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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
OHIO STATE NURSERYMEN S ASSOCIATION 
On February first, 1923. some forty members of the 
Ohio State Nurserymen's Association met at the Southern 
Hotel in Columbus. Ohio. President E. R. George presid¬ 
ed. and in a few well chosen words reviewed the work 
that had been done by the Ohio nurserymen and offered 
the following valuable recommendations for future ac¬ 
tivities : 
That the association go on record as favoring a Uni¬ 
form Inter-State Nursery & Orchard Inspection. 
That more serious thought and more concerted action 
be taken on the part of the members tending toward a 
better State Organization. 
That there be closer co-operation between the associa- 
tion and the state experimental station. 
Resolutions were adopted limiting active membership 
lo nurserymen of recognized integrity who are residents 
of the State of Ohio; providing for the privilege of asso¬ 
ciate membership to all reputable nurserymen of the 
United States; and providing that all applications for 
membership must be submitted to the Executive Commit¬ 
tee. 
Mr. .1. H. Gourley, Chief of Horticulture at the Ohio 
Agricultural Station spoke very interestingly on “What 
varieties of tree fruits will cover the demand in our sec- 
lion?" It was the opinion of Mr. Gourley that the nur¬ 
serymen should understand what varieties and grade of 
stock the orchardists desire and the orchardists, in turn, 
should know what class of stock tin 1 nurserymen are able 
to produce. 
Action was taken toward furthering a plan of co-op¬ 
eration with the Ohio Experiment Station in order to for¬ 
mulate a list of varieties of fruit for commercial and 
domestic use in the state of Ohio. 
The history and developement of propagation was very 
ably discussed by Prof. Wendell Paddock of the Ohio 
State University. Historical records show that the first 
propagation of note was made about the year 470 R. C. 
Hubam Clover, its value and use, was the topic of Mr. 
C. J. Willard of the Department of Crops of the State Uni¬ 
versity. The habits of this new clover were given and 
according to Mr. Willard, Hubam Clover in comparison 
w ith biennial sweet clover, offers no advantages over the 
latter. 
With the aid of colored slides, Mr. Thomas A. McRetli 
of Springfield, Ohio, very ably spoke on the subject of 
Botany in relation to nursery propagation. Many of the 
basic principles of propagation of hardy plants from cutt¬ 
ings were clearly explained. 
Discussion of the subject “Will American Grown 
Lining-out Stock prove as Satisfactory as Foreign Stock” 
was lead by Mr. II. S. Day, of Fremont. Ohio. Nursery¬ 
men were willing to pay several times the former price of 
foreign stock, Mr. Day said, provided the plants were of 
good quality. 
Mr. T. R West, of Perry. Ohio expressed himself as be¬ 
ing unfavorable to the practice of contracting for stock 
grown by other than recognized nurserymen. In fact, 
his opinion in this matter was in line with those of many 
of the members present and the majority thought that the 
practice should be discouraged. 
From the statement of Professor A. G. I lottos the Ar 
boretum Planting at Ohio State University w as progress¬ 
ing nicely and the officials of the college were hoping to 
set out many more plants during tin* coming spring. 
Officers for the year 1923 were elected as follows: 
President, Mr. A. M. Champion. Perry. ().; vice President. 
Mr. P. M. Ryers, Clyde, Ohio; Treasurer, Mr. A. R. Pick¬ 
ett, Clyde. Ohio; Secretary. Mr. C. 0. Siebenthaler. Day- 
ton, Ohio; executive committee, Mr. T. R. West, Perry. 
Ohio; Mr. H. S Day, Fremont, Ohio, Mr. W. R. Cole, 
Painesville, Ohio; Mr. Edward Jenkins, Winona, Ohio 
and Mr. Donald Ryers, Clyde, 0. 
Several new members were admitted and it was decid¬ 
ed to to extend the annual meeting sessions hereafter over 
a period of one and a half days. The association will 
meet during the summer but the exact time and place w ill 
be announced later. 
Dayton. Ohio, February 5th, 1923. 
Clarence 0. Siebenthaler, Secretary. 
C R. Burr, Manchester, Conn.; Thomas R. Meehan, 
Dresher, Pa.; Edward Thomas, King of Prussia, Pa.; 
William Pilkin, Rochester. N. Y., with their wives are 
spending a few weeks at Atlantic City, prior to the 
opening of the busy season in their nurseries. 
MEETING OF THE NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 
The twelfth annual meeting of the New r England Nur¬ 
serymen’s Association was held at the American House, 
Roston, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 30 and 31. 
Sixty-two nurserymen and dealers were present. 
The first session on Tuesday afternoon opened with the 
president’s address by K. E. Gi l left. This w^as followed 
by reports and routine matters. Interesting and instruct¬ 
ive addresses were presented by Mr. Robert Cameron, 
of Ipswich, Mass.; Mr. John Watson, of Rochester, New 7 
York, and by Mr. W. N. Craig, Weymouth, Mass. The 
annual dinner on Tuesday evening w r as enjoyed by fifty- 
three members and guests. 
Wednesday morning resolutions were adopted in mem¬ 
ory of Mr. Max P. Haendler. The new officers elected for 
1923 are as follows: 
President, James A. Tufts, Jr., Exeter, N. H.; vice pres¬ 
ident, Frederick S. Baker, Cheshire, Conn.; secretary. 
Donald I). Wyman. North Abington, Mass.; treasurer. 
John R Barnes, Yalesville, Conn. Executive Committee: 
The officers and Walter E. Campbell', New Haven, 
Conn ; G. Howard Frost, West Newton, Mass.; Charles 
H. Greaton, Providence, R. I. 
The following article w as amended to the by-laws: 
ARTICLE XI of the By-Laws 
Any member of this association who shall be found guilty of 
giving or offering to give commissions, fees, or other emolu¬ 
ments, either in money or other goods, to gardeners of private 
estates, superintendents of parks or cemeteries, or any other 
purchasing agent, as an inducement to buy or as a reward for 
buying goods from said member, shall be expelled from member¬ 
ship in this association and shall be prosecuted by this associa¬ 
tion in the proper courts of law. It shall be the duty of every 
member to report any and all such cases that may come to his 
notice to the Vigilance Committee. The Vigilance Committee 
shall receive and investigate all such information, and submit 
