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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
205 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President, .THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, . C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock 
of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
A WARDED rHE 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 be 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. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail mattcr- 
Rochester, N. Y., November, 1904. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex.; vice-president, C. L. 
Watrous, Des Moines, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; M. McDonald Saiera 
Ore.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y. 
Transportation—E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; M. McDonald, Salem, Ore.; H. 
B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; W. H. Moon. 
Committee to meet Western Freight Classification Committee at Manitou, Col.— 
Peter Youngers, E. Albertson. 
Committee to meet Eastern Freight Classification Committee in New York—Wm. 
H. Moon, Howard Davis, James McHutchison. 
Committee to meet Southern Freight Classification Committee—H. B. Chase, R. 
C. Berckmans. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; 
H T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Legislation — C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, O.; 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; George A. Sweet, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
Programme—Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; John S. 
Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Exhibits-—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; M. B. 
Fox, Rochester, N. Y. 
To edit report—J. Horace McFarland, C. L. Watrous, George C. Seager. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta^ Ga.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke, secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually in June. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association —President, N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, Charles 
J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets 
annually in June. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen —President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association— President, F. H. Stannardf 
Ottawa, Kan.; secretary, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City, Mo. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; 
vice-president, Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, Winchester, 
Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1904. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association —President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, S. A. Miller, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 
The very suggestive letter quoted elsewhere from our good 
friends, Jackson & Perkins Company, of Newark, N. Y., raises a 
depart- very important question. Howmanynursery- 
mental men are making one department carry another? 
book.keep- How many nurserymen know which is the money 
ing. making end of their business? We know farm¬ 
ers who spend much energy and time, which is money, on 
growing a field of oats, perhaps neglecting the spraying of 
their orchards, because the oat ground had to be fitted at a 
certain time, entirely overlooking the fact that the orchard was 
w r as the department which largely furnished the cash to pay 
their bills. 
One nurseryman has suitable soil and the knack of growing 
apples cheaply, while another one has the same facility with 
cherries but has indifferent success with apples. Another 
knows how to multiply ornamentals, but has little interest and 
less success with fruit trees—and so on. How many nurserymen 
merely drift into these channels; and how many by accurate 
observation? All development should be based on careful 
book-keeping records. Is not this a field worth investigating? 
May we not have some suggestions from those who have evolved 
satisfactory departmental book-keeping methods? 
The desirability of selecting appropriate as well euphonious 
names for new varieties of fruits receives emphasis when we 
a question consider the position of the Washington Navel 
of nomen- orange in England. There is in that country 
clature. an objection to the use of the word “Navel” and 
many purchasers who wish this particular variety of orange 
prefer to ask for California seedless oranges instead of using 
the ordinary terminology. 
Not long ago the originator of a new variety of fruit, sent the 
editor of the National Nurseryman, a sample of fruit and 
with it the name he proposed to give it. The name suggest¬ 
ed, included nine words, covering more than a line 
of foolscap. It was not a name but a descriptive 
phrase and included the name of the originator. This of 
course has some satisfactory phases but from the standpoint 
of the nurseryman and the planter, it would prove a tremend¬ 
ous practical handicap in introducing any variety. Anyhow 
the public would soon abbreviate it to suit themselves. 
It may not be generally known that the American Pomologi- 
cal Society has recently established a modified code of nomen¬ 
clature which is being generally adopted by state horticultural 
societies throughout the country. It is much to be desired 
that a good understanding should be arrived at among pro¬ 
ducers of fruit and introducers of new varieties, as to the 
status of the question and the recent rules governing the whole 
subject of nomenclature. 
As in clothing, boots and shoes, and other personal habili¬ 
ments, fashions change, or are changed by the manufacturers 
fashions from year to year, so it is in less degree in the 
in orna. growing of trees and plants for ornamental and 
mentals. aesthetic purposes. The nurseryman in the 
latter instance, shapes public desire. The nurseryman, there¬ 
fore, has an important influence on out-door aesthetics. Trees 
and plants should be considered from two standpoints; first, 
utility; second, beauty. In the hurry of american life, we 
often overlook the qualities of permanence and utility, in our 
haste to obtain something immediately. 
