New-York tribune., 1890-06-06
PAPERS on PLANT LORE.
WORK OF THE NURsERYMEN's CONVENTION
THE ATTENDANCE LARGE AND THE INTEREST


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f OFFICERS.
The attendance at the Nuserymen's Convention
and the interest and value ot the discussions were aS
great Yesterday on the opening day. Thomas
Mcelan of Germantown, Penn. was the first speaker
az the morning session. His remarks on the question
DO We Live and Learn - were listened TO with great
interest.
Horticulturists he thought, were not making the
most Of their opportunities. They needed more
science There IS a mistaken idea Of what science is.
which he illustrated by the story Of woman who
went 10 a scientific 10 ask remedy for the m
sccts which we're destroying her plants. The learned
man told her the remedy to pick the bugs OIL one
hy one at which the woman withdrew and thereafter
held science in small esteem. Practical science, he
said wa, the faculty II careful observation and the
ability 10 note the results Of such observation and
make them useful.
Mr. Mcchan has been a correspond Mt Of horticultural
paper, for last hfty years and has failed to note
any marked Increase in horticultural knowledge IN thi'
time \, AN instance he cited the belief which
SIN prevails, that trees with fbrOuS roots are Of
more value than trees without them. such roots
he ,ad were Of very little They only lived a
wear and thea dropped OF. When tree was trans
planted from the nursery the loss Of the hrou' roots
which were left behind affected II very llttie' IL"
Pollard system OF pruning shade trees removing
all side limbs and cutting the trunk down to the
destructive to the tree.
IN the nursery however, Mr.. Mechan made an ex-
ccp;lon In favor Of severe pruning in the case Of
budding when it was often necessary, in ORDER ID
give the Young buds "A chance 20 grow All moderate
pruning he heartily approved
The entrance Of secretary Rusk Of the Department
y Agriculture was pleasant incident of the Seo-
sion. lie was conducted to seat on the platform
bo.lac President sweet and wa, invited 10 address
Nm. convention. The secretary said h. had not come
T., mako a ,pccch but 10 make the acquaintance Of
the members \ recess was then taken and an in
formal reception 70 secretary Rusk followed
The other speakers at tn morning session were
:, NJ Emery. Of LAKE city, Mimi. on " The Cause Of
Low, Price, for Nursery otock". and c. " Hobbs OF
Indiana whose subject was Does the Future OF 'hr
Business Look IT, Promising IS the Past" An az
,ournmcnt was taken 10 allow the members 70 meet
by states and elect vice presidents, the VICE preNI
dents 80 chosen to nominate the other ohcers IhrV
seven vice ,Idcnt, were chosen 10 represent a'
many states and provinces. including secretary h"SA'
who was chosen for the District Of Columbia
The nominations for general officers were preSe"'cn
NJ the afternoon and accepted. The Ist io1
lows: President = ". Emery. Lake city, Mlhh' h'''
vice. president j. Van Lndley, OF North 'arol'l''
secretary. Charles A. GIccu, Rochester ~ A. "V"'
nrcr. A. X. Whitney. franklin Grove H. eAc'""eo
committee J. Irving Rouse. Rochester y J., W. 4
Peters T,ov Ohio and Franklin Davis, Baltimore
q + Caypcntrr t.o first wee PRESIDENT during the
l,., ,cor snotr on tAe best methods or Advertising
lie tudicouslV recommended newspaper d0NtItISIhe
and Dc 0.rrcd those papers IN when inc 90 90 - ~
81 circ nt, purgitlVc pellet, and Whdgu on Ne'r
rot niaccd ncNt the horticultural news where the
t!,ttural advertisements ougM To, 90 IL,
When y. H. Aibaugh, 81 ladWoT, plHu, Va ''i'," -
uron for an essay he kept the audience III a ruai
~ laughter with a humorous poem cnutleu LON
Inc nactwardT II described dream of tree mans
uiilennlun when instead OF tho hard work oi TO-DAY
cyorytblng would be- done by steam any Ei-au'i.
r,achlu, like "A typewriter which WohW Piu"u,V Il
tlrc ready for shipment A. soon aS one VI "'c "'''
G.Hrrc " Campbell. Of Delaware, ohio read aler
ON Tie Grape Its Character A. Aue'teu ~ '''i1'r
and situation after which FIcd W KELSEY, OF TINS
civ spoke briefly on "Inn-panilhS f'Nc.II.icnNN -
One of the questions drawn from the 9uestlonsboN
,, >. What OPPORTUNITIES does the NoIids ran ohcr
~ Nursery men Mr. Reynolds, of the 'hlcaSo
Florist. Club warned the members 10 acnd nhN haiu}
srccimens which could stand the severe 'nHi'" ii
,hev did not die they would be proved iron clad:
" Gnnthcr oucston which called forth con,hierabIr
discussion was that Of legal protection 10y tnc origi
uators Of new varieties. Alter "A dcDhte III WulcH
Wcssrs Albql,gh Willard. Hale Parone. 'ahlpocll anu
JIoyt and Professor Bailey took part the subject was
rfrrad to a special committee consisting ot Professor
uary and Messrs. Albaugh, Of OhiO and Parsons, Ok
''oT ~ Hale. Of south Glastonbury, Conn, gave an
,,torestng account Of ms success H. raising peaches
fer vcos o experimenting he found potash and ashes
the most valuable manurcs, and last season Sold
~ 600 baskets for over 10000. pNnt OF SloVVo
Now the Connecticut farmers were all wld 10 go mo
the peach business. ana uce pcnlerS "cIV ''"''" "
state with inferior seedlings ,. an. ,ho ,oc,
rho discussion which followed brought ont the fact
that despite the chronic failure OF the DelaMar peS
ION New York can get a supply from Georgia INC
nresident announced that the place OF next ycarS
pieotng vonld be either st. Paul or Minneapolis n
ma hc decided by the executive committee -
fhe convention will meet again az . 80 tus morn
ing.