THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
336 
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 GRAND I’RIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
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Foreign Subscriptions, in advance .$2.00 
Six Months .$1.00 
Advertising rates will he sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this cfflce by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the 
Business Manager, Eatboro, Pa. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Photogranhs and news notes of interest to nurserymen should be 
addressed. Editor, Flourtown, Pa., and should be mailed to arrive not 
later than the 25th of the month. 
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
TTatlmro. PennRidrnnin. under the Aef nf March S, 1679. 
Hatboro, Pa.. October 1917 
The war is heginiiing- to make itself fell 
Tllf: TI.MK S l»y evi'iy man. woman and child in the 
AND Uniti'd Stati's in one way or another. 
Tllh] WAU. Kvery Imsiiu'ss is atfeetiMl. Prices and 
valiK's are away up in the air. Some 
items which in peace times had little value have now be- 
eoiiH^ scarce and expensivi'. 
Labor especially is scarce and hard to get. Some of 
us piM'haps are beginning to (omplain and fret bi'eause of 
the advance in jirices and the scarcity of some items and 
are apt to jmt all the blame on mismanagement, poor 
laws, selfish monopoly or piofiL'ering. 
The truth is. when one stojis to eonsidiu' the gigantic 
change that is taking jilaee. the pick of the manhood being 
taken out of the usual channels of iiroduction and the 
iiunK'rous ri'sourec's heing divertc'd from their aeeustomed 
channels to prosecute a world war. it is a wonder how it 
is being done so orderly, (piietly and with so little inter- 
ruption of the regular business of the country. It gives 
one a thrill to recognize such a vast democracy as the 
United States has but a single mind wben right and 
wrong is being judged. 
A recmit trip through the middle west was an inspira¬ 
tion. and a final answer to those who feared that the sel¬ 
fishness of the individual would be fatal to our democracy 
in times of stress. 
There seems to lie no diffeience whetln'r it be the vonn.^ 
men who are answering tin' call of the country so will¬ 
ingly, the big business interests, tbe war gardens, food 
conservation or money, they are all Iteing offered as a 
saeiaal dutv to tlu' eonntrv's need. Uvervthing is beiim’ 
spe<'d(‘d uj) to meet the emergency. More is being doin' 
with less hel]). Businesses like individuals must keej) 
tln'insi'lves lit. Evi'ii though there In' shortage of laboi-, 
a much higlu'r (*ost of growing and doing Imsiness with a 
possildi' h'sseiH'd (b'lnand. 
It is Uj) to the nurseryman to kei'j) his slocks intact and 
his e(jui|)ment uj) to the mark to meet emergencies. 
At first sight fi nit and ornamental tree and jilant grow¬ 
ing is not a war measure yi't it is ri'ally one of the most 
important. It is conservation in the best si'iise of the 
word and it is u[) to tin' nui'servman to work harder than 
ev('r to ('n(‘ourag(' pi'ojile to jilant. 
William Flemer, .fr.. joined the colors in June. Per- 
ha|)s some of our loaders will recall meeting him at the 
Philadeljihia convi'iition, as he was the only nurseryman 
in uniform atti'iiding. Mr. Flemei' sjient sevei'al months 
training at Allentown, Pa., and is now in France. The 
Privdte WUliani Flemer, Jr. 
boys in the trencln's will be glad to gi't letters fi'oin 
friends at honu'. His address is Private William Flemei', 
Jr.. United Slates Fxjx'ditionary Force, Ambulance Corps, 
Battalion No. 23. Section No. 23. France. 
PENNSYLVANIA INSPECTION LAW 
The new State nursery inspection act for Pennsylvania 
is being jmt into ojieration by tlie Dcjiartment of Agricul¬ 
ture in the Philadeljihia district. There are 350 com¬ 
mercial nurserii's in Pennsylvania and the Department 
jilans to have three or four inspections each year of nur¬ 
sery grow 11 stock, so that jiurchases made in this stale 
can be guaranteed free from nursery jiests or diseases. 
By the ti'inis of the act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
is given considerable additional jiowers to insjiect and 
can also declare quarantine. Where a jierson wilfully 
allow s infected trees to remain jirosecution may be made. 
Tree salesmen will Ix' j)ut under state control and will 
be licensed. Tbe State Zoologist’s Division, under Prof. 
Sanders, w ill have charge of tin' enforcement of the new 
law. 
