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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President— .1. Edward Moon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Vice-President —Lloyd Stark, I..ouisiana, IMo. 
Treasurer —.1. W. Hill, Des Moines, Iowa. 
Secretary for the Association —Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Executive Committee —C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn.; C. C. Mayhew, 
Sherman, Tex.; J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Oregon; J. Edward 
Moon, Morrisville, Pa.; E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
list of committees AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OP NURSERY¬ 
MEN 1918-19 
Finance —E. S. Welch, Chairman, Shenandoah, la.; E. W. Chattin, 
Winchester. Tenn.; T. B. West, Perry, Ohio. 
Program—E. M. Sherman, Chairman, Charles City, la.; J. W. Hill, 
Des Moines, la.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Arrangements & Exliibits —Alvin E. Nelson, Chairman, Chicago, Ill.; 
F. R. Von Windigger, Clayton, Mo.; E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la. 
Hail Insurance —F. A. Weher, Chairman, Nursery, Mo.; E. P. Ber- 
nardin. Parsons, Kans.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
Press & Publicity —Ralph T. Olcott, Chairman, Rochester, N. Y.; Jno. 
S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas; Chas. Sizemore, Louisiana, Md. 
Statistical —Henry B. Chase, Chairman, Chase, Ala.; Wm. Pitkin, 
Rochester, N. Y.; E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la.; M. R. Cashman, 
Owatonna, Minn. 
Landscape Architects —Thos. B. Meehan, Chairman, Dresher, Pa.; J. 
Edward Moon, Morrisville, Pa.; Wm. Flemmer, Springfield, N. J. 
Nomenclature^ —J. Horace McFarland, Chairman, Harrisburg, Pa.; 
L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; Chas. J. Malloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
Standardization —Harlan P. Kelsey, Chairman, Salem, Mass.; F. L. 
Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.; Henry Hicks, Westbury, L. I. 
Eistribution & Directory —M. R. Cashman, Chairman, Owatonna, 
Minn. James Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; Chas. H. Perkins, Newark, 
N. Y. 
French Relief —F. L. Atkins, Chairman, Rutherford, N. J.; W. C. 
Reed, Vincennes, Ind.; Paul C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 
Annual Report —Chas. Sizemore, Chairman, Louisiana, Mo.; Paul C. 
Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; F. R. Von Windigger, Clayton, Mo. 
Vigilance —Paul C. Stark, Chairman, Louisiana, Mo.; Robert Pyle, 
West Grove, Pa.; Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 
Arbitration —Jno. S. Kerr, Chairman, Sherman, Texas; G. A. Marshall, 
Arlington, Nebr.; J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; Jno. Dayton, Paines- 
ville, Ohio; T. W. Stark, Louisiana, Mo. 
Legislation —Orlando Harrison, Chairman, Berlin, Md.; Jno. Dayton, 
Painesvllle, Ohio; Robert C. Chase, Chase, Ala.; J. M. Pitkin, New¬ 
ark, N. Y.; C. C. Mayhew, Sherman, Texas; F. H. Stannard, Otta¬ 
wa, Kans.; Thos. B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa. 
Tariff —Theo. J. Smith, Chairman, Geneva, N. Y.; Irving Rouse, 
Rochester, N. Y.; J. Edward Moon, Morrisville, Pa.; Thos. B. 
Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; James Pitkin, Newark, N. Y. 
Transportation —Charles Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, Irving 
Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, 
Pa. Meets annually In June. 
Association Oklahoma Nurserymen —President, P, W. Vaught, 
Holdenville, Okla.; secretary, Jim Parker, Tecumseh, Okla. Next 
meeting during week of State Fair at Oklahoma City, last of Sep¬ 
tember or first of October. 
California Association of Nurserymen —President, John S. Arm¬ 
strong, Ontario. Secretary. H. W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen —President, E. D. Smith, Win¬ 
ona; secretary, C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont., 
Connecticut Nurseryman’s Association —President, Walter E. Camp¬ 
bell, New Haven, Conn.; secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, 
Conn. 
Idaho Nurserymen’s Association —President, Anton Diedricksen, Pay¬ 
ette, Idaho; secretary, J. F. Litooy, Boise, Idaho. No definite time 
has been set for next meeting. Probably in July at Boise, Idaho. 
Illinois Nurserymen’s Association —President, Guy A. Bryant, 
Princeton, Ill. Secretary, A. M. Augustine, Normal, Ill. 
Massachusetts Nurserymen’s Association —President, John Kirke- 
gaard, Bedford, Mass. Secretary, David C. Stranger, West New¬ 
berry, Mass. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, E. S. Osborne, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
New England Nurserymen’s Association —President, A. E. Robinson, 
Lexington, Mass.; Secretary, R. M. Wyman, Framingham, Mass.; 
Annual meeting will be held on the last Tuesday in January in 
Boston. 
