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FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXXII 
HATBORO, PENNA., JUNE 1924 
No. 6 
THE COMING CONVENTION 
Never before in the hislory of the trade has it Iteen 
so essential for the nurseryman to go to Convention. Not 
so much on account of the snjiport he would give to the 
American Association of Nurserymen, who so ably looks 
after the interest of the trade, hut uiton liis own 
account. 
Tilings a r e 
m 0 V i n g fast 
these days. The 
nurseryman n o 
longer can stay 
at h 0 m e and 
keej) abreast of 
the times. It is 
absolutely neces¬ 
sary for him to 
get in personal 
touch with other 
members of the 
t r a d e and to 
know what is go¬ 
ing on. Process¬ 
es and changes 
in business are 
almost rev olu- 
t i 0 n a r y from 
month to month. 
Cl 0 V e rnment 
regulation a n d 
suiiervision in all 
business activi¬ 
ties is becoming 
more and more 
evident and it 
behooves him to 
know the why 
and the where¬ 
fore and to have 
a voice in the 
management o f 
a Hairs. 
The day is past when tlu' nurseryman could slay al 
home and mind his own business. Unh‘ss he kei'ps 
in touch with things he soon finds himsidt out ol step 
and lagging behind. 
The automobile, radio and modern thought, along all 
lines of aelivity ai'c completely changing ideas and meth¬ 
ods. The income tax makes him keej) hooks. 
The individual no longer has much weight, however 
large his own parlicnlar business may he. To get a 
hearing before tlu' transporlation companies, the 
Cl over n ment 
or any of those 
powers which vi¬ 
tally effect busi¬ 
ness, his voice 
must h(‘ added to 
the crowd or he 
is not likely to he 
heard. Collective 
thought and ac¬ 
tion is necessary 
to gain a hearing. 
The convention 
this year is be¬ 
ing held at, per¬ 
haps, the most, 
po])ular resort in 
the entire coun¬ 
try. All those liv¬ 
ing in the inter¬ 
ior will hardly 
need to he told of 
the j)leasure of a 
trip to the (lueen- 
ly resort — At¬ 
lantic City. 
T h e |)rogram 
has been arrang¬ 
ed so that only 
morning st'ssions 
will he held, giv¬ 
ing tiu' visiting 
nuMnlau's an o})- 
porlunity to en¬ 
joy lh(' oc(‘an and 
otlu'r attractions 
in com|)any \\ ilh their wives and sweethearts. 
There is every i)rospect of llu' coming convention be¬ 
ing tlu' greatest ('vtu' and it should he a very serious 
cause which would kec}) any member of the American 
Association from attending. 
II.VULAN P. Kelsey, Salem, Massachusetts 
Presi<U‘nl of the .1. .1. of N. 
