THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
201 
best harbor on the Great Lakes—its bay bears some of the 
beauties of the Lay of Naples. Total lake tonnage 
9,000,000 last year. 
The most orderly and law abiding eity in the nation, 
having a smaller percentage of crime and vice than any 
other. It has the lowest death rate making it the most 
healthful city in the United States. The standard of its 
school system is the highest. It maintains a great uni¬ 
versity, several colleges and is the first American city to 
maintain a well equipped school of trades in connection 
with the public schools. 
It has an Auditorium costing $1,100,000 inclusive of 
the square of ground on which it is located far superior 
to anything of its kind in the country, capable of ac¬ 
commodating the largest national conventions. Has 
thirty hotels, affording accommodations from plain and 
simple to the most luxurious. Their location is conven¬ 
ient to business section. Some are located upon eleva¬ 
tions overlooking Lake Michigan. Rates are invariably 
reasonable. 
Milwaukee is the most healthful city in the United 
States. It has the purest drinking water. The small¬ 
est death rate of any of the larger cities on the continent. 
Is essentially the “city of homes.” Second to no other 
city as a place of residence afforded by the elevations 
which surround the city. The percentage of laboring 
people who own their homes exceeds that of any other 
city of the Union. It has no slum or tenement districts. 
The park system is the admiration of all visitors. Every 
section of the city lias its own park. Its Zoological Gar¬ 
den is among the finest of the country. Within a few 
minutes ride Whitefish Bay, the most beautiful resort on 
Lake Michigan is reached. Within fifty minutes ride 
the famous Waukesha Springs is reached. Within two 
hours hundreds of Wisconsin’s most beautiful lakes are 
reached. Trains and suburban cars at all hours. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OE NURSERYMEN 
Milwaukee Convention 
A spirit of true co-operation appears to have laid hold 
of the members of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men, and the forty-first convention to be held in Milwau¬ 
kee, June 28th, 29th and 30th, will average in attendance 
any former gathering of the representatives of the nur¬ 
sery trade. With the adoption of the new constitution 
at Detroit last year a general revival of determination to 
place the organization on a higher plane than it has ever 
before attained was manifest. 
At the coming convention a report by Curtis Nye 
Smith, Boston, Mass., who was appointed counsel of the 
Association, will consist of a review of bis work for the 
past year and of recommendations for the future; and 
the various papers to be read will all breathe the same 
spirit of effort to raise the moral and commercial ethics 
of the organization. The intention is to make a mem¬ 
bership in the American Association a guarantee of all 
that is honest in the carrying out of contracts, the stock 
handled, and in general business conduct. The dealer 
who follows the “gold brick” methods and whose rep¬ 
resentations either to customers among the public or 
with his brethren in the trade, is to reform or suffer 
elimination from the Association. 
The quality ol the program for the Milwaukee meet- 
ing, in variety ol topics and discussions, surpasses any¬ 
thing ever before presented to the nurserymen, and the 
sessions will be full of life and profit. The receipts 
for membership dues are more than double those of any 
previous year, and the correspondence accompanying 
renewals indicates satisfaction with the new constitution. 
The address of the secretary is John Ilall, 204 Granite 
Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
NURSERYMEN’S CONVENTION 
Mr. E. S. Osborne, of the Charlton Nursery Company* 
is endeavoring to arrange for a special train to run out 
of Rochester to Milwaukee, with the expectation of se¬ 
curing a company of at least one hundred persons. He 
hopes to arrange for one or more sleepers to leave Boston 
in ample time to be hitched on to the Nurserymen’s 
Special at Rochester, and which will pick up the differ¬ 
ent nurserymen east of Rochester. 
In this way he hopes to get enough members and their 
friends to make up the special. Those interested 
should write Mr. Osborne at No. 448 Cutler Building, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
II. G. Benckhuysen, representing H. den Ouden & Son, 
Boskoop, Holland, was a visitor at the officer of the Na¬ 
tional Nurseryman. His address during his visit to the 
States will be care of Maltus & Ware, 14 Stone street, 
New York City. 
A. Welchert, Proprietor of Cemetery Nursery, Petal¬ 
uma, California, is going out of business. 
J. R. Mayhew, of Waxahachie, Texas, President of 
The Waxahachie Nursery Co., was operated upon for 
appendicitis with other complications on May 12th. C. 
C. Mayhew, bis brother, has been with him and reports 
ifavorable progress. A telegram May 17th, states he is 
doing well. His many friends will join with The Na¬ 
tional Nurseryman in wishing him a complete and speedy 
recovery. 
Holm & Olson, Landscape Architects, St. Paul, Min¬ 
nesota, report business rushing and a good outlook for 
the future. 
George A. Marshall, of the Arlington Nurseries and 
Fruit Farm, Arlington, Nebraska, w rites that business 
has been very satisfactory this spring, trade a little bet¬ 
ter than last year; also that collections have been better, 
in fact first class, and everything looks promising for the 
future. Mr. Marshall expects to be at the convention. 
According to the daily Commerce Reports of May 5th, 
among other things, the Board of Trade of London. Eng¬ 
land, proposes to shortly issue rules restricting the impor¬ 
tation of bulbs, flower roots, plants, trees and shrubs 
into that country. An order in council confirms the 
above proposal under date of May 10th. 
