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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
against the introduction into the State of products or 
things which would or might injure the State or the in¬ 
terests of the State. Under such laws the effort should 
be to prevent the introduction of matter or things either 
injurious of themselves or which by reason of their place 
of growth or production and exposure thereat to other 
injurious matter would or might tend to injure the in¬ 
terests of this State when introduced herein. Such laws 
should not be permitted to so operate as to prevent the 
introduction into this State of things not in themselves 
injurious or which have not been subjected to contami¬ 
nation either in the manner or place of production. 
The section in question appears on its face to attempt 
the interposition of a condition upon importers of nur¬ 
sery stock and trees unattended by and unrelated to the 
condition of the nursery stock or trees actually imported. 
It will be noted that the section contains no provision 
as to the manner of treatment by the horticultural offi¬ 
cers of this State of such nursery stock and trees so im¬ 
ported. but merely contains provisions looking to the 
exaction of a permit for the right to import. 
In my opinion the section in question is inoperative 
and extends beyond the legitimate provision of a proper 
inspection law. 
Very truly yours, 
U. S. WEBB, Attorney General, 
By (Signed)* Robert W. Harrison, Chief Deputy. 
California Association of Nurserymen, 
Los Angeles, California. 
Gentlemen: 
For the information of the nurserymen of California, 
the State Department of Agriculture will not refuse de¬ 
livery to any plants arriving in California from another 
State for non-compliance with Section 2319J of the 
Political Code. Section 2319J specifically relates to the 
registration of nurserymen outside of California who de¬ 
sire to ship plants into California. 
Non-compliance with the law constitutes a misdemean¬ 
or, but the misdemeanor being committed outside of 
California the California law would not be operative; 
inasmuch as the entry of the plants is not conditioned 
upon compliance with the law no shipment of plants 
will be made to suffer. 
Very truly yours, 
(Signed) LEE A. STRONG, Chief Quarantine Officer. 
EASTERN NURSERYMEN S ASSOCIATION 
With enthusiasm running strong and high hopes for 
the future, the Eastern Nurserymen’s Association was 
organized at Trenton, December 14, 1921. 
The aim of the association is to promote the mutual 
horticultural interests living within the district bounded 
bv Poughkeepsie on the north, the Susquehanna on the 
W est, and the entire States of New Jersey, Delaware and 
Maryland. 
The membership is to be confined to reliable nursery¬ 
men, who are actual growers and who have the ability 
to co-operate and must be located within the boundaries 
designated above. 
The following officers were elected: 
President, J. Edward Moon; vice president, Lester 
Lovett; secretary, F. F. Rockwell; treasurer, Adolph 
Muller; executive committee (two years), William Flem- 
mer, Sr., Robert Pyle, P. M. Roster; (one year), Thomas 
B. Meehan. Wm. Warner Harper. 
An initiation fee of $10.00 is to be charged and dues 
were placed at $10.00 per year. Provision is made for 
the raising of these dues should the necessity arise. 
Questions affecting the interests of Eastern Nursery¬ 
men were discussed and plans made for the future. 
The association invites application for membership 
from all nurserymen located in the defined territory. The 
secretary, F. F. Rockwell, Bridgeton, N. J., will see that 
your application takes the proper course. 
Among those present were representatives of the fol¬ 
lowing firms: Andorra Nurseries, Wm. II. Moon Co., Jas. 
Krewson & Son, Bloodgood Nurseries, Princeton Nurser¬ 
ies, Lester Lovett, Conard & Jones Co., Thomas B. Mee¬ 
han Co , A. E. Wolhert, Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Thomas 
Meehan & Sons, Roster & Co., William F. Miller, Henry 
F. Michell, Bobbink & Atkins Co., T. E. Steele & Son, 
B. H. Farr. 
Mr. John Watson, Princeton. N. J., gave valuable 
assistance in helping shape the policies of the Association 
and the construction of the constitution and by-laws. 
The annual meeting of the association will be held this 
year at the Stacey-Trent, in Trenton, N. J., on Wednes¬ 
day. January 18, 1922, at 2 P. M. 
NO MORE FREE SEEDS? 
Does General Dawes, Director of the Federal Budget Bureau, 
reckon without his host when he attempts to tamper with one 
of the most cherished of the prerogatives of the members of 
Congress from the rural districts? His elimination from the bud¬ 
get of any provision for “free seeds,” to be distributed as “vote- 
getters” by Senators and Representatives, seems like flying in 
the very face of Providence. And the outcry from the precincts 
of the House especially has been instant and vehement. 
This is not the first time that meddlesome reformers and ad¬ 
vocates of economy have sought to put an end to this particular 
piece of congressional extravagance—it wouldn’t be nice to call 
it graft—but on each previous occasion the item for free seeds 
always found its way back into the appropriation bills, some¬ 
times as a “rider” and ’some times as a straight defiance of what 
the members regarded as an unjustifiable interference with their 
vested rights. 
There are hints already of a new “bloc” of country members 
of the Congress to restore free seeds to the budget or, failing 
that, to wreak vengeance on the Administration by killing some 
one of its cherished projects. Meanwhile, the general public will 
watch the struggle with some interest, to note the sincerity of 
the congressional devotion to economy and business methods, of 
which the budget system is the outward sign and symbol. 
Edwin Hoyt, only son of Stephen Hoyt, has now be¬ 
come a member of the Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Company, 
Inc., nurserymen, of New Canaan, Conn. 
This makes the fourth generation entering into this 
nursery firm, which will have been established seventy- 
five years next spring, business having been carried on 
at the same place all during that time. 
WAR TAX ON EXPRESS SHIPMENTS 
We are gradually getting rid of the numerous war 
measures that so hamper and obstruct business. 
January 1, 1922, the tax on express shipments of one 
cent on every twenty cents will be eliminated. 
