THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
203 
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 
Held at Rochester, June 9, 10 and 11 
Breaks all Records for Attendance, Interest and Pleasure. Great Credit due the Local Committees. 
Rochester Nurserymen Excel as Hosts. Presidency goes to J. H. Stannard, of Topeka, Kansas. Other 
Officers Elected. 
The Annual reunion of the Nurserymen’s fraternity of 
America has come and gone. No one can regret that 
Rochester was chosen as a meeting place. The weather 
except one showery day, was cool and pleasant, the program 
was varied and interesting; the entertainment enjoyable, 
the hotel accommodations most agreeable. 
A large number of the members were on hand at the 
Seneca Hotel on Tuesday night so that the meeting opened 
with a full attendance on Wednesday morning. 
THE MAYOR’S 
WELCOME 
Mayor Ed- 
gerton welcom¬ 
ed the visiting 
nurserymen in 
a concise, 
straightfor- 
ward manner, 
typical of the 
business man. 
He did not use 
forensic terms 
of eloquence 
or tell the visit¬ 
ors that the 
city was theirs, 
nor did he sug¬ 
gest that the 
keys were at 
their disposal, 
but he made it clear that he was glad to see them; that 
he joined with the Nurserymen of The Flower City, in 
extending to them a generous welcome, and he hoped 
that their stay would be as pleasant as profitable. 
One of the concrete suggestions, which he thought well 
worthy of consideration, was that land investments here 
in Western New York were on the whole, sound propositions. 
The Mayor’s brief address was responded to by “Papa” 
Josselyn in the unique and inimitable form, w r hichis Papa s 
peculiar gift. In this case he did not descend to terms of 
prosy expression, but presented his acknowledgment 
of the Mayor’s greetings in behalf of the visiting nurserymen 
in verse as follows: 
Mr. President, Your Honor the Mayor, Ladies and Gentle¬ 
men : 
James wrote “Come and help us and git off that fence 
And said on most themes my mind was quite dense. 
“Work your poetry machine, you never talk sense, 
We don’t expect you will do it for Rochester.” 
Nurser\men on the Road to Highland Park, Rochester. 
Once at Seneca tavern I ate kangaroo, 
Tho ’twas French on menu, seemed like fine Irish stew, 
Should judge ’twould blend well with Bartholomay brew. 
Was told they sometimes do it in Rochester. 
From platform of Empire that kang tried to jump down, 
The conductor 
grabbed us 
and said with 
a frown 
“Wait a mile or 
two, here you 
would muss 
up the Town, 
Can’t allow 
hayseeds to 
doit in Roch¬ 
ester.” 
* * * 
Said a kid “Pa! 
What’s this 
gag about 
family tree, 
Did the Lord 
make you 
and ma, sis¬ 
ter Marie and 
me?” 
“Sure son. When you’ve read the Good Book you’ll 
readily see.” 
“Say dad. Don’t he improve right along here in 
Rochester?” 
I remarked to a friend that I’d bought real estate. 
“Did you?” said he. “Yes. They ‘did me’ not straight, 
Next time I’ll have better judgment and wait.” 
How I wish I had bought part of Rochester. 
^ ^ 
At these outings these boys will make eyes at the fair 
At Dallas one charmer had kinks in her hair. 
These youths must awhile with flirting forbear, 
Nicest gals don’t do it in Rochester. 
At next turn of the wheel the Poe slipped a cog, 
Its grist must be veiled like a barn in a fog. 
It was rhymin Jim’s yarn about a hoss or a dog. 
Repeat it? Just now can’t do it for Rochester. 
Photo National Ni ratryman 
