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pleting a picture never to be forgotten by those who had 
traveled from the east and to whom these things were new. 
At Orenco we were met by the school children who proudly 
escorted us through their “school gardens,” and it was one 
of which they might justly feel proud, for it was beautifully 
arranged, well planted, and well taken care of and so well 
cultivated that not a weed was to be found anywhere. 
Orenco was founded some five years ago by the Oregon 
Nursery Company who have selected one of the finest spots 
in the northwest for the location of their nursery. 
As the distance from Portland is too great to conveniently 
travel back and forth every day, the necessity of starting a 
dent of the Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen, P. A. 
Dix, Mrs. Harness, J. B. Morey, Hon. E. L. Smith, Peter 
Youngers, R. T. Olcott, President Young of the Oregon 
Electric Company, President-elect J. B. Pilkington of the 
American Association of Nurserymen and President-elect 
Richard Lautz of the Pacific Coast Association. Miss Edna 
Purdy, who has been connected with the Orenco Nursery 
Company for fourteen years, and M. McDonald, president 
of that company. 
Having partaken of the good things both in the way 
of food and speeches we all climbed on the wagons, each 
wagon provided with a guide and conductor through the 
DELEGATES TO THE PORTLAND CONVENTION IN TRIP OVER THE GROUNDS OF THE OREGON NURSERY CO. 
ORENCO, OREGON, JUNE 20 , 1913 
town was realized and as if by magic houses sprang into 
existence followed immediately by schools, chmches, and 
hotels until now after only five years it is a very flourishing 
little city. But such is the spirit of the west. 
Lunch was served in the immense packing shed covering 
two acres and which in this case served not only for packing 
trees, but also for packing people, as we were well packed 
with the good things with which the tables were so bounti¬ 
fully covered. 
F. A. Wiggins of the Washington Nursery Company, 
acting as toastmaster, introduced Rev. Myron L. Boozer 
who not only acts as pastor of the church but also as mayor. 
City Council, president of the School Board and holds 
several other positions in the attractive little city, a veritable 
“Pooh Bah.” 
He told us of the wonderful growth of their little city 
of the plans and prospects for the future, and bid us a 
hearty welcome to it. 
Mr. Wiggins then introduced other speakers including 
Geo. C. Roeding, Thos. B. Meehan, Albert Brownell, Presi- 
nursery, the extent of which was a revelation. Delighted 
as we were with the great blocks of trees and shrubs we 
were even more so with the evergreens, which were so 
regular and symmetrical and whose straight leaders and 
fine color far surpass our eastern stock. 
Large blocks of fruit trees stretched away for acres 
and acres and one block, the guide informed us, contained 
four hundred and fifty thousand pear trees worked half on 
Japan and half on French stocks. A big block of one year 
peach was next brought into view, trees as fine as one could 
wish for and all well cultivated and cared for so as to pro¬ 
duce the finest results. 
Everything about the place showed that care and atten¬ 
tion for which the Oregon Nursery Company is noted and 
reflected great credit on its management. 
An interesting feature of the nurser}^ was the experi¬ 
mental orchard conducted by the Oregon Nursery Company 
in conjunction with the Oregon Agricultural College. This 
orchard, planted this spring, contains in its two acres, 
four thousand trees all selected in different stages of hairy- 
