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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Letter 
to the Nurserymen of the 
United States 
Fellow Nurserymen: 
Do you know that m round numbers there are about 
4000 nursery firms in the United States? 
Do you know that there are less than 300 in the 
American A ssociation ? 
Do you know that with just a little effort on your 
part, each of you could secure two or three new mem¬ 
bers? 
You will do this if you stop to think of the CONVINC¬ 
ING REASONS the ADVANTAGE of having an organi¬ 
zation large enough in membership to have power and 
prestige so that it can really get things done. 
Last week the standard farm papers carried a four- 
page color insert. Being attracted by one of the pages 
showing a farmer loading hay, I found that a ROPE 
concern was using four pages at $11,000 a page. Think 
what this amount of money would accomplish in teach¬ 
ing the public to “Plan to Plant Another Tree." 
The ADVANTAGE of 1000 or more neiu members 
would mean, we could get this amount of money or more 
without raising the present dues. 
We need at least four “Chautauqua" lectures, with 
lantern slides to tour N. E. W. S. 
With this kind of publicity, we could “dress up" the 
United States and nurserymen ivould not be able to 
grow enough stock to fill the demand. 
LET’S GO! was the chief battle slogan of the Ameri¬ 
can Army, the slogan that typified the American fighting 
spirit, and which gave inspiration and enthusiasm at the 
right moment. 
If there is a psychological moment it is now. 
GET A MEMBER. 
PAUL C. LINDLEY, President, 
American Association of Nurserymen. 
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