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THE SMALL NURSERY 



4. History of Horticultural Standard- 

 ization 



At the 1911 Summer Meeting of the Ornamental 

 Growers Association, a resolution was adopted as follows: 

 '*That the standard of grading all ornamental deciduous 

 trees be by caliper rule in all grades of \}i inches and over; 

 that the measurements be made 6 inches above ground, 

 and that in all published lists this standard be declared 

 and in practice maintained." 



This grading was supposed to be used by all members, 

 but reports and discusssions at subsequent meetings 

 prove that such was not the case and widely varying 

 practices continued. 



At a later meeting of the O. G. A., August 6-8, 1913, 

 in Philadelphia, a Committee on Nomenclature and Re- 

 vision of Sizes was appointed. This Committee prepared 

 a report on nomenclature and grading, and submitted 

 it at the Winter meeting of this organization, January, 

 1914. This report, which was the first attempt in America 

 to standardize plant names in horticultural use^ was adopted 

 with minor changes and subsequent stock reports changed 

 to comply with it. 



In 1916 a separate Special Committee was appointed 

 by the Ornamental Growers Association on *'Standardiza- 

 tion of Grading, Trade Terms and Abbreviations," as 

 follows: Harlan P. Kelsey, Chairman; F. L. Atkins and 

 Ernest F. Coe; but one of the most important features 

 of standardization, namely, the subject of **Nomencla- 

 ture,'' was referred to a Special Committee, which joined 

 with other horticultural organizations in forming the 

 American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomencla- 

 ture. Therefore Standardized Nomenclature is not in- 

 cluded in this publication. 



The Standardization Committee reported January 3, 

 1918, at the Winter meeting of the O. G. A. in New York. 

 It was decided to refer the whole subject to the American 

 Association of Nurserymen, and therefore this associa- 

 tion's Committee on Standardization has continued the 

 work. 



