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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT - THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
VICE-PRESIDENT AND EDITOR - - RALPH T. OLCOTT 
SECRETARY AND TREASURER - - 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 THE 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 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. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; vice-president, D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Committee on Transportation—President Ilgenfritz, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Howard Davis, Baltimore, Md. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Germantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; George A. Sweet, Dans- 
ville, N. Y.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Programme—George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Wilson J. 
Peters, Troy, Ohio; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Committee on Publicity—C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Ralph T. Olcott, 
Rochester, N. Y.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Annual convention for 1903—At Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., July, 1902. 
GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTION. 
The National Nurseryman has called attention to the 
determination of the federal government to distribute, free, 
quantities of trees in much the same manner as is done in the 
case of seeds, and against which there has been continued 
complaint for years. We have quoted the statements of 
Secretary Wilson made to us on this subject—statements 
which have been in substance the same as that on the subject 
which appears in the year book of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture just issued. 
“ It has long been my belief,” says Secretary Wilson, “ that 
much good might be accomplished by using a part of the 
appropriation in a judicious dissemination of some of the 
more valuable trees. Plans have therefore been made to place 
at the disposal of each senator, member and delegate in Con¬ 
gress a limited number of selected trees, the object being to 
encourage a love for tree-planting and all that this work 
involves. It will, of course, be entirely beyond the scope of 
this department to send a large number of trees to any one 
place, but it is believed that the action contemplated will 
eventually lead to extensive planting through the educational 
effects of the work. Commercial establishments are well pre¬ 
pared to supply trees in nearly all parts of the country at 
reasonable cost, and the plan of our work will, it is believed, 
eventually advance their interests. Already there has been 
secured for distribution a choice collection of nut trees, prin¬ 
cipally pecans, and these are being grown by the department 
from nuts gathered from selected trees in all parts of the 
country.” 
It remains to be seen, of course, whether the free distribu¬ 
tion of trees will grow to such an extent as has that of seeds. 
The distribution of the latter was begun in the same way. 
TWO INTERESTING PAPERS. 
We take pleasure in calling special attention to the papers 
on “The Responsibility of the Nurseryman to the Community 
in which he Lives,” by A. Willis, Ottawa, Kan., and “ The 
Nursery Interests at the St. Louis World’s Fair” by Frederick 
W. Taylor, acting chief of the department of horticulture of 
that fair, which are presented in this issue of the National 
Nurseryman. Neither of these papers suffers by being left 
over because of a crush of matter in the July issue of the 
journal. The St. Louis fair is two years distant and the sub¬ 
ject treated by Mr. Willis is a live one at all times. Both of 
these papers stand out the more prominently when separated 
from the routine business of the convention. 
THE QUESTION BOX. 
Again we call attention to the importance of the question 
box. Its advantages have not yet been fully appreciated at 
the annual sessions of the American Association. They may 
be indicated by the answers to the questions proposed at the 
Milwaukee convention and answered in the National 
Nurseryman of July. And in this connection we may add 
that any questions sent to this journal will be answered so far 
as possible throughout the year. The value of the question 
box is appreciated by the great horticultural societies of the 
country. The use of the question box has elicited the most 
valuable discussion at the conventions of the American Asso¬ 
ciation. _ 
GEORGIA HORTICULTURISTS. 
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Georgia State 
Horticultural Society will be held in Augusta, August 6th-yth. 
Charles S. Smith, Concord, Ga., will discuss “ The Home 
Orchard,” G. H. Miller, Rome, Ga., will review “Some 
Lessons of the Past Year,” F. W. Taylor, St. Louis, will present 
a paper on “ Georgia Horticultural Products at the St. Louis 
Exposition.” 
