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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 leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stocks of all kind s 
It circulates throughout the United States. Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
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this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
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or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Manager, Rocheste 
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., November, 1913. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore.; Vice-President, Henry B. Chase, Chase. 
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 —^James McHutchison, New York City 
Legislation East of Mississippi River—W m. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —Peter Youngers, Geneva. Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —-John Watson, Newark, N. Y. 
Exhibits— 
Arrangements— 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —^W. P. Stark, Neosho, 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. 
Root Knot—E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 
M embership —State Vice-Presidents. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Henry B. Chase, Chase, 
Ala., secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa. Meets annually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, H. W. Marshall, 
Arlington, Nebraska; 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, Anton Diedricksen, Payette, Idaho; 
secretary. J. F. 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. 
New York State Nurserymen’s Association—President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester, N. 
Y.; secretary, John Watson, Newark, N. Y. 
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association—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, Richard Layritz, Victoria, B. C.; 
secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Abner Hoopes , West Chester, Pa. 
secretary, Henry T. Moon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President. J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith. Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, Chas. Pennington, Rutherford, Tenn. 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President. C. K. Phillips, Rockdale, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, J. M. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, Frank A. Weber. Nursery, Mo.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets annually second 
Wednesday in December. 
A busniess built on quality of goods, 
DISTINCTIVE honest dealing and good service has an 
STATIONERY asset that is invaluable and it should not 
be wasted. 
Everything that emanates from the house should in some 
way be tied to the reputation. Every catalogue, eircular 
or letter should carry its identity very plainly and the 
soirrce be recognized at a glance. To do this and yet keep 
the literature fresh and up-to-date is not easy and requires 
much thought. 
Established houses fully realize the value of a trade mark 
even if it be an unregistered one and merely the color of their 
stationery and the style of their catalogue. They realize 
that their catalogue or quotation is only one of many and no 
effort should be spared to carry the conviction to the prospec¬ 
tive purchaser that you are able and willing to supply high 
' grade stock in the best possible manner. 
Let your stationery reflect your business, good quality, 
business-like and distinctive. 
If Latin names could be dispensed with so 
that the nurseryman could express him¬ 
self to the layman in language that would 
be better understood what a boon it 
would be. What nurseryman has not been asked the name 
of a plant and hesitated to give it because his hearers would 
be none the v/iser and open himself to suspicion of affectation 
or at least ostentation of his knowledge. 
If all plants had common names and all common names 
were reliable it would be different and there would be no 
occasion for giving the scientific one. 
But after all botany and horticulture are no different to 
other arts and trades. Their technique is just as difficult 
to the uninitiated and who, after he has once mastered the 
Latin nomenclature, would have it changed. It not only 
enables those of a different nation and tongue to use a 
name common to each but the Latin names are really the 
better and are usually more descriptive. 
Take for instance Acer platanoides. Acer, the generic 
or family name, means hard or sharp, referring to the wood. 
The specific name platanoides means plane-like or like a 
plane tree. Is not plane-like Acer more descriptive than 
Norway Maple? 
It is not, however, those plants with a well identified 
common name like the Norway Maple that cause the nursery¬ 
man worry, but those plants that have no generally accepted 
common name, such as Aralia pentaphylla, Buddieia variabi- 
lis, Callicarpa purpurea and a host of others. 
Then there are instances where the same common name 
is applied to very distinct plants. Poplar might be Populus 
or Lirtodendron. Syringa is the common name for the 
Philadelphus but the proper name for the Lilac. Hydrangea 
is a proper name so well known that is in ewnmon use but the 
Hydrangea family is so popular that the different members 
cannot be identified properly unless the full Latin name is 
given except by a long, wordy description. 
Every nurseryman should make it his business to study 
botanical terms even if he does not care to study Latin. It 
is a small thing but a wonderful help to know that alba 
COMMON 
NAMES 
