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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 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One Year in Advance .$1.50 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance .$2.00 
Six Months .$1.00 
Advertising rates will he sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the 
date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by 
the Business Manager, Hatboro, Pa. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Photographs and news notes of interest to nurserymen should be 
addressed, Editor, Plourtown, Pa., 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., June 1922 
THE PLANT It was good policy on the part of the 
CONFERENCE Federal Horticultural Board to call the 
conference and give the various in¬ 
terests an opportunity to express their views. The set¬ 
ting was a good one, entrenched government with its 
magnificent buildings, staffs of experts, its mass of 
records, statistics and files, and back of all a public 
opinion easily excited to fear of an unknown epidemic 
that would affect its well being. 
Those who attended the conference with the idea that 
the Board’s authority was not well founded or that its 
decisions were not based on the best knowledge available 
must be very obtuse if they did not change their opinion. 
Even though the Board had exceeded its powers in 
putting in operation Quarantine 37 the sentiment in 
favor of it makes it impregnable. It makes little differ¬ 
ence if the sentiment is due to false premises or other¬ 
wise. 
It matters not if the quarantine is an economic meas¬ 
ure disguised as protective measure it is an accomplish¬ 
ed fact and those who resented the measure for its sup¬ 
posedly false intent are out numbered by those who be¬ 
lieve in its benefits. 
The basic principle of Quarantine 37 is, as rapidly 
as possible to make this country independent of foreign 
supplies, with the object of ultimately reaching a con¬ 
dition where entry of foreign plants will be limited to 
new plants and to such plants as are not capable of pro¬ 
duction in the United States with the single object of re¬ 
ducing the risk of further entry of dangerous plant 
pests. J , 
The board is working true to this principle and has 
shown itself willing to go the limit in accommodating 
the various interests within its policy. 
It intentionally plays no favorites, although it may 
seem to some that it does, but which may be explained 
by the fact that the best of laws work an injustice to 
some. 
There is little likelihood there will be any change in 
the policy of the board on the ground that foreign coun¬ 
tries are able to prove the danger of introducing pests 
has been reduced to the irreducible minimum or that 
Quarantine 37 is proved ineffective to keep out plant 
diseases and pests, change in policy if any will be 
brought about along the lines of trade reciprocity. 
Quarantine 37 may be all its worst enemies claimed 
it to be, bureaucratic, iniquitious, unjust, futile in 
its purpose to keep out pests and diseases, an excuse 
for spending the people’s money and a climax in a pa¬ 
ternal form of government but no one can deny that it 
does not foster American Horticultural and Agricultural 
Industries. 
JOHN WATSON 
The many nurserymen friends of John Watson will 
be interested to know that he has become associated 
with The DuBois Press, Rochester, New York. A high 
class firm of catalogue builders, advertising and process 
color printers. 
At first thought it would appear that Mr. Watson had 
severed his connection with nursery interests but it real¬ 
ly does not imply any change from his former activities. 
John Watson, Princeton, N. J. . 
As a nurseryman his principle job was selling trees 
and plants. He has merely enlarged his scope, instead 
of selling for one firm he hopes to sell for many. 
With the experience and knowledge of the nursery 
business combined with his well known ability The Du 
Bois Press is to be congratulated upon securing his ser¬ 
vices and we feel sure his many friends wish him every 
success in his new venture. 
