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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
causes delay, which sometimes proves fatal to the trees 
and plants, because their perishable nature will not stand 
an unusual delay. 1ji many instances the name of the 
nurseryman that makes the stray shipment is never lo¬ 
cated, consequently the Express Company ultimately is 
forced to pay for the loss, and the nurseryman who 
shipped the trees will have to withstand a shower of bit¬ 
ter epithets from an irate customer. It is obvious, there¬ 
fore, that the consequences of these little accidents are 
very damaging to all parties concerned. 
THE REMEDY 
The remedy for this business evil, if I may be permitted 
to so term it is a simple one. It is known as the Dupli¬ 
cate Labeling System, of making shipments. If the nur¬ 
seryman when packing trees or plants will make out two 
shipping tags, each bearing his own name and address, as 
well as that of the customer, and tie one tag on the inside 
of the i)aekage—any convenient place near where the 
trees are labeled—then if the outside tag is lost in tran¬ 
sit, as often occurs, the express agent understands to 
open the top of the package and then he can relabel the 
package properly as before. As a consequence, there is 
no delay whatever in the delivery of the trees, the nur¬ 
seryman escapes an onslaught of salty epithets, and the 
stray shipment clerk’s office doors will soon be closed. 
I sincerely hope to soon have the pleasure of seeing that 
not only every nurseryman in the State of Tennessee 
adopts this Duplicate System, but it also become a uni¬ 
versal practice by nurserymen everywhere. 
“THE BOOSTER” 
It may be that you’ve no intention 
Of going to the Philadelphia Convention, 
But ivhatever you do, don’t believe it is true 
That business at home needs attention. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 
NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s 
Association was held in the Commonwealth Hotel, Harris¬ 
burg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, January 24th. 
There was a full attendance at the meeting and several 
new members were elected. 
Prof. J. G. Sanders Economic Zoologist, was present, 
and discussed at some length the various phases and con¬ 
ditions of the White Pine Blister Rust. He also gave a 
brief outline of the meeting of the American Forestry As¬ 
sociation recently held in Washington at which meeting 
the proposition was made to quarantine all foreign nur¬ 
sery stock. 
The following officers were elected:— 
President—Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing; Vice Presi¬ 
dent—Adolph Muller, Norristown; Secretary—Henry T. 
Moon, Morrisville; Treasurer—Thomas Rakestraw, Ken- 
nett Square. Executive Committee—Thomas R. Mee¬ 
han, Dresher; James Krewson, Cheltenham; Charles L. 
Thomas, King of Prussia. Legislative Committee—Wil¬ 
liam Warner Harper, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia; 
Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher; George Achelis, West Ches¬ 
ter; J. W. Root, Manheim; Edwin Thomas, King of 
Prussia; Adolph Muller, Norristown; Thomas Rake¬ 
straw, Kennett Square. 
A. H. and N. M. Lake, nurserymen and landscape gar¬ 
deners, Marshfield, Wis., according to a letter recently 
received, see a very profitable line in the many beautiful, 
practically unknown native trees and shrubs if they 
could only be brought to the attention of the public. 
There is no doubt about there being a big field of en¬ 
deavor in this direction and every nursery worthy of tjie 
name, should test out and exploit worthy plants. It is 
never known until proved whether a plant is a gold mine 
or failure for different localities and purposes. 
There is, however, one point to keep in mind, a plant 
must be very adaptable before it can become popular. 
Most shrubs and trees after once being planted receive 
very little skilled attention. To become very popular it 
must propagate and transplant easily and thrive in al¬ 
most any position or soil without very much care and at¬ 
tention. 
Consul A. B. Cooke, Patros, Western Greece, in Com¬ 
merce Reports says the Mediterranean Fruit Fly has 
wrought great damage in the orchards of that locality. 
The remark that it is the first time in ten years or more 
that the presence of the fly has been noticed in the dis- 
rict would indicate that it is an intermittent pest. 
December 20 1916. 
National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Gentlemen:— 
We received such good results from our ad. in The 
National Nurseryman that we want to increase this to 
14 page ad. for the coming year. 
Very truly yours. 
The North-Eastern Forestry Go. 
