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Show NURSERYMEN LOOK FOR LIVELY TIMES Salt Lake, Juno 6. It is likely that the liveliest session of t'-c convention of tho Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen will be tho final meeting to bo held at tho Hotel Utah, beginning begin-ning at 9 UO o'clock this morning, at which tho annual election of officers will bo held There was no lack of IntercsL how. ovor, in the two sessions hold yestor-day yestor-day morning and afternoon At the morning session it was agreed to assess as-sess each nurseryman member of tho association 1 per cent of bis ycorij business as dues. Thoro was much discussion of this proposition, some claiming that the system would Involve In-volve too much dlsclosuro of private business, but tho proposal carvied. It was determined by the association associa-tion to move for bettor inspection laws in tho intorest ot having lines of discrimination on the part of inspectors inspec-tors moro definitely diawn, in order to prevent Imposition of Injustice or exercise of faor!tlsm. Address on Opportunity. J. C. Hogenson of Utah delivered an address on "Tho Nurseryman's Opportunity," and there were brief discussions of various topics interesting interest-ing to nurserymen by members from tho several states sending delega- r Inn c Intho afternoon, John Vallanco of California delivered an address, in which he portrayed the nurseryman as a phllantropist. "What," ho asked, "would this world of ours, in which wo sojourn for a few brief years, have been without tho nurseryman? ' Wo would not have had the many beautiful beauti-ful flowers, trees, plants and fruits had he not been busy from the begin, ning, seeking out the now varieties Improving tho original embryonic stock so that it would give to man food, raiment and aesthetic pleasure. I am afraid none of us stop to think what tho nurseryman has done and what ho is doing to further the comfort com-fort and pleasuie of his fellow man" Mr. Vallanco concluded thus- "How many nurseiymen arc money mad? How many acquire great wealth? None They love life among the trees and plants and the beautiful flowers. Such surroundings inako for better manhood and better citizenship, and is conductive to the spirit of philanthropy." philan-thropy." F. W. Power of Oregon spoke on "Tho Nurseryman and Horticultural Education " He dealt with advanced methods in the pursuit of ail branches of horticulture, in one part of his address delivering the following "As an instance of what a nurseryman nursery-man can do with scientific knowledge, I mlirht. nitft thp fnllnu-'nc Rrfni'lnc the Smyrna fig in the United States was made possible through the efforts of one nurseryman working in con-Junction con-Junction with Hie United States department de-partment of agriculture Mam thousands thou-sands of dollars and much time were spent by Mr Roedlng before ho was ablo to provo that the propagation of the Symrna fig was not all in climate, and whatever the industry amounts to In California or elsewhere in the United Unit-ed States Is, in the main, due to the educative campaign of Mr Roedlng. "It is verv doubtful If even the Asiatic growers knew the scientific reason for doing what tliey did In propagating this fruit. Other Instances In-stances could be cited where the nurserymen have rendered a valuable service to horticulture along educative educa-tive lines. What we 3hould strive for is more such educative and scientific work." |