New Jersey Association of Nurserymen —President, Carl H. Flemer, 
Springfield, N. J. Secretary-Treas., A. F. Meisky, Elizabeth, N. J. 
New York State Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. S. Osborne, 
Rochester. N. Y.; secretary, H. B. Phillips, Rochester, New York. 
Next meeting September. Probably at Utica. 
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association —President, H. S. Day, Fremont, 
Ohio; secretary, W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, Ohio; treasurer, A. R. 
Pickett, Clyde, Ohio. 
Oregon— Washington Association of Nurserymen —President, C. F. 
Breilhaup, Richland, Wash.; secretary, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, 
Wash. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President S. C. Miller, 
Milton, Oregon; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma. 
Wash. Place of next meeting to be decided later. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, Adolf Muller, 
Norristown,-Pa, Secretary, Henry T. Moon, Morrisville, Pa, 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, H. C. Caldwell, At¬ 
lanta, Ga.; Vice President, S. W. Crowell, Roseacres, Miss,; Secre¬ 
tary and Treasurer, O, Joe Howard, Pomona, N, C, The next meet¬ 
ing is to be held in Atlanta, Ga., the 20th and 21.st of August. 
South Western Nurseryman’s Association —President, W. A. Wagner, 
Durant, Okla. Vice Pres., J. M. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. Secre¬ 
tary-Treasurer, L. J. Tackett, Fort Worth, Texas. The next meet¬ 
ing will be held in Dennison, Texas, First Wednesday in Septem¬ 
ber. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association —President, George W. Poague, 
Graysville, Tenn. Secretary-treasurer, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, 
Tenn. 
Tennessee State Florists’ Association —President, Leon Geny, Nash¬ 
ville, Tenn. Secretary-treasurer, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, William B. Munson, 
Denison, Texas; secretary-treasure., J. M. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen —President, Lloyd C. Stark. 
I.oulslana, Mo.; secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth 
Knn Meets anniiallv second Wednesday tn Derennl>er 
AMELANGHIERS 
PRUNES DASYCARPA 
Pruims dasycarpa, which is soiiietiincs called the 
RIack Apricot from the dark color of its slightly downy 
fruit, is the first of May one of the handsome llowering 
trees in the Arboretum. It grows here both as a great 
I'OLind-headed shrub with several stems or as a tree with 
a single trunk, and every year is eompletely coveied with 
its flowers composed of pure white petals and a bright 
red calyx. This tree, although it has been known in 
Euroixian gardens for at least a century, is a])i)arenlly ex¬ 
tremely rare in tbe United States. Its origin is doubtful; 
it bas been considered a native of Siberia, but it is now 
generally acknowledged that it is a hybrid between a plnin 
and an Apricot. Altbough this tree has been growing in 
the Arboretum for twenty years, there is no reeord that it 
has produced fruit here on more than two occasions. 
Shad Rushes, as Amelanchiers are often 
called because they are supposed to flower when 
shad begin to ascend the rivers from the sea, add much 
to the beauty in early May of tbe Arboretum where they 
have been planted in considerable numbers. Amelanchier 
is almost entirely confined to North America where many 
species are found from Saskatchewan to Louisiana and 
froin the Atlantic to the Pacifie, one extra Ameriean 
species occurring in central Europe and another in cen¬ 
tral China. All Amelanchiers produce abundant pure 
white flowers in short drooping racemes, and blue-black 
sweet and edible berry-like fruits. Tbe American siiecies 
vary from shrubs hardly more than a foot or two high 
up to trees exceptionally sixty or seventy feet tall. The 
first species to flower, A. canadensis, is the larger of the 
two tree species, and although it grows in western New 
York to a large size it is more common in the south where 
it is often the only species. The more common northern 
tree, A. laevis, is a native of the Arboretum and is readily 
distinguished in early spring by the purple color of its 
young leaves. A. oblongifolia, which is a large arbores¬ 
cent shrub, is also a native of the Arboretum. It is this 
species which is gray in early spring from the thick felt 
of pale hairs on the young leaves and flower-clusters, and 
which has been largely planted along the Arboretum 
drives and was in bloom in May. A large collection of 
tbe shrubby species, Ameriean and foreign, is in the bor¬ 
der on the left-hand side of the Meadow Road and on 
some of these plants flowers will open until nearly the 
end of May. For the lovers of flowers the season of Shad 
Rushes is one of the interesting periods in the Arboretum. 
