THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
105 
Doings of Societies 
SWEET PEAS AT BOSTON 
At a meeting of the executive board of the National 
Sweet Pea Society of America in New York, early in January, 
it was .voted to accept the offer of the National Flower Show 
Committee to provide $150 for premiums on sweet peas at 
the Boston exhibition in March, if the Society would add a 
like amount to the fund. March 29 will probably be sweet 
pea day at the show, and the Society will meet in. the even¬ 
ing of the same day. 
TENNESSEE NURSERYMEN IN SESSION 
The sixth annual meeting of the Tennessee State Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association was held in Nashville, January 26, 
and 27. An excellent pro¬ 
gram was carried out 
which included papers by 
Henry Chase of Huntsville, 
Alabama, on “Cold Storage 
of Nursery Stock,’’ by H. 
Nicholson, Winchester, on 
“ Nursery Management ; ’’ 
R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, 
Georgia, and A. A. Newson, 
Knoxville, on “How For¬ 
eign Nursery Stock is 
Grown ; ’’ W. H. Stark, 
Louisiana, Missouri, on 
“Commercial Apple Grow¬ 
ing from a Nurseryman’s 
Standpoint;’’ and Peter 
Gettys, Knoxville, on “Or¬ 
namental Nursery Stock.’’ 
The officers of the associa¬ 
tion are: A. I. Smith, Knoxville, president; J. Marvin 
Miller, Winchester, vice-president; G. M. Bentley, State 
University, Knoxville, secretary-treasurer. 
MR. HEIKES AGAIN PRESIDENT 
At the closing session of the Alabama State Horticultural 
Society in Birmingham on January 20, Mr. W. F. Heikes, 
the well known nurseryman of Huntsville, Alabama, was 
again elected president, and Mr. P. F. Williams of Auburn, 
who has been the secretary of the Society was also re-elected 
to that position. In his address President Heikes expressed 
appreciation for the assistance rendered by the State 
Department of Agriculture and by the press in forwarding 
the work of the Society. He called attention to the in¬ 
creased interest in horticulture in the state, fostered to'some 
extent by northern capitalists who have faith in the possi¬ 
bilities of fruit and pecan culture in Alabama. 
Membership has more than doubled since the Society’s 
previous meeting, and the attendants at the convention 
were full of enthusiasm and eager to take part in the discus¬ 
sions. It is interesting to note that several women were 
present and contributed to the program; also that one 
woman was elected a vice-president and another to mem¬ 
bership on the executive board. Prominent among the 
subjects discussed was the growing of peaches and pears. 
Mr. W. Z. Morris of Lafayette has raised $800 worth of 
pears to an acre on high, well drained land. Mr. G. H. 
Potter of Haleyville in the northern part of the state says 
that frosts are the worst enemies of the peach, and that fires 
of old waste wood in the orchard will save the fruit from any 
frosts that occur in that section. Several valuable papers 
were presented by members of the state agricultural 
department. 
MIAMI VALLEY NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
John Siebenthaler was re-elected president, and M. A. 
Gaines, secretary and treasurer at the annual meeting of this 
Society, held at the Phillips House on February g. The 
business meeting was followed, as usual, by a banquet. 
The menu was so unicpie that we take pleasure in reproduc¬ 
ing it. 
The Miami Valley Nurserymen’s Association 
(wholesale order) 
Dayton, Ohio, February 8, 1911. 
The Phillips, Dayton, Ohio; 
Gentlemen—Please “dig up’’ and have properly “heeled’’ 
in your Packing House, ready for “billing out’’ on Thursday 
evening, February 9, 1911, the following stock, strictly up to 
grade, true to name, duly inspected and at least “appar¬ 
ently” free from infestations: 
Blue Pointed Damsons in Original Cases 
Direct from the Aquatic Seed-beds of an eastern grower. 
Celery 
Cream-ated Tomato Health Dip 
For Spraying the interior of the packing cases. 
Olives Radishes 
Planked White Fish 
Formerly scale infested; now apparently free 
Brown-Tailed Turkey 
Roasted in Fumigator. 
Cranberry Dope 
Assorted Peas, All Green Crushed Spuds 
Waldorf Salad 
Thoroughly Aristocratic. 
Congealed Extract Bovinus 
En-bloc. 
Cakes— Mixed Varieties. 
Coagulated Lacteal Fluid 
a la Neufchatel. 
Coffee 
The transportation of the above stock will be attended to 
by the individual packers. 
Yours truly. 
The Miami Valley Nurserymen’s Association, 
John Siebenthaler, President. 
M. A. Gaines, Sec’y and Treas. 
MONTANA FLORISTS 
The latest additions to the membership of the Florists’ 
and Nurserymen’s Associations of Montana include Messrs. 
H. M. Sloan, (Hamilton); S. Hansen, (Butte); J. Hocking 
and F. Bangert, (Helena), and Sentaor Fred Whiteside, 
(Kalispell). 
