Qk lational Durscrji^inan. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol. XXXII, 
HATBORO, PENN A., JULY 1924 
No. 7 
49th Annual Convention of the American Association of 
Nurserymen June 25th-27th, 1924 
Whatever else may be claimed in favor of other cities, 
Atlantic City proved an ideal place for the 49th annual 
convention. 
The arrangements, weather and everything seemed to 
conspire to make it a very enjoyable event and a con¬ 
vention in which business was conducted with despatch. 
The sessions opened promptly and in spite of the num¬ 
erous attractions were well attended. This perhaps was 
due to the wisdom of the Program Committee, which ar¬ 
ranged for one session in the morning, leaving the rest 
of the day for meetings of committees and for the mem¬ 
bers to follow their own inclinations. 
The registered attendance at the Ritz-Carlton on Tues¬ 
day was 360. 
The program was carried out very completely with 
President Harlan P. Kelsey in the chair and the rest o" 
the officers and committees on the job with the exception 
of the late J. W. Hill, treasurer of the association, whose 
recent death combined with the death of so many mem¬ 
bers and prominent nurserymen during tbe past year 
inspired J. R. Mayhew, who was appointed chairman of 
a Committee on Resolutions, to suggest that the first hour 
of Friday morning’s session be devoted to a memorial 
service in their memory. 
This was unanimously adopted and carried out. 
The round table luncheon followed the Wednesday 
morning sessioa:^ 
William F. Miller, chairman of the Committee on Ar¬ 
rangements, was worried because he had guaranteed 300 
guests. He need not have been for over 400 sat down 
to a most enjoyable event. E. .T. Cattell proved a most 
entertaining speaker and tbe mayor of Atlantic City, 
who was also a guest, presented President Kelsey with 
the key of the city, welcomed the visiting members and 
told them to take everything that was free. 
The illustrated lectures took the place of the afternoon 
sessions and were well attended, being both interesting 
and delightful. 
E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, Roston, Mass., 
conducted them both. 
The one slated to be given by E. J. Farrington, but 
given by Mr. Wilson on the Arnold Arboretum, “A Mus¬ 
eum of Living Trees and Shrubs,” was highly appreci¬ 
ated by the nurserymen as evidenced by the activity of 
the number taking notes. 
Report of the Arbitration Committee by A. F. Lake, 
Shenandoah, Iowa, showed very few disagreements 
among nurserymen, only two cases being left unsettled. 
Mr. Lake said it had been a pleasure to serve on this 
committee. 
Secretary Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo., also chairman of 
the Vigilance Committee, reported on the activity of this 
committee, j)roving by voluminous correspondence that 
it was a live active force and what was most encouraging 
it was beginning to be recognized as a co-operative effort 
by the nurseryman to discourage unlawful practice. 
During the discussion of the report on Nomenclature 
a strong plea was made for a general use of Standard¬ 
ized Plant Names. 
C. Stewart Perkins,, son of George C. Perkins, Newark, 
N. Y., and connected with Ernst & Ernst, public account¬ 
ants, Philadelphia, read a pajjer with a very sympathetic 
understanding of the nurseryman’s difficulties in get¬ 
ting costs. 
A committee was appointed to prepare a plan whereby 
the various branches of the trade can get facts relative to 
costs and submit at the next meeting. 
In the report of the Legislative Committee by ,1. Ed¬ 
ward Moon, chairman, it was brought out there were 191 
State quarantines and regulations and constant vigi¬ 
lance and effort was necessary to prevent foolish meas¬ 
ures from becoming law. 
As a result of Mr. Moon’s report, resolutions were 
adopted to outlaw black currants. 
To spread the knowledge of the i)revention of rust. 
To petition the government to review the White Pine 
Blister Rust quarantines. 
To work for compensation for nursery stock when it 
has to be destroyed. 
To oppose increase in postal rates. 
To endorse plans for copyrighting or patenting new 
plants. 
In this last connection Mr. Moon brought out the fact 
that there was no law preventing the taking out of a pat¬ 
ent for a plant, but the inability to file a blue print was 
the chief difficulty. 
Henry R. Chase, chairman of the Special Advisory 
Committee to co-operate with the U. S. D. of x\., in devel¬ 
oping American supply of raw material made his report 
and introduced Dr. Corbett, who gave a resume of the 
work accomplished by the government experiment sta¬ 
tions along these lines. 
He said the aim was to develop stocks true to a type 
that will always perform the same, the chief quality de¬ 
sired being a blight resistant stock. Vegetative propaga¬ 
tion is necessary to insure their being true to type. 
Marked progress bas been made. One apple root has been 
increased to 6000 plants in four years. 
Money was subscrilied to complete by various nursery 
firms and the association to complete tbe budget for the 
