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or shipment, and the use of a certificate unlawfully shall sub¬ 
ject a nurseryman to a fine of $100. 
All nursery stock shipped into the state of New Jersey 
must be accompanied by a certificate dated not more than six 
months prior to date of such shipment. The state entomolo¬ 
gist has power to inspect stock at all times. 
To a representative of the National Nurseryman, State 
Entomologist John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J., said : 
“ It will be our object to enforce this law as strictly as possi¬ 
ble, and yet so as to cause as little trouble to the individual 
nurseryman as may be. The law does not require it, but it 
will facilitate matters if nurserymen who expect to send stock 
into New Jersey will file in this office a copy of their 
certificate.” 
FOR A NURSERY EXHIBIT. 
The chief of the department of horticulture of the California 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, George C. Roeding, has 
forwarded a letter to all the nurserymen of the state, in which 
he says regarding a nursery exhibit : 
Nothing in recent times will offer such a splendid medium for adver¬ 
tising your pro lusts as this exposition to be held at St. Louis next year. 
As a nurseryman, I am fully aware that in order to prepare plants for 
exhibition purposes, it is necessary to take this matter up a number of 
months ahead, otherwise it is out of the question to have specimens in 
good order. This is my reason for writing to you now. We are not 
only looking ior plants, but anything else which in your opinion would 
be desirable for exhibition purposes. I have been authorized by the 
commissioners to state that anything in the plant line which you furnish 
will be transported to St. Louis free of charge, and that the plants or 
trees will receive the very best of attention while there. If there is any 
possibility of disposing of them, if you will fix a price we will do our 
very best to sell them for you ; or if it is found impossible to do this, they 
will be sent back without any expense to you. Furthermore, I beg to 
state that these plants will be properly labeled, and your name, as ex¬ 
hibitor, will appear on each plant. 
On account of the more favorable climatic conditions in St. Louis, as 
compared with Chicago, no difficulty is anticipated in keeping plants 
grown ont of doors in good order. 
OFFICE BUILDING AND PRINTING PLANT. 
The Jewell Nursery Co., of Lake City, Minn., owing to 
largely increasing business have, in connection with other 
improvements, found it necessary to erect a new office build¬ 
ing which is three stories high, 140 feet long, and 35 feet in 
width. They also have a complete and up-to-date printing 
press and outfit, capable of printing their own catalogues, 
advertising matter, etc., besides publishing an eight page 
semi-monthly bulletin for the exclusive benefit of their 700 
agents. 
UTAH REGULATIONS. 
The State Board of Horticulture of Utah, on June 2, 1903, 
adopted the following regulation regarding nursery stock : 
No trees, shrubs or vines shall be imported into this state by nursery¬ 
men, corporations or private individuals unless properly certified to as 
having been fumigated by hydrocyanic gas before shipment. Importa¬ 
tions of trees or shrubs unaccompanied by such certificate of fumiga¬ 
tion shall be held in quarantine at owner’s risk until so fumigated, at 
the cost of the importer, to the satisfaction of the county horticultural 
commissioners or inspectors. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TOPICS. 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
At the Detroit convention, and since that time, I have heard 
a good many prominent members of the American Association 
of Nurserymen express an opinion that the membership should 
be confined more closely to the nurserymen and fruit growers, 
and that dealers in supplies, printers, advertising agents and 
others, should not be received into full membership in the 
organization. 
And further, that the business of the Association and its 
discussions should be confined to executive sessions, at which 
only members of the Association should be admitted, with a 
further suggestion that there could be one or more open ses¬ 
sions to which the public generally would be invited and wel¬ 
comed. 
The idea being, evidently, to make the Association more 
closely a trade organization, and excluding the public from the 
regular sessions of the organization, so that it might be possi¬ 
ble more thoroughly and frankly to discuss questions of vital 
interest to the members of the Association. 
It is felt that under the present system matters which might 
be discussed to advantage are put aside, because it is not policy 
to bring them up before a public meeting, to be followed by 
publication in the horticultural papers which are usually rep¬ 
resented at the meetings. 
I do not know how prevalent this feeling is among the mem¬ 
bers, but I have seen evidences of considerable of it, during 
the past two or three months. I have also heard considerable 
discussion on the proposed increase in annual dues from two 
dollars to five dollars, and think that there is a wide difference 
of opinion on this question. This matter , I believe, was 
referred to the Executive Committee, with instructions to report 
at the next meeting, and I have no doubt that the Committee 
would be glad to have the views of the members on all these 
matters, and would suggest that the best way to get an expres¬ 
sion of opinion, is for each member to write a letter to the 
Executive Committee or its chairman, frankly stating his views 
on these questions, and I have no doubt that the committee 
would be guided by the views of a majority of the members. 
Very truly, 
Aug. 28, 1903. An Association Member. 
HORTICULTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES. 
In the first report of the bureau of agriculture of the Philip¬ 
pine Islands, by Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner, the following refer¬ 
ence is made to horticulture in the new possessions : 
With the exception of the mango the fruits of the region have 
been practically wholly neglected in the past. Such tropical fruits as 
bananas and pineapples and the extra-tropical citrus fruits, are wholly 
undeveloped in the islands, although the conditions of the soil and 
climate are generally adapted to the growth of bananas and pine¬ 
apples, and, in selected localities, to oranges and other citrus fruits. 
Improved varieties of orange and lemon brought from California are 
flourishing both in the lowlands and in the mountains of Benguet, 
while pear, peach, apricot, and plum trees have been successfully in¬ 
troduced in the latter region. 
Donaldson & Gibson, Warsaw, Ky. Enclosed please find $1 to 
renew our subscription to the National Nurseryman. We take a 
number of trade and horticultural papers, but we are always more 
eager to scan the columns of the National Nurseryman than any of 
. the others. We always find every page interesting.” 
