THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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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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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916 , at the post office at 
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., July 1922 
THE It is difficult to measure all the currents 
CONVENTION and cross currents that ebb and How at 
a nurseryman’s convention. The last 
several conventions were notable for the party feelings 
and antagonism of cliques or interests which almost cul¬ 
minated into a serious split the previous year. 
If such feelings existed at Detroit, it must have been 
in committee meetings behind the closed doors and did 
not find expression in the convention hall or lobby. Good 
feeling, optimism and actual business in the way of book¬ 
ing orders were everywhere in evidence. 
To those “who listened in” there was no interference 
to the measured tread of nurserymen all going in the same 
direction and bent on the same errand. 
There were conflicting opinions of course, there would 
be no progress without them, but when put to a vote 
there was always unanimity in those measures affecting 
the good of the whole. 
One of the youngest of nurserymen was elected to 
serve on the Executive Committee. 
A nurseryman among those who have done monumen¬ 
tal work for the association and the trade at large was 
elected vice president, as an appreciation of his work, in¬ 
dicating that reward for work done, is more work and 
responsibility, truly a fitting reward and in keeping with 
the true spirit of service. 
The chairman of the Vigilance Committee, the most un¬ 
enviable job it is possible to conceive, takes the leader¬ 
ship of the association as president. 
“The Old Guard,” that body of men who have given 
their brains and substance to the organization since its 
birth, were heard from in session, giving their advice 
and counsel. 
The genial business capacity of the retiring president 
showed marked results at the convention in the affairs of 
the association. Government authorities, publishers, ad¬ 
vertisers, all seemed to be moving with the American 
Association of Nurserymen in the direction of co-opera¬ 
tive effort for the good of the whole. 
In those cases, showing laxity in their code of ethics 
that were brought to the attention of the association by 
the Vigilance Committee, the association as a body spoke 
in no uncertain terms, showing that while there would he 
mutual help and co-operation there would be no tolera¬ 
tion of smart practice. 
The post-war readjustment is taking place rapidly 
along lines that are sane and progressive. The conven¬ 
tion was successful from all angles and indicates the 
many problems which confronted the association at the 
time of reorganization are fast ceasing to exist. Those 
who were unable to attend the convention missed a valu¬ 
able inspiration and a good time. 
CARELESS HANDLING OF It would be difficult to 
BUSINESS REPUTATION conceive a more careless 
handling of the reputation 
of an old-established nursery business than that meeted 
out to the firm of J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., by 
Prof. J. G. Sanders, Director of Bureau of Plant Industry 
for the State of Pennsylvania and a contemporary trade 
journal. 
Happily, those placed in a position of power and au¬ 
thority in the United States and State Departments of Ag¬ 
riculture usually realize the responsibilities of their posi¬ 
tions and co-operate in every way with the nursery in¬ 
dustry to foster and encourage it and at the same time 
protect the common weal. 
They realize a business reputation is slowly and pain¬ 
fully built up and a tactless use of their power can 
damn it beyond recovery. 
Professor Sanders ignored the fact of the American 
Association of Nurserymen with an active Vigilance 
Committee which investigates every violation of the law 
or breach of business ethics made against nurserymen 
brought to its notice, or else he has no faith in their in¬ 
tention to expose and purge the trade of rascals, pre¬ 
ferring to be his own judge and jury, as to the equity 
of the charges made by a disgruntled customer against 
a nurseryman. 
Possibly the professor was within his rights up to this 
point, but he would have shown a keener sense of the 
responsibility of his position if he had withheld publica¬ 
tion of the charges he made against the Harrison Nur¬ 
sery Co., until the case had been brought before the Na¬ 
tional Trade Association and the Harrison Company had 
had an opportunity to be heard. 
The premature publication of the charge against the 
Harrison Company of shipping diseased trees by a gov¬ 
ernment official constitutes a conviction and penalty be¬ 
cause the firm’s business must necessarily suffer. 
Professor Sanders also placed the association in an 
embarrassing position in not appearing at the hearing to 
corroborate the charges made by the purchaser of the 
trees. 
Mr. Harrison was there with his trees and all the rec¬ 
ords and evidence relating to the transaction, but no 
one for the prosecution. 
A nurseryman’s reputation for fair dealing was evi¬ 
dently too insignificant a matter to warrant so much 
trouble. 
