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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR 1916-1917 
It has been no easy task to make these assignments. 
I have tried to turn the work over to members that I 
knew would be interested and who would go ahead and 
do it. If some names seem to appear too often, it must 
be remembered that only a few of the members have 
taken an active part in the work of the association until 
very recently, and in making committee appointments, 
my only guide has been the members themselves. If, 
therefore, any member feels enough interest in any sub¬ 
ject under consideration, to volunteer to assist the com¬ 
mittee named, he is now invited to communicate with me 
or the committee chairman and he will be put to work 
at once. 
Now, in connection with these committees, may I not 
say a word? I do not believe in one-man committees; I 
feel sure that the one-man always feels that the respon¬ 
sibility should be shared with him. For that reason, 
I have abandoned the old plan of having each committee 
to consist of only one member; the better plan it seems to 
me is to interest as many members as possible and to get 
them to working. The success of the association de¬ 
pends absolutely upon its being not a one-man nor a few- 
men association, but an organization conducted by all 
the members. 
Arrangements : 
Thomas B. Meehan, Chairman, Dresher, Penna. 
Wilmer W. Hoopes, West Chester, Penna. 
Adolf Muller, Norristown, Penna. 
Wm. Warner Harper, Philadelphia, Penna. 
William Flemer, Springfield, N. J. 
Arbitration : 
The Arbitration Committee is the same as last year; 
they had hardly got started in the first year; their work 
was satisfactory, the members have the confidence of the 
association, and I saw no reason to make a change. But 
with respect to this committee, I shall propose at the 
next convention that some better plan of naming the mem¬ 
bers be adopted. I would suggest that each new presi¬ 
dent appoint two members; in that way, no one man 
would have the naming of more than a small minority of 
this important committee. It is somewhat different 
from any other committee we have, and it should be 
something like our Supreme Court. 
W. C. Beed, Chairman, Vincennes, Indiana. 
G. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebraska. 
A. E. Robinson, Lexington, Mass. 
J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y. 
L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia. 
Exhibits : 
Albert F. Meehan, Chairman, Dresher, Penna. 
Horton Bowden, Geneva, N. Y. 
G. Hale Harrison, Berlin, Maryland. 
Program : 
Program. Having been the program “committee” my¬ 
self and realizing the embarrassment incident to the prep¬ 
aration of a program, I have appointed a committee of 
three: Mr. Mayhew, who is a live-wire and in full sym¬ 
pathy with the aims and purposes of the association, is 
chairman; his associates on the committee will be Mr. L. 
C. Stark, who prepared the excellent Milwaukee pro¬ 
gram and Mr. C. B. Burr, who arranged the equally good 
Detroit program. These three should be able to make 
up a mighty good program for Philadelphia and, because 
of their recent experience in that line, can avoid duplica¬ 
tion of subjects and speakers. 
j. R. Mayhew, Chairman, Waxahachie, Texas. 
Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 
C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn. 
Report of Proceedings: 
Curtis Nye Smith, Chairman, Boston, Mass. 
Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
John II. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
Nomenclature : 
Nomenclature. By resolution, this committee was 
continued at the convention, as then organized and with 
the same appropriation, thus requiring no action on my 
part. 
J. Horace McFarland, Chairman, Harrisburg, Penna. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Georgia. 
Chas. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
F. L. Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 
Honorary Member: Prof. Frederick W. Coville, 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Tariff : 
Tariff. If this committee seems to be a large one, re¬ 
member that as Mr. Rouse pointed out at Milwaukee, 
there are many different interests represented in our 
association and I have tried to have all those interests 
represented when making up the committee. I think they 
are. It is a good committee. 
Irving Rouse, Chairman, Rochester, N. Y. 
L. A. Bobbink, Rutherford, N. J. 
Wm. P. Stark, Neosho, Mo. 
J. W. Hill, Des Moines, Iowa. 
Chas. E. Greening, Monroe, Michigan. 
James McHutchison, New York, N. Y. 
J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, Ills. 
D. S. Lake, Shenandoah. Iowa. 
W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass. 
T. J. Smith, Geneva, N. Y. 
John II. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
Press : 
Press. It was suggested by Mr. McFarland that we 
entirely neglected an opportunity at Milwaukee, for the 
best sort of free newspaper notice. I have appointed a 
press committee to see that the Philadelphia and other 
