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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Other topics coveredfcy President Stark were civic im¬ 
provement, forestry, publicity, and trade co-operation. 
He raised the question as to the desirability of increasing 
the membership fee, and he also queried whether a change of 
time of meeting would not be desirable. The address was re¬ 
ferred to a committee, appointed especially to consider the main 
recommendations, and this committee reported as follows: 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 
Your Committee beg to compliment the President on his 
exhaustive and masterly treatment of the various subjects 
which affect the business of the Nurserymen, and present the 
following recommendations for action by the Association: 
Inspection Laws —These have been covered very com¬ 
mend any change in the amount of the membership fee_under 
existing circumstances. 
Publicity —Your Committee favor the principles of publi¬ 
city as outlined by President Stark, but are of the opinion 
that the finances of the Association will not permit a satis¬ 
factory campaign being carried on at the present time. We 
commend the subject to the careful consideration of the 
Executive Committee. J. S. Kerr, 
John Craig, 
J. H. Skinner. 
ADDRESS BY THE FIRST SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 
HON. NORMAN J. COLEMAN 
The meeting was favored by the presence of the veteran. 
APPORTION OF VISITING DELEGATION OF NURSERYMEN AT SHAW GARDENS 
pletely by the subsequent reports of the Committees on 
Legislation, and there is nothing to recommend. 
Grades and Grading —The Committee appreciate the 
importance of this subject, as discussed by President Stark, 
and believe that it should be constantly kept before the Asso¬ 
ciation until it is brought into satisfactory standardized form. 
Time of Meeting —Your Committee recognizing the great 
importance of this matter, would recommend the appoint¬ 
ment by the Association, through its President, of a special 
committee to consider the matter in all its bearings, especially 
asking the co-operation of the State vice-presidents, with a 
view of offering a recommendation or report on the subject at 
our next annual meeting. 
Membership Fee —Your Committee are unable to recom- 
Norman J. Coleman, first Federal Secretary of Agriculture, 
ex-governor of Missouri, and at present and for a number of 
years editor of Coleman's Rural World. Mr. Coleman is a 
man of 85 years of age, but still active in body and clear in 
mind. He contrasted conditions of the nineteenth and 
twentieth centuries as discovered by the sweep of his ex¬ 
perience, and drew attention to the vastly improved condi¬ 
tions of agriculture of today, both in its organized form and in 
its individual expression on the farms, over those obtaining a 
half a century ago. Mr. Coleman’s presence was greeted 
with great applause. He was an interested attendant at 
several sessions, joined the Association on its excursion to 
Shaw Gardens, and attended the Shaw banquet on Thursday 
evening. 
