THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
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 ail kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
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Six Months. .75 
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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, 1904. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex.; vice-president, C. L. 
Watrous, Des Moines, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; M. McDonald, Salem, 
Ore.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y. 
Transportation—President Kirkpatrick, ex-officio; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; 
M. McDonald, Salem, Ore.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; 
H T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Legislation — C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, O.; 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; George A. Sweet, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
Programme—Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; John S. 
Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; M. B. 
Fox, Rochester, N. Y. 
To edit report—J. Horace McFarland, C. L. Watrous, George C. Seager. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta Ga.; 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 Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association —President, F. H. Stannard, 
Ottawa, Kan.; secretary, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City, Mo. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; 
vice-president, Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, Winchester, 
Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1904. 
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, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —-President, S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
J une. 
I'l • nsylvania Nurserymen’s Association— President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville' 
" i eeretnry, Earl Peters, Ml. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, William Pitkin, 
RoC' Ster, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 
FREIGHT CLASSIFICATION CHANGED. 
Irving Rouse and Chase Brothers Company, Rochester, 
N. Y., are especially interested in a communication from 
E. E. Marks, of G. W. Sheldon & Co., import freight agents, 
Lehigh Valley railroad, with offices in New York, Chicago, 
Paris and London, in which he says that the efforts of his 
company with the classification committee have been suc¬ 
cessful; and that, effective July 1st, seedlings, plants, 
trees and shrubs, will be rated at fifth class in carloads and 
second class in less than carloads. This concession is the 
result of a vigorous protest by large importers. 
THE ATLANTA CONVENTION. 
One of the most successful conventions in the history of the 
American Association of Nurserymen was that at At¬ 
lanta, Ga., last month. Contrary to expectation the attendance 
was large and quite representative although of course the 
southern members predominated. Particular credit is due 
the programme committee. In the face of obstacles a pro¬ 
gram was prepared and was carried through on schedule time, 
the several features being worthy of the efforts of the com¬ 
mittee. 
The value of a standing committee on programme was fully 
shown at this convention. Had it not been for the persistent 
work of the committee for weeks before the convention and 
right down to the moment when the members of the Asso¬ 
ciation were called together, it is probable that the coven- 
tion proper would have been as short as was that of twelve 
years ago in Atlanta when on account of the heat, adjourn¬ 
ment was taken after a two hours’ session. For it was hot 
in Atlanta last month. 
In the absence of N. W. Hale and the temporary illness 
of Vice-president F. A. Weber, C. L. Watrous presided. Mr. 
Watrous conducted the proceedings with the best of judgment, 
steering carefully between a curtailment of the schedule and 
a tedious extension of discussion, to that the entire programme 
was presented as far as it was possible to do so. Several 
speakers were not present, but in some cases their places 
were filled. 
There was, perhaps, reason enough in the hot weather for 
not provoking discussion of the papers presented, or for the 
use of a question box on this occasion, but we beg to suggest 
that discussion of practical topics is the most valuable 
feature of the annual conventions. It brings out the strong 
points touched upon by the authors of papers and gives 
opportunity for participation by all in the convention pro¬ 
ceedings. 
No radical action was taken at Atlanta. Committee 
reports were received, but the Association was content to 
hold matters open, with the exception of the question of 
freight rates. On this topic E. Albertson presented a report 
suggesting conferences with the freight classification com¬ 
mittees to emphasize the position taken by the nurserymen 
of the country generally. Special committees for this pur¬ 
pose were appointed. 
In the selection of E. W. Kirkpatrick, of Texas, for presi¬ 
dent the Association honored itself as well as Mr. Kirkpatrick, 
