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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 only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stocks of all kinds. 
It circulates throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. 
OfiBcial Journal of American Association of Nurserymen ' 
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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, Rochester 
N, Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Flourtown, Pa. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., July, 1913. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President—J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore.; Vice-President, Henry B. Chase, Hunts-, 
ville, Ala.; Secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; Treasurer, Peter Youngers, 
Geneva, Neb. 
Executive Committee —Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; John H. Dayton, Paines- 
ville, Ohio; P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore., Ex-officio; John 
Hall, Rochester, N. Y., Ex-officio. 
Chairmen of Committees 
Transportation— Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River —Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —Samuel Miller, Milton, Oregon. 
Exhibits —-F. W. Power, Orenco, Oregon. 
Arrangements —John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore., 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities — 'N. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; James 
M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Membership —James McHutchison, New York City. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa. 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. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. 
California Association of Nurserymen —President, Frank H. Wilson, Fresno, Cal. 
Secretary, H. W. Kruckeberg. Los Angeles, Cal. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President, E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President T. E. Burroughs, Deep River, 
Conn.; secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in January. 
Idaho Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. S. Hawkes; secretary, J. R. Litooy, 
Boise, Idaho. 
Mississippi Nurserymen's Association—President, J. R. Woodham, Newton; Vice- 
President, W. A. Woods, Tomnolen; Sec’y-Treas., R. W. Harned, Agr. College. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—^President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester, 
N. Y.; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Oregon—Washington Association of Nurserymen—President, C. F. Breilhaup, Rich 
land. Wash.; secretary, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, Albert Brownell, Portland, Ore¬ 
gon ; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Peimsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Abner Hoopes , West Chester, Pa. 
secretary, Henry T. Moon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President. W. A. Easterly, Cleveland, Tenn.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith. Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, E. W. Chattin, Winchester, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President. J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, Frank A. Weber. Nursery, Mo.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets annually second 
Wednesday in December. 
There is no such thing in this life as per- 
TRUTH AND feetion, yet it is the only thing really 
PRINCIPLE worth striving for. Although the goal 
may never be reached to fight and strive 
for it is what accomplishes things worth while. It has 
produced those splendid products of the orchard, field and 
garden which are so far removed from their ancestors that 
it is hard to credit their origin. Yet with all the improve¬ 
ment, better will yet come, if perfection be the aim of life. 
It has been said, that no man can build truly unless his 
morals are sound, whether it be growing a tree, painting a 
picture, building a house, or a business. 
Truth is eternal and just to the extent that it permeates 
the nursery business, so will that business be truly success¬ 
ful. The plowman who cuts and covers; the planter too 
lazy to care for stock while out of the ground; the salesman 
who misrepresents, and the employer whose business princi¬ 
ples are not honest in the full meaning of the word, are not 
true workmen. 
The business whose only object is to make money, with 
no ethics, no ideals, working only under legal requirements, 
can never be a complete success. It neither builds character 
in its workmen nor gives happiness to its owner. What is 
true of the individual is true of the profession at large. As 
is often said regarding the government of the country “The 
stream cannot rise higher than its source,” neither can the 
nursery business fulfill its possibilities in developing the 
country, refining its people, or developing their character 
unless the individual nurseryman is only satisfied with the 
best. 
The nearest to perfection, in quality of stock, honest 
grade, absolute probity in nomenclature, truest salesman¬ 
ship and prices that will permit him to grow products worthy 
of his calling, he can get, the greater will be the measure of 
real success. 
There is no branch of the mu-sery business 
PRUNING less understood than the pruning of 
EVERGREENS Evergreens. Even among the growers 
the ignorance of correct pruning evident 
in the nursery blocks is appalling. Too often the only 
pruning the evergreens get is to turn a man loose among 
them with a pair of shears. This is entirely wrong and 
shows the grower is not a master of his business. 
Evergreens as a rule do not need much pruning, but 
what little they do need is very essential. A deciduous 
tree neglected when young can often be brought into shape 
by pruning, even though it be of good size. Not so with 
the Evergreens. Neglect them when they are young and 
they are hopeless so far as making good specimens is con¬ 
cerned, but give them the necessary pruning and training 
while they are young, nature will take care of them when 
they get older and no further pruning will be necessary 
after they have once been started right. 
Retinisporas, Thujas and Junipers should be taken in 
hand when they are very young. Do not allow them to 
have more than one leader and do not allow the leader to 
get too far ahead of the proper development of the plant. 
These remarks of course do not apply to the globe shaped 
