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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
glad to press into service the efforts of widely scattered nursery¬ 
men throughout the United States for testing the various varie¬ 
ties and types under different soil and climatic conditions. He 
pointed out the fact that this work is, of necessity, a long and 
tedious process and that it might take two years or more before 
the process of selection of types of fruit tree stocks, rose stocks, 
etc., had advanced to the point where he could call on the nur¬ 
serymen for real service. He knows that we are ready and will¬ 
ing and when the testing time arrives that he is free to call upon 
us to aid him. 
There is a growing interest in this work, particularly in the 
fruit growing sections, as evidenced by the fact that the South¬ 
ern California Canners’ Bureau, Los Angeles, placed their office 
and their secretary at the disposal of Mr. Scott at no cost to the 
department, furthermore, the president and trustees of Pomona 
College, realizing the importance of this work, invited Mr. Scott 
to locate a nursery unit on the college grounds at Claremont, 
Calif., offering to set aside ten acres of land and a substantial 
sum of money each year for a period of five years toward main¬ 
taining this work at that point. This most generous offer is 
under consideration by the Bureau at Washington. 
In January last it was my privilege to visit with Mr. Scott, at 
the experimental grounds at Altadena, Calif., and I was surprised 
at the extent of the experimental work in citrus stocks and seed¬ 
lings now under way at that point. We also visited Pomona Col¬ 
lege at Claremont, Calif., and looked over the ten acre tract 
offered for this work by this institution and find it admirably 
adapted for the purposes and unusually well located, with plenty 
of water for irrigation. Mr. Scott is hopeful that the offer by 
Pomona College will be accepted by the Bureau and work started 
at this point. 
It was suggested some months ago by President Bindley that a 
boat be chartered for a trip across the lake to South Haven, 
Mich., and that one day of this convention be spent aboard the 
boat and in looking over the experimental work at that point, 
believing that the nurserymen would be greatly interested in vis¬ 
iting this experimental plot in a body and so getting first hand 
information as to what was being done there. Because the work 
at South Haven was started only a year ago and is not yet of 
great extent, either in acreage or varieties and types under ob¬ 
servation, it was thought best to defer this visit until some later 
date when the South Haven plant can make a showing worth 
while. 
It is the hope of your committee that the members of the 
American Association of Nurserymen will bear in mind the lo¬ 
cation of these experimental plants and when in their vicinity 
make it their business to visit them and so show their appre¬ 
ciation of and interest in this work by personal contact with it. 
We are very glad to have Prof. Scott with us today and he 
will give you more detailed information as to how this work is 
progressing. 
Respectfully submitted, 
H. B. CHASE, 
Chairman. 
Robert Pyle, was much in evidence, rooting for the 
American Rose Society. The popularity of the rose in 
America will owe much to Robert. He lias just returned 
from tbe Pacific Coast where he had been revelling in 
tilings pertaining to roses. 
Resolutions of sympathy expressed with flowers and 
other attention was freely rendered by members. 
.1. P. Pilkington, Portland. Oregon, had to undergo a 
painful operation while attending the convention. 
A carbuncle developed on his neck and it was decided 
to go to St. Luke’s Hospital and have it attended to. 
Mr. Pilkington was able to return to the hotel before 
the convention was over, with his head swathed in band¬ 
ages, otherwise looking very fit. While perhaps it was a 
painful incident to Mr. Pilkington, it gave the nursery¬ 
men a chance to show their love and esteem by resolu¬ 
tions of sympathy expressed with flowers and other at¬ 
tention. 
Paul of Pomona, looking a little pale and jagged heav¬ 
ed a sigh of relief, that sounded like the exhaust of a 
steam engine, when the responsibilities of being presi¬ 
dent were removed to other shoulders. The smile that 
was on his face, however, bespoke a job well and con- 
cientiously done. 
It was common report in the lobby of the Congress 
Hotel that “Bill” Pitkin really did come to the convention, 
but he caught sight of “Tom” Meehan before registering 
and immediately returned home, deciding “Tom” was too 
young a looking man for him to associate with. 
The Baby Ramblers held their usual banquet at The 
House That Jack Built. 
It was declared the best ever. 
Twelve regulars and eight sprouts were there. Clar¬ 
ence and Ralph were glad they attended but Bob and Ed 
were sorry. 
Charles Sizemore, secretary of the American Associa¬ 
tion was taking no chances with his report of the pro¬ 
ceedings of the convention. He brought his wife and his 
own efficient left handed stenographer to look after 
things. 
A peculiar coincidence was noted: the young lady re¬ 
porting for the “Florist’s Exchange” was also left hand¬ 
ed. 
Orders for nursery stock were booked very freely at 
the convention. Some reports had it there was more 
stock sold than at former conventions, others that buying 
would not total that of last year. 
One member, Lester Lovett. Little Silver, N. J., booked 
orders to the amount of $25,574.50 mostly for Privet and 
Barberry alone. 
It is certain the sales were very large in the aggregate. 
If there was any hesitation to buy it was offset by an 
equal hesitation to sell. 
Apparently the trend of prices was the same as last 
year. 
Jim Parker. Tecumseh. Oklahoma, met with a serious 
accident while attending convention. He was struck by 
a street car and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital. His skull 
was fractured, at first it was thought he was injured 
fatally, but the latest reports were very hopeful of his 
leaving the hospital and being sent home in a few days. 
Major Lloyd Stark, Stark Bros. Nurseries and 
Orchards Company, Louisiana, Mo., attended the conven¬ 
tion but unfortunately could not be at the meetings on 
account of a painful boil on his face. 
It was reported D. Hill, Dundee, Ill., was in the hos¬ 
pital undergoing an operation also Milton Moss, Hunts- 
