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Association that is needed in a movement against free distri¬ 
bution that may prove as baneful as the free distribution of 
seeds by Congress.” 
Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Texas, argued for great care in the 
wording of the proposed resolution, lest the public should mis¬ 
construe the motive and should think it a blow aimed at the 
apple of the public’s eye —the experiment station. 
Chairman Watrous who was evidently not as well posted on 
the subject as readers of the National Nurseryman should 
be, said the committee on legislation was rather conservative 
and desired always to know what it was doing. He hoped the 
committee would not be called upon to draft a resolution on 
this subject on the spur of the moment, just as the convention 
was about to adjourn. 
J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O., said it was important to take 
some action at once. 
In view of the fact that Messrs. Brooke, Dayton, Barry and 
others had argued for action by the Association at once, and 
also that the committee on legislation rightly believed the 
question of such importance that the limited time of the con¬ 
vention did not warrant an attempt to formulate a resolution 
for presentation, the editor of the National Nurseryman 
moved that it be the sense of the American Association of 
Nurserymen, in convention assembled, that the Association is 
unqualifiedly opposed to the free distribution of nursery stock 
in any way ; also that the matter be referred to the committee 
on legislation, with power to act. 
This motion was unanimously adopted, thus placing the 
Association on record as opposed in general to such free 
distribution and referring the subject to the committee on 
legislation for special action as circumstances shall demand. 
REPORT ON EXHIBITS. 
The committee on exhibits reported as follows : 
Rochester Lithographing Co., Rochester, N. Y.—Exhibit of hand- 
painted, lithographed and photograph plates, and wax fruit. 
Baker Brothers, Ft. Worth, Tex.—Specimens of Rosedale Hybrid. 
Peculiarity seems to be that the tree is green to the center and is said 
to remain so. 
E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex.—Early peaches, new varieties. 
Thomas B. Meehan, Philadelphia,—Raffia. 
Stecher Lithographing Co., Rochester, N. Y.—Fruit plates and nur¬ 
serymen’s supplies in large variety. 
John C. Chase, Derry, N. H —Labels. 
Dayton Fruit Tree Label Co., Dayton, O.—Labels, blank and printed. 
J. Austin Shaw, New York city.—Bailey’s Cyclopedia of American 
Horticulture. 
Alabama Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala —Chase’s Tree-counter. 
Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J.—Raffia. 
Your committee does not attempt to pass upon the merits 
of the exhibits, but commends them to the attention of all 
nurserymen. 
FINAL ADJOURNMENT. 
Mr. Watrous presented a resolution which was adopted, ex¬ 
pressing regret at the absence of and sympathy for ex-Presi- 
dent N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, O., who was detained at his 
home by the serious illness of his wife and his son. 
Upon motion of ex-President Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la., the 
thanks of the Association were extended to President Smith 
for the able and impartial manner in which he had presided 
over the deliberations of the Association. 
The convention was then adjourned until the second 
Wednesday in June, 1902 , at Milwaukee, Wis. 
MILWAUKEE’S INVITATION. 
I he Citizens Business League of Milwaukee, sent the fol¬ 
lowing invitation to the Association to meet in Milwaukee 
next year: 
To the Officers and Members of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men, Niagara Falls. 
Gentlemen : —I he Citizens Business League takes great pleasure in 
co operating with Mr. Ferguson in extending to your Association a 
cordial invitation to meet in Milwaukee next year. We wanted you 
last year, but the particular attractions in and around Buffalo quite 
naturally won you over to that locality. Milwaukee is one of the most 
beautiful cities in the United States and we are confident that should 
you visit our city, all the delegates would lie more than pleased with 
their reception here. 
Our hotels are many in number and excellent in every respect. We 
are of easy access from all parts of the country, both by rail and water, 
and your convention should be very largely attended if held here. We 
hope the decision to meet in Milwaukee will be unanimous. 
Yours very truly. 
CITIZENS BUSINESS LEAGUE, 
by It. B. Watrous, Secretary. 
The mayor of Milwaukee wrote as follows : 
To the officers and members of the American Nurserymen’s Association 
—In convention—Niagara Falls. 
Gentlemen— It affords me much pleasure to invite your Association 
to meet in Milwaukee next year. As you may be aware, our city has 
entertained a large number of associations, large and small, of every 
character. We have wanted the nurserymen to come here for some 
time and I hope that our wishes may be gratified next year. You will 
find here every accommodation for the successful transaction of your 
business and few cities in the country have so much in the way of 
natural beauty to offer for the pleasure of the visitors. 
Hoping you will honor us by voting to meet here, I am 
Yours respectfully, 
David S. Rose, Mayor. 
STANDING COMMITTEES. 
President Berckmans announces the following as the stand¬ 
ing committees of the association for the ensuing year : 
Transportation—A. L. Brooke, Topeka, Ivan ; William Pitkin, 
Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
Legislation C. L. Watrous. Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, Atlantic, 
la.; Charles J Brown, Rochester, N. Y,; Howard A. Chase, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Ger 
mantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton. Painesville, O. 
CONVENTION NOTES. 
The Pan-American Exposition proved quite an attraction. It brought 
the ladies too. 
The first ballot for next year’s place of meeting was as follows: 
Milwaukee 8, Denver 1, Detroit 7, Chicago 4. Final ballot; Milwau¬ 
kee 14, Detroit 10. 
The American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association at its 
meeting in Niagara Falls last month elected : President, William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; vice-president, F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan.; 
secretary and treasurer, E. M.Sherman, Charles City, la. 
The Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association elected the follow¬ 
ing officers at the Niagara Falls meeting : President, N. II. Albaugh, 
Tadmor, O.; vice-president, William C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.. 
secretary and treasurer, George C. Seager, Rochester. N. Y.; executive 
committee, E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Iud.; Irving Rouse, Rochester, 
N. Y.; F H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
The American Nurserymen’s Protective Association elected the fol. 
lowing officers at the Niagara Falls meeting: President, William 
Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; vice president, A. L. Brooke, Topeka. Kan.; 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter 
Youngers, Geneva. Neb.; executive committee, William Pitkin, 
Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; J. II. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
