THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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CHAIRMEN OF IMPORTANT COMMITTEES WHO WILL 
REPORT AT THE DENVER MEETING 
W. P. STARK, LOUISIANA, MO. 
Chairman Committee on Transportation 
Treasurer of the 
Stark Brothers 
Nurseries and Or¬ 
chards Co., Louisi¬ 
ana, Mo. Chairman 
Missouri Board of 
Horticulture. Life 
member of the 
American Pomologi- 
cal Society. Vice- 
president American 
Association of Nur¬ 
serymen . 
The nursery com¬ 
pany which Mr. 
Stark directs is one 
of the largest in the 
country. Branches 
are maintained in 
Arkansas, Oregon 
and New York. The 
extent of their oper¬ 
ations in fruit tree propagation is indicated by the fact 
that more than two million grafts of a single variety were 
made last year. 
Mr. Brown is well 
known as the president 
of Brown Brothers 
Company of Rochester, 
of which Brown Broth¬ 
ers of Ontario, Canada, 
is a branch. Mr. Brown 
filled the office of presi¬ 
dent of the Association 
last year, and the suc¬ 
cessful meeting held 
in Rochester marked 
very distinctively the 
close of his year of 
office. Mr. Brown is a 
valued member of the 
Rochester Chamber of 
Commerce, and is con¬ 
scientious in the dis- 
CHARLES J. BROWN, ROCHESTER, N. Y. , r 1 • 
Chairman Committee on Legislation charge of his civic 
duties. The grounds 
of the home nurseries in Rochester are rapidly becoming 
one of the most attractive places in the city and its 
environs. 
Mr. Rouse is well 
known as a wholesale 
nurseryman and one 
who has been promin¬ 
ent as a grower of 
orchard fruits. He has 
been closely identified 
with the Western New 
York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety for many years as 
member of the execu¬ 
tive committee. He 
has taken an active 
part in civic affairs in 
the city of Rochester, 
and has been a vigorous 
and consistent worker 
in behalf of the nur¬ 
sery interests of this 
. .. IRVING ROUSE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Country , while occupy- Chairman Committee on Tariff 
ing various important 
positions of trust in the national society. Few members 
of the American Association realize the amount of time 
and thought which Messers. Rouse and Pitkin have de¬ 
voted to tariff and legislative matters—work neither re¬ 
munerative nor agreeable. 
Mr. Hill is head of 
the Des Moines Nur¬ 
sery Company of Iowa, 
and is well and favor¬ 
ably known in the 
affairs of the American 
Association of Nursery¬ 
men. He was presi¬ 
dent of the organiza¬ 
tion during 1908 and 
presided at the Detroit 
meeting with his usual 
ability and distinction. 
Mr. Hill found time in 
addition to carrying on 
his extensive nursery 
enterprise to take part 
in the late campaign 
for a new type of gov- 
ernment m Des Momes, Chairman Program Committee 
which culminated two 
or three years ago in the organization of city government 
by commission. He is valued as a worker and public 
speaker. In the preparation of the program Mr. Hill has 
worked hard to find men who could present subjects of 
live present day interest. 
