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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 
The address of Mr. Brown which we present in full 
contains no extravagant statement regarding the present, 
no prophesies relative to the future, but was pervaded, 
however, by a note of confidence and optimism, which, 
indeed, may be said to have been apparent throughout the 
convention. Mr. Brown reiterated and emphasized the 
fact that Nurserymen were moulders of public opinion in 
the matter of outdoor art and associated with this the idea 
that real estate investments in any good nursery centre 
were safe and conservative. Especially was this the case 
in Western New York. 
Mr. Brown spoke as follows: 
You have already been warmly welcomed to my native 
and home city,yet I cannot refrain from telling you how very 
nurserymen are that you 
decided at Milwaukee to 
honor Rochester, the cra¬ 
dle of the nursery indus¬ 
try, with your convention 
this week. Those who 
attended the last meeting 
here some twenty-six 
years ago, at which time 
William C. Barry was your 
president, and who have 
not kept in touch with 
Rochester since that time, 
will hardly know her. 
We have now one of the 
three cities of the first 
class in the Empire State. 
We have here all the ad¬ 
vantages of the larger 
cities. We have what 
every city must have to 
prosper, our full quota of 
public spirited citizens. 
“Rochester has not 
been standing still any 
of these twenty-six years. 
Yet it is but within the 
recent past that she has 
fully awakened to her 
possibilities. It remained 
for a young man from out 
of the far West to shake 
us up as we had never 
point out to us what 
we have here. Sidney R. Clarke came to us from 
California as secretary to our Chamber of Commerce. He 
set the wheels all going. Among other things he suggested 
that we as a city collectively and individually adopt the 
motto, “Do it for Rochester.’’ This suggestion was 
enthusiastically indorsed and every man, woman and child 
has been consistently ‘doing it for Rochester’ ever since. 
I would suggest that when you return to your homes you 
promulgate this doctrine. Adopt this same slogan, ‘Do it 
for Fredonia.’ Do it for whatever your home town’s 
name may be. 
ROCHESTER PARKS 
“We are proud of our city, proud of her position among 
her sister cities, proud of our parks and boulevards. We 
have hundreds of acres of beautifully developed parks, 
[All the cartoons in this issue are presented through the courtesy of the 
Rochester Herald.] 
affording opportunities for 
rest and recreation to all. 
We are proud of that great 
captain of industry, George 
Eastman, of kodak fame, 
through whose business ability 
and generosity Rochester has 
greatly profited and who in 
conjunction with that other 
public-minded citizen, Dr. 
Durand, has just given Roch¬ 
ester 500 acres on the lake 
shore. This will soon be one 
of the finest parks in the 
country. 
“We are not going to keep 
you indoors much. We want 
to show you Rochester and 
let you decide if she deserves 
the name The Flower City, 
and also w 7 hether or not she is 
a good convention town. 
“I shall endeavor to make 
a record for brevity in my 
remarks because we have with 
us man} 7 - excellent speakers 
who will occupy the short 
time at our disposal much 
more profitably. 
“So far as I can learn the past spring’s business has been 
a record breaker with you all. Stock has been in such 
demand that good prices have ruled and practically every¬ 
thing has been sold. To cap this excellent condition, 
collections have been prompt and everybody is working 
along smoothly, happily and contentedly. For these 
conditions how thankful we all are. 
A PLEASANT VOCATION 
“Gentlemen, taking all 
in all, we arc following 
perhaps the pleasantest 
vocation in the W'orld with 
its daily contact with 
nature, and if there is any 
man in the world who 
should be an enthusiastic 
out-of-door man, who 
should encourage in every 
way in his power the 
civic societies, neighbor¬ 
hood garden, tree and 
plant associations, local 
park boards, forestry 
movements, etc., it is the 
nurseryman, for he, more 
than most others, is in 
daily contact with the 
things with which these 
organizations have to do 
and so the more fully can 
measure the great good 
possible. 
“Many towns are slow 
in making appropriations 
for parks, playgrounds and 
other breathing places. 
Hold up the hands of the 
leaders in these move¬ 
ments and work up 
public sentiment in the 
happy the Western New York 
