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THE NATIONAT. NURSERYMAN 
room to show olT tiu'ii- Ix'aiily Ihoy aro always to ho i)ro- 
lornal to tho hi^h hraiiohod oik's that ari' apt to Ix' so 
st(M’('otypo(l and moiiotoiioiis in appt'araiuH'. 
Tin' lindt'iis liki' a oool moist olimatc' hut tho Tilia ar- 
»r(Md('a (toiiK'idosa) will stand drouth and lu'at Ixdti'r 
than any of tlumi and is to Ix' [n’olorrixl on this aooount. 
It is a nati\(' of 0 ('ntral l'>ui'op(', hoing a oommon forosi 
tr('(' of llnnjj:ary. 
It is (|uiok ^rowin^ and attains lai’^'(‘ proportions and 
w hon ^M'ow n in hi^h hranolx'd form makos a donso round- 
top[)»xl lu'ad. 
d'ho h‘a\t's aro dark ^rt'on ahovi' and silvory w hito lx‘- 
noath so that w hon stii'nxl hy tho hroi'zo ^ivo a vory ])loas- 
in^' (dloot. 
Tlll< WKI<K’S HILL 
Maroh 19, 1918. 
To tlu' Nni‘S('rymon of Ihamsylvania : 
It SIXMOS dt'sirahh' at this linx' for nx' to make' a hrii'f 
stattMiuMit ndativt' to tho prosont status of tho Wooks Hill, 
whioh was introduood into (a)ni>ross oarly in .lanuary, 
and whitdi propostxl tho imnuxliato (‘xolnsion of all for- 
('i^n importations aftor .Iuly 1st. 1918. 
1 oonsidor it unfortnnato. indood. that this hill has Ixxmi 
introdiuxxl in its pri'stMit form. lxx*aus(' it is chxMchxlly un¬ 
fair to our |)ropagatin^' nurstuynuMi to out otV at onoo all 
supplios on w’hioh nnrstM'ynuMi and [)ro[)agatoi's ha\(' ho(Mi 
doptMuliMd. It has oonstantly boon my aim. althou<ih fa- 
Norin^ ultimati' (unhar^o on tho majority of foroi^'n jjlant 
importations, to S(X*ur(' a ix'asonahh' amount of tinu' in 
whioh tho nurs(M'ynuM> oould soouro nooossary plant for 
oontinuing proj)a^ation in this oouniry. w ithout soriously 
int(M'ruptin^' tlun’r How of husinoss. 
On my roooid trip to Washington 1 was ohul to loain 
that this hill will not roooivi' oonsidoration at tho hands 
of llu' oommitttx' this sc'ssion. and j)!’ol)ahly will ho por- 
maiHMdly pi^oonholod. at loast in its prosont form. It 
so(Mns dosirahio just at this timo that vory oaroful oonsid- 
(M’ation Ix' ^ivon to this (|U('stiou. and thort' is a [X)ssihility 
that tho L(xloral llortioultural Hoard may hold a hoarin^' 
about tho middio of May I'olativo to tho plant oxolusion 
((uostion. 
You IS vory truly. 
,1. 0. S.vNDEHs. Eroxoniic ZoohujisL 
A MID-WKST MOHTICULTUHAL EXPOSITION 
.V Mid-\\(‘st llortioultural Exposition is Ixdng planmxl 
tor tho lirst wxx'k in NommuIxm'. running' from tho ith tci 
tiu' 9th inolusi\('. Tho plans for tho Exposition ha\o Ixxmi 
dotiniti'ly launohod and art' umhu' tho auspioos and di- 
nxdion of tho Iowa Stato llortioultural Sooioty and thr 
Iowa A^rioultural ('ollo^o. Tho Exposition is also boinp 
haokixl hy tIu' Xursm'vnuMrs Assooiation. Emit OrowiM’s, 
(•ardtMi (duhs, I'tc*. It is planmxl to Ix' rt'prc'siMdativi' ot 
all tIu' stalt's in tlu' Ohio. Mississippi HiviM' and Missouri 
Hiv(M' Valhws. 
