THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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be used in the unpacking and inspection of the 
stock. 
3. That if the stock shall appear, at the time of in¬ 
spection on delivery, to be defective from any 
cause other than the fault of the transportation 
agency, a complaint to that effect shall be sent to 
the shipper, either with the notice of receipt of 
goods specified under No. 3 above, or within one 
week thereafter. Said complaint should specify 
explicitly the nature of the defect or defects. 
transit, the consignee or the person placing the 
order shall be responsible for making the proper 
claim upon the transportation agency, the shipper 
being under obligation to assist by furnishing any 
information needful in establishing the claim 
against the transportation agency. 
C. Payments : In the absence of special agreements to 
some other effect payments for nursery stock are ex¬ 
pected to be made within 30 days after delivery both 
of consignment and bill for same. 
ig the Convention of the National Association of Nursrymen. 
6 . That in case a complaint of defective stock is 
thus made to the nurseryman, the stock in ques¬ 
tion shall be heeled in or otherwise properly pro¬ 
tected from deterioration, and shall not be de¬ 
stroyed or otherwise disposed of until the nur¬ 
seryman shall have had reasonable time to state 
whether he wishes to have the stock jointly in¬ 
spected or what action he proposes to take con¬ 
cerning the complaint. 
7. That if the stock shall appear at the time of inspec¬ 
tion upon delivery to be defective, partly or 
wholly because of delay or mishandling while in 
Memorandum in Regard to Payment of Bills for Nursery 
Stock Ordered by Landscape Architects on Account 
of Clients 
The practice of many landscape architects of with¬ 
holding nurserymen’s bills from recommendation for 
payment until they have verified the bills from several 
different nurserymen for all plants shipped on their or¬ 
ders to a given client throughout a whole planting sea¬ 
son, when taken in connection with the fact that the 
clients often delay payment after receiving the bills with 
the landscape architect’s recommendation for payment, 
sometimes works serious financial hardship on the nur- 
