THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
T 55 
33rd ANNUAL CONVENTION AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 
OF NURSERYMEN 
Milwaukee, Wis., June 10-12, 1908 
ber. No equal opportunity for advertising is given to 
nurserymen. You will find almost without exception the 
most successful nurserymen in the country using its pages. 
What is good for them will be good for you. 
PLANKINTON HOUSE 
For the thirty-third consecutive year the nurserymen of 
the United States will meet, June 10th, nth and 12th, 1908. 
We believe no other industry can show such a record of 
conventions and accomplishments for the welfare of its 
members. 
In looking after legislation; favoring good laws, opposing 
bad ones, and securing reasonable freight tariffs alone, the 
value of the work done by this Association cannot be over¬ 
estimated. At a conservative figure the amount saved in 
freight rates during the past two years is One Hundred 
Thousand dollars. Every nurseryman, be he grower, 
dealer or agent, shares in this benefit. 
About five hundred out of more than three thousand 
nurserymen do the work and pay the bills. Will you come 
in this year and do your part? 
The income of the Association is derived from two sources 
—membership and advertising in the Badge Book. 
MEMBERSHIP 
The annual fee is Five Dollars. It places your name on 
the roll of honor of the nursery industry. It’s worth more 
than that to be in such company. It will help to secure a 
continuance of the advantages already gained. “Eternal 
vigilance” is the price of safety. Your representatives on 
the various committees work without compensation and at 
great personal sacrifice. Funds must be provided to pay 
actual expenses, to pay. for testing unconstitutional legis¬ 
lation such as has been enacted in some states and will be 
followed in others if unchecked. 
Send in your fee at once. Go to the convention if possible 
but by all means if you cannot attend, have your name en¬ 
rolled, lend the influence of your membership and contribute 
your financial support to the work being done in your be¬ 
half. 
THE BADGE BOOK 
DELAY NOT 
In order that the Badge Book may be mailed in time to 
reach members before they leave for the convention, the 
forms will close May 25, 1908. 
Please do not assume that your name will be included if 
you do not send your fee. The secretary has no such 
authority. 
Send your fee and copy for your advertisement at once. 
No time so opportune as the moment you get this circular. 
Please do not send your fee and say “Copy for advertise¬ 
ment will follow.” That mixes the secretary all up and you 
fail to get as early a number as you would otherwise. 
ANNUAL FEE 
The annual fee was raised to Five Dollars last year 
because the money was necessary. The old members 
responded admirably, but new ones are wanted for 1908. 
The officers and committees need your moral and financial 
support. Give it to them promptly and cheerfully. 
Less than other classes, nurserymen, farmers and fruit 
growers have felt the effects of the financial depression. 
Let us show appreciation by making the Milwaukee con¬ 
vention the best in our history. 
RAILROAD RATES 
A satisfactory concession is now practically assured. 
The Western Passenger Association, having reconsidered 
its first decision to announce no reduction for our conven¬ 
tion, later made the announcement given in the April 
Nurseryman. 
Western Passenger Association, 
Chicago, Ill., March 19, 1908. 
Annual Convention American Association of Nurserymen, 
Milwaukee, Wis. 
June 10-12, 1908. 
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This barometer of the nursery industry will be issued as 
usual just previous to the convention. 
It is, itself, .worth more than the fee. It is probably the 
most prized nursery publication of the year. In it you 
will find a list of the best men in the business. If you want 
to know “who is who” in nursery lines the Badge Book is 
authority. 
Your name and number will be included on receipt of 
your fee. 
A badge corresponding with your number will be given 
out at the convention. This will enable any holder of a 
Badge Book to identify you and will serve to introduce you 
to anyone wearing a badge. 
Another privilege and a most valuable one is the Badge 
Book advertising. Each member may in connection with 
his name tell the trade of his specialty, what he has to sell or 
what he wishes to buy. He can be absolutely certain of an 
audience, for every page of the book is read by every mem- 
Mr. Geo. C. Seager, Sec’y. 
Dear Sir—Referring to recent correspondence relative to reduced 
fares account above named occasion : 
This question was given further consideration at recent meeting 
of the Association and, in accordance with action taken at that time, 
round trip rate of two cents per mile in each direction will be 
tendered to other Associations for basing purposes for your con¬ 
vention, tickets to be sold on June 6-11, inclusive, good to return 
leaving Milwaukee until and including June 16, 1908. 
Again under date of April 7, 1908, Chairman MacLeod of 
the Western Passenger Association wrote: 
Mr. Geo. C. Seager, Sec’y. 
Dear Sir—Referring to our letter of March 23rd and previous cor¬ 
respondence relative to reduced fares account above named occasion : 
Beg to advise that Summer Tourist tickets will be on sale to Mil¬ 
waukee from points in Western Passenger Association territory daily 
from June 1 to September 30, inclusive, with return limit to October 
31, 1908, at fares based about two cents per mile in each direction. 
These fares will be available for your convention and have been 
tendered to connecting lines for basing purposes. 
