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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
UNIFORM INSPECTION COMMITTEE 
The National Nurseryman, 
City. 
Gentlemen: 
I understand from Mr. Youngers that the total subscrip¬ 
tions to the special fund to be handled by the Committee on 
Uniform Legislation, as authorized by the Portland Conven¬ 
tion, only amounts to about one thousand dollars. 
If the members of the two associations expect that very 
much in the way of results are to be accomplished by the 
Committee, they have got to put up more money. 
The first step is to employ a first-class attorney, whose 
duty it will be to thoroughly and carefully digest the various 
state laws now in force, and from that information endeavor 
to formulate a bill which will be generally satisfactory. No 
cheap attorney can do that work. The Committee thinks 
that the attorney who does the work properly can earn at 
least one thousand dollars, and in addition to that amount 
there will be a considerable amount for expenses by the 
Committee and the attorney, and after the bill is formulated 
it will be necessary for the Committee to have conferences 
with the Federal Horticultural Board, with the representa¬ 
tives of various state organizations, state inspectors and 
others, and it means a lot of time, a lot of work and con¬ 
siderable expense. The Committee feels that it should 
have several thousand dollars in sight to take care of the 
matter if they are expected to carry the work through to a 
successful completion. 
The present list of subscribers is but a very small per¬ 
centage of the total membership of the two associations. 
The importance of the work, we think, is realized by every 
shipper of nursery stock in interstate commerce, and we 
believe that if the matter is strongly presented by your 
paper in its December issue and the members are urged to 
contribute to this fund that sufficient funds can be realized 
so that the Committee will feel encouraged to go ahead with 
the work. 
The members of the Committee ask no compensation 
for the time which they propose to devote to the matter, 
but the necessary expenses will be large, and there is no 
use in starting in with the work imless sufficient money is 
in sight to carry it through. 
If the members of the two associations feel that the mat¬ 
ter is important and should be carried through, they can 
show their interest and enthusiasm by prompt and generous 
subscriptions. 
Will you be good enough to take this matter up in your 
December issue ? Yours truly, 
Wm. Pitkin, Chairman. 
INJURY TO J. A. LOPEMAN 
Mr. J. A. Lopeman, Proprietor of the Enid Nurseries, 
Enid, Oklahoma, sustained a severe injury to his inner ear on 
the 2 7th of October and up to the present time has not been 
out of bed. The doctor at first had grave fears for his per¬ 
manent recovery—a specialist was obtained, and he stated it 
would be slow, but Mr. Lopeman would recover fully. He is 
slowly improving. 
NEW BULLETINS OF INTEREST TO NURSERYMEN 
“Promising New Fruits.” By William A. Taylor, Pomol- 
ogist and Chief, and H. P. Gould, Pomologist in Charge of 
Fruit District Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry. 
Pp. 261-278, pis. 8. (Separate 589, Yearbook 1912.) 
“The Chestnut Bark Disease.” By Haven Metcalf, 
Pathologist in Charge of Investigations In Forest Pathology, 
Bureau of Plant Industry. Pp. 363-372, pis. 4. (Separate 
598, Yearbook 1912.) 
“The Water Requirement of Plants.” I. Investigations 
in the Great Plains in 1910 and 1911. By Lyman J. Briggs, 
Biophysicist in Charge of Biophysical Investigations, and H. 
L. Shantz, Plant Physiologist, Alkali and Drought Resistant 
Plant Investigations. Pp. 49, pis. ii, figs. 2. (Bulletin 284, 
Bureau of Plant Industry.) Price, 15 cents. 
“The Water Requirement of Plants. ’ ’ II. A Review of the 
Literature. By Lyman J. Briggs, Biophysicist in Charge of 
Biophysical Investigations, and H. L. Shantz, Plant Physiol¬ 
ogist, Alkali and Drought Resistant Plant Investigations, 
Pp. 96, figs. 6. (Bulletin 285, Bureau of Plant Industry.) 
Price, 10 cents. 
WILL HE BE A NURSERYMAN? 
There is joy in Augusta, Georgia and the m.any friends of 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Berckmans are sending their con¬ 
gratulations on the birth of a son, L, A. Berckmans, Jr., the 
first Berckmans boy in fifty years. 
“Rob” is just as proud and happy as he is entitled to be 
and warns the “Old Guards” to be ready to receive L. A. B., 
Jr., as one of the “boys,” when he has been suitably educated 
by his father. 
If son L. A. B., Jr., takes to the nursery business, he will 
be the third generation in direct line to follow the profession. 
James McHutchison, New York City, who was recently 
appointed by President Pilkingtom to the Chairmanship 
of the Tariff Committee of the American Association of 
Nurserymen, announces that he has appointed Thomas B. 
Meehan, Dresher, Pa., and John H. Dayton, Painesville, 
Ohio as members of his committee. 
It is unlikely that there will be any tariff matters to at¬ 
tend to during the coming year, but if anything should 
develop. Chairman McHutchison and his committee can 
be depended upon to do everything that may be necessary. 
Pontiac, Mich., Oct. 13, 1913. 
Please find enclosed a money order for $1.00 to renew my subscrip¬ 
tion for another year. 
Although I am not in the nursery business now I value your paper 
just as much as ever and wish to continue it. 
T. D. Buchanan, 
