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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
NORTHERN NURSERYMEN’S RETAIL ASSOCIATION 
Tin* Northern Nurserymen’s Retail Association held 
their annual convention at the Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, 
Minn., December 12 and 13. This association’s members 
comprise all the leading firms of Minnesota, Wisconsin, 
Northern Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, and 
practically every member was present at every session. 
The meeting was very successful, all having a good 
tune and a very profitable one. The spirit in evidence at 
the meeting was very gratifying as a frank discussion 
of tin 1 problems peculiar to the locality took place and 
all showed their willingness to help each other and to 
co-operate for the benefit of the trade. 
The following was the program carried out: 
PROGRAM 
MONDAY 
10.00—President’s Address.E. C. Hilborn 
10.30— Retail Nurserymen’s Association .L. J. Tucker 
11.00—Discussion.E. M. Sherman 
LUNCHEON 
1.30— The American Association of Nurserymen. .M. R. Cashman 
2.30— The Business Outlook .T. A. Torgeson 
3.30— Discussion .C. A. Chinberg 
4.00—-New Fruits for Minnesota .Prof. W. H. Alderman 
4.30— Discussion .. .C. H. Andrews 
TUESDAY 
9.30— Organization—A Big Factor in Business, Thos. E. Cashman 
10.00—Nursery Prices.E. M. Sherman 
10.30— Report of Price Committee 
Discussion 
LUNCHEON 
1.30—Who Are Entitled to Wholesale Prices...R. D. Underwood 
2.00—Discussion .John Hawkins 
2.30— Report of Contract Committee .E. A. Smith 
3.00—Discussion .V. L. Rushfeldt 
3.30— Nursery Supplies .D. M. Mitchell 
4.30— Discussion .L. J. Westley 
Question Box .Free for All 
6.00—Banquet. Business. Round Table Talks. 
C. L. YANDERBROOK & SON 
From the Berberris Thunbergi center of the nursery 
world, namely, Manchester, Conn., a new firm has been 
organized under the name of C. L. Yanderbrook & Son. 
This concern has for its guidance Mr. C. L. Yander¬ 
brook, who for the past twelve years was with one of 
the largest concerns in the East, noted for its vast propa¬ 
gation of cuttings and raising of Berberris Thunbergi 
seedlings. 
Previous to his experience with this concern, he faith¬ 
fully served the firm of Jackson & Perkins for seventeen 
years. 
Mr. Vanderbrook has an extensive knowledge of the 
nursery business and thoroughly understands every 
phase of it. 
We were wondering in what form the season’s greet¬ 
ings would he distributed by the Chase Nursery Co., Inc., 
Chase, Ala. 
The Autobiography of Peach Brandy of last year got 
us in the habit of expecting things. 
We were not disappointed—Eneas Africanus, by Still¬ 
well Edwards—is the title of the little book bearing the 
Chase greetings. 
A sidelight on southern American life, indirectly, ex¬ 
quisitely portrayed, such humor cannot help hut spread 
the doctrine of 
“Peace on earth, good will among men.'' 
A CITATION BY ROBERT PYLE 
If with pleasure you are viewing any work a man is 
doing, 
If you like him or you love him tell him now; 
Don’t withhold your approbation, till the parson makes 
oration 
And he lies with snowy Lilies o’er his brow. 
For, no matter how you shout it, he won’t really care 
about it; 
He won’t know how many tear drops you have shed. 
If you think some praise is due him, now’s the time to 
slip it to him, 
For he cannot read his tombstone when he’s dead. 
More than fame and more than money, is the comment 
kind and sunny, 
And the hearty warm approval of a friend. 
For it gives to life a savor, and it makes you stronger, 
braver, 
And it gives you heart and spirit to the end. 
If he earns your praise, bestow it, if you like him let 
him know it; 
Let the words of true encouragement be said: 
Do not wait till life is over and lie’s underneath the 
clover, 
For he cannot read his tombstone when he’s dead. 
Florists’ Exchange. 
BULLETIN OF THE SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 
There are such things as Business Barnacles. 
During the big war, one of Uncle Sam’s speediest de¬ 
stroyers, after many months service scouring the Atlantic 
in search of enemy submarines, was taken into an East¬ 
ern naval yard and dry-docked for repairs. 
Two hundred men worked nearly an entire day scrap¬ 
ing approximately 600 tons of animal and plant life from 
the vessel’s sides and bottom. This tremendous quantity 
of sea life had accumulated in less than two years. P 
weighed down the ship to such an extent that naval men 
said her efficiency was greatly reduced, requiring from 
25 to 40% more coal to maintain normal speed. 
Every business in the country has its barnacles which 
tend to decrease momentum. What about your business 
and my business? 
Do we seek to determine the cause of the impedi¬ 
menta— 
The increased overhead— 
The pull of the undertow— 
The slow down, if any— 
The lack of enthusiam— 
The drift of the current— 
The port which we shall eventually enter? 
Or 
Does our pessimism make us happy—- 
