THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
E. A. SMITH, Lake City, Minn. 
Vice-President Jewell Nursery Co.; Vice-Presi¬ 
dent American Protection Association, 
Minn. 1910; Chairman Root Knot 
Committee of Am. Association. 
CUSTOMS APPRAISEMENTS 
The majority of the customs reappraisements of imports 
of nursery stock this season have been simply advances by 
the addition of packing charges. The government insists 
that duty be paid on the packing. 
Editor The National Nurseryman: 
It may be of interest to your readers to keep in touch 
with the work that is being done by the Root Knot com¬ 
mittee recommended by the American Nurserymen’s As¬ 
sociation. 
The following constitute this committee to date, who 
have expressed their willingness to do what they could 
along practical lines: California, Geo. C/Roeding, Fresno; 
Georgia, L. A. Berckmans, Augusta; J Indiana, C. M. 
Hobbs, Bridgeport; Iowa, M. J. Wragg, Des Moines; 
Illinois, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton; Kansas, J. H. Skin¬ 
ner, Topeka; Missouri, R. J. Bagby, New Haven; Mon¬ 
tana, D. J. Tighe, Billings; Nebraska, G. A. Marshall, 
Arlington; Oklahoma, L. A. Lopeman, Enid; Oregon, 
Oregon Nursery Co., Orenco; Pennsylvania, Abner 
Hoopes, West Chester; South Dakota, Geo. H. Whiting, 
Yankton; Tennessee, H. W. Chattin, Winchester; Texas, 
J. S. Kerr, Sherman; Washington, Washington Nursery 
Co., Toppenish. 
Assistants are desired from other states; also any in¬ 
formation that will be of value and reliable, relating to 
experiments and experiences which could be used for ref¬ 
erence by the committee. If parties having such informa¬ 
tion will address the undersigned it will be appreciated. 
Yours truly, 
Lake City, Minn. E. A. Smith, 
Chairman of Root Knot Committee. 
Our renewal shows our appreciation for your journal. 
M. SfcHWARzw alder, West Virginia. 
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Mr. Frederick W. Kelsey the well-known Nurseryman 
of New York City, who has recently returned from an ex¬ 
tended trip to the Canadian Rockies, Alaska, Pacific Coast 
and the Yellow Stone Park, says that the ravages of the 
Forest fires throughout the Northwest are of alarming 
extent. 
“ From my personal observation” said Mr. Kelsey, ‘‘in 
more than 8000 miles of travel from Montreal to Van¬ 
couver, through Puget Sound, the Columbia River and 
other sources of our National timber supply, I am 
impressed with the imminent danger of a lumber famine 
before many years in this country, even should a recur- 
•rence of the present forest fires be prevented.” 
Mr. Kelsey has been appointed by Governor Fort one 
of the Delegates to represent New Jersey at the National 
Conservation Congress, St. Paul, Minn., 5th to 9th Sep¬ 
tember. 
“The National Nurseryman” has received a card 
from Henry B. Chase of Huntsville, Alabama saying that 
D. S. Lake of Shenandoah, Iowa, Mrs. Chase and himself 
are having the greatest time of their lives touring France. 
August 3rd they were in Angers, which they say is a city 
of great historic interest aside from the nurseryman’s 
interest in it. They enjoyed a seventy mile spin in an 
automobile through the nursery plantings and were favor¬ 
ably impressed. They report the roads “the best ever.” 
The next meeting of the society is scheduled for Balti¬ 
more. There was a lively competition between Chicago 
and Baltimore for the meeting. 
L. Smoots is conducting a prosperous nursery business 
near Springfield, Mo., where his brother, John Smoots, also 
has a farm. 
Couldn’t do without The National Nurseryman. 
Strand’s Nursery. 
J. W. SCHUETTE, 5600 Gravois Avenue 
St. Louis, Mo., Chairman of Exhibits. 
