. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review June 28. LiGE Eayl, for many years a prominent nurseryman of Hutchinson, Kan., and a leacier in state politics, died recently following an operation for appendicitis. Harlan P. Kelsey has been absent from his office at Salem, Mass., since early in June, having been called by the government in connection with the mili- tary cantonments being erected in vari- ous parts of the country. "When last heard from he was at Louisville, Ky., and did not expect to be able to reach Philadelphia for the A. A. N. conven- tion.
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review June 28. LiGE Eayl, for many years a prominent nurseryman of Hutchinson, Kan., and a leacier in state politics, died recently following an operation for appendicitis. Harlan P. Kelsey has been absent from his office at Salem, Mass., since early in June, having been called by the government in connection with the mili- tary cantonments being erected in vari- ous parts of the country. "When last heard from he was at Louisville, Ky., and did not expect to be able to reach Philadelphia for the A. A. N. conven- tion. A. A. N. IN ANNUAL SESSION. Meeting This Week at Philadelphia. The American Association of Nursery- men was organized in 1876. It has met at Boston, Mass., at Dallas, Tex., at Portland, Ore., and at many points be- tween, but this week it is paying itg first visit to Philadelphia. It has taken a long time to get around, and it does not appear to have helped the attend- ance, as the opening day found only about 200 persons on hand, which is con- siderably less than had been expected. Spring business has not been up to tlie mark and ])ractically every member is trying to get a line on the future, on the ])robabilities in the matter of de- mand and the course the trade at large will take to meet the situation. Al- though the framers of the program ig- nored the fact that tlie United States has gone to war, the war and its bear- ing on tlie nursery trade constitutes the principal subject for conversation out- side tlie meeting room. The report is general tliat tlie war caused the post- ponement of many large landscaping undertakings and that the hurrah for (juick increase in food production caused neglect of fruit tree planting. Two Years of High Dues, This meeting came at the end of the second year's trial of the new ])lan of organization under which dues are as- sessed according to the size of the mem- bers' business and the talk alioiit tlie liotel indicates a disjxisition to co
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