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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
vention dwindled to six against ninty-three when the 
vote was taken. 
The vote was taken on a proposed amendment to the 
constitution, qualifying membership in the Association 
by changing Article I Section I to read: 
Active or voting members, who shall be actively en¬ 
gaged in the nursery business, bearing reputations 
for trustworthiness, that must be maintained as a 
condition of membership. 
Article 7:—Revising the schedule, based on the annual 
volume of business, the membership fees will be as fol¬ 
lows :—- 
$400,000 or more.$500.00 
$350,000 to $400,000 .$450.00 
$300,000 to $350,000 .$400.00 
$250,000 to $300,000 .$350.00 
$200,000 to $250,000 ....$300.00 
$150,000 to $200,000 .$250.00 
$100,000 to $150,000 .$200.00 
$ 75,000 to $100,000 .$150.00 
$ 50,000 to $ 75,000 .$100.00 
$ 25,000 to $ 50,000.$ 75.00 
$ 25,000 or less .$ 50.00 
Associate members.$ 10.00 
The schedule as above is to be retroactive instead of 
the fees being based on a of one per cent, as adopted 
at the 1919 convention. 
CHICAGO SELECTED AGAIN 
It begins to look as if Chicago was going to be adopted 
as permanent place for holding the convention of the Na¬ 
tional Association. 
There was little if any sentiment expressed in favor 
of any other place for the next one and Chicago was un¬ 
animously adopted. 
Chicago has its advantages but many nurserymen will 
regret mising the opportunity the “movable convention” 
gave them. 
REPORT OF THE COMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 
J. Edward Moon, President, 
American Association of Nurserymen:— 
The Committee on Relations with Landscape Archi¬ 
tects has held several meetings in New York since its 
appointment, now some two or three years ago. 
These meetings have been held jointly with Commit¬ 
tees of the American Association of Nurserymen, Orna¬ 
mental Growers’ Association, The Society of American 
Landscape Architects, and the Garden Club of America. 
At these several meetings the various phases of the 
business between the Landscape Architects and the Nur¬ 
serymen were discussed, and the results embodied in the 
following report. 
Ry request of President Moon, we have had this re¬ 
port printed in pamphlet form, and a copy mailed to 
each member of the Association, which no doubt you 
have received. This copy was mailed you to enable you 
to go over it and be prepared to discuss it now. I have 
extra copies here if you wish them. 
I will read to you the following letter which I received 
from Mr. Feruccio Vitale, Chairman of the Committee of 
Landscape Architects. 
Thomas R. Meehan, Esq., June 15, 1920. 
Dresher, Pa. 
My dear Mr. Meehan:— 
Your letter of June 14th is just received. The report 
of our joint committees of February 19th, 1919, together 
with the memorandum in regard to the payment of bills 
for nursery stock ordered by Landscape Architects on 
account of Clients, and the draft of obligations which are 
normally implied by the placing and acceptance ol an 
order for nursery stock in the absence of specific stipula¬ 
tions to some other effect, was submitted to the Roard of 
Trustees of the American Society of Landscape Archi¬ 
tects on January 6th, 1920. The Board approved it, and 
voted that it be submitted to the members of the Society 
at the Annual meeting which was being held on the same 
day. 
The discussion at the Annual Meeting of this subject, 
brought about only one objection to the report, and that 
was that the majority of the Landscape Architects pres¬ 
ent thought that thirty days was too short a period to 
allow for the approval of nursery bills after the receipt 
of the planting stock. I do not know of any decision on 
the part of the Society to come to an agreement as to the 
number of days they are willing to consider adequate, 
but I presume that this is a minor consideration which 
will not prevent your presenting the report as substan¬ 
tially acceptable to the A. S. L. A. 
I have been ill for the last four months, and have not 
seen Mr. Dawson who has been appointed in my stead 
as Chairman of the Committee on relations with Trades. 
I also find that the files of this Committee have not yet 
been turned over to Mr. Dawson, but I shall endeavor to 
do so at the earliest opportunity. Will you therefore be 
so kind as to place yourself in touch with Mr. Dawson. 
I am quite sure that he will carry on the work efficiently 
and enthusiastically. 
I take this opportunity of thanking you and the mem¬ 
bers of your Committee for the cordial cooperation al¬ 
ways given me in our relations of the last five years. 
With kind regards, 
Yours very sincerely, 
(Signed) Ferrucio Vitale. 
A few days ago I was in New York, and had the op¬ 
portunity of seeing Mr. Dawson, but he had not the op¬ 
portunity at that time to take up the matter further. 
We discussed he thirty day clause to which he had ob¬ 
jected, and I think it likely that he will raise no further 
objections to that clause. 
I will now read you the report:— 
Memorandum of Agreement as Prepared by the Joint 
Committee of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men, and the American Society of Landscape 
Architects. 
Obligations which are normally implied by the placing 
and acceptance of an order for nursery stock, in the 
absence of specific stipulations to some other 
effect. 
A. On the part of the nurseryman. 
1. That the stock shipped shall be true to name. 
(The standard names are those of the American 
Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. 
