. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 74 The Florists' Review February 4, The officers of the Greorgia Horticul- tural Society elected for the coming year are: President, Robert C. Berckmans, of Augusta; vice-president, B. W. Hunt, ?of Eatonton; secretary, T. H. McHatton, of Athens. Thk death of F. B. Stowe, well known to the trade through his connection with the Maywood Nursery Co., May- wood, 111., and the Phoenix Nursery, at Delavan, Wis., is recorded in this week's obituary column. NEW ENaiiAND ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected. At the fourth annual convention of the New England
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 74 The Florists' Review February 4, The officers of the Greorgia Horticul- tural Society elected for the coming year are: President, Robert C. Berckmans, of Augusta; vice-president, B. W. Hunt, ?of Eatonton; secretary, T. H. McHatton, of Athens. Thk death of F. B. Stowe, well known to the trade through his connection with the Maywood Nursery Co., May- wood, 111., and the Phoenix Nursery, at Delavan, Wis., is recorded in this week's obituary column. NEW ENaiiAND ASSOCIATION. Officers Elected. At the fourth annual convention of the New England Nurserymen's Asso- ciation, held at the Narragansett hotel, Providence, I., January 26 and 27, the following officers were elected: President, Charles H. Greaton, of Providence. Vice-president, George C. Thurlow, of West Newbury, Mass. Secretary, Daniel A. Clark, of Fiske- ville, E. I. Treasurer, V, A. Vanicek, of New- port, R. I. Executive committee, C. R. Fisk, of Worcester, Mass.; A. P. Home, of Man- chester, N. H., and John R. Barnes, of Yalesvillfe, Conn. Springfield, Mass., was selected as the meeting place for next year's conven- tion. Uve Sessions. There were some excellent papers presented, which created discussion of still greater interest and value. Harlan P. Kelsey, of Salem, Mass., assailed the practice of burning surplus nursery stock, upheld by W. W. McCartney, treasurer of the Elm City Nursery Co., Woodmont, Conn., in his address on ^'Effects of the European War on Nurs- ery ; "That is the worst economic blunder that has ever been made in the world,' * said Mr. Kelsey. "In every other line of wholesale and retail business there are sales of surplus stock at cheap rates. There are too many people in the soup line to burn anything that is produced. Create a market for the stock. You can sell shrubbery stock to poor people at low prices, people to whom you would not sell otherwise, and, consequently, you do not curtail your
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