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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
E. P. BERNARD1N, PARSONS, ICANS. 
Chairman Exhibits Committee 
most influential of the subsidiary organi¬ 
zations of nurserymen in this country. 
Mr. Hobbs was the founder of the firm 
of Albertson & Hobbs of Bridgeport, Ind., 
which was succeeded three years ago by 
the firm of C. M. Hobbs & Son, of which 
he is senior member. He is a veteran 
in nursery work, and has occupied the 
position of vice-president of the American 
Association of Nurserymen. His mature 
judgment may be relied upon in Associa¬ 
tion matters, and he is one of the constant 
attendants at its meetings. In state 
horticultural affairs Mr. Hobbs has taken 
a leading part, having acted for a number 
of years as president of his state society, 
and having been an active member of the Board of Horti¬ 
culture of Indiana for a number of years. 
Captain Watrous is 
president of the Capi¬ 
tal City Nurseries, and 
has been identified with 
the fruit interests of 
the Hawk Eye State 
for more than forty 
years. He has been 
president of the Ameri¬ 
can Pomological So¬ 
ciety, of his state hor¬ 
ticultural society, the 
American Association 
of Nurserymen, and has 
been a reliable worker 
upon the committees 
of the American Asso¬ 
ciation of Nurserymen. 
Mr.Watrous also had 
the distinction of act- 
C. M. HOBBS, BRIDGEPORT, IND. 
Chairman Committee on Forestry 
FRANK A. WEBER, NURSERY MO., 
Chairman Committee on Entertainment 
American Association of Nurserymen. 
Mr. Weber’s efforts on behalf of the 
Association in connection with former 
meetings, and the present gathering at 
Denver, have always been energetic and 
greatly appreciated. 
Mr. Sherman is president of the Sher¬ 
man Nursery Company of Charles City, 
Iowa. While neither among the youngest 
nor the oldest of the members of the 
Association he has been a regular attend¬ 
ant at its meetings and a frequent con¬ 
tributor to the program. As an essayist 
and speaker, Mr. Sherman is greatly ap¬ 
preciated. 
CAPT. C. L. WATROUS, DES MOINES, IOWA 
National Council of Horticulture 
Mr. Chase is one of the younger members of the society, 
representing an active, 
aggressive nursery firm 
of Alabama, prominent 
as growers of nursery 
stock in wholesale 
quantities. 
Mr. Harrison is a 
member of the firm of 
J..G. Harrison & Sons, 
Berlin, Md., who rank 
among the largest 
growers of nursery 
stock in this country. 
Mr. Harrison has been 
an active member of 
the Association for 
many years, working 
on various committees 
and acting as efficient R M - Sherman. Charles city, ia„ 
Member Executive Committee .^American Asso- 
president of the Asso- elation of Nurserymen 
Mr. Bernardin is 
a wholesale nursery¬ 
man of Parsons, Kan¬ 
sas. He has occupied 
various positions of 
responsibility in the 
national society dur¬ 
ing recent years and 
has always discharged 
such trust as was laid 
upon him with skill 
and efficiency. He 
occupies at present 
the position of presi¬ 
dent of the Western 
Association of Nur¬ 
serymen, one of the 
ing as a member of 
the committee which 
drafted the now famous 
constitution under 
which the commission 
form of government 
of the city of Des 
Moines is working. 
The genial Frank is 
well known to the ma¬ 
jority of nurserymen as 
the senior member of 
the Weber Nursery 
Company of Nursery, 
Mo., and also as a for¬ 
mer president of the 
