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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Menu. 
Invocation.John C. Chase 
Oak Islands. 
Green Turtle a l’Anglaise. 
Olives Radishes Celery- 
Filet of Halibut Chicken a la Tartare 
Mignon Tenderloin a la Shanley. 
Parisienne Potatoes Green Peas 
Roast Young Vermont Turkey 
Salad Powers 
Meringue Glace 
Cheese Coffee Cigars Cigarettes 
At 9:30 the Chairman arose and presented the Toast¬ 
master, Mr. Edward B. Lynn, in a few well chosen words, 
at the same time pointing out how eminently fitted Mr. 
Lynn was for the position. Needless to say, Mr. Lynn dis¬ 
charged his.duties with tact and wit to the entire satisfac¬ 
tion of all comerned. Mr. Lynn is a brother to the judge 
so well known to nurserymen. He was a toastmaster in¬ 
deed. 
HANDSOME CARDS DONATED BY J. HORACE MCFARLAND CO. 
The menu cards were most artistic, being the production 
of the firm of J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa., for 
whose generosity in the matter the committee wish to 
express their thanks. The cards were of heavy board 
attractively printed and embellished with a real photograph 
artistically rendered on blue tinted paper in the centre. 
Toasts. 
Mr. Edward B. Lynn, Toastmaster. 
The Flower City.Mr. Wm. C. Barry 
Grafting .J. G. Greene 
The Ladies.Mr. Maclnerney 
Selections by the Rochester Male Quartette. 
Music by Moll’s Orchestra. 
Mr. Barry who replaced Mr. E. J. Dwyer at the last 
moment made a strong plea for-a fuller recognition of the 
aesthetic and ethical side of horticulture. 
“We are proud of Rochester and its development, for its 
beauty and its growth, but these did not come of them¬ 
selves. Rochester, it is true, has very many’ natural 
beauties, but if you will look-over the history of Rochester 
forty years ago you will find that there were many people 
deeply interested in beautifying the city. They were men 
of high ideals who worked gradually and successfully, and 
to-day you have the results of their labors, which are by 
common consent admitted to be admirable. 
“In this city the industry was inaugurated which spreads 
to all parts of the globe beautiful flowers, trees and fruits. 
The flowers and trees and fruits have the effect of elevating 
mankind, to beautify the world itself and to make life 
pleasant. You are the men who are continuing this work 
and you may well be proud of your industry. 
“Language is not strong enough to describe the beauties 
of the flowers and shrubs which you are putting into the 
hands of the people all over the world. When a tree is 
planted for its fruit or for ornamental purposes think of the 
number of people who are to get the benefit. Then multiply 
that number by the thousands on thousands of trees sent 
out of Rochester each year and you Will find that your busi¬ 
ness is one which is doing great good and harms no one. 
“You cannot qualify yourself too highly for your work. 
The more study you give your work and the more prepara¬ 
tion you make for carrying it on, the more thoroughly will 
you accomplish your desire.” 
Toastmaster Lynn introduced John J. Maclnerney to 
respond to the toast “The Ladies.” Mr. Maclnerney said, 
in part: 
“We may not be so extravagant as the Knights of France 
and England when knighthood was in flower, but in respect, 
in love and chivalry the twentieth century is not behind. 
We do not lay our cloaks in the mud like Raleigh, that our 
divinities may pass over them. We do not sigh in maudlin 
verse beneath our lady’s window; we wear no gloves next to 
our hearts in proof of our love and respect, but in non¬ 
spectacular devotion, husband, son and brother gives to 
woman, God bless her! the dignity that she merits as the 
sweetest gift that God has bestowed upon man.” 
L. B. Elliott, filled the place of James G. Greene in re¬ 
sponding to the toast “Graft.” 
PAPA JOSSELYN’S IMPROMPTU. 
Among the many quaint anecdotes and sayings recounted 
by the Chautauqua poet we have only space for the following: 
“When you have been on journeys with your wives (of course, I 
mean each of you with his own real wife) have you not met delightful 
people; those whom in a short time you became well acquainted 
with. They showed their good sides and best natures and you 
mentally declared, ‘I never met nicer people.’ Well! It’s the 
same way with us who visit Rochester. If she has any ‘outs’ we 
don’t know, or wish to know them. You have a beautiful resi¬ 
dential city. Your Buildings, Parks and Streets are magnificent. 
Your women handsome, your daughters lovely and your boys well 
behaved; of course it isn’t necessary to mention that the children 
take after their mothers. You have almost a surplus of good, 
honest men, ‘the noblest works of God’ and in most other locali¬ 
ties now about the scarcest. Your personal friendships are strong 
and as some one has said, ‘Your beer makes M-m-mil-wau-wau-ke 
jealous. 1 (It’s queer that I can’t pronounce the name of that town 
without stuttering). It’s no wonder you are all fond of Rochester. 
You are short of Poets as Chautauqua County has the supply 
cornered but Newark helps you out. They have one song com¬ 
poser who after a journey gave to the country that lively song 
‘The Charming Young Widow I Met on the Train.’ This on trial 
proving too breezy for the prayer meeting of a near relative, during 
a spell of humble disappointment he was inspired to write as an 
antidote for the other that soothing little ballad ‘Oh! Come, come 
Away.’ ‘May you all live long and prosper.’” 
The Following is the Roll of Attendance by Firms. 
Allen Nursery Co., Bowden, E. J., Bogue, N., Brown, E. C., 
Brown, Chas. J., Chase, John C., Derry Village, N. H.; Chase, R. G. 
Co., Geneva; Chase Bros. Co., Charlton Nur. Co., Clark, J. Porter, 
Clark, H. W., Crouch, Chas. H., Dunn, R. G., Ellwanger & Barry, 
Fleming, Chas. N., Fox, M. B., Graham Nur. Co., Grover, F. E., 
Gillies, J. A., Goodwin, .H C., Hawks Nur. Co., Hooker, Wyman 
& Co., Henry, D. H., Geneva, N. Y.; Hamilton, J. B., Hugel, Emil 
D., Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y.; Josselyn, Geo. S., 
Fredonia; Keyel, Wm., Love, Robt., Morris, E. C., Mead, W. H., 
National Nurseryman Pub. Co., Rice Bros. Co., Rouse, Irving, 
Steele, Wm., Storrs & Harrison, Painesville, O., Stuart, C. W. & Co., 
Newark N. Y.; Salter, R. G., Stecher Litho. Co. (Brown), Vreden- 
berg, C. W., Vicks’ Jas. Sons, Willems, Peter F., Western New York 
Nur Co., Webb, Walter F., Yates, C. L. 
Doings of Societies 
Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Western Association 
of Nurseryman held at the Coates House, Kansas City, Mo., 
Dec. 17-18, 1907. 
By E. J. Holman, Secy. 
Promptly at 10 -.30, President Willis in the chair and with a good 
attendance, commenced what proved the greatest meeting of the 
Association. 
