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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
J. B. PILKINGTON 
Mr. Pilkington will be one of the prominent lights at the 
annual convention of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men next June, which will be held in the city of Portland, 
Oregon. 
He is not only vice-president of the Association but also 
the chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. To him 
will fall the duty of selecting hotel headquarters. Convention 
Hall, Exhibition room and the thousand and one things per¬ 
taining to the comfort and pleasure of the members. 
Those who have a personal 
acquaintance with Mr. Pilking- 
ton know that all these matters 
are in good hands and that as 
the success of the convention 
rests on his shoulders its suc¬ 
cess is assured. 
He is an indefatigable 
worker and a prince of enter¬ 
tainers. Assisting him in 
making the arrangements for 
the convention are many 
prominent coast nurserymen, 
all of whom are striving to 
make the 1913 convention a 
memorable one. Mr. Pilking- 
ton is engaged extensively in 
the nursery, seed and plant 
business in Portland. 
ties. It is a part of the business of the San Diego exposition 
to show what man can do when he applies brain and sinew 
to natural resources, not only in California, but anywhere 
in the United States and other countries where humanity 
is making progress. 
NOTES OF THE PANAMA- 
CALIFORNIA EXPOSI¬ 
TION 
San Diego —“An acre of 
ground and a living’’ is not a 
joke in Southern California, 
and the management of the 
Panama-California Exposition 
at San Diego in 1915 proposes 
to prove it to the satisfaction 
of every “Missourian’’ or other 
doubting Thomas. One of the 
unique and interesting places 
of the exposition will be that 
section devoted to the “Little Landers.’’ 
A tract, a dozen of which might be found within Balboa 
Park, has been set aside for this demonstration. There the 
visitor will find “farms’’ of one, two and three acres in extent, 
each with its home, its dependent family, and these families 
will be living there just as thousands of small home owners 
in this State are living, with no other source of income than 
from the tmy patch of land. While residing in the heart 
of the exposition grounds, they will be as entirely dependent 
upon the resources of these little tracts as are the many 
families in the State having no other resources than their 
insignificant land holdings. 
Such “Little Landers’’ are found all over California. 
They constitute the business backbone of many communi¬ 
J. B. PILKINGTON 
Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the Convention 
to be held at Portland next June 
PENINSULAR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
The 26th annual convention of the Peninsular Horti¬ 
cultural Society will open in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 
duPont auditorium, Tuesday morning at 10.30, January 
14, 1913, and continue in ses¬ 
sion until Thursday afternoon, 
January 16. 
“This will be the most in¬ 
teresting and profitable and by 
far the most largely attended 
horticultural convention ever 
held in this part of the United 
States,’’ was the statement 
made yesterday by Wesley 
Webb of Dover, Delaware, 
Secretary of the Peninsular 
Horticultural Society. 
“There will be an unusu¬ 
ally fine fruit and vegetable 
exhibit in connection with the 
convention,’’ continued Mr. 
Webb. “The sixth annual 
Delaware State Corn Show 
will open the last day of our 
convention, continue all of the 
following day and will be a 
great attraction to those who 
come to our convention. The 
program which will be pre¬ 
sented by the Horticultural 
Society is of special and 
unusual interest and with the 
fruit exhibit and the corn 
show will bring to the con¬ 
vention hundreds of leading 
horticulturists and agricultur¬ 
ists from all over the States 
of Delaware, Maryland, Vir¬ 
ginia, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. I shall 
not be surprised if the attendance is double what we have 
had on any previous occasion.’’ 
“Arrangements have been made with the railroads to 
sell excursion tickets to the convention in Wilmington and 
return, at the rate of two cents per mile each way. The 
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce will see to it that every 
visitor to the convention is provided with good hotel accom¬ 
modation. The duPont auditorium, where the convention 
will be held, is one of the largest and best equipped conven¬ 
tion halls in America.’’ 
If J. Horace McFarland did not advertise he would not 
be a leader in his line. He knows how to advertise and where. 
