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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National Nurseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The national Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One Year, in advance. $i.oo 
Six Months.5° 
Foreign Subscriptions. 1 . 2 $ ^ 
Six Months.75 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1893. 
SALUTATORY. 
The publishers of The National Nurseryman pre¬ 
sent their first issue, confident in the belief that there is 
a wide field of usefulness before it, and trusting that an 
idea of its scope and aim may be obtained by a perusal 
of its pages. While for some time we have thought 
that such a publication was needed, actual wmrk upon 
it 
its preparation was delayed until the time left for the 
production of the first number was limited. 
In response to the announcement of the project, 
there came to us from all portions of the country cordial 
endorsements and assurances of hearty support. The 
undertaking met with encouragement beyond our expec¬ 
tation, and proved the necessity for a journal of this 
kind. 
The National Nurseryman will be strictly a trade 
journal, devoted to the interests of growers and 
dealers in nursery stock. It enters a field heretofore 
unoccupied, and its opportunities for usefulness are 
practically unlimited. Its purpose will be to serve the 
interests of a class whose members are widely scattered, 
and who will therefore find in its columns a means of 
ready communication with all upon subjects of vital 
importance to the trade. It will circulate throughout 
the United States and Canada, and in portions of 
Eurjape, among growers and dealers only. Its columns 
will be open for the discussion of all subjects pertaining 
to the business, and its aim will be to protect and 
advance the interests of all nurserymen, in every 
branch. It will in no sense be the organ of any firm, 
association, or section of the country. Correspondence 
from prominent nursery centers, and articles of special 
or general interest to the trade, are solicited. Sugges¬ 
tions as to features or lines of investigation that will 
increase the value of the journal to those for whom it is 
intended, will be thankfully received at any time. It is 
the aim of the publishers to make the journal useful, 
attractive, progressive and comprehensive. Neither 
effort nor expense will be spared to produce these 
results. We enter the field under the most flattering 
conditions, and shall strive to maintain the good will 
which has been so cordially extended from every 
quarter. 
In the succeeding numbers many features will be 
added. Regular and special departments will be pro¬ 
vided ; articles from practical nurserymen of national 
reputation will appear; compilations of valuable matter 
from various sources of information will be made—in 
short, the scope of the journal will embrace all that the 
best of modern thought and experience can produce. 
The journal is backed by capital that has placed it 
at once upon a firm footing and which insures its success 
from the beginning. The co-operation of all who have 
the best interests of the trade at heart will make it what 
has long been needed—a medium through which growers 
and dealers may offer and receive the benefits of experi¬ 
ence, and a thorough knowledge of the wonderful 
progress of one of the most important industries of the 
time. 
OVERPRODUCTION AND PRICES. 
Two subjects are of paramount importance to the 
nursery trade—prices and the overproduction of stock. 
Long have the nurserymen of the country been grappling 
with the problems arising from conditions connected 
with these subjects, which all efforts have failed satis¬ 
factorily to change. Each succeeding season finds the 
growers endeavoring to dispose of a surplus stock for 
which there is little or no demand, and the dealers seek¬ 
ing for varieties which are scarce or which have temp¬ 
orarily run out. For some time there has been a feel¬ 
ing among leading nurserymen that the methods of con¬ 
ducting the business in this particular feature might be 
greatly improved, and several times have there been 
conferences upon the subject. Indeed the very nature 
of the conditions which have arisen has driven growers 
to a mutual discussion of remedial plans. Through lack 
of organization, however, it was found that little could 
be accomplished. 
The peculiarity of the nursery business, the unusual 
risks in handling stock, and the necessity for disposing 
of it promptly, lead many to feel that prices are not what 
they should be. Expenses have increased largely while 
prices have not kept pace. 
