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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
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. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One Year in Advance.$1.00 
Six Months .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance.$1.50 
Six Months .$1.00 
Advertising rates will he sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office 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, Kochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Photographs and news notes of interest to nurserymen shoxild be 
addressed, Bditor, Plourtown, Pa., and should be mailed to arrive not 
later than the 25th of the month. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y. November, 1914. 
It is possible for a man to be prosperous 
THE CLOSE and wealthy and yet withal so selfish 
OF THE that his life is not a success. Real pros- 
SEASON perity is largely an attitude of the mind. 
We feel very poor when we compare 
ourselves with others of great wealth and very prosper¬ 
ous when we compare with less fortunate brethren. 
However poor the past season has been the average 
nurseryman cannot help hut feel grateful that conditions 
in the United States are infinitely better than in other 
parts of the world. 
Inventory values are not always convertible into cash, 
at the same time they are very real and it pays every man 
or business to figure up how he stands at the end of the 
season. It may be that owing to drought, money string¬ 
ency, disturbances caused by the war, cash on hand does 
not figure up as we expected, but it is largely our own 
fault if we have not gained in experience that will profit 
in the future. If we have not struck a higher plane of 
doing business, thought out and applied labor saving sys¬ 
tems and appliances, gained knowledge that will enable 
us to grow better stock, and what is most important, 
more fully realized that when he has grown the stock 
his work is only half completed, that he must create a 
demand for it. 
This is the day of co-operative effort in developing 
markets and it is up to everyone to do his share. 
If these items are on the credit side of the balance 
sheet, the past year has hardly been a failure. 
No one can be indifferent to the horrible 
THE WAR war of our generation. It is part of us, 
it is only by accident of birth or emigra¬ 
tion that we are not in it. We can excuse the German, 
English, French, Russian or other horticultural papers 
for being partisan, it would not be human nature to be 
otherwise, but we can strive to be truly neutral in spite 
of our sympathies. We can view the calamity with a 
better perspective and realize that perhaps after all no in¬ 
dividual or even single country is to blame, but rather 
that it is the birth pains of a new era in which the science 
of horticulture will reach perfection. 
It seems almost beyond the grasp of reason that the 
good things must be acquired by such sacrifice, yet 
science, history, and our daily experience prove that it is 
so and our duty, who by good fortune are not the victims, 
is to ameliorate the suffering, and bear as much as pos¬ 
sible our own share of the burden demanded of the whole 
human race. 
IMPORTS AND THE WAR 
November 24, 1914. 
Editor “National Nurseryman”: — 
As far as commerce between the nursery firms of Amer¬ 
ica and Holland and France is concerned, the European 
war is almost over. Practically all shipments of plants 
from Relgium have now arrived via Rotterdam, and 
shipments from Holland and England are now arriving 
in large volume. Some early shipments of Camelias and 
Manetti are also on their way across from France. 
During the past two months we have received ship¬ 
ments from Relgium, Holland, England, France, Mad¬ 
agascar, Germany, Australia and Japan and there is now 
practically no doubt that all shipments will arrive in sea¬ 
sonable time from Germany, France and all other points. 
Freight rates show a general increase over last season, 
English shipments about 50 per cent., French shipments 
about 30 per cent., while Holland rates are almost nor¬ 
mal. War risk insurance adds from 1 per cent to 3 per 
cent, according to where shipment comes from and the 
prevailing risks. 
Prices on French fruit and ornamental stocks remain 
stationary, but prices on Holland stock has been reduced 
enough to cover the increased expense of importation. 
It was to be expected that the total irnportations would 
show a falling off' this season, but courage and confidence 
is gradually increasing and if orders and inquiries con¬ 
tinue to come in as at present, there will be only a slight 
reduction in imports over those of normal seasons. 
Yours truly, 
McHutchison & Go. 
THE 1915 CONVENTION 
The fortieth annual convention of the Amer¬ 
ican Association of Nurserymen will be held 
at Detroit, Michigan, June 23rd, 24th and 25th, 
1915. The last convention, which was held at Cleveland, 
0., was the largest and best for some years; the Detroit 
gathering, which will mark the fortieth anniversary of 
the Association is expected to eclipse any meeting in the 
history of the organization. The committees on arrange¬ 
ments, program and entertainment have already com¬ 
menced their work. Nurserymen who are not on the 
membership roll of this Association do themselves and 
this valuable trade organization a great injustice in ex¬ 
hibiting such a lack of interest, and we would suggest 
that such place themselves in communication imme¬ 
diately with Secretary John Hall, 204 Granite Building, 
Rochester, N. Y. Very truly. 
John Hall, Secretary. 
