. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 882 The American Florist. May 5, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. John Watson, Newark, N. Y., President; Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo., Vice-Presi- dent: Curtis Nye Smitli, 19 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., Secretary and Counsel. Forty-second annual convention will be held at Philadelphia, June 27-29, 1917. Wexlingtok, Kan.—Charles Worden, head of the well-known nursery firm of Worden & Co., died here recently. Louisville, Ky.—Mrs. Mary Hansel- mann, wife of Joseph Hanselmann, well-
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 882 The American Florist. May 5, The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. John Watson, Newark, N. Y., President; Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, Mo., Vice-Presi- dent: Curtis Nye Smitli, 19 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., Secretary and Counsel. Forty-second annual convention will be held at Philadelphia, June 27-29, 1917. Wexlingtok, Kan.—Charles Worden, head of the well-known nursery firm of Worden & Co., died here recently. Louisville, Ky.—Mrs. Mary Hansel- mann, wife of Joseph Hanselmann, well-known nurseryman of this city, died recently of heart failure, aged 68 years. Boston, — A field class for those wishing a knowledge of New En- gland trees and shrubs will be held at the Arnold Arboretum on Saturdays during this spring and summer. Ap- plications should be made to J. G. Jack, East Walpole, Mass, The fee for the course is $5. Holland Nursery Stock Shipments Delayed Boskoop, March 24.—Thei'e has been no opportunity to ship nursery stock this winter, no cargo steamers having sailed from Rotterdam to New York since January 15, and it is doubtful if there will be a passenger steamer sail- ing in the near future. During the months of December and January the weather was ideal for shipping plants, but during- February and until the middle of March severe conditions with about a foot of frost in the ground prevented digging and shipping in good time, even had opportunity of- fered. Trees of Size. Atlanta, Ga., April 22.—In a recent contest in which a prize was offered by the American Genetic Association for the largest shade tree in the United States the chief contestant from Georgia was a sassafras tree seven feet around. The prize was won by a valley oak in California 37 feet 6 inches in circumference and 12G feet high. The largest living elm is at Weth- ersfield. Conn., 28 feet in circumfer- ence and 100 feet high. It is esti- mated to be 250 years ol
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