TIIB NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading • trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE (IRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered ns second-('hiss nnillcr June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Ilofioro, Pennsi/irania, under the Act of March S, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., July 1917 
Kvcrv iiui'sei'VMian who has boon 
Till'] (]().\^'IlNT 1()\ alloiulin”' (‘onvt'iitions in tho jiasl 
and was |)r(‘soiil al the Philadel¬ 
phia oiu'. eoiild nol help hul he ini|)ressed by the eoiitrast. 
Insh'ad of Ix'iii^' a social oiiliii^' and p'lu'i'al ^’ood time, 
with a lillh' Imsinc'ss on lln‘ sidt'. it was jiraetically all 
hnsiiK'ss \iiilily will) a (hdiniU' aim, a Imsiiu'ss meiding' 
or I'athei' a sei'ies ol llu'in lo advanee the inleresls of Ihe 
ti’ade. 
Th(' spii'il lhal was evid('nl show<'<l Ihe molives lo he 
ri^'hl and powa'rinl. soia* spols in lln' Irade ai'(' hein^' 
hiniL'd onl. hi^h standai'ds raised and im|)ortant aelions 
sel in molion. 
Tin' nmiK'i’ons piohlems as onllim'd in Pr('sid('nl Wat¬ 
son's Addi’c'ss are hein^' mel hy assigning tlu'in lo speeial- 
isls lo eonsider. analys(' and apply llu' i‘('medy so that, 
lh(' ^■r('al('sl amoiml of ^ood lo Ihe gueatest numlK'i’ will 
la'snll. 
Mislak('s ean liai’diy h(' a\'oid('d. hnl no lighl minded 
person ean say lln'y art' nol |)ardonahle w In'ii tin' moli^'(' 
is I’i^hl. 
Who would nol ijia'I’er a wound or ('\(‘n dealh in aelion 
lo a slaek('r's pi'isonal safc'ly? 
In tin' ImsiiH'ss world, h'l ns he business lik('. If Ihe 
nursei'vmen have a l)nsin('ss interest in uniting- let that 
union In' sl('ady. ellic'ieid and ])rogressiv('. 
It is hardly lo In' ('xpc'i'U'd lhal Ihe eo-ordinalion of 
eonllieting- int('r('sls ean In' aeeomplished w ithoul heart 
burnings and res('ntm('nl hut as the single-mindedness 
and unselfish |)ni'jn)se In'eonu's inoir aj)pai'ent, antagonism 
lo lh(' iK'w ord('i‘ of things diminislu's. This was amply 
illusirat('d l»y a |)rominent memln'r, who had ])raetieally 
giM'ii in his losignation. hul when the intent of the asso- 
eialion In'canu' mor(' a])])ar('id (h'eiih'd to "see it through.” 
If tin' i)('i‘son('l of lhos(' resjionsibh' for the jioliey of 
I In' Association In' (“onsideu'd lln'rc' lu'i'd lie no fear of 
lh(' aim of lhal j)oliey. 
The only danger, if danger tlu're lie. is in attempting 
lo model a Xursi'i'ymen’s Association along the exclusive 
lines of other trade associations. The production of 
their goods w ill alw ays be beyond the control of a trade 
association. The nursery trade not only overlaps with 
the florist and other allied trades, but it is so fundamen¬ 
tally eonneeted with the welfare of the country that tin' 
governmt'iits both federal and state are vitally interested, 
in fact it is (wddent from the government machinery al¬ 
ready in motion that it considers the nursery business its 
ow n s])eeial care. 
A lack of breadth of vision was indicated in the discus¬ 
sion on jublieity. It will have to extend further than the 
selling of stock, even to the point of elevating to a degree 
every man. woman and child in the country. The less 
selfish a policy a nursery trade association has, the greater 
will be the measure of success. 
In other w ords, it is improbable that a nursery trade 
association can be modeled along the selfish lines of other 
trade associations, but will have to dejiend more upon a 
closer eo-oiieration of all w ho are interested in the grow ¬ 
ing of plants. 
The j)oiid has been reached where wai’ is wagi'd lit¬ 
erally by w hole nations. Kvery man, w oman, and child 
is involved, and nearly every adult and most boys and 
girls ean be ellieient factors. We are in this w ar for Ihe 
jiurpose of defending our rights, of making siii-e that, as 
a Nalion. we shall be able to live the sort of life and lo 
have the sort of institutions we desire, of making democ¬ 
racy persist in the world, and of safeguarding the wanid 
against the I'eeurrenee of such a w ar as this. To accom¬ 
plish this, the Nation must aim at the perfeelion of or¬ 
ganization, and therefoie each individual must recognize 
th(' neeessily of making saerihees for llu' eommon good 
and more than ever of working under limitalions—of 
doing team work. Our jx'ople have a genius for organ¬ 
ization and they will not fail in Ihe lask they have as¬ 
sumed. Our farmers, on whom a gi'cat responsihilily 
rests, are Ihe most efficient farmers in the woild vvlu'ii 
they do Iheir best. They will nol hi' found wanting in 
Ibis crisis.- -David V. Houston, Secrt'laru of Afiricitllorr, 
June 12, 1917. 
TO ItPPOP*PST NOItTIlPRN FItANOP 
Edilorlitl from the Pliilitdelpfi'm BuUelht. 
It is inleri'sting that the niirseiymen of Ihe eonniry, as¬ 
sembled here in convention, are considering Ihe jiroposal 
ot reforesting Northern France at their own exjK'iise. 
This is the plan of Prince Poniatowski, a name familiar 
lo all students of Napoleonic literature, and while our 
nurserymen cannot do all of the replanting of fruit and 
shade trees which the Bodies have destroyed, they seem 
willing to do their share and to make it easy for other 
philanthropists to co-operate. 
It is w ('ll know n that as the (lermans liav'C hi'cn di’iva'n 
hack from their original line they have left only a desert 
behind them. Fverything has been destroyed exc('[)t 
the soil, and that has been so badly cut up that it will be 
long ere it produces its normal yield. The annual crops 
are to be restored much sooner than the vineyards, or¬ 
chards and shade trees. It will be rememliered that 
Professor Ferrero tells in one of his histories that in a 
