THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
285 
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, Easton, Md. 
The leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
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Hatboro, Pa., November 1923 
PHILADELPHIA'S After a year of bickering as 
SESQUI-CENTENNIAL to the wisdom of having a 
Centennial to mark the 150th 
Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Inde¬ 
pendence. Edwin Bok presents a plan for a dignified fes¬ 
tival which eliminates the main objection, namely the 
immense cost of the undertaking, as originally planned. 
Due to the shortage of labor and the general unsettled 
conditions of the world at large many doubted the wis¬ 
dom of holding a Sesqui-Centennial that would call for 
the putting up of temporary buildings, when there was 
not sufficient labor to build necessary homes, except at 
almost prohibitive cost. 
The keynote of a festival, such as Mr. Bok suggests 
would have for its uppermost aim the note of originality 
—a departure from all previous exhibitions, a festival 
that will stand for originality, beauty and happiness. 
An event marked for its distinct quality rather than for 
quantity, that will depend on its ideas rather than its 
cost, either to the citizens of Philadelphia or to the con¬ 
tributing Nations and States. 
It is interesting to note that Mr. Bok's plan, among 
other things, calls for the beautification of Fairmount 
Park. 
In place of the usual Horticultural Building the plan 
would call for States and nations to permanently beauti¬ 
fy certain areas of Fairmount Park which would remain 
long after the period of celebration, and grow in beauty 
with time. To quote Mr. Bok: 
“Great Britain, for example, might be asked to plant 
for permanent occupancy an area devoted to her wonder¬ 
ful rhododendrons encircled with her hawthorn trees; 
Japan for an avenue of her artistic flowering fruit trees; 
France for a valley of her Fleur-delis; Oregon for a gar¬ 
den of her roses; Spain for one of its far-famed four¬ 
teenth century terraced gardens; The Netherlands for 
a permanent planting of her unrivaled daffodils encircled 
by a planting of her Laburnum tree, ‘the tree of dripping 
gold.' And so on, each planting contributing directly to 
the beauty of Fairmount Park and leaving behind a per¬ 
manent. testimonial of the good will of the contribution.” 
This suggestion should find a responsive cord with the 
nurserymen and horticulturists as it recognizes the im¬ 
portance of their profession and business in the scheme 
of things, but unfortunately Mr. Bok is evidently not fa¬ 
miliar with the activities of Government control in rela¬ 
tion to the movement of plants. 
Foreign countries could contribute their manufactured 
products, inventions, works of art, but the wonderful 
rhododendrons and hawthorn trees of England, the flow¬ 
ering fruit trees of Japan, the Iris of France, the daffo¬ 
dils and laburnum irees of the Netherlands are all for¬ 
bidden entry into the country and under regulations that 
it would be difficult to set aside, even for such an event 
as to mark the 150th birthday of our Country. 
THE SUBJECT OF BOSE STOCKS 
Chairman, J. W. Hill, of the Advisory Committee of 
the. American Association of Nurserymen, during Mr. 
Lindley's administration sent out a number of question- 
aires to nurserymen inquiring if, in their judgement, 
America could grow an adequate supply of Rose Stocks 
for its own needs. The replies, that were received, were 
varied, representing as they did opinions from all parts 
of the United States. 
During the closing sessions of the past Conference in 
Chicago much time was given to this subject, President 
Kelsey referred the entire matter to the Legislative Com¬ 
mittee, who have sought to make a reply to the quest of 
the Federal Horticultural Board, which had asked the 
nurserymen, through the American Association, if it was 
felt that nurserymen could produce in America an ade¬ 
quate supply of Bose stocks to meet Domestic use. 
This reply, based upon the answers of the question- 
aires and the extracts of the proceedings of the recent 
convention, has formed the basis of the answer made. 
This answer, which is published below, before being 
sent to tbe Federal Horticultural Board was submitted 
to the Executive and Legislative Committee of the 
National Association of Nurserymen. 
September 22, 1923. 
Federal Horticultural Board, 
Washington, D. C. 
Be—Rose Stocks 
Gentlemen: 
You have asked our Association under date of Feb¬ 
ruary 26. 1923—“if it is perfectly possible for home pro¬ 
duction to meet all the rose stock needs of this country?" 
On the last day of our recent convention, when, un¬ 
fortunately. only a small number were in attendance, 
this subject was up for discussion. Previously, Mr. J. 
W. Hill, recent Chairman of our Advisory Board, had 
corresponded with many nursery firms qualified to give 
an opinion on this subject. From the replies that he ob¬ 
tained. as well as from expressions heard at our con¬ 
vention, the committee feels it may make the following 
reply as expressive of sentiment among American Nur¬ 
serymen on the subject. 
The Pacific Coast Nurserymen state almost without 
