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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
NOTICi: OF IMiOPOSFD OUAUANTINE ON ACCOUNT 
OF THE CFIKUS CANKER 
A public meeting will be held at the Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Room 410, Bieber Build¬ 
ing. at 10 o’clock A. M. on May 8tli, 1917, in order that 
any person interested in the subject of the proposed 
(quarantine may be heard. 
It is proposed to prohibit the importation of Citrus 
fruits from the following countries; India, Siam, Indo¬ 
china, China, the Malayan Archipelago, the Philippine 
Islands, Oceania, except Australia, Tasmania and New" 
Zealand, Japan, including Formosa and other islands 
adjacent to Japan, and the Union of South Africa, in all 
of which countries the Citrus eanker is knowm to be 
w idely prevalent. 
HERE ARE GARDENS 
As the spring comes up the land and the time of plant¬ 
ing is upon us, w e w ould say a wmrd for the wild flowers 
and the native shrubs, not as blossoms of the woods, but 
as integral parts of our gardens. To some of us it is a 
little depressing to see so much of Italy and England, of 
Holland and France, in the American domestic scene, and 
so little of America. We all have irises about our gar¬ 
den pools, (German, Japanese, Spanish, English, even 
Siberian), but how" many of us have planted that aris¬ 
tocrat of American brook banks, the cardinal flower, 
which responds superbly to cultivation? We make a 
great show of tulips (which are often gaudy splotches 
on the lawn, as nearly ugly as a flow^er ever can be), and 
forget the lovely dog-tooth violet, that sunlit lily which 
follows the melting snow" up the slopes of the Rocky 
Mountains, making the high meadow"S a cloth of gold, 
and nods equally at home where the salt Atlantic fogs 
enwrap it. How" many Americans have backed a border 
w"ith goldenrod and New^ England asters, shooting up 
prodigously in enriehed soil, or brightened a shady spot 
w"ith crimson bunch berries? The list is endless of our 
native plants, the flora of any particular region. New 
England, say, or the prairie States, or the southern high¬ 
lands, or the Rocky Mountains furnishing without alien 
additions a plenitude of bloom and color w ith which to 
develop a native garden. A true garden style. w"e aflirm, 
must be based (in the native flora and the native land¬ 
scape. To copy Italy, England, Japan, is to have no 
style of our ow n. We know" a man in Iow a w ho, on his 
eleven acres, has neither tree nor shrub nor flow"er not in¬ 
digenous to his State, yet his garden is a lovesome spot 
just the same. We do not ask for this exclusiveness— 
who would banish the pansies, for example, or the Can¬ 
terbury bells?—but we do urge all our readeis wiio plant 
a garden to save some corner, or some section of the bor¬ 
ders, for the native blooms, to weave them into the gar¬ 
den scheme, to study the native landscape and try to base 
a garden style on that. You w ill perha])s be surprised 
to learn how" much nature knows about tbe creation of 
beauty!— Colliers. 
STATBIVIBNT OF THE OWNERSHIP, IUANAGElMBNT, 
CIRCULATION, ETC. 
Required by the ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24th, 1912 
Of the NATIONAL NURSERY^MAN, published monthly at 
Hatboro, Pa, for May 1, 1917. 
State of Pennsylvania, 
County of Philadelphia. 
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and county 
aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas B. Meehan, who, having 
been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is 
the Business Manager of the NATIONAL NURSERYMAN, and 
that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a 
true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily 
paper, the circulation) etc., of the aforesaid publication for the 
date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 
24th, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regula¬ 
tions, printed on the reverse side of this form: to wit: 
1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, 
managing editor and business managers are: 
Publisher—THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING 
CO., INC., Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor,—ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
Managing Editor,—None. 
Business Manager,—THOMAS B. MEEHAN, Dresher, Pa. 
2. That the owners are: 
Mrs. Ellen B. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
James McHutchison, Jersey City, N. J. 
Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Penna. 
Albert F. IMeehan, Dresher, Penna. 
Penrose Robinson, Hatboro, Penna. 
3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other se¬ 
curity holders owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total 
amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: NONE. 
THOMAS B. MEEHAN, Business Manager. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of April, 1917. 
Elmer Miller,' Notary Public. 
(My commission expires March 11, 1921.) 
IF I WERE A NURSERYMAN 
I w"Ould prepare a series of letters on trees, shrubs, and 
plants and the reasons for beautifying property;—the 
making of homes from mere houses. 
I would call attention to the small outlay necessary to 
proper planting;—to the great advantage of planting to 
increase the value of property and to make it more sale¬ 
able. 
I would subscribe to Luce’s Daily Landscape Archi¬ 
tects Report and follow" up each prospect. I also would 
get lists of owners of houses in the suburbs of large cities 
and send each one of my letters. 
The first letter might show how the intrinsic value of 
property would be increased by proper planting. The 
second might deal wnth the making of homes from mere 
houses. The next might give the expense of planting 
different size lots and also suggest that the prospect send 
you the size, contour and shape of his lot for suggestions 
and prices of proper planting. 
Many owners of city and suburban homes have the 
idea that shrubbery and gardens are an expensive luxury 
and so a little educational campaign on the part of the 
nurseryman will accomplish tw "0 results:—more busi¬ 
ness and more beautiful cities and suburbs.— Adv. 
