TITR NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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nished with official badges or other insignia of authority, which 
shall be carried while on duty. 
29. —Compensation of state inspector, county or district insi)ect- 
ors (a local matter). 
30. —Appropriations, fees, gifts or other supi)ort of the horti¬ 
cultural inspection service (a local matter). 
PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. 
31. —Any person, firm, corporation, association, transportation 
comi)any or common carrier violating (any section of this act) 
(any one or more of sections-to -, inclusive) shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit his license or shall be 
fined the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than 
five-hundred dollars, or both, for each offense. 
32. —It shall be the duty of each (District Attorney) (Justice of 
the Peace) (Magistrate) (Court) to whom the state inspector or 
his deputy shall present satisfactory evidence of violation of any 
])rovision of (this act) (sections-to-, inclusive) to insti¬ 
tute and prosecute without delay appropriate proceedings for the 
enforcement of the provisions of (this act) (the aforesaid sec¬ 
tions). 
FRENCH ARTIFICIAL WOOD 
Inrormation has l)e(‘ii madt' ])iil)li(* in tliis district 
concerning- an artiticial wood, whi(*li, it is stated, will 
l)e ot‘.<>-reat value as a substitute* tor natni-al wood. 
'The new ])rodn(*t has been found after years of study 
and jiractical ex])eriinents, the most re(*ent of which 
have g-iven eminently satisfa(*tory i-esnlts. ’^Fhe i)ro- 
(*ess consists in transforming sti-aw into a solid ma¬ 
terial having the resistance of (adc. The straw after 
being ent into small ])ieces is redn(*e<l to a ])aste by 
boiling, to which certain chemicals arc* added. When 
the paste has been reduced to a homogeneons mass 
it is ])nt into presses, and ])lanks, beams, laths, and 
Rosters Blue Spruce in M. Roster efc Sons Nurseries, Boskoop, Holland. Every foot of cultivated ground is 
made to produce its quota in Holland. 
33.—(This act) (Sections - to-, inclusive) shall take 
effect and be in force from and after [its passage and approval 
(and publication-] (-date—-). 
The projiGsed l)ill and the suggestions offered by 
the Nurserymen’s Committee were well received and 
a motion carried that the committee be continued. 
Dr. i\Iarlatt stated that he would submit the jiro- 
l)osed bill and the suggestions to the Solicitor of the 
Department of Agriculture for the ])urpose of getting 
an opinion on the bill from him from a legal stand- 
lioint. 
It is expected that the revised form, legally phras¬ 
ed, will be submitted by the Committee to the Asso¬ 
ciation at its next annual meeting to be held in Phila- 
delpha, Pa., January 1st, 1915, and in the meantime 
the Nurserymen’s Committee have been invited to co¬ 
operate with the Inspectors Committee to the end 
that the bill may be framed in a manner that will 
meet the apiiroval of every one interested. 
moldings of all sizes are readily made. This new 
material can be sawed like natural wood. As a fuel 
it emits a bright flame and little smoke. It is further 
stated to be ada})table to the manufacture of match 
stems. —Daily Consular and Trade Report. 
PACIFIC COAST BUSINESS IMPROVING 
lte])orts received from severid sources on the Pa¬ 
cific coast all show a marked imiirovement in condi¬ 
tions there. Orders for nursery stock in all lines are 
re])orted good and ])rices are somewhat higher than 
they were earlier in the season. 
The nurserymen on the coast are always o])timistic, 
its in the air which they breathe and is a ])art of their 
constitution, that is why they are so successful in bus¬ 
iness. AVe ai-e glad to know that in this case there i> 
every indication of a good, heavy business season. 
