THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1923-1924 
Realizing that the effectiveness of any publicity or advertising 
work depends to a very great degree upon its continuity, your 
committee recommends the following program for the coming 
year: 
1. Continuation of newspaper articles, putting same on 
weekly basis, giving fifty-two instead of forty as sup¬ 
plied last year. We have allowed for this item the 
sum of .$5,000.00 
2. The addition of mat illustrations to accompany some of 
the reader articles. We believe that this would in¬ 
crease very greatly both the number of articles used, 
and their effectiveness. While it may not be possible 
to send illustrations with all articles, we suggest 
using as many as can be obtained up to the sum of.. 500.00 
3. Booklets. We suggest the preparation of three new 
booklets, similar in size to the two already available. 
One on small fruits for home and commercial use. 
One on the proper handling and planting of nursery 
stock. One on the after care of plants, covering, prun¬ 
ing, spraying, mulching, summer and winter care, 
etc. These booklets to be sold at cost to members 
of the association. 
4. The addition of two sets of colored lantern slides, one 
on Fruits and Small Fruits, and one on Beautifica- 
cation of the Home Grounds. There have been many 
requests from magazines and the large newspapers 
for good photos, illustrating planting. We would 
suggest starting a collection of photos, in a moderate 
way, as soon as possible. For slides and photographs 
we have allowed the sum of. 500.00 
5. Continuation of advertising service to members, in the 
supplying of cuts, booklets, seals and other advertis¬ 
ing helps. This service is practically self-supporting. 
6 . We believe that this association should have a film or 
two presenting in the modern, universal language 
the story we wish to tell. We urge the most serious 
consideration of this most effective method of mar¬ 
ket development, but we hesitate to make any recom¬ 
mendation concerning it because of the cost, which 
would be in the neighborhood of $4000.00 for each 
film. 
7. School Essay Contests .$1,000.00 
Last, but by no means least, we most earnestly 
recommend a substantial campaign to secure the 
widest possible use of the School Prize Essay 
Plan. 
8 . Miscellaneous . 500.00 
$7500.00 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLICATION OF 
A DIGEST OF NURSERY LAWS AND 
QUARANTINES 
For the purpose of effecting better observance of plant 
laws and quarantines, a digest of the various State and 
Federal regulations governing interstate nursery trade 
has been prepared by the committee during the past eigh¬ 
teen months. Mr. S. R. Detwiler, of the Office of Blister 
Rust Control, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washing¬ 
ton. D. C., was present at the 1922 convention and de¬ 
clared that a large per cent, of the violations of the Fed¬ 
eral blister rust quarantines are found to be due to over¬ 
sight or carelessness on the part of nursery employees 
He also pointed out the lack of uniformity in the exist¬ 
ing plant laws of the various states. A circular has been 
written by members of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Indus¬ 
try, giving abstracts of the Federal and State laws and 
quarantines pertaining to interstate shipments and also 
to importations from foreign countries. Postal regula¬ 
tions concerning terminal inspection and the proper 
marking of packages of plants shipped by mail, are in¬ 
cluded. Also tin 1 plant regulations of Hawaii and Porto 
Rico, as well as Canada. 
Supplemental to the circular, wall charts have been de¬ 
vised, giving a tabular summary of the essential require¬ 
ments. Table No. 1 contains tin' general requirements 
for shipping stock to each state, classified under the gen¬ 
eral headings, (1) Action to be taken before doing busi¬ 
ness, such as obtaining license, filing bond, etc.; (2) Ac¬ 
tion to be taken when shipping orders are received, such 
as tags required, invoices, fumigation, etc., and (3) 
Treatment of stock on arrival at destination—How un¬ 
certified or unpermitted stock is disposed of, regulations 
affecting foreign stock, etc. 
In addition to Table 1, a quarantine chart (Table 2) 
has been compiled for each state, listing the nursery stock 
and packing materials which are prohibited against ship¬ 
ment into other states or whose interstate shipment is 
conditioned on a special certificate or permit or other re¬ 
striction. This table is a digest of both Federal and 
State quarantines and a separate chart is provided for 
each state. While the tables for the Middle Western 
States are comparatively simple, containing as few as ten 
plants, tables for New England and other Eastern States 
show considerable complexity in the various plant quar¬ 
antines. 
State officials have rendered excellent co-operation and 
have given the work whole-hearted support. Manuscripts 
dealing with State laws have been submitted to the State 
officials for approval, and the signature of the proper offi¬ 
cial of every state has been obtained. No table is issued 
without the approval of the proper official. 
Table 1 and 2 may be obtained through your State 
Nursery Inspector and the circular will be available from 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture by September 1. 
Your criticisms on the digests will be most welcome. It 
is realized that there is much room for improvement and 
those who use the publications in daily work are best 
qualified to offer advice and suggestions for increasing 
their value. 
An examination of the tabular summaries illustrates 
the wide variance in the present state requirements and 
emphasizes the need of early action for promoting stand¬ 
ardization of legal restrictions concerning the nursery 
trade. 
In presenting this report it is the earnest desire of the 
committee, first, that state inspection offices and plant 
quarantine officials should study these charts and see 
how much more simple, plain and practical they can 
make their rules and regulations. This will enable the 
nurserymen to co-operate intelligently and effectively in 
these measures which, after all, are of greater potential 
benefit to the nursery industry than any other single 
class. It is obvious that pest control becomes more and 
more important as population increases and as transpor¬ 
tation of plants increases in volume, distance and rapid¬ 
ity of movement. Prosperity of the nurserymen depends 
on prosperity of agricultural, horticultural and forestry 
industries. Second, the nurserymen should take an 
active part in helping to formulate and carry out plant 
quarantine laws and regulations. I his requires thought, 
effort and sympathetic co-operation with the authorities, 
