THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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..V LINDLEY NUREEHY CO., POMONA, N. C., DURING THE CONVENTION HELD AT GREENBORO. 
N. C., SEPTEMBER .i-I/. IHI'i. 
You had better mahe your salesmen a present of this outfit, fo’’ 
a two days growth of whiskers may mean failure to gain admit 
tance and the loss of a good order. 
There was an interesting article in the June American which 
every nurseryman ought to read. It deals with the career of 
Ben Gear, a college professor, who due to the illness of his 
brother was forced to take over the management of several large 
southern cotton iiiills. Quoting from the article—Mr. Geer call¬ 
ed his superintendents before him and said, “I want you to see 
that every foreman and other officials of this mill, whether he 
be minor or not, shave every day and dress neatly. And I want 
you to keep this mill so clean that a woman dressed in white 
may go through it and come out without a speck of dirt or grease 
on her clothing.” Early in Mr. Gear’s administration plans were 
enacted for a systematic clean up of both the mill grounds and 
the entire village, and an attractive planting of ornamental 
shrubbery and shade trees. Let’s learn more about plants, cut 
out the bull and talk facts. 
MIS FATMUIVS AIM 
A iHouBlaiiuh'r walkcul some loily mil(‘S Ihi'ou^li tin* 
hills lo l;ik(' his ()v«M'groN\ii son to a school in Peny 
(onnty, K(‘nltieky. 
“This h('r(‘ hoy’s aftm' larnin’,” lie annoimeiHl. “What's 
p hill o’ tare?” 
“Uiir eurriculuin, sii’,’ eoru'etml tin' sehoohnasler, a 
K'.ent arrival from the lowlands of Ihe Rho' (Irass, ‘'em- 
hiaees g('ogra|)liy, history, all of tin' liraiu in's of malhc- 
malies, ineliiding- trigononn'Iry.” 
“That’ll do,” inl('iTn|)ted tin* fatin'i’. “Tliat’ll do. Load 
hiiii up with triggernometry. Il(''s tiu' only poor shot in 
tin' family.”—Savaimali Morning News. 
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MEETING OE SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN IN ATLANTA. IHOS 
Buck. Row—J. C. Miller. Harry Nicholson. H. K. Miller. James Frazier, Henry Chase. IT. A. Easterley, E. L. Worsham. R. E. Alli¬ 
son. Frank Smith. James Cureton. Middle Row—J. Van Bindley, J. A. Granger, John IT. Geraty, B. Thornton. H. Harold Hume. 
R C. Simyson, John Galhouse, D. W. Hunter, lY. F. Heikes. Front Roic—John A. Young, C. M. Erwin. A. A. Newson, Charles T. 
Smith, President; I. Smith, Secretary and Treasurer; J. R. Murphy, Mortimer Smith, lY. T. Hood. Two of these men, John A. 
Young and the late J, Van Bindley, reiyresented Greenshoro nut series. Mt. Bindley, father of Councilman I aul Bindley, founded 
the J. Van Bindley Nursery Company at Pomona. 
