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TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 



steps toward circulation of this material in the 

 public press. 



The report of the Standing Committee on 

 Publicity, Phelps Wyman, chairman, was read 

 by the president and the various points em- 

 phasized therein were discussed informally; 

 the consensus of opinion in regard to the quar- 

 terly magazine, "Landscape Architecture" was 

 that the technical character of the paper should 

 be retained but that it would be most desirable 

 to increase its circulation. Report of the 

 Special Committee on Professional Registra- 

 tion, F. L. Olmsted, chairman, was read as 

 well as a letter from the president of the Min- 

 nesota Chapter in regard to the legal regis- 

 tration of engineers, architects, and land sur- 

 veyors, as affecting landscape architects. Mr. 

 Olmsted explained that inasmuch as a consti- 

 tutional basis for such registration laws is 

 under the "police power" of the state for the 

 safeguarding of life, health and property, there 

 is no serious danger of permanent laws work- 

 ing to the disadvantage of landscape archi- 

 tects. 



Professor Pray presented a letter announc- 

 ing the formation of the Iowa Society of 

 Landscape Architects; this was from Profes- 

 sor Culley, Iowa State College, and he stated 

 that he looked forward to its becoming at 

 some future time a chapter of the A. S. L. A. 

 Discussion on the subject showed favorable 

 sentiment toward this idea but it was ex- 

 plained that before it could be brought about 

 those composing the Iowa Society would all 

 have to become members of the A. S. L. A. 

 and with at least three Fellows. 



Professor Pray read a letter from Mr. A. H. 

 Carhart, recreational engineer, Denver, Colo- 

 rado, who is active in the recreational develop- 

 ment of National Forests. This letter ex- 

 plained the nature of his work and called at- 

 tention to the endeavors of foresters to en- 

 croach on what is essentially landscape archi- 

 tects' work, but for which they are not ade- 

 quately trained. Professor Cox stated that 

 the letter brought up a very important point 

 and that the society should take some action 

 through the National Park Service and Na- 

 tional Forestry Service to check the encroach- 

 ment of foresters on park service work. On 

 motion of Mr. Kellaway, it was 



Voted: That it is the sense of the meeting 

 that Mr. F. L. Olmsted be delegated as special 

 representative of the A. S. L. A. to take up 

 this matter with the proper authorities in re- 

 gard to recreational planning of national for- 

 ests and national parks. 



Dinner Session. Present: Miss Kimball, 

 Messrs. .'Mdrich, Brinckcrhoff, Child, Comey, 

 Cox, Dawson, Gallagher, Hubbard, Kellaway, 

 Olmsted, Parker, W. L. Phillips. Pilat, Pond, 

 Pray, ShurtlefT, S. C. Smith, Steele, Under- 

 wood. Guests: Professor E. H. Wilson, Mr. 

 Edward J. Moon, Mr. Edward W. Barron, 

 Messrs. R. W. Beal, H. Sadler. H. P. Kelsey, 

 Theodore Borst. 



Mr. Moon, president of the American As- 

 sociation of Nurserymen was the first speak- 

 er and described the activities of his associa- 

 tion which was instrumental in starting the 

 work on the report on Plant Nomenclature. 

 He stated that a Vigilance Committee has 

 been organized by the nurserymen and also a 

 Bureau for Finding Nursery Stock, with head- 

 quarters at Princeton, N. J.; this bureau tabu- 

 lates and keeps on file information as to the 

 availability and costs of all types of nursery 

 stock, which is free to all interested persons. 

 Mr. Barron, editor of the Garden Magazine, 

 deplored the lack of active interest on the part 

 of landscape architects in horticultural publi- 

 cations, stating that the horticultural interests 

 in this country support fewer trade papers 

 than any other industry comparable to the 

 numbers engaged. In reference to the eflfect 

 of the government's restriction on the im- 

 portation of nursery stock, he said our best 

 ornamental material comes to us from abroad, 

 and that our gardens would fall off rapidly if 

 deprived of the foreign varieties. 



The next speaker, Professor E. H. Wil- 

 son, Horticultural Collector for the Arnold 

 Arboretum, dwelt further on this topic of 

 plant quarantine and restrictions, stating that 

 the quarantine is wrong in principle and that 

 plant exclusion will not prevent the importa- 

 tion of any disease or insect enemy which 

 could not be prevented in other and less dras- 

 tic ways. He cited as an example the Arnold 

 Arboretum into which no plant pest has been 

 introduced in the many years of its existence; 

 as a solution of the difficulty he recommended 

 the establishment of eight or ten open courts 

 where proper inspection facilities could be in- 

 stalled and through which whatever plants de- 

 sired might enter the country and be properly 

 inspected before distribution throughout the 

 country. 



Mr. Harlan P. Kelsey was the last speaker 

 and dwelt on some of the difficulties experi- 

 enced by landscape architects and nurserymen. 

 In the discussion which followed Mr. Kelsey's 

 remarks it was pointed out by some of the 

 members present that he apparently judged all 



