THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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iiiid you w ill lind il will lx* lo llio- ^M’oalost advaula^^o lo 
lh(‘ A. A. N. if Ihoy will ooinbiiio with tlio AuKuicaii 
Kloi'isls in this work. 
V('ry l■(‘Sj)e(‘lfully yours, 
(Si^Miod) Adolf Mulled. 
Norristown, Pa., October 6, 1017. 
To My Fellow Nurserymen: 
llelerriiif? lo the eireular l(‘ller sent out by the Pub¬ 
licity (a)minitt(‘(‘ of tin' Anx'rieau Association of Niirsery- 
nxMi, fi'oin liox 633, Harrisburg', Penna., under date of 
S('|)l(Mnber 2()th, 1017, signed Publicity (iOinmittee, 0. P. 
Ib'ckh'v. Fditor, a copy of which is reproduced berewilh. 
Permit me to ask, does it not seem to you, that the 
s(‘ndin^' out of this “booklet” is nothing other, nor iiotli- 
ing better, than the selling of a “booklet” for the Mc¬ 
Farland Publishing house. 
This eHort is so far removed from the purpose of the 
Publicity Campaign Committee’s woik, that I wish to 
appeal lo every well thinking nurserymau and ask him 
lo consider this proposition from every angle, and let no 
one have his mind befogged by this little “booklet” 
scheiiHL and say to himself that now, all is well, and we 
are on the way to a rousing and permanent Publicity 
Campaign. We are not. And I wish to shout this 
abroad, we are not. 
And I hereby w isb to ask the President of our organ¬ 
ization to recommend to our Publicity Committee, that 
they adopt a method similar to that adopted by the Amer¬ 
ican Florists’ Society at their Convention in New York 
city. 
If Mr. Therkildson, of Philadelphia, could be persuaded 
lo assist our Committee in this work in outlining a plan 
such as the florists have adopted, then, and only then, 
will w e be doing the right thing for everybody. 
In order to do this, it will be necessary to have a guar¬ 
antee fund of probably upwards of $10,000.00 a year for 
Publicity alone, and I am willing to start this fund wdth 
a contribution of $30.00 a year for five years. 
Now then, if every nurseryman wmuld offer a five 
year contribution to our committee, I am certain they 
would become so enthused, that before the next Conven¬ 
tion, we will have a jiermanent National Publicity Cam¬ 
paign organized and wmrking for the benefit of every 
last man engaged in the business of growing trees, shrubs 
and hardy plants, the landscape architect and all allied 
tradesmen. 
Let every nurseryman express his opinion, either to 
our President, the Publicity Committee or through the 
columns of our Trade Journals. 
Very respectfully, 
Adolf Muller. 
Fonthill, Out., Sept. 24th, 1917. 
The National Nurseryman, 
llatboro, Penna. 
Dear Sirs:— 
Fncloscd ])lcase find check for $1.30 for one year’s sub¬ 
scription to your valuable paper. 
Yours very truly, 
Wellington & Davidson. 
ter 
(J. In what way can a nursmyman be most useful 
these times in helping increase food, by growing vege¬ 
table plants or how? 
S. A. VlRGHIN. 
A. A nurseryman can be most useful at these tiiiK's 
hy using every bit of labor and land that is available in 
the production of food stuffs, preferably those that are 
not perishable, such as grains, j)otatoes, etc. Every 
little that is added to the country’s food supply helps, 
even if the particular food stock you raise is not shipped 
out of the locality, it is just so much that will not be 
drawn from the general supply. 
IMPORTS FROM FRANCE PERMITTED 
Orleans, Paris, September 24, 1917. 
The Editor of The National Nurseryman, 
Flourtown, Pa., U. S. A. 
Gentlemen:— 
In order to avoid mistake, I have the duty to inform 
you that a French Presidential Decree dated August 24tii 
and published in the “Journal Official” for August 23th 
has prohibited the exportation and re-exportation from 
France of trees, shrid)s and all other nursery products. 
Happily, exception from this prohibition has heen done 
already by the French Minister of Finance and another 
decree dated September 17th, 1917, declares that by a de¬ 
rogation to the dispositions of the decree of August 24th, 
1917, all nursery stocks may be exported from France 
without special authorization, when the destination is the 
United Kingdom, it’s dominions and protectorates or 
Rritish colonies, non invaded Relgium, Japan, Russia and 
the United States. 
For neutral countries some exceptions will be author¬ 
ized after demand. 
I hope that this information will be of interest to you 
and your readers, and aw^aiting the favour to hear from 
you, I remain. Gentlemen, 
Yours very truly, 
E. Turbat, 
67 route d’Olivet, Orleans 
October 20, 1917. 
Gentlemen : 
I beg to advise you that Mr. Theodore J. Smith of W. 
&. T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y., has recently resigned as 
a member of the F]xecutive Committee of the American 
Association of Nurserymen, and that Mr. J. Howard 
Moon, of Morrisville, Pa., has been elected by the Execu¬ 
tive Committee to fill the vacancy. 
Yours truly, 
Curtis Nye S^iith, Secretary A. A. 0. N. 
Mr. Joseph H. Rarnett, Jr., formerly City Forester of 
Gary, Indiana, is Captain of Infantry, Commanding 39th 
Company, lOlh Rattalion, 139th Depot Rrigade, Camp 
Taylor, Ky. 
