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  could 
  not 
  think 
  of 
  helping 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  roadside 
  trees 
  but 
  when 
  some- 
  

   one 
  else 
  had 
  done 
  it 
  they 
  came 
  and 
  lugged 
  off 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  So 
  long 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  semi-civilized 
  state, 
  we 
  cannot 
  talk 
  about 
  

   beautifying 
  our 
  roads, 
  as 
  does 
  Germany. 
  Germany 
  has 
  set 
  an 
  

   example 
  of 
  efficiency 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  world, 
  no 
  matter 
  what 
  your 
  

   opinion 
  may 
  be 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  conflict. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  she 
  

   is 
  perhaps 
  believing 
  that 
  she 
  is 
  carrying 
  on 
  a 
  utility 
  crusade. 
  One 
  

   of 
  the 
  German 
  methods 
  is 
  to 
  line 
  the 
  roadways 
  with 
  fruit-bearing 
  

   trees, 
  including 
  nut 
  trees, 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  the 
  income 
  pays 
  the 
  

   taxes 
  for 
  some 
  villages. 
  But 
  they 
  are 
  .under 
  government 
  control. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  suggestion 
  is 
  very 
  good 
  in 
  regard 
  

   to 
  marking 
  seedlings. 
  Of 
  course 
  his 
  office 
  is 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  

   tjiough 
  his 
  farm 
  is 
  in 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  has 
  a 
  law 
  which 
  

   fills 
  the 
  bill. 
  A 
  customer 
  can 
  get 
  a 
  complete 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  from 
  

   his 
  nurseryman. 
  If 
  from 
  a 
  barren 
  tree, 
  he 
  must 
  so 
  state. 
  I 
  think 
  

   this 
  state 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  only 
  state 
  that 
  has 
  such 
  a 
  law. 
  

  

  One 
  other 
  thing. 
  The 
  first 
  big 
  battle 
  fought 
  between 
  the 
  Ger- 
  

   mans 
  and 
  the 
  Belgians 
  was 
  on 
  a 
  highway 
  along 
  ten 
  miles 
  of 
  which 
  

   stood 
  Persian 
  walnut 
  trees, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  wondered 
  how 
  much 
  

   damage 
  was 
  done 
  to 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  President: 
  I 
  will 
  ask 
  the 
  secretary 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  motion 
  

   Dr. 
  Morris 
  incorporated 
  in 
  his 
  talk. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary: 
  ''No 
  ungrafted 
  nut 
  tree 
  of 
  any 
  sort 
  shall 
  be 
  

   sent 
  out 
  under 
  a 
  name 
  for 
  propagation 
  purposes 
  except 
  with 
  the 
  

   statement 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  seedling." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Littlepage: 
  That 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  which 
  I 
  imagine 
  will 
  come 
  

   before 
  the 
  executive 
  c'ommittee, 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  left 
  

   in 
  their 
  hands 
  and 
  worked 
  out 
  by 
  them. 
  With 
  Dr. 
  Morris's 
  con- 
  

   sent 
  I 
  would 
  refer 
  this 
  to 
  that 
  committee. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Pomeroy: 
  Just 
  because 
  a 
  tree 
  has 
  been 
  grafted, 
  why 
  is 
  all 
  

   this 
  necessary? 
  The 
  nurseryman 
  is 
  bound 
  to 
  tell 
  from 
  what 
  it 
  is 
  

   taken. 
  That 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  law. 
  He 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  even 
  a 
  buyer, 
  

   merely 
  a 
  prospective 
  buyer. 
  What 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  bring 
  out 
  is 
  this. 
  

   Suppose 
  a 
  nurseryman 
  here 
  in 
  this 
  state 
  sells 
  a 
  tree, 
  — 
  he 
  must 
  have 
  

   a 
  permit 
  before 
  he 
  can 
  do 
  it; 
  he 
  cannot 
  send 
  even 
  a 
  twig 
  through 
  

   the 
  post 
  office 
  otherwise. 
  I 
  don't 
  see 
  if 
  a 
  bud 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  tree 
  

   and 
  put 
  on 
  a 
  black 
  walnut 
  tree 
  that 
  it 
  necessarily 
  makes 
  the 
  bud 
  

   that 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  walnut 
  tree 
  any 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  parent. 
  

  

  Dean 
  Baker: 
  I 
  told 
  you 
  I 
  wanted 
  to 
  raise 
  a 
  discussion 
  on 
  this 
  

   subject. 
  I 
  really 
  am 
  a 
  dyed-in-the-wool 
  optimist. 
  I 
  am 
  willing 
  

   to 
  sacrifice 
  some 
  nut 
  trees 
  to 
  laboratory 
  purposes 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  

  

  