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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS 
The United States Civil Service Commission announces 
open competitive examinations for the positions listed 
below. Vacancies in the Department of Agriculture, for 
duty in Washington, D. C., or in the field, at the salaries 
indicated below, and in positions requiring similar quali¬ 
fications, at these or higher or lower salaries, will be 
filled from these examinations, unless it is found in the 
interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstate¬ 
ment, transfer or promotion: 
Junior Agronomist, Junior Animal Husbandman, Jun¬ 
ior Dairy Husbandman, Junior Dairy Manufacturing 
Specialist, Junior in Home Economics, Junior Horticul¬ 
turist, Junior Landscape Architect, Junior Plant Breeder, 
Junior Plant Pathologist, Junior Plant Physiologist, Jun¬ 
ior Pomologist, Junior Poultry Husbandman, Junior Seed 
Botanist, Junior Soil Scientist. (Formerly Scientific As¬ 
sistant examination.) Receipt of applications to close 
April 18, 1922. 
Salary—The usual entrance salaries for these positions 
range from $1320 to $1620 a year, but persons showing 
in their examinations that they are unusually qualified 
are occasionally appointed at higher salaries, not to ex¬ 
ceed $1860 a year. Certification to vacancies paying more 
than $1620 a year will be made only from those attaining 
the highest average percentages in the examinations. 
Bonus—Appointees whose services are satisfactory 
may be allowed the increase granted by Congress of $20 
a month. 
Citizenship and sex—All citizens of the United States 
who meet the requirements, both men and women, may 
enter these examinations; appointing officers, however, 
have the legal right to specify the sex desired in request¬ 
ing certification of eligibles. 
Subjects and weights—Competitors will be rated on 
the following subjects, which will have the relative 
weights indicated: 
OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF NURSERY STOCK 
March 23, 1922. 
For the last two or three months the writer has had up 
with the Official Classification Committee the question of 
certain changes and additions in ratings of nursery stock 
and today have been advised that the following changes 
have been adopted. 
Nursery and florists’ stock, other than cut decorative ever¬ 
greens—see note. Prepaid. Other than Citrus and other than 
cranberry vines or strawberry plants: 
Dormant—Roots in tubs or boxes, tops protected by crating, L. 
C. L., Dl. (new rating). In crates, L. C. L., 2nd. Class (was IV 2 
times 1st. Class). 
Not dormant—Same as above. 
Plants or vines—N. O. I. B. N.:—In baskets with solid or slat¬ 
ted covers, L, C. L., double 1st. Class, (new rating). Carloads, 
2nd. Class, (new rating). 
Shrubs—In bundles completely wrapped, L C. L. 1st. Class, 
(new rating). In boxes with slatted covers. In barrels or box¬ 
es, L. C. L., 2nd. Class (new rating). 
Trees—Not dormant in bundles, completely wrapped, L. C. L., 
1st. Class (new rating). In boxes with slatted covers or in 
crates L. C. L., 1st. Class (new rating). In barrels or boxes L. C. 
L., 2nd. Class, (new rating). 
The above are all to the advantage of the nurserymen 
as some of the rates have been reduced and others allow 
shipments in certain packages not heretofore listed, 
which also will show a lower rate. 
Truly, 
CHAS. SIZEMORE, 
Secretary and Traffic Manager. 
NURSERY SALESMEN 
Moon’s Nurseries, Morrisville, Pa., is sending out a 
series of Bulletins at intervals. 
Each bulletin talks one thing only. No. 1 deals with 
beeches, No. 2 flowering Dogwoods and so on. 
There is almost human intelligence in a salesman that 
presents one attractive thing at a time and does not con¬ 
fuse his prospect with a smother of offers. 
He is such a refined salesman. One might describe 
him as wearing a boiled shirt. He quotes homemade 
poetry, too. 
From D. M. Andrews, Rockmont Nursery, Boulder, Col., 
comes a salesman who appeals exclusively to the bot¬ 
anist and plant lover. Unless the parties on whom he 
calls already have a deep interest in plants, he is no! 
likely to interest them. But to those who are adding to 
their collections and are interested in plants of the 
Rocky Mountain region he should receive a warm wel¬ 
come. 
Judging from his representative Mr. Andrews is pion¬ 
eering in plants. 
The salesman from Jackson & Perkins, Newark, New 
York, drops in on his frequent trips calling on the trade. 
He always has an interesting lot of stock to talk about 
and tells the quantity he can supply in the various 
grades as well as the price. 
Among other things he offers a big line of roses in¬ 
cluding standards. Also flowering crabs and named 
lilacs. 
If we are not mistaken he used to offer large flower¬ 
ing clematis but he is silent about them now. 
Salesmen give much thought as to the best time to 
call. The best time is just when the prospect begins to 
think he needs something. This is liable to be any time, 
but for the salesman of plants of trees, just ahead of the 
planting season is likely to be the most favorable. 
An extremely well dressed and high class salesman 
came through the mails the other day from The Elm 
City Nursery Co., Woodmont Nurseries Inc., New Haven 
BLISTER RUST QUARANTINE EXTENDED TO 
COVER STATE OF WASHINGTON 
By an order of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, ef¬ 
fective March 15, the Federal quarantine to protect the 
white pine forests of the West against the further spread 
of the blister rust has been extended to include the State 
of Washington. In view of the State quarantine, which 
became effective March 1, the Federal restrictions will 
apply to the interstate shipment of white pines, currant 
and gooseberry plants from the infested areas of the 
State only. 
