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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
First Annual Meeting of the Illinois Nurserymen’s Association 
Held (U llie Hofei Slierinon, Cfiirof/o, Feln'unrij Hfh and 15tJi, 1918. 
Th(‘ Illinois NutsoryiiK'n's Assofiatioii is to be eon- 
^ratiilalt'd on tin* siieet'ss ol its eonvt'iilion meetings lit bl 
at tb(' SbtM'inan bolt'l. (Ibiea^'o, on hebiaiary lllb and 
loth. 1918. From start to linisb tbe meetings were ebar- 
aeterized by a spirit of real interest in tb(‘ uses of tbe or¬ 
ganization. This statt* ol tilings was undoubtedly biougbl 
aliout by tbe very approjiriatt' opening address ol the 
Prt'sidt'iit. Mr. J. A. \oung, of Aurora, Ill., wbieb dt'alt 
with tbe subject -‘Wliat tbe Illinois State Nurserymen's 
Assoeiation sbould stand for.” After referring to tbe 
many bt'iitdits wliicli niiglit be gained if tbe nurserymen 
would unseltislily eo-operate, he eoneluded liy inviting 
full and free discussion of tbe subjects which would be 
introduced for their deliberation. This, he said, would 
b(‘ till' iiK'ans of making their meetings ot real educational 
valiK' and their motto must b(‘ ‘‘Onward March.” This 
('xcelb'iit suggi'stion iiud. with a hearty response and al¬ 
most everybody bad something to say duiang the meet¬ 
ings.* WliiU' then' was no lack of good fellowsbij) mani- 
tested, the whole of tbe proceedings were carried out 
in an orderly and businesslike fashion. Those who were 
fortunate enough to be present weri'. no doubt fully con¬ 
vinced of tlie great help such meetings may become in 
promoting the success of the nursery business. 
Li'aving out all reference to the routine business of the 
convention, we may briefly review some of tbe subjects 
which came iiji for discussion. 
Th ursday Morning. 
The many ditliculties connected with railroad transpor¬ 
tation at the pri'sent time were discussed at some length, 
but tbe belief was exjiressed that things would work bet¬ 
ter in tbe coming spring than they did last fall; the reason 
being that tbe railroads were working under j)ressure 
and would probably be more on the alert in tbe matter of 
[)usliing things forward. 
In tiu' discussion of tbe pi'opos('d Publicity (lam])aign 
w Inch is to be brought l)efore tbe next meeting of the Na¬ 
tional Association, several interesting joints were intro¬ 
duced. One was that there is a distinction to be made 
betwx'en advertising flowers and advertising nursery 
.stock; one was in demand all tbe year around, but tbe 
other for only a j)art of tbe year. Tbe other ])oint, w bicb 
is of s|)ecial interest to the nursery trade at tbe j)resent 
tim(‘, was tbe statement made by one of tbe speakers and 
iradily acccj)t(‘d by others, that tbe planting of trees and 
sbi-ubs is not a luxury, but a “])ermanent improvement.” 
.\s to tbe i)ublicity camj)aign itself, tbe convention seemed 
to bo in favoi’ of supporting tbe scheme, but not to take 
any v«m’v d('finit(‘ st(‘ps until fuller information was avail- 
:ibb‘. \[ a later meeting tbe subject was again taken uj) 
and (piite a numlx'r of subscriptions were ])romised to 
tbe Publicitv (lam|)aign Fund. 
Mr. (icocgi* kb'bm. of Arlington Ib'igbts tlum rc'ad a 
|)ap('r (Mititled “Tin' Propagation of Shrubs and tin* Var- 
i('ti(*s which should Ix' grown for use in Illinois.” In tbe 
course of tin' disc'ussion whi(*h followa'd it was |)oint('(l 
out by oin' of tin' sjx'akt'rs that the nurserymen might 
take advantage of tbe information wdiicli could be 
gleaned from tbe landscaj)e men, as they ai’e acquainted 
with tbe })lants needed for certain neigbborboods. It 
would b(' found that certain stock is being replaced by 
moi-e permanent tyjjes. The Viburnum will be a thing of 
beauty after the Philadeljjhus has passed away. Tbe 
Government also gives infonnatioiv of great value on tbe 
subject. The hardy Hydrangea is one of the best shade 
plants w e have; but it must be kept wet. As to propagat¬ 
ing Hydraiigeas, tbe chairman remarked that be believed 
there w as more in taking the wood early enough, than in 
the future oi)erations. 
The question of forming a Central West Association 
then came uj) for consideration; and while there ap¬ 
peared to be some good jmints in favor of tbe proj)osition, 
the general o])inion seemed to favor the idea that matters 
of more than local iinj)ortance, could be best taken care 
of by tbe National Association. It wuis at the same time 
suggested that there could be a Central Association as 
w ell as the Illinois Association, but a vote taken on tbe 
question showed that the members were j)ractically un¬ 
animous for a distinct Illinois organization. It was 
pointed out however, that this decision would not pre¬ 
clude the [)resence of nurserymen from other States wdio 
w ould alw ays be w elcome at their meetings. 
One speaker referred to the old questions of prices and 
free rei)lacement of trees and shrubs wdiich die. He 
created some amusement by the spirit of resignation with 
which he appeared to view' these matters. He said the 
(juestioii of re])lacements had been discussed during tbe 
45 yeai's he had been selling trees and he didn’t expect to 
see any changes made in his lifetime. Someone had 
started rei)lacing before bis time and he thought it w ould 
go oil for all lime to come. Another sjieaker pointed out 
that there wais no business in wliicb there is not more or 
less replacing; and that if there is fault in the goods jiur- 
chased. they should be rejilaced in justice to tlie cus¬ 
tomer. As to jirices there may be just reasons for the var¬ 
iation of Jirices in different States. 
Thursday Afternoon. : 
Ihe ()jiening pajier of the aftrenoon session was by Mr. 
C. A. Krill, of Kalamazoo, Mich., on “How to Build a Stor¬ 
age Ihuise, and the jirojier methods of handling Nursery | 
Stock in Storage.” Any member of the Association who ! 
conteni|}lates building a storage liouse w ill feel indebted 
to Mr. Krill for his jiajier. Among ofher things he eni- 
jihasized the imjiortance of fhe choice of location for a 
storage house. It should be near tbe railroad tracks and ; 
within easy access to the source of electricity and w^ater i 
sujiply. He then went into the details of constructions as 
carried out in the modern storage house erected at his 
own nursery. One outcome of the discussion which fol¬ 
lowed the jiajier. was the suggestion that even without 
the storage' house, nurseiymen might be able to prolong 
the jikmtiiig season. Cases were mentioned of shrubs 
lie ing j)lant('(l iu Juiu' and .Inly, some of wliich were in 
blossom at tbe time, all of which turned out well. One ' 
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