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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The menu was unique and the nurseryman who has not got a 
copy of it is not up to date. The restful shade, together with 
the delicious repast with the eloquent oratory that followed 
combined to make up an occasion that will long be remembered 
by the members of the Southern Nurserymen’s Association who 
were so fortunate as to be present. 
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon the party boarded the train for 
the return trip, thus ending up the most pleasant and complete 
convention trip in the history of the Southern Association, 
and one which we think other associations of a similar char¬ 
acter might well study and emulate. 
W. T. Hood, the largest grower of nursery stock in Virginia, 
and one of the most thorough and best-posted nurserymen in 
the United States, was unanimously elected president ; Henry 
Chase of Huntsville, Ala., vice-president ; J. C. Hale, secre¬ 
tary and treasurer. 
The Association will meet at Asheville, N. C., in August, 
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Regarding the convention, K. Morton, of Richmond, says 
in the Richmond Times-Dispatch : 
The country around Winchester, Tenn. and Huntsville, Ala., seems 
to be made to order by nature for the growth of nursery stock, and 
the many nurseries that cover that section show that those people have 
accepted nature’s gift and are improving their opportunities. It is 
simply wonderful to contemplate the millions upon millions of fine, 
growing stock to be seen in those fertile valleys. And if nature has 
been kind to these nurserymen it has also given them the spirit of a 
most abundant hospitality, and the many visitors will never forget the 
warm and cordial welcome give n them this year by the nurserymen and 
citizens of Winchester, Tenn., and Huntsville, Ala., and will all join 
in wishing that their Camps will always be in sunshine, that their 
Shadows will never grow less, and all their efforts will be crowned in a 
Hale(o) of glorious success, and that while Old Glory floats, Hunts¬ 
ville nurserymen will ever keep up in progress with its glory in the 
persistent Chase for improvement and enterprise, and that no Moss will 
ever attach to impede the rapid success made by their enterprising 
management _ 
NEW AMERICAN ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. 
President Hale has appointed the following as a committee on the 
cost of growing trees, in accordance with the action of the Detroit 
convention of the American Association of Nurserymen : Wilson J. 
Peters, Troy, O.; W. F. Heikes, Huntsville, Ala ; Theodore Smith, 
Geneva. N. Y. 
Peach seed can be had of F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Tex. 
Two hundred thousand surplus Apple trees are offered by Marble 
City Nursery Co., Knoxville, Tenn. 
L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., called upon Western New York 
Nurserymen during the latter part of August. 
Secretary Seager has issued the proceedings of the Detroit conven¬ 
tion of the American Association of Nurserymen in book form. 
A. C. Griesa, Lawrence, Kan., offers a choice stock of Apple and 
Peach trees in all sizes ; also a full line of other trees and shrubs. 
J. W. Adams & Co., Springfield, Mass., offer an attractive list of 
ornamentals in another column. Seedlings as well as specimen trees. 
McNary & Gaines, Xenia. O., proprietors of the Xenia Star Nur¬ 
series, have a general line of superior stock, grown especially for the 
wholesale trade. Their leading specialty is the Opalescent Apple. 
The Grilling Brothers’ Company, Jacksonville, Fla., have a very com¬ 
plete line of Figs, Muscadine Grapes, Budded Pecans, and Japanese 
Persimmons which nurserymen of the South and Southwest would do 
well to consider. 
The firm of Donaldson & Gibson, Willadean Nurseries, Warsaw, Ky., 
was dissolved on August 4th by mutual consent. J. F. Donaldson will 
conduct the business under the name of the Donaldson Company, D. E. 
Gibson, retiring. 
NURSERY INSPECTION 
States in Which Duplicate Certificates Must be Filed—States 
That Have No Laws—Officials Who Will Supply Full 
Information as to State Law in Each Case. 
The New York Department of Agriculture has issued a 
summary of the regulations in the several states regarding the 
inspection of nursery stock. We have several times listed 
these laws in the National Nurseryman. In some of the 
states there are no laws relating to nursery stock, but certifi¬ 
cates are issued to nurserymen for use outside of those states 
by entomologists. 
Duplicate certificates are required for filing in the states of 
Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, 
Virginia and Wisconsin. 
The following states have no laws relating to nursery stock: 
Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, 
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode 
Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wyoming. 
Full particulars regarding the state law in each case may be 
obtained by addressing the gentlemen named below : 
Alabama—State Horticulturist, Auburn, Ala.; California—Alexander 
Craw, Ferry Bldg, San Francisco, Cal ; Colorado—State Board of 
Horticulture, Denver, Colo.; Connecticut — W. E. Britton, New 
Haven, Conn.; Delaware—Wesley Webb, Dover, Del ; Georgia—W. 
M. Scott, Atlanta, Ga ; Idaho—A. McPherson, Boise, Idaho; Illinois— 
S. A. Forbes Urbana, Ill.; Indiana—J. Troop, Lafayette, Ind ; Iowa— 
H. E Summers. Ames, la.; Kentucky—H. Garman, Lexington, Ky.; 
Louisiana—H A Morgan, Audubon Park, La.; Maine—A. W. Gil¬ 
man, Augusta, Me ; Maryland—T. B. Symons, College Park, Md.; 
Massachusetts—H T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass.; Michigan— L. R. Taft, 
Agricultural College, Mich ; Minnesota—F. C. Washburn, St. Anthony 
Park. Minn.; Missouri—J. M. Steadman, Columbia, Mo.; Montana— 
C. H. Edwards, Butte. Mont ; New Hampshire—Charles M. Weed. 
Durham, N. H.; New Jersey—John B Smith, New Brunswick, N J.; 
North Carolina—Franklin Sherman, Jr., Raleigh, N. C ; Ohio—A. F. 
Burgess, Columbus. O.; Oregon—Geo. H. Lamberson Portland, Ore.; 
Pennsylvania—N B. Critchfield, Harrisburg, Pa.; South Carolina— 
State Board of Entomology, Clemson College, S. C.; Tennessee—Geo. 
W. Martin, Nashville, Tenn.; Utah—State Board of Horticulture, Salt 
Lake City, Utah; Virginia—J. L. Phillips, Blacksburg, Va ; Wash¬ 
ington—A. Van Holderbeck, Tacoma, Wash.; West Virginia—James 
H. Stewart, Morgantown, W. Va.; Wisconsin—E. P. Sanderson, 
Madison, Wis.; Canada—Dr. James Fletcher, Ottawa, Ontario. 
NURSERY STOCK PROHIBITED. 
Prof. W. G. Johnson, New York, sends us a copy of the 
proclamation, referred to in this journal, issued by the governor 
of Cape of Good Hope Colony, South Africa, prohibiting the 
importation of nursery stock, as follows • 
From and after the 1st day of January, 1904, peach stocks and peach 
stones from any country whatsoever. 
From and after the 1st day of January, 1904, the importation of any 
fruit tree or portion thereof, with the exception of fruit, seed, seedling 
stocks for budding or grafting purposes and blight proof stocks for 
apples, shall be allowed only by special permission from the Minister 
for Agriculture. No permit shall be granted for the introduction of 
more than ten trees or one hundred cuttings of any one variety, nor 
shall permiis be issued for more than an aggregate of one hundred trees 
or one thousand cuttings to any party during one year. 
FROM PRESIDENT HALE. 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 7, 1903.—“ We enclose $1 
for which please send us National Nurseryman. The journal 
meets our approval and we are glad to see it so prosperous.” 
