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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
the slii])iiient of such trees with an item¬ 
ized list of the same, which list shall also give the 
name of the county and state where the trees covered 
by it were grown, the age of the trees, and the name 
and address of the ixwson for whom the trees were 
grown, if requested hy letter or in writing on the con¬ 
tract by the ])nrchaser at the time of purchase. With¬ 
in live days after the receipt hy the pin-chaser of the 
ti-ees and the list thereof the ])nrchaser shall compare 
and notify the seller of any discrepancy between the 
list and the labels on such trees. 
Sec. 265. Agent to carry certilicate of authority. 
Any ])erson, tirm or cor])oration acting as agent for 
another in the sale of frnit-hearing trees in this state 
shall carry with him, [it all times when engaged in 
selling trees, a certificate in writing signed by his 
])rincii)al and jiroperly acknowledged, showing his 
authority to iict as such agent and upon request shall 
exhibit the same to the purchaser and shall leave 
Avith the ])iirchaser a copy of the contract bearing on 
its face the clause referred to in section two hnndred 
and sixty-four. 
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect September first, 
nineteen hnndred and fourteen. 
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. 
Through aii inadA^ertaiice the author of “Increased 
(k)st of Production” jutblished in the April issue of 
the National Nurseryman was not given. It gives 
ns ])leasure to state it Avas by V. A. Vanicek, NeAV- 
])ort, R. I., luiAung been read before the meeting of 
the Ornamental GroAvers Association held in NeAv 
York (hty, January 12, 13 and 11th. 
The National Nurseryman, 
Gentlemen:— 
EolloAving iqi my last bulletin on the subject of 
l^uiforni State Legislation, I am glad to say that the 
matter is still progressing satisfactorily. Our Com¬ 
mittee has receNed a reAused draft of the bill from 
Prof. Sanders, Avhicli has been gone oA^er carefully, 
aud in reply some suggestions as to amendments and 
[ilterations liaA^e been made to Prof. Sanders, and are 
noAv being considered by him. 
'’Phe American Poniological Society, at its last con- 
Axuition, [qipointed a committee on nniform state leg¬ 
islation, of Avliich Mr. Orlando Harrison, of Berlin, 
Md., is chairman, and Ave are noAv in conference Avith 
i\Ir. Harrison. It is peculiarly fortunate that the 
Poniological Society should luiA-e selected as chair¬ 
man of its committee a nurseryman of Avide exper¬ 
ience and good judgment, and it is felt that Avhen the 
inspectors and the fruit groAvers and the nurserymen 
can unite and co-o]ierate on a measure of this char- 
[icter, that there should be a good chance for a suc¬ 
cessful and satisfactory outcome. 
It is hope<l that a liiial agreement on the bill can be 
made in time so that some Avork may be done in some 
of the states next Aviner during the legislative ses¬ 
sion. 
While a matter of this importance cannot neces¬ 
sarily be hurried, your Committee feels that good 
progress has been made and that the chances are 
bright. 
Yours truly, 
AVilliam Pitkin, Chairman, 
Committee on Uniform State Legislation. 
The School of Horticulture for AYonien, Ambler, 
Penna., is progressing slowly but surely towards 
success. 
President Jane B. Haines in her annual report 
said that numerous contributors had been recorded 
and eA^erything pointed toward a rosy future. 
The students, of which there are quite a number, 
hiwe just issued the first copy of the School Paper 
“AVise Acres,” a A^ery creditable effort. May it 
live long and be worthy of its cause. 
The object of the School is to teach women how to 
obtain a livelihood from the soil. 
THE SHIPPING SEASON. 
The fates luiA^e been unusually unkind to the nur¬ 
seryman this spring, especially in the east for every¬ 
where conies the same reports of ])oor shipping sea¬ 
son due to the lateness of the spring. 
Last fall was an unusually good digging season 
owing to the absence of cold weather until late Avin- 
ter so that everything was stoAved aAvay in fine shape 
and fall work well advanced. But this spring in¬ 
dicates a season fully two weeks shorter than usual 
Avhich almost cuts the nurserAunan’s haiwest time in 
half. 
AYell on into April snow, rain and freezing weather 
were the rule and nurserymen were quite at a loss to 
know what to do. In some localities, they were call¬ 
ing for their stock while in others they were buried 
in snoAv and as one nurseryman tersely expressed it 
“Things were iiretty rotten.” 
Even at this late date in the Aucinity of Philadel¬ 
phia buds have barely started to push yet and the 
season so far has been so short and is really so ad¬ 
vanced that hot Aveather is expected daily Avhicli will 
soon juit a stop to digging. 
LETTER FROM AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. 
The National Nurseryman yon sent me some time 
ago, made me feel that I had again met an old friend 
with whom I was formerH familiar, for as you can 
verify by looking over old subscription lists, I was 
formerly a subscriber, and felt then that I needed the 
paper. 
