THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
lli(M> SO inu(‘h said alioiil “Cood (•ons('iTalion” as now, Inil 
it was llio baniH'r day ol' f’riiil di'ying in lh(‘ son. Thai 
war^av(‘ hirlli lo lhal linin' indnsliy lhal today j)i'os(‘rv('s 
all fniil and \(‘^(Mahh's in a li’t'sli stah* w ilh iumIIkm' sn- 
salt or any pri'si'i'vativo. Whih' tho day of snn 
dryin^^ is |)asl, lln* |)r('S(*nl war is sliinnlalin^’ in an nn- 
nsnal w ay and (i('ld I In* ariailor. (h'ssicalor and dohydralor 
lhal all lh(‘ fra^nuMds of lh(‘ sniniiKM' ahnndaiua' la' savt'd. 
If oiir lirst ^ri'al wai- woikf'd lo onr good, why not this? 
Again, r(‘il('raling llu' o|)('ning a|)horisin lhal old inon 
look inlo lh(' fninro Ihrongh IIh' past, may I assiniK' Iho 
I'oh' of ‘'class pi'opiK't” and foia'Icll Ihi'oiigh inyslic vision 
w hal lh(' |)r('scnl w ar has in stori' for us, as nurserymen, 
and our priim' ally. I he fi uil giowa'r. We w ill not now 
know lh(‘ (h'vaslalion ol' invading hostile aiinies, hut we 
w ill k('('nly f(*(‘l llu' grip of taxation, to f('('d mon; ahund- 
anlly, to (“(juip more* thoroughly, and compc'iisatc more 
munilicenlly. tiu' armies that will uphold the honor, dig¬ 
nity and saf(‘ty of this country, than any the world has 
('ver know n. 
To do this imi)lies tin' sacrillce, hy all the people, to 
live simply and to ('conomize as they have heietofore, 
under the same circumstances, whether here or else- 
w h(‘r(‘. This w ill enforce on us the truth that man lives 
not hy bread alone, nor meal. It will greatly change 
our dietary as a nation, from concentrates to the more 
diversified diflusives, realizing the })oet’s dream that man 
shall he unfleshed through blood. 
When I reflect that in my own hamlet town there are 
four thousand tyro gardeners, that heretofore have never 
committed to earth a seed or any living thing, or known 
the joy of creating through the medium of the earth a 
fruit or flow er and that in tho broad expanse of this coun- 
ti‘y, there are countless millions of such, scattered every- 
w h(*re, the recognition iudndd(‘n comes that it is the ren¬ 
aissance of a nation, in bringing it nearer to dependence 
on itself and on the simj)le bounty of the earth. 
When I reflect further than fruit, flower, shrub and 
tree are invariably associated with any home int('rested 
in and asi)iring to soil culture, the conclusion is irresis- 
tahle that with this added host of planters, the seciuel of 
two wars w ill he verified in the third. The tradition of 
the one war that made me an American—and may 1 
])roudly add a near (leorgian, for nearly four score' years 
ago. Savannah hy the sea, received kindly and prospere'el 
gre'ally a bankrupt young Ilittite from the olden fold, is 
now" a ha|)py nu'inory. When I clearly recall the' im¬ 
mediate desolation that befell the nursery interests of 
my own state during the se'cond, and tlu'ir speedy and 
lrium|)hanl re'surrection and ('xpansion Ihere'after. 
through the adverse agencies adv('rled lo may now he 
confirmed in your faith and hold fast with confid('nce. 
So long as the mouth of all humanity w'at('i’s for the 
fiaiils of our art, shall we flourish, and w lu'n the hrc'ad. 
which is our daily j)rayer, is shortened, then, gi'('al('r is 
our opportunity. 
.lohn Watson, undei- date of September lOlh, w i'it('S he 
has just r('lui‘m'(l fiom sc'vei-al w('('ks trip in w('sl('rn 
X('W York and finds distinctly la'ller f('('ling among nur¬ 
serymen r('garding the coming season than was in evi¬ 
dence in J une. 
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ItOLL OF IIONOK 
It is thn j)iij'/iose of the National Nai'sn'i/amn to }>uh- 
listi a rot! of liotan' ronsislinf/ of the names of those }iar- 
seri/men serving in the I'nited Stfites arnn/ i)i the jivesent 
mar. We shall ap}>re< iate it if onr readers irifi send 
ns their names and iihotor/raphs if possitde. 
Lloyd C. Stalk, Major of the Field Artillery, U. S. 
Officers’ Iteserve Corps. 
Vice-Presidenf and a Director of Stark Bros. 
Nurseries and Orchards Co.. Louisiana, Mo. 
Ih’csident of the National .Association of Nurseries. 
Aleredilh P. Reed, Captain. Sixth Company Section U. S. 
Officers’ Jteserve Corps. 
Vincennes Nurseries, Vincennes, Indiana. 
Oeorge C. Taylor, Rattery F, Second Pennsylvania .Artil¬ 
lery. Thomas Meehan & Sons. Germantown, Phila. 
AVade Aluldoon, Headquarters Train and Military Police, 
Mt. Gretna, Penna. Thomas Meehan & Sons, Ger¬ 
mantown, Philadelphia. 
William Flemer. Jr.. F. 6: F. Nurseries, Springfield, N. J. 
Privati' U. S. FxiH'ditionary Force, .Amhulanci' (’orps, 
Rattalion No. 23. Section No. 23, France'. 
Clay M. Stark, Stark Rros. Nurseries iv Orchards C.o., 
Louisiana, Missouri. .American Field Service. Now 
in France. 
F. Rurnette Kelley, of Newark. N. V.. has joined the 
staff* of the new Princeton Nurseries, Princeton. N('w J('r- 
sey. Mr. Kelley is well known to the trade; he is a 
graduate of Cornell University where he spi'cialized ‘n 
the lines hearing particularly on the nursery business; 
F. Barnette Kelleij, Newark, N. )'. 
ami his practical expi'iience in llu' whoh'sale uursi'ry 
husiiH'ss covers a ten y('ar period at New ark, N. \ . Tin' 
organization Ix'iug gotti'u togetlu'r in the Princi'ton .Nui- 
series w ould seem to indicate that they have confidence in 
the future of the nursery business. 
