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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
really broader than this, as it deals with problems of coun¬ 
try living, as well as those of the village and town. The 
association is composed of men and women who give their 
time to these problems without recompense, and the organi¬ 
zation is entirely supported by men who are unselfishly giv¬ 
ing of their means and energies to the promotion of the 
cause. -The officers of the society are: J. Horace McFar¬ 
land, Harrisburg, president; R. B. Watrous, Harrisburg, 
secretary; and the advisory board is made up of prominent 
men of the east and west. 
The subjects dealt with at recent conventions are numer¬ 
ous and important. All the problems connected with city 
living, including sanitation, the aesthetics of the parks and 
streets, receive consideration. Broad questions like the 
preservation of national parks, places of public interest, as 
Niagara Falls and the mountain parks of the west, are 
objects of solicitude on the part of the Association. The 
dissemination of information regarding the organization and 
work of local associations and a general propagandist 
movement in reference to the improvement of living condi¬ 
tions in city and country, are leading parts of the daily 
work of the Association during the year. Trees and plants 
are the decorative material furnished by nature. The nur¬ 
seryman propagates these. He improves them. The 
plantsman then should make it a point to inform himself on 
the work of the Association, and do what he can to promote 
civic improvement at home and abroad. This may not be 
entirely unselfish work, but at all events it is good work 
under any motive. 
Program Thirty-fourth Annual Convention American 
Association of Ntirserymen 
(Concluded from page 175) 
At three o’clock, p. m. —Annual meeting of the Retail 
Nurserymen’s Association, Guy A. Bryant, Secretary, in 
the general assembly room. 
Thursday, June 10, Evening 
For the Ladies.—Theatre party at the Lyceum Theatre 
adjoining the hotel, as guests of the Western New York 
Nurserymen. Members will kindly give names of their 
ladies to the Secretary by noon, Thursday, so arrangements 
can be made; also call on Secretary for ladies’ tickets by 
6 p. m., Thursday. 
Smoker 
For the Men.—As guests of the Western New York Nur¬ 
serymen, in the Masonic Temple auditorium, at eight, p. m. 
“Something doing every minute” is the promise of those in 
charge. 
Friday, June ii, 9 a. m. 
Unfinished business 
Special orders, if any 
Final Resolutions. 
It has been thought wfise to leave Friday as much open as 
possible in order to give the nurserymen opportunity for 
business intercourse, for looking over the exhibits, visiting 
nurseries, etc. 
Correspondence 
A REGRETFUL ABSENTEE 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
I do not know of any one from Oklahoma who will attend 
the convention this year. 
It has been and is now, one of my greatest desires to 
attend the convention at Rochester, but the surrounding 
conditions are such that it looks now as if I will not have the 
pleasure of meeting with those whom I love to associate. 
Since being a member of the convention, I have not 
missed a meeting, but this year the extreme illness of my 
wife will no doubt prevent my attending. 
Should I be prevented by this misfortune, I want to be 
recorded as being present in feeling, at least. And I want 
my Brother Nurserymen to know that I do sincerely regret 
my inability to meet with them, and extend a hope that 
each and every one may find the meeting all that could be 
hoped for—a pleasant and profitable one. 
Enid, Okla. J. A. Lopeman. 
SOME NOTES FROM NEBRASKA EXPERIMENT STATION 
AT YORK 
Raising Evergreens. 
The ponderosa or Bull pine is wonderfully adapted to the 
semiarid regions of Western Kansas and Nebraska. This 
is grown from seed in the open, just as you would raise beets 
or onions. We have sent seed to the Nebraska Sand Hills, 
to the Dakotas, Minnesota and Manitoba, and have most 
cheering results. One man in Manitoba got 4,000 from 
half a pound. 
Other evergreens, however, especially those with pin 
seeds like pungens and Engleman, cannot be made to grow 
to any advantage in Nebraska from seed, so we have joined 
a nursery in the Black Hills, where we plant 100 pounds of 
Rocky Mountain seeds and we have another interest in 
Central Minnesota, where we have beds dug up in Hazel¬ 
brush, and the seeds are covered with leaf mould, and the 
results are most gratifying. 
Yours, 
C. S. Harrison. 
Rome Beauty. 
“Middle West” fears that the light of this kind has been 
hidden under a bushel and wants to know all the strong 
points in its favor. It is the weak links that measure the 
strength of a chain, so here goes from that view point. 
Some forty-five to fifty-five years ago, my brother had this 
apple from Southern Ohio and top grafted a vigorous tree. 
It was then known as Gillett. It was planted in all our 
orchards up to 1884 and not after that. The tree is tender 
and the frost of January 4th, of that year left not a sound 
one in nursery row nor a vital one in our orchards. The 
severe cold of February 13th, 1899, cleaned us just as 
effectually. There are lots of people in Kentucky, that 
know these facts and no Rome Beauty for them. 
