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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. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading trade journal Issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION. 1900 
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should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
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addressed, Bditor, Flourtown, Fa., and should be mailed to arrive not 
later than the 25th of the month. 
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., November 1918 
Subscribers to ^^Nurserymen's Fund for 
Market Development" 
On another page we print in full a 
THE OLD ORDER proposed revision of the regulations 
CHANGETII governing the importation of nurs¬ 
ery stock. 
There are few nurserymen who have been reading the 
trade journals and attending conventions that have not 
been satisfied in their own minds that sooner or later 
practically all imports of plants from foreign countries 
would he stopped. 
The war put a stop to most of the importing and it 
looks very much as if it would not be resumed, especially 
with plants that are shipped with a ball of earth. 
For the time being it may he possible to import fruit 
stocks, as these appear to be considered essential to the 
fruit industry, hut it is well not to overlook the fact that 
the U. S. D. of A. is carrying on extensive investigation 
of the possibility of raising suitable stocks in this coun¬ 
try. 
The linal outcome is hardly in doubt and it is only a 
question of time when all imports of plants will be 
stopped. 
Without questioning the wisdom which is bringing 
these changes about, it is well to recognize the fact that 
the United States will have to depend entirely on what 
she can raise within her own borders, and it is largely up 
to the nurserymen, florists, yes and amateur plant en¬ 
thusiasts and others, as to how much beauty and inter¬ 
est our gardens are going to lose until such times as 
American Horticulture linds itself. 
No one with a wide knowledge of the cultivated plants 
of the world doubts the potential possibility of America 
being eijual to any country in the world in developing 
her own horticultural beauty. There are, however, three 
essentials : 
1. Climate and soil, which we have. 
2. Skilled workmen or experts which have to be 
trained. 
3. A demand or market which has to be developed. 
The two last essentials are somewhat interdependant, 
as one produces the other. 
It can be safely assumed that the American public 
wants the best, there will be no limit to tlie consumption 
but the public has to be shown, or the demand will only 
be for what is available. A bunch of cosmos will satisfy, 
if the public does not know anything about a bunch of 
roses or orchids, or a group of flowering shrubs will pass 
on the lawn until it is possible to get a group of Rhododen¬ 
drons and the common kind of Rhododendron will do 
until the choicer hybrids are available. 
It is up to the profession to take the initiative and de¬ 
velop and interpret the beauties of the plant world to 
the American public. 
Heretofore we have largely been dependent on the ini¬ 
tiative of the florists, gardeners and nurserymen of the 
old country for much of our garden beauty and have 
largely copied the fads, fashions and styles in landscape 
gardening. The time has come to pay more attention to 
our own flora and develop our own possibilities and 
ideals. 
The appointment of Mr. J. Horace Mc- 
A GOOD Farland president of the American Civic 
SELECTION Association as one of the five members 
of commission on living conditions of 
war workers, shows the government is fully alive to the 
need of pleasant surroundings if maximum results are to 
be secured from working people. 
Mr. McFarland’s familiarity with the nursery business 
can be depended upon to bring good results as no one 
realizes better than he, that the outside of the house, or 
grounds are as important as the inside where health and 
happiness are concerned. 
The conference called by the Fed- 
WHY NOT DEFER era! Horticultural Board to consider 
THE HEx4RING? a revision of the regulations govern¬ 
ing the nursery stock, plant and 
seed exclusion, which was to have been held 
October 18, 1918, has been cancelled on account of 
the extraordinaiy epidemic, and nurserymen are re¬ 
quested to present their criticisms or suggestions in 
writing. 
Outside of the epidemic, it is an ill considered time to 
hold such a conference, and hardly fair to the nursery¬ 
men. It is in the midst of the Fall shipping season, and 
at a time when nurserymen are almost entirely out of 
labor or help of any kind, making it practically impos¬ 
sible for them to attend or to give any consideration 
whatever to the matter. 
The proposed revision is of such grave importance to 
the nurserymen the Horticultural Board should give 
them every opportunity possible to present their side of 
the case, which they hardly have at this time of the year, 
and under the present conditions. 
The immediate need to put a ban on all imports of 
