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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
305 Cox Building, 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. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, ----- $1.00 
Six Months, -75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. 
Jtg^Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are 
requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AHERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Theodore J. Smith, Geneva, N. Y.; vice-president, N. W. 
Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; C. L. Watrous, Des 
Moines, la.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind. 
Committee on Transportation—Theodore J. Smith, ex-officio, chairman; A. L. 
Brooke, N. Topeka, Kan.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, 
Geneva, Neb.; N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.: Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N.Y.. 
Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; J. J. Harrison, Paines- 
yille, O.; Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa. 
Annual convention for 1901—At Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 12-13. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N! Y., August, 1900. 
STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS. 
Twenty-four states have passed regulations requiring the in¬ 
spection of nursery stock and in nearly all of these it is re¬ 
quired that a certificate of inspection accompany the stock 
shipped into the state. The states that have adopted laws are 
as follows: 
Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, 
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michi¬ 
gan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Caro¬ 
lina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Wash¬ 
ington. 
Nurserymen shipping stock into Georgia, Michigan and North 
Carolina must obtain the certificate of the state entomologists 
of those states in exchange for the certificate of the entomolo¬ 
gist of the state whence the stock is shipped. In Michigan a 
license fee of $5 is required of the corporation outside of that 
state proposing to do business there. 
A synopsis of the laws of nineteen states has been published 
in pamphlet form by the National Nurseryman and may be 
obtained upon application to this office. Since the pamphlet 
was issued laws or additions to laws have been passed by the 
legislatures of the states of Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Mon¬ 
tana, Idaho, Georgia, and Ohio, summaries of which have ap¬ 
peared in the columns of this journal at the times of passage 
of the laws. 
The Georgia regulations, which are very similar to those of 
North Carolina, are as follows: 
Section 13. Each and every person residing in states or countries 
outside of the state of Georgia dealing in or handling trees, plants, cut¬ 
tings, vines, shrubs, bulbs and roots in this state shall register his 
name and firm, and file a copy of his or its certificate of inspection fur¬ 
nished by the entomologist, fruit inspector or duly authorized govern, 
ment official of his state or country, with the chairman of the board of 
control. Upon failure to do so, such stock shall be liable to confisca¬ 
tion under order of the inspector. 
Rule 6 of the Georgia State Board of Entomology, adopted January 
18, 1899—Upon the filing of the proper certificate, in accordance with 
section 13 of said act, and upon request of any person or persons resid¬ 
ing in states or countries outside of the state of Georgia, dealing in or 
handling trees, shrubs or other plants in this state, the certificates of 
the State Board of Entomology will be issued to the same without 
charge, and official tags bearing a fac-simile copy of such certificate 
and the seal of the said board will be furnished such applicants at cost, 
viz: 69 cents for the first hundred or part thereof, and 25 cents for each 
additional hundred. 
THE NEW SOUTH. 
Those who reside in the southern portion of the United 
States, or who have interests there, have been aware of the 
steady growth of this section of the country in all that makes 
for prosperity; but people generally are not conversant with 
the rapid strides in commercial activity that have marked 
recent years in the New South. There is evidence upon every 
side that the beginning of a new century will mark the entrance 
of the golden era in Southern progress and prosperity. 
Ten states constitute what is generally known in the United 
States as “The South;” they are North and South Carolina, 
Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, 
Louisiana and Texas. It is a rich section of the Union, with 
a favorable climate and a wide variety of agricultural products. 
Moreover, it is thoroughly accessible, and it is not to be won¬ 
dered at that capitalists and home seekers are turning to this 
portion of our country instead of the arid sections of the West, 
the severe climate of the Northwest, or the uncertainties of 
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands or the Philippines. 
We were much interested in the remarks on “ The South,” 
by Vice-President N. W. Hale, of Knoxville, at the Chicago 
convention of 1899. “We think we have the best part of the 
United States,” said Mr. Hale, and as we followed his brief 
description of the country in which his interests are centered, 
we were inclined to grant that the South is, to say the least, 
very much favored. “ The old dream of the plantation has 
passed away,” said Mr. Hale. “ The old idleness has given 
place to industry upon all sides. The South contains 818,150 
square miles and a population of 25,000,000 people. We grow 
all kinds of fruit that can be grown in the United States, over 
one-half of the cotton that is produced on the face of the 
earth, all the rice grown in thre United States, all the sugar 
cane and a large portion of the nuts. We have in this territory 
all kinds^of natural resources, gold, silver, iron, marble and 
