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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. 
tgiF’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. 
AflERlCAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
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President, A. L. Brooke, N. Topeka, Kan.; vice-president, E. Albert¬ 
son, Bridgeport, Ind.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. 
Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Robert C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; E. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Committee on Transportation—A. L. Brooke, ex-officio, chairman ; William 
Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; Wilson J. Peters, 
Troy, O.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, 
Tadmor, O.: Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la.; Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; J. J. Harrison, Paines- 
ville, O.; N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Annual convention for 1899—At Chicago, Ill., June 7, 8. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., October, 1898. 
SHOULD NURSERYMEN PAY ALL? 
As will be seen by reference to the summary of the insect 
laws of the states, published in another column, all except 
New York state require the nurseryman not only to suffer the 
loss of infested stock, but also to pay the cost of destroying it. 
New York state pays the cost of destruction. 
A prominent Western New York nurseryman last month ex¬ 
pressed the opinion that even the New York law had not gone 
far enough in the nurseryman’s behalf. He is of the opinion 
that the state should reimburse the nurseryman or orchardist 
at least to the extent of half the value of the nursery stock or 
orchard. The Canadian law makes such provision. It is 
argued that the destruction of the trees is in the interest of the 
public and that the nurseryman or orchardist should not be 
asked to suffer the entire loss, any more than is the breeder of 
cattle asked to suffer the total loss of his cows that are killed 
because they are suspected of being tuberculous ; or the farmer 
is asked to suffer the total loss of his land that is needed for a 
public improvement. Anything that adversely effects the 
orchardist’s pocket book is a menace to the nursery trade. An 
orchardist, it is argued, will not be inclined to invest his money 
in nursery stock if he is liable to have his orchard destroyed 
because of pest or disease, without any reimbursement. 
We would like to hear from our readers on this subject. If 
New Yorkers feel that their law is not just in this respect, cer¬ 
tainly those of other states have reason to complain. 
SHIPPING REGULATIONS. 
A summary of the inspection laws of the states is presented 
in this issue. Nurseryman generally will be particularly 
interested just at this time in the provisions regarding the 
shipment of stock from one state to another. 
It will be seen that Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, 
New Jersey and North Carolina require that stock shipped 
into those states must bear a certificate of inspection. In 
North Carolina and Michigan a copy of the certificate must 
be filed with the state board of agriculture. In North Caro¬ 
lina state certificates are exchanged for the copy of the 
certificate filed. 
The Maryland and Kentucky laws require that the name of 
the shipper and the name of each customer must be affixed to 
the packages shipped into those states, together with the 
health certificate. 
LIFE ZONES AND CROP ZONES. 
A most interesting and valuable bulletin is that with the 
above title issued by the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture. The author is C. Hart Merriam, chief of the biologi¬ 
cal survey. In a general way nurserymen and fruit growers 
know what are probable limits of the areas in which certain 
fruits will grow. But it is largely a matter of experimentation. 
Chief Merriam’s report with its zone map and crop lists em¬ 
phasizes the extreme wastefulness of indiscriminate and costly 
experimentation. For ten years the biological survey has had 
small parties in the field, traversing the public domain for the 
purpose of studying climatic and other conditions. It was 
early learned that North America is divisible into seven trans¬ 
continental belts or life zones and a much larger number of 
minor areas or faunas. The colored maps, prepared by the 
biological survey furnish, as Mr. Merriam says, the first 
rational basis the American farmer and fruit grower has ever 
had for the intelligent distribution of seeds and the only re¬ 
liable guide he can find in ascertaining beforehand what crops 
and fruits are likely to prove successful on his own farm, 
wherever it may be located. These maps, in connection with 
the work of the entomologist, show also the belts along which 
noxious insects are likely to spread. 
Space does not permit even a summary of the great amount 
of valuable information in this bulletin. The lists of fruits 
adapted to the several zones have been prepared under the 
supervision of Assistant United States Pomologist William A. 
Taylor whose indefatigable work both in the Division of Pom¬ 
ology and as secretary of the American Pomological Society 
has been noted repeatedly by all who are interested in fruit 
culture. He is high authority upon all the subjects he dis¬ 
cusses. Nurserymen should procure copies of this bulletin. 
It is of especial interest to them. 
