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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
exception, that it is perfectly possible to grow all the 
rose stocks for United States needs at home. Further, 
they state large quantities of Manetti are now being 
grown by them, and that with adequate notice of intent¬ 
ion to exclude Foreign stocks, an ample supply of home 
grown stocks could be made ready. 
The Nurserymen of the Gulf States also state “that 
it is perfectly possible for home production to meet all 
the rose stock needs of this country,” but they are not as 
enthusiastic in their letters of reply. 
The mid-western and Eastern Nurserymen mostly re¬ 
ply that it is first necessary that American production 
should first be proven over a period of years, and home 
grown stocks found that are suitable and acceptable for 
all domestic needs, before the foreign product is entirely 
excluded. 
The views held by this large section of Nurserymen 
are best summarized in the words of a prominent Lake 
State grower. “In one instance, at least, and possibly 
two, we have had as good stocks as our imported French 
stocks, but the same growers in over three successive 
years have only produced one such crop.” 
The request is very general among Nurserymen that 
whenever it becomes necessary in the judgment of your 
Board to exclude Foreign grown rose stocks, adequate 
notice of such intention should be given , that stocks may 
be grown to “avoid a gap” in rose production. Two 
years is as short a notice as the most optimistic of our 
growers desire though many feel a longer period for 
preparation and adjustment necessary. 
This letter does not attempt to speak for Greenhouse 
Men or Florists, nor for the American Rose Society. 
We appreciate your courtesy in having asked our 
judgment upon this matter. Our reply has, by the very 
nature of our widely located and diversified membership 
been a long time in formulation, but we believe, as now 
expressed herein, is indicative of the opinion among Nur¬ 
serymen on this subject at this time. 
Very respectfully, 
Harlan P. Kelsey, 
President, A. A. of N. 
J. Edward Moon, 
Chairman Legislative & Tariff Committee of A. A. of N. 
Robert G. Young, Greensboro. North Carolina, whole¬ 
sale trade list, offering evergreen seedlings, boxwood, etc. 
3000-YEA 11-OLD TREE 
Bavaria’s oldest tree, a beech which foresters say was 
3.000 years old, has been felled in the Frankenwald, near 
Kulmback. Scientists are greatly interested in the stump 
of the old monster. 
German naturalists say the tree probably germinated 
about the time Solomon was ruling in Jerusalem and the 
Kingdom of Israel was at the height of its glory. 
Central Europe then was a wilderness, inhabited by 
tribes. That was the copper age, when iron and steel had 
not come into use. The scientists estimate the beech was 
1,000 years old when Caesar and his Roman cohorts in¬ 
vaded Central Europe and gave the Teutonic tribes the 
arts and sciences of Rome and Greece which formed the 
basis of modern civilization. 
Jackson and Perkins Company, Newark, New York, 
are sending out the Fall price list, for the trade only, in 
the shape of a very attractive catalog copiously illus¬ 
trated, printed on coated paper in sepia tones. 
The cuts are especially good showing large blocks of 
evenly grown stock which tells the recipient at a glance 
this salesman represents a firm that has ample stock to 
draw from. 
The back cover page illustrates and offers new dwarf 
Ligustrum nana compacta. 
THE McBETH NURSERY COMPANY 
On September 25th the stock holders of The McBeth 
Nursery Company, an Ohio corporation, went into execu¬ 
tive session and changed the name from the McBeth Nur¬ 
sery Company to The Netts-McBeth Nursery Company. 
Mr. Thomas A. McBeth, who is known to the nursery 
trade throughout the United States, at this time retired 
as president. Mr. McBeth, who is well advanced in 
years, but still hale and hearty, feels that the younger 
men in the organization should assume active control. 
Mr. McBeth has been actively engaged in the nursery 
business for the past fifty odd years, and feels it is long 
enough for one man to carry the helm. 
Ho^ ^ever, Mr. McBeth is not deserting the nursery 
industry. He will still keep his finger on the propagating 
of the above named concern. He no doubt will be active¬ 
ly interested until the end of his long and successful 
career. He will continue to grow a few of the rare and 
Block of Young Evergreens, Storage and Packing Houses of the Pontiac Nurseries, Oakland County, Mich 
