THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
471 
It often requires much courage to consign to the brush pile 
stock that has cost many dollars to produce but that has 
overgrowm or perhaps gone back after transplanting. 
The nursery with a very clear cut policy as to what is best 
to grow, how long to grow it, and to recognize the stage at 
which it is unprofitable to carry the stock longer is likely to 
prove the most successful. 
The practice of transplanting every block of trees, ever¬ 
greens and trees ever^^ three or four years may be costly but it 
means good stock and keeps the nursery up to the mark. 
We have come to the close of another 
THE CLOSE year with its successes and failures, 
OF THE YEAR mirth and tragedy, drought and flood, 
but in spite of all these has been progress. 
There seems to be more harmony, higher ideals, better 
business principles and the nursery business seems to be 
slowly forging its way to that position where it rightly 
belongs. 
It has not becomd the tool of powerful monied interest to 
be exploited for the benefit of the few, nor has it bred a feeling 
of discontent between capitol and labor. 
Most of us would like to see it a little more homogeneous, 
bound together a little more closely for mutual benefit and 
help, but we all realize this mmst be a growth fed on common 
sense rather than an arbitrary arrangement. 
The American Association of Nurserymen and other 
organizations are doing wonders towards this end and no 
doubt in tim.e the Government Departments, State Colleges 
and Legislators will understand each other better and 
altruism will largely take the place of selfishness, which so 
retards progress. 
In another column we print a communica- 
UNIFORM tion from Wm. Pitkin, Chairman of 
LEGISLATION Committee on Uniform Legislation, of 
the American Association of Nurserymen. 
It is beyond understanding that it should be necessary 
for the Chairman to make this appeal. This committee 
was appointed at the Portland Convention and its purposes 
have been clearly set forth in the National Nurseryman. 
Every nurseryman is constantly beset with difficulties 
in the transaction of his business, owing to the operation 
of various and conflicting inspection laws in the several 
states, scarcely any two of which are alike, and the burden 
is becoming heavier each year as new or supplementary 
laws are enacted. 
It is not the purpose of this committee to antagonize or 
seek to prevent the passage of such laws, but to framie an 
entirely new law which will meet all necessities, safe guard¬ 
ing the orchardist, as well as the nurseryman, and then seek 
to secure the passage of this law in every state and cancel 
existing inspection laws from the statue books. 
What a relief such a law would be to the nurseryman. 
What a saving in cash in registration, license and other fees, 
which now must be paid in several of the states. What a 
saving in “red tape.” And yet while all this must be ap¬ 
parent to the thinking man, hundreds of nurserymen have 
buttoned their pockets and neglected to contribute a cent 
to this great cause, one of the most laudable undertaken 
by the Association for many years. Surely this must be 
carelessness and not wilful intent. 
Let every flurseryman come forward and do his share 
toward helping along the good cause. The resolution 
adopted at the Convention provided that no one man or 
firm should contribute over twenty-five dollars. It was 
expected that each one would subscribe in proportion to his 
means. One, two, five, ten or twenty-five dollars. No 
amount would be too small. Every dollar contributed will 
help. Every nurseryman who reads this should not only 
send in his subscription to Chairman Pitkin, but should 
make it a part of his duty to urge his neighbor in the trade 
to subscribe also. 
It will require no less than three thousand dollars to 
carry on this work. The members of the committee are 
giving their valuable time without compensation. 
What will You do? 
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Bvsiness Movements. 
THE DAWN OF THE PASSING OF A GREAT NURSERY 
The beginning of the end of the career of a great horticul¬ 
tural firm commenced at the sale of the nursery stock at 
Coombe Wood Nursery, Kingston Hill, at 12 o’clock on 
Monday, October 13. For upwards of fifty years this nur¬ 
sery has been recognized as the home of a marvellous variety 
of choice and rare trees and shrubs. For decades Sir Harry 
Veitch and his predecessors, as heads of the firm of Messrs. 
James Veitch and Sons, have collected and cultivated every 
description of tree and shrub that it was possible to discover 
and to grow, and established them at the charming nursery at 
Kingston. Every reader of the horticultural papers is 
cognizant of what has been collected in far-off countries by 
Messrs. Veitch’s travellers, brought home, nursed at Coombe 
Wood, and thence distributed to all parts of the globe. The 
value of this can never be fully realized. Horticulture will be 
indebted to the house of Veitch for years to come. And the 
end of this great firm is at hand .—The Journal of Horticulture. 
POUGHKEEPSIE NURSERY COMPANY ESTABLISHED 
A. Tersteeg and W. Godding have established the Pough¬ 
keepsie Nursery Com_pany after having bought the stock of 
The Sunnyfield Nursery Com.pany. They intend to conduct 
a retail business. Both, are from Holland and know their 
business thoroughly. 
Mr. Tersteeg cam.e to America in 1905 with an experience 
of general nursery work since boyhood. He has been con¬ 
nected with nurseries in Holland, Germ.any, France and 
Italy; and was manager of the Sunn>dield Nurseries since 
1911. 
Mr. Godding was his assistant since April, 1912, and work 
and studied in the nursery business for the last eight years. 
Both, young, enterprising and energetic have a great 
future before them in the Hudson Valley. 
