Some Things of Large Significance 
to Nurserymen 
T he big convention of the American Association is one of these— 
that so many of the members braved the St. Louis heat for the 
meeting is decidedly significant. 
Of far greater significance is the spirit of the convention — the 
determination to take no backward step; the splendid support of the 
progressive policies of retiring President Stark and incoming President 
Dayton; the growing tendency to fraternize, harmonize, and work for 
the common, rather than the individual, good. 
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There are plenty of other straws floating through the atmosphere 
that indicate the direction of business winds in the trade. Some of 
these are, perhaps, more freely noted from our “observatory” than 
elsewhere. Just a hint of two: Leading capitalists are becoming so 
impressed with the possibilities of the nursery business as a source of 
dividends that they are investing in it; trained selling experts from 
other fields are getting into this field. 
Each of these things means 
something —in combination they 
mean a lot. The nursery business 
s on the threshold of a great de¬ 
velopment. All Ameriea is to be 
improved and planted within the 
next few decades to an even 
greater degree of (*ompleteness 
