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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
self with his own town by working for a system of well laid 
out parks, playgrounds, and breathing spots. 
A great mistake, in Ins opinion, is made by cities paving 
the entire width of streets. He prefers that only enough be 
paved, about thirty feet width, .to accommodate traffic. 
The remainder should be parked and public buildings should 
hold first place in civic centers. “Back yard conditions in 
front yards,” should not be permitted. This applies par¬ 
ticularly to railroad entrances into cities. Ugliness should 
be fought on every hand by nurserymen with the same 
energy as was spent on fighting the San Jose scale, a remark 
which brought down the house. He also expressed the 
hope that the day would soon arrive when it was recognized 
that no one had any more right to spread smoke over his 
neighbor than he has of spreading ashes. The billboard he 
characterized as a parasite on legitimate advertising. He 
summed up his remarks by saying that the nurseryman must 
not be a good citizen only, but an aggressively good citizen. 
THE TRIP TO OCONOMOWOC 
The Oconomowoc trip was one of the pleasant features 
of the Convention. It was made on Friday. The excursion 
was in charge of “Conductor” Ferguson of the Hawks 
Nursery Co. Three “spiral” cars, containing about 200 
members of the association, left the Interurban Station of 
the Milwaukee Traction Co., at nine o’clock. The route 
was out through the city, West Allis, National Soldiers’ 
Home and Wawan. The first stop was at the famous 
Waukesha Spring and it would have done good to the heart 
of a Prohibitionist to see how the resources of that spring 
were taxed for about two 1 ■ t s. Even the delegates 
from St. Louis were there, bra no one can say positively 
that they saw them drink the water. 
About an hour was spent at the Pabst Stock farm, where 
several “Blue Ribbon” prize-winning horses were put 
through their paces. A coal-black Hackney pony was 
particularly admired. No stop was made after leaving the 
stock farm until Oconomowoc was reached. There the 
delegates were met by the Oconomowoc Business Men’s 
League, divided into several parties and conducted to the 
various hotels where dinner was served. The arrangements 
were particularly well carried out so that all confusion was 
avoided. After lunch, the excursionists were driven 
through the town and around the lake in 'carriages, giving 
them an opportunity to see the beautifully laid out grounds 
of a number of wealthy residents of the town. The return 
trip was made leaving Oconomowoc late in the afternoon 
and reaching Milwaukee about 7 :3o in the evening. 
REMOVAL OF OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL 
NURSERYMAN. 
The offices of the National Nurseryman and Mr. C. 
L. Yates have been removed from 205 Cox Building to 
217, 218 Livingstone Building, Exchange St. The new 
offices are situated in the heart of the business section at 
the “Four Corners” near the Powers Hotel. The rooms 
are well appo'nted and comfortable. 
All nurserymen who visit Rochester are invited to call 
and make themselves at home. 
EUGENE W. STARK AND THE TRADE JOURNALS. ] 
In his address delivered before the convention, Judge 
Stark had the following to say in regard to the Trade 
Journals of the Nurserymen: 
“By giving the Trade Journals and Horticultural Papers 
our hearty support, by which support I mean not only as 
subscribers and advertisers, but more especially by contri¬ 
buting articles from time to time, treating topics on which 
we are qualified by experience to speak. Depend upon it 
the editors and managers of these Journals will welcome 
such contributions and will always be glad to publish them.” 
The Nurseryman, as the official organ of the American 
Association stands ready not only to publish association 
news but also items and articles of timely interest. Every 
nurseryman is asked to feel assured that the columns of the 
National Nurseryman are at his disposal. Do not feel 
that we only desire your advertisement or subscription. 
OUR PURPOSE. 
The National Nurseryman is the journal representing 
the nursery interests of the country; we desire to get into 
closer touch with all persons anyway engaged in or con¬ 
nected with the nursery business. To aid us in this 
endeavor, will you kindly give careful consideration to the 
following suggestions ? 
Send all news items concerning yourself or facts con¬ 
cerning your business to the editor’s office at Ithaca, N. Y. 
Ask for an article on any subject about which you are 
interested and state who, in your opinion, is best fitted to 
write this article. 
Write any articles or short paragraphs about any phase 
of your business or success in growing, selling, shipping, etc. 
We will publish these. 
Feel at perfect liberty to use the columns of the Nur¬ 
seryman for any and all items that concern Nurserymen in 
general. 
If you are a Real Live Nurseryman you will want: 
(1) To get in touch with your fellow nurserymen; (2) To 
keep posted on all new movements in the business; (3) To 
get information from others on matters that concern you 
vitally; (4) To let others know of your success in any or 
all branches of your business; (5) To make the National 
Nurseryman your means of communicating to the trade at 
large. 
Therefore: Ask for any article on any subject in 
which you are interested. See that your section of the 
country is well represented in news in every issue of the 
National Nurseryman. Make the National Nursery¬ 
man your means of communication to the trade at large. 
THE DODGE COUNTY (MINN.) NURSERY. 
A remarkable instance of what can be accomplished by 
honest industry and careful management is afforded by 
the nursery of W. E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minn. Mr. Fryer 
made a start without money and by taking advantage of 
every possible opportunity has developed a fine nursery 
trade and built himself a beautiful and comfortable home. 
The nursery business may have its trials and vexations 
but Mr. Fryer has shown that it can be made to yield the 
best of everything. 