I'. .1. Wright. l)(‘s Moinos. Iowa, is ohairnian of tin' 
Committt'o on Commoroial Exhibits, and all thoso who 
plan to havo oxhibit sjiaoo should ^I't in touoh w ith him. 
Camp Loo, Virginia, Fohruary 19th, 1918. 
To the' Vio('-Prosidont and Exooutivo Coinmitti'o of tho 
A.meiuc.vn Associ.vtion of Nuiiseuymen: 
Cn'nth'im'n;— 
On llu' 15th of last August, aft(*r hoing oommissionod a 
Ma jor in tin' U. S. Eic'ld Artillory and roooiving ordors for 
immodiati' sorvioo, 1 tt'h'gra{)hod my rosignation as Prosi- 
dont of tho Ann'i'ioan Assooiation of Nursorymon. to you 
through your Soorotary. 
Somo timo thoroaftor I was notifiod by our ostoomod 
Vioo-Prosidont that tho Exooutivo Committoo had dooidod 
not to aooo])t my rosignation and that I would rotain tho 
ollioo of Prosidont during my absonoo. 
Mu(*h as 1 aj)])rooiato this groat honor I oould not holp 
f('('ling that it was not for tho best intorosts of tho Asso¬ 
oiation. and so stated at tho timo. It does not si'i'in w iso 
to ha\(' any oin' of tho otlioos of tin' Assooiation tilled by 
an inaotivo or absent ollioial. 
Also, oonditions bavo matorially obangod and a long- 
drawn-out war sooms inevitable. Tho problems that oon- 
front tho Amoric'an Assooiation of Nursorynu'n aro 
gri'att'r now than at any timo in its history. Now orisos 
art' oonstantly arising to tax to tho uttermost all tho 
gt'uius tho Assooiation can muster. Tt is thoreforo most 
nt'oossary that no otlioos bo tilled by inaotivo otlioors. 
As 1 am now\ in addition to my rt'gular military dutit's. 
oointuoting a mgid sotiool lor Artillory Othoors and a 
sjx'oial intensive training oourso, it is physioally impos¬ 
sible for mo to keep in touoh w ith Assooiation matters. 
I thoreforo fool that it is only right and iirojior for mo to 
ask tho Exooutivo Committt'o to rooonsidor its aotion and 
aooopt my rosignation as previously submitted. 
With sinoorost approoiation for your oontinuod oonti- 
donoo, and tho honor you havo jiaid me and the sorvioo to 
w hioh 1 now belong. I am 
Most sinooroly yours, 
Lloyd C. St.viuv, Ma jor Sloth Field Artillery. 
SPHAAHNC. FOH PHOFIT 
There aro a groat many books on the subjoot of s[)ray- 
ing. Most of thorn treat tho subjoot at too groat length 
lor tho average man who has only a small garden or 
grounds. A oopy of tho 22nd edition of “Spraying foi’ 
Protit.'’ a little work that was published oiglitoen years 
ago. but entirely rewritten last August, has oomo to our 
desk. Tho faot that two hundred and fifty thousand 
oopios of this work havo boon issued is siitfioiont guar¬ 
antee of its popularity. Tbo faot that it is small, torso, 
and just gives tho information that is wanted in simple 
language perhaps aooounts for its popularity. It is worth 
investigating by every nurseryman as a liook not only 
for himself but one wbioh bo might distribute to an ad¬ 
vantage among his oustomors. 
The author is Howard Evarts Woi'd. Landsoapo Aix'hi- 
toot. Hoavorton. Oregon. Air. Wood in oalling our atten¬ 
tion to tho book state's "if any niirsi'ryinan is ospooially 
intoix'stod T should bo ph'asod to give him a oopy w ith my 
oomplimonts upon a roijuost for tho same.” 
