THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Convention—Mr. John II. Dayton, Painesville, 
Ohio. 
The recommendation that the summer meeting be held 
at Dayton was received with approval. 
A vole of thanks was tendered the speakers and Mr. 
E. G. Hill was made Honorary Member of the Associa¬ 
tion. 
CLARENCE 0. SIEBENTHALER, Secretary. 
NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN S ASSOCIATION 
PERMIT REFUSED FOR IMPORTATION OF NORWAY 
MAPLES 
At the January meeting of the Ornamental Growers’ 
Association, a committee consisting of .1. Edward Moon, 
Wm. Flemmer, Jr., and Thomas B. Meehan, was appoint¬ 
ed to go to Washington and solicit the Federal Horticul¬ 
tural Board special permit to allow nurserymen to im¬ 
port Norway Maples. Following is a copy of the reply 
of the Board to the committee: 
The eleventh annual meeting of the New England 
Nurserymen’s Association was held at the American 
House, Boston, on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 31 
and February 1. An unusually large number were in 
attendance, seventy-one nurserymen and dealers being 
present. 
The session on Tuesday opened with reports and other 
routine matters. Owing to the death of the president, 
Mr. John Farquhar, which occurred last July, and the 
resignation of the Vice-President, the meeting was un¬ 
der the chairmanship of W. G. Wyman, until the elec¬ 
tion of the new officers for 1922. Interesting and in¬ 
structive addresses were presented by Mr. Paul V. Fort- 
miller of Newark, N. Y., Prof. E. K. Thomas of Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., and Mr. A. W. Lombard of the Massachu¬ 
setts Department of Agriculture. 
The annual dinner on Tuesday evening was enjoyed 
by fifty of the members and guests. This was followed 
by an entertainment. 
Wednesday morning resolutions were adopted in 
memory of Mr. John K. M. L. Farquhar, who died on 
July 24, 1921, and of Mr. E. J. Canning, who died on 
November 1, 1921. New officers were elected for 1922, 
as follows: 
President—k. E. Gillett, Soulhwick, Mass. 
Vice Pres.—Jas. A. Tufts, Jr., Exeter, N. II. 
Secretary—Donald D. Wyman, North Abington, 
Mass. 
Treasurer—John R. Barnes, Yalesville, Conn. 
Executive Committee—The officers and Leonard W. 
Boss, Taunton, Mass.; W. E. Campbell, New Hav¬ 
en, Conn.; C. II. Greaton, Providence, R. I. 
The remainder of the morning session was occupied 
by a paper by Mr. C. van der Voet, Superintendent of I he 
Arnold Arboretum, on “Who is an Arboriculturist?” 
which touched upon many pertinent points. Mr. Wm. N. 
Craig also gave a live talk on “Reflections of a Private 
Gardener on Quarantines.” A spirited discussion follow¬ 
ed. in which a number of nurserymen took part. 
Wednesday afternoon, an illustrated lecture was giv¬ 
en by Dr. J. K. Shaw of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College, describing the results of his experimental work 
on the identification of young apple trees from leaf 
characteristics. This proved most interesting, promis¬ 
ing. as it did, further scientific development along these 
lines. 
The report of a special committee on Standardization 
of Sizes resulted in the adoption by the association of 
the code of standards developed by the Ornamental 
Grower’s Assn, a few years ago, with certain minor 
changes. After a short discussion, the meeting was ad¬ 
journed at quarter past four o’clock. 
Mr. J. Edward Moon, February 4, 1922. 
Morrisville, Pa. 
Dear Sir: I regret that there has been some delay in 
transmitting to you the decision of the Board relative to 
your request for permission to import for a few years 
Norway maples under the old conditions; in other words, 
for immediate sale and of large size—6 to 8 and 8 to 10 
feet—and in large quantities. 
The fact that the Appropriations Committee has called 
upon the Department, including members of this Board, 
for hearings on the estimates for the next fiscal year, 
prevented a meeting of the Board until Thursday after¬ 
noon. At this meeting a very careful review was made 
of your presentation and accompanying letters and docu¬ 
ments, with the result that the Board felt that it was un¬ 
wise to take the action requested by your committee. To 
grant your request would open the door for a very con¬ 
siderable importation of large-sized stock with accom¬ 
panying risk of entry of pests which could not be entirely 
overcome by inspection and disinfection, and would not 
only be in violation of the underlying principle of the 
quarantine but would go very far toward destroying con¬ 
fidence in the stability of the quarantine on the part of 
hundreds of persons who have undertaken the production 
in the United States of various ornamental and other 
plants, the ordinary commercial entry for immediate sale 
of which has been stopped. Furthermore, granting your 
request would undoubtedly lead to similar demands with 
respect to many other ornamentals concerning which 
similar representations could be made. 
It is realized that the Norway maple is a very popular 
and hardy tree, but as your committee pointed out it is 
perfectly possible to produce this tree in this country, 
certainly on the Pacific coast, as favorably or even more 
so than in Europe, and also, perhaps with minor diffi¬ 
culties, almost anywhere in the United States. With 
proper activity on the part of nurserymen the shortage 
in this plant will eventually be entirely met by home pro¬ 
duction and any temporary advantage which would fol¬ 
low the granting of your request would be far out¬ 
weighed by the other disadvantages indicated. 
The Board appreciated your fair presentation of the 
matter and your apparent recognition of the difficulties 
which the Board would have to face in relation to the 
possible acceptance of your proposition. 
As I understand it, you wished me to retain the letters 
which you filed at the time of the conference. 
A copy of this letter has been sent also to Messrs. 
Meehan and Flemmer. 
Yours very truly, 
G. L. MARLATT, Chairman of Board. 
