, 1876-06-15
Annual Convention Of the Nursery-
mems National Associa.
ton.
3. Moody, Of Lockport, N, Y, Elected
President for the Ensuing Year.
Cheap and Quick 1lailwny Transportation
1mporatiycly Demanded.
a Gonoral Interchange Of Views on
the Stocks on Hand.
MORNING SESSION.


Convention commenced lts nret annual fcrston 1t
!hls city yoatcr!ny, In tie Art Gallery Of thu Tx.
position Building, where there wns 1nltc an c1li
bitIon Of nurscry and horticultural speclnens and
Implements OF an interesting character, There
wore present A. cnrtlss, Quincy, ILL.,. ElAha
Moody, Lockport n f.; byron N. McIsin.try,
Grant Park, ILL.,; H. NooAard. 8tarcngo; a.
leslie, lpava; il. d, sa1fn, spn,ta,
+. q. Atonklcr. oswrgo, til. ]. i. nogcrs,
Mssongo; $. N. siadc, Elgn; s. II. Wagner,
Princeton, No.; Georgn Melburn, Bristol, Ind.
Il. X, Mcinaner, l'ushhnrg. Mo-; J. II. ilargfs,
Quincy; j. v. cot,a, Lanark; ]. !. Harrison,
l'atnesyillo. o.. ". j. EtlInwood. Chicago; s. n.
Alien. city; Charles Patterson Kirksvillc, Mo.
s. ". Hoover, Dayton, o.;J. Il, Jeuett, sparta,
wis. !. c. Patterson, Batavia, III. W. II. wilt.
iams, natavia; Il. q. lIanforll, Columbus, O.. or.
Nichols. Davenport, Ia; Z. A. CrIttendcn, Downcrs
Grove: \. G. 1nttie, ltaFaboo, Wis; Edgar Snn.
Si Ssoe eA'SHf; Wansd. NJ IL hfsi ne '%'S r %at 1 s:o
ilalcna Il; ; D. I. Holman, Chicago; j. L. En1,is
!!,Intan, T.; +. n. rvqil. Kewsnnse; i: il.
Robert i, Parsons, FIurhtne., l., L.; u. il. WeIr
llalatinc. IL. 2. &; seodcld. Elgin; i. ii.
Edpar Sanders, or lit. city. called t,e conven.
ton TO order At quarter after II oclnck. T. vii.
m"i seot, , ni ,alen acting rs Secretary hr
ADDRESS or WELCOME
t. the Delegates, IN which, lie llnped that
ns Was the p1ova t Sensty a III.
icpresented lie rsvo r,ef history Of the 'H,ee ect
inss which caused thin Convention 10 be called and
concluded 1. tL ~ horing that lasting benefits would
Dr. Ennis 1tated that what had been done here.
sof9fe had bcen , nnly OF q preparatory character,
aSto"a' otsanzntioa. 'ta and 'ps pst winasa thena
s9c. isssf On WIKI e s,. nia caoa nGs ss ,,n f.
Association. lie moved that they proceed 10 form
National As'oeation Of Susscrymrn, sccl,aen,
Mr. Hubbard, Of Frc1onln. N. r., .po.c In
favor OF tic resolution. md he only wished that
thcte @ wcse more representatives present from tho
Mi, scohcld, Of Elgin, thonr>t tia. they conla
20 20 nothing better tE,nh 10 organixc an Ae.ocia.
be organized upon. sumo barts Of action
for mutua! bcncat, that pon,e wonid not 70 iown
perfected, and he wanted TO hear eIrrcssiona from
oil members preaent
NJ. Mooiy. ot Loekport. y. T.. heartily ,ndor4:
times ny long an they oneht to be, and they ought
e re that .!ier goo's were nut through On tnc.
The Eart shippc! largely to Western nusarsylnen
aud Planters md they pud
VERY HIGH rnrlnr1Ts,
,sh!cl. cyl should bo rcncdict. Mr. Loyctt, Of
At. Kennedy, ailssourt; III. Woodard ii Mareneo, e.
III. and ntera, spDke In favor OF the r,,nDxation
which would result In hcncntIng nurAcrymen and
public nike. Mr.. sconchl Hroku n9sinst the rsi1.
ronil nloropu1fes, aud said tlt, II thu nurserymnn
combined against The railroad comnUnice -thrv
xopll listen anh give fair freight rates and qntck
time. and not kill their fruit trees whilo in transit
By drlaya. lie thought they had rcnson To como
together TO beat ulo railroad companies II they
could.
Mr.. 11anford. Columbus, O., also smoke fafor.
ably af Rrgant for mutual hcncnt md ,rocc-
ton. Several oter addresses In favor Of orgnuzs-
tlon were rnndc. utter which tho motion Of Dr..
Ennls wa7 adopted.
On ,notlon oi Mt. D. d. Weir, CommIttec Of
QUO from enel! stnto represented was appointed on
nomination OF ofcrss, thoy to report at . oclock
IN ths afternoon.
l!e also moved the appointment Of a Committee
q Three IN Organization, 10 prepare Il constitu.
tEdh and h5-hws. they 10 report during the after
nuon, which was carr}ch
Mr.. Kennedy mrcd TINT n Committee Of Five,
o. programme Of business for the meeting, be
ch0acn. Cnsncl.
Mr. Pnttcrspn, Of Missouri, read IN cssay IN
tho NECESSITY and benefits uf organization, which
was of considerable INTEREST 70 the Convention.
Thc l't,aEr annonnceh Tie following Committees;
On Nomination Of Permanent Onlccts-McsssH,
Estlcilcy, Wifconr!n: Harrison, Ohio; Whitney,
1lllnos: Patterson. Missouri; Tarsun, Nov York:
EnntE, Iowa: LtnYtit, New York.
nn ConptiNtiun and Ny.1awa-AIestss. Hcatetd,
lllinh!a: Hubbard. New York; Meiraner. Missouri
tln Programme OF Dusfnrns-A -AtcsHr6 Scntt, I'LL
nnls: f!anford t}h!n; Parsons, Wisconsin; IIoycy,
Illinois: Ennlr, 1own.
The iApcr Of Mr.. Patterson Mas received and
placed ~, ttlf, nftrr which Ills Convention al.
tourntd till o'clock In she afternoon.