Joint Committee on Trade Relations 
At the last meeting of the joint Committee on Trade Relations on 
the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Ornamental 
Growers Association, the American Association of Nurserymen and the 
Garden Club of America the foUomng resolution was outlined. 
Will not the Presidents of the Member Clubs bring it up for dis- 
cussion and report to me any suggestion for amendment? 
Rose Standish Nichols. 
Chairman Trade Relations Committee. 
Obligations which Are Normally Implied by the Placing 
AND Acceptance of an Order for Nursery Stock, in 
the Absence of Specific Stipulations to Some Other 
Effect 
A. On the part of the nurseryman. 
1. That the stock shipped shall be true to name. 
(The standard names are those of the American Joint Com- 
mittee on Horticultural Nomenclature. The plants correspond- 
ing to these names are those described in Bailey's Cyclopedia, 
as per references in the check Hst of the American Joint Com- 
mittee on Horticultural Nomenclature.) 
2. That the stock shipped shall be of the size and quality repre- 
sented by the nurseryman. 
(An attempt to standardize and define terms descriptive of 
size and quahty is being made by the nurserymen.) 
3. That all reasonable care and skill shall be exercised in digging, 
handling, and packing the stock; having due regard to the 
species, size, and character of the plants, to the climatic con- 
ditions at the time and place of digging, of -transit and of 
delivery, and to the normal time consumed in transit and 
method of handling in transit by the transportation agencies 
selected, and that all precautions which are customary in good 
trade practice shall be taken to ensure that the plants will 
arrive in good condition for successful growth unless culpably 
delayed or mishandled while in charge of the transportation 
agencies. 
4. That notice of shipment is to be sent in due season to the 
person placing order and to consignee, stating time and method 
of shipment, number and kind of containers (boxes, bundles, 
carloads, etc.), name of transportation agency, name and 
address of consignee, and whether transportation charges are 
prepaid or collect. 
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