THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
71 
THE NEW EXPRESS RATES 
The 
new ex])i-ess tariffs, effecti 
ve V 
ehruar\ 
' 1st, are 
now being disti 
lahuted and 
they 
are 
somew 
hat dif- 
ferent 
from th; 
it which was 
stat( 
*d ill 
1 the ])a 
l)er that 
was rc- 
‘ad at the meeting of 
the Western Asso(*iation 
of Nm 
•sei'ymen 
. ^diat i)apei 
r was 
written from in for- 
mation as found in daily ])a 
])ers 
and 
from 
opinions 
ex])rej- 
;sed by v 
arions enpiloyees 
of the expn 
ess corn- 
panies 
To i 
lliistrate 
and correct 
any 
niis( 
'oncept 
ion that 
might 
be made 
on account of the 
])a])er refer 
red to, a 
com})arison between the old 
and 
new 
rate on 
nursery 
stock. 
between 
Louisiana, iMissonri 
and Dansville, 
New ^ 
"ork, will 
i show the relative difference 
between 
the tw 
0 rates. 
Pounds 
Old rate 
New rate 
Pounds Old rate 
New rate 
1 
35 
23 
19 
48 
45 
2 
35 
24 
20 
50 
47 
3 
35 
26 
21 
53 
48 
4 
35 
28 
22 
55 
50 
5 
35 
30 
23 
58 
51 
6 
35 
31 
24 
60 
53 
7 
35 
31 
25 
63 
54 
8 
35 
31 
26 
65 
57 
9 
35 
31 
27 
68 
■ 58 
10 
35 
31 
28 
70 
60 
11 
35 
33 
29 
73 
61 
12 
35 
34 
30 
75 
63 
13 
35 
36 
40 
1.00 
78 
14 
35 
37 
50 
1.25 
94 
15 
38 
39 
60 
1.50 
1.10 
16 
40 
41 
70 
1.75 
1.26 
17 
43 
42 
80 
2.00 
1.41 
18 
45 
44 
90 
2.25 
1.57 
100 
2.50 
1.73 
The 
old rate 
was genera 11 
y special 
or about 20 ])er 
cent, less than merchandise rate while the new rate is 
second class. 
From one to twelve pounds and seventeen to one 
Imndred i)onnds the new rates are lower than the old 
rates but from thirteen to sixteen i)onnds they are 
slightly higher, but taken as a whole the new rates 
show between twenty-five and tliirty ])er (*ent. reduc¬ 
tion. Practically no state rate, that is business done 
wholly in one state is affected ])y the new interstate 
rates. 
The Public Service Commission of IMissonri and ex- 
])ress com])anies have agreed on a new basis of state 
rates, which when put into elfect, will show an av¬ 
erage reduction of about 11 per cent. 
There will he no terminal charge of 10c. on each 
package as stated in the paper at the Kansas City 
meeting. The above written for the benefit of the 
nurserymen. Truly, 
Charles Sizemore. 
* 
iMartin Brewster, Perry, Ohio, died at his home, 
Friday, danuary 2nd, of apoi)lexy. Mrs. Brewster 
and a family of nine children survive him. 
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, 1914 
“The Anglo-Ainei'ican Exposition which will he 
held at Shei)herd’s Bush (near London) next year, 
has for its object the celebration in a fitting manner 
of the hundred yeai's of peace and pi’ogress hetwecai 
the English si)eaking ])eoi)les since the Treaty of 
(ihent in LSI 4.” 
“Elaborate ])reparations are being made. Tlu^ 
committee has already made (*onsiderahle progress 
and has formulated a scheme* which there is gooei 
I'eason foi- believing will ensure a re])resentation of 
horticulture, ahoricnltnre and foresti-y worthy of tin* 
two great nations interested.”— T/ie JlortinilfKnil 
'Frudv Joiinidl. 
TREE PLANTING IN NEW YORK CITY 
New York Chty is far behind many smaller cities of 
the country in controlling the planting of trees in its 
streets and in the care of trees after planting. The 
Landscape Engineer of The State (\)llege of Forestry 
at Syracuse is making a very careful reconnaissam'!' 
:::iirvey of street planting in New York in co-oi)era- 
tion with the Tree Planting Association of the City 
for the purpose of securing material which may he 
used to stimulate interest in more and better street 
trees. It is believed that the interest aroused will re¬ 
sult in the formation of a definite and unified system 
of tree planting under the direction of a Tree Plant¬ 
ing Bureau made up of trained Foi-esters. 
For several yeai*s Dr. Stephen Smith, the vener- 
al)le and active President of the Tree Planting Asso¬ 
ciation of New York City, has been working for l)et- 
ter street planting in New York. Last s])ring he 
found that The State College of Forestry at Syra¬ 
cuse, which is obligated under its Charter to do Uni¬ 
versity extension work along Forestry lines wher¬ 
ever it is needed in the State, would he ready to co¬ 
operate with the Tree Planting Association in a gen¬ 
eral cam])aign of education in New Yoi-k City with 
the ])nr])ose of letting the i)eo])le know of the very 
nnsatisfactory conditions which exist to-day and of 
what might be accom])lished by more systematic and 
thorough work. Following out its belief that a 
State Institution should he heli)fnl to all of the |)eo- 
ple of the State, the College was glad to send a train¬ 
ed man to New York in Decemhei’ for several weeks 
of investigative and ])nhlicity work. i\Ir. II. R. Fran¬ 
cis of the College, who is a graduate Landscape En¬ 
gineer, is studying re]n‘esentative streets, taking ]»ic- 
tnres showing ])roniiscnons and nnsatisfactory 
])lanting, and this material will he used in the papei s 
of the (hty to show the ])eople what exceedingly nn¬ 
satisfactory conditions exist to-day. The College is 
acting in an advisory capacity only and after it has 
aided in awakening the peoihe of the city to the m*- 
cessity for i)rope]- work, the College will withdraw 
and give its aid elsewhere in the State. 
