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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
(•(‘ssily. The ofiiee cliar^^ed it up to expenses to beat the 
iiieonie lax. 
The National Association now owns its own building 
right h(M-e in Atlantic City, owns four city blocks of ex¬ 
hibition gardens, \\ her(' every foot ol space is eagerly 
sought out months in advance. \\ e have every conven- 
i(Mice, halconies \\ here the Bal)y Uamblers can sit and 
sigh till the small wee hours of the morning, where Yel¬ 
low Dog initiations are likely to take place any time. 
Now if you are not a member of the National Associa¬ 
tion come in and you can find out what the order of Tel- 
low Dog means. 
The Publicity Campaigns directed from these National 
headquai-ters ai’e a revelation, tons of literature are being 
mailed out here umbn’ the sup('i’ chai'ge ol Dr. Maclar- 
land, and hy his ahh* assistant. Prolessor John Watson. 
Wonderful all this. 
spector a list of all sources from which he secures his 
stoek.” 
Nurserymen, dealers or other persons without the state, 
must file a certificate and obtain a certificate permitting 
them to solicit orders within the state. 
All agents are required to “secure and carry an agent’s 
certilicate bearing a copy of the certificate held by the 
principal. Said agent’s certificate shall be issued only by 
the Inspector to agents authorized by their principal.” 
Cojiies of certificates must be attached to each package 
shipped. 
Provision is made for an appeal and for a hearing 
by the Secretary of Agriculture, in cases where a per¬ 
son takes exception to any order issued by the Inspector 
or his deputies. 
THE PKOPOSED NEW PENNSYLVANIA NURSEKV 
INSPECTION LAW 
A hill has just been presented in the Pennsylvania Leg¬ 
islature providing for the inspection of nurseries and 
nursery stock, to replace the jiresent law . 
The new^ bill is practically a copy of the Uniform In¬ 
spection Bill, formulated jointly by the Association of 
Nursery Inspectors and the Legislative Committee ol The 
American Association of Nurserymen some tw o years ago. 
a copy of which was printed in full in The National Nur¬ 
seryman at the time. 
In general, the bill defines a “Nursery.” a “Nursery¬ 
man,” a “Dealer,” and an “Agent.” It provides also for 
the appointment, by the Secretary of Agriculture, of a 
Nursery Inspector and deputies, all of whom are invested 
with police powers. 
The Inspector is required to inspect at least once each 
year, all nurseries or other places in w Inch nursery stock 
is grow n, stored or kept for sale. 
The Inspector or deputies also have the powder to inspect 
any “orchard, fruit or garden plantation, cemetery, pri¬ 
vate premises or public ])laces,”—and is required to do so 
“if reasonable evidence or suspicion of such infestation 
or infectation is brought to his attention from a reliable 
source.” 
The Secretary of Agriculture is also empowered to 
“prohibit and prevent the removal and shipment or trans- 
portation of nursery stock or any class of stone or quarry 
prod ucts.” 
If any dangerous insect pests or diseases are discovered 
on any plant products or premises, provision is made for 
the notification of the owmer, w ho must within reasonable 
time treat or remove the plants, and if he fails to do so, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is required to treat or destroy the 
stock and the cost of same assessed against the property. 
“Nurserymen’s” Certificates w ill be issued to nursery¬ 
men wdio grow"^ nursery stock. Dealers will be given a 
“dealer’s” certificate after they have furnished a sworn 
affidavit that they “w ill buy and sell only stock which has 
been duly inspected and certified by an official state or 
federal Inspector and that he will maintain with the In- 
THE WOMEN OE THE AMEBICAN ASSOCIATION 
OF NURSERYMEN 
At the last convention, held in Mihvaukee, an associa¬ 
tion w^as organized, knowm as “The Women of the Amer¬ 
ican xYssociation of Nurserymen.” Fifty-four members 
were enrolled at that time and since then there has been 
a number of additions. 
Mrs. E. S. Welch, Shenandoah. low^a, was elected 
President. Mrs. E. R. Taylor, Secretary, and Mrs. F. W. 
Watson, Corresponding Secretary. 
The objects in forming this association w^ere, to pro¬ 
mote sociability among the members, to arrange to see 
different points of interest to the best advantage in the 
cities in which the convention is held, and to promote the 
interest of the women in the work of the American xYs¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen. The dues are $1.00 per year. 
Already the “Women” are laying plans for a grand 
meeting at the Philadelphia convention, June 27th lo 
29th. The President has appointed Mrs. Thomas B. 
Meehan, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, as chairman of the Com¬ 
mittee on Arrangements and expects to make other ap¬ 
pointments later. 
The Managing Director of the Hotel Adelphia, the con¬ 
vention headquarters, is reserving a large parlor, which 
will be for the exclusive use of the “Women,” and has 
enthusiastically entered into the arrangements to make 
the visit of the “Women” to Philadelphia, one long to be 
remembered. 
Any of the wives or daughters of members of the 
American Association of Nurserymen who expect to at¬ 
tend the June Convention should certainly become mem¬ 
bers of the wmmen’s organization and should write at 
once to Mrs. F. W. Watson, Corresponding Secretary, 
Topeka, Kansas. 
The way President Watson, of The National Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen, is appointing his committees, he evi¬ 
dently does not believe in the maxim of “Let George do 
it.” He Wyants everyone to do their share of the work, 
and when you come to think of it, an xYssociation that is 
run by a few does not amount to very much. 
