬ 
pany: “On account of the late backward spring, the out¬ 
look for immediate business in Utah is not encouraging; 
but as a whole, the past season has been an exceptionally 
good one, in fact a banner year, as we have shipped largely 
east and west from this point. 
“Our trade has been exceptionally good; we have sold 
all of our stock and we have been turning down orders for 
the past thirty days. 
“As a whole, we think the business is healthy and predict 
the coming year will be fully as good as the past. 
THE MILTON NURSERIES. 
Milton, Ore., May 28th—A. Miller & Sons: Our trade 
this spring was all that we could ask tor, having closed up 
on all stock in nearly every line, except in Ben Davis, the 
planters having dropped this variety almost ontiiel} from 
their list. There war a marked shortage in sweet cherries, 
especially so in Bing, Lambert and Royal Ann. 
“The prospects for trade during the coming season are 
exceptionally good. Our men are sending in good reports. 
We believe this is accounted for by the many new settlers 
who are coming in from the middle and eastern states. The 
crop prospects were never more iavorable at this time of 
the year, as there has been an abundance of rain. 
We feel encouraged in the business and believe there is 
prosperity ahead for the nurserymen of the great Northwest ’» 
