THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The Soullierii Nurseryjneii held tluMr aimual mec'ling 
at iiiianiiigham, Ala., on August 21st and 22ud. Iwery- 
thiug eousideied, it was a very sueresslul one, and 
showed ail optiiuistie outlook for the future. 
We are puhlishiiig on a separate page the l*resid(*nl’s 
address and also a paper on fertilizers and war suhsti- 
tules by William P. Redd, Manager of the (Irasselli 
(dieinical Co., that were read at the meeting. 
In regard to the labor situation everyone si'enuMl to be 
of the opinion that there would not be a great deal of 
trouble in tbe South. 
Mr. William II. Kessler, landseape arehiteet of Rir- 
mingham, spoke of the landseape work being done by the 
government at cantonments and industrial villages. 
A very interesting feature of the meeting was an (*x- 
hibit of apples grown at Auburn, Ala., and which were 
presented by Prof. G. C. Starclier, State Horticulturist of 
Alabama. They were a very fine lot of fruit and com- 
jiarc'd favorably with those shown fioin wdiat are known 
as the apple growing districts of the United States, 
namely Virginia and N. Carolina. Prof. Starclier made 
some very interesting remarks on fruit grow ing in the. 
South that w ere much appreciated. 
Mr. C. A. Simpson, of the Simpson Nursery (k)., Mon- 
lici'llo, Florida, spoke on pecan and citrus growing in 
Northern Florida. 
Rose culture in Mississippi was the subji'ct of a very 
interesting talk by Mr. S. W. Crowell of the United 
Slates Nurseiy Co., Roseacres, Miss. 
Market Development was presented to the Convention 
by Mr. II. R. Chase,of Chase, Ala., and Mr. ,1. R. Mayluwv, 
Pr esident of the American Association of Nurserymen. 
R(‘fore tbe session was over every concern represented 
w ith the exception of one or two, agreed to support w ith 
dollars and cents the market development movement. A 
good many did not state the amount they would give as 
the subject bad not been thoroughly understood by them 
befoie and they needed more time to consider it. 
There was some talk of undertaking to get up a fund 
for using the coming season for publicity jmrposes in the 
South, w ith the understanding that this wamld merge into 
the national campaign whenever this was ready to go 
ahead. A committee w as appointed to look into the mat¬ 
ter. 
II. F. llillenmyer and Sons, of Uexington, Ky., simt a 
crate of very fine grapes to the Association w Inch were 
much appri'ciated and highly enjoyed. 
The committee on time and place of next meiding and 
nominations recommended as follows: 
President: M. R. Caldwell, Atlanta, Ga. 
Vice Pres., S. W. Crowell, Roseacres, Miss. 
Sec. k Treas., 0. Joe Howard, Pomona, N. (k 
The I]xecutive Committee to consist of the above and 
in addition Charles T, SmitJi, Concorn, Ga., and (k A. 
Simpson, Monticello, Pla. At a meeting of the Fvecutive 
(]ommilt(‘(‘, (diaries T. Smith was ('l(*ct(*d chaiiinan. Tin* 
next melding will be held at Atlanta, Ga., in August. 
PRFSIHUNT’S ADDRFSS 
I FFFL that after what Mr. Harold has said there is 
very little I can add in extimding you a personal and 
hearty welcome to Rirmingham, but I do want you 
to know" how" glad 1 am to have this the annual conven¬ 
tion of the Southern Nurserymen’s Association in our 
city today and to have the privilege of showing you what 
a gi'cat and wonderful town Rirmingham is. I hope that 
each of you w ill enjoy your visit here and w hen you re¬ 
turn to your homes w ill feel that the meeting has been a 
pleasant and jirofitable one for you. 
In the coming discussions I hopi* each nHunber will 
feel free to get up and say candidly and frankly just 
what he thinks—for it is in these open discussions that 
the best information on any subject is brought out and 
the greatest benefits derived. One of the things that have 
alw ays appealed to me in our association is the close and 
friendly feeling existing among its members. Working 
together surely the memliers of this Association can ac¬ 
complish much good for the business. I take the liberty 
of mentioning several matters which I think worthy of’ 
special consiileration, at this time, and on w hich I hope 
some action will be taken at the proper time if it is 
deemed best. 
Market Devei.opment FuiNd: Joe Howard will tell 
us at our meeting tomorrow morning what has already 
been done and what is planned to do in tbe raising of a 
fund for National Advertising and the development of the 
sale, of nursery slock on a National scale. There are 
great opjiortunities in work of this character which will 
further the interests of every nurseryman, whether 
wholesaler or retailer and I think it is proper that w'e 
should all do our part in this constructive work whether 
our subscriptions arc large or small. Surely this is a 
time w hen w should all exei’t every ounce of effort w'e 
can toward bettering our luisiness and the opportunitii's 
have never been lietler, except for some adverse con¬ 
ditions due to the war. The South has been particularly 
fortunate in securing many Government industries and 
large industries fostered by the (jovernment. The d(‘- 
velojiment of these industries open up a rich field for 
the sale of all classes of nursmy stock. The Southern 
farmer also has at last conic into his own and is better 
able than formerly to spare the money to beautify his 
home grounds and plant orchards both for home us(‘ and 
commercial pur])os(>s. The matter of lumping individual 
subscriptions together to make a fund large enough to 
carry on National publicity is belter than individual ef- 
foi-t and ultimately is bound to benefit every nurseryman 
