THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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king. I cannot imagine any man laboring harder 
with his head and his hands than the nurseryman. 1 
cannot recall any business in which there is so little ac¬ 
tual profit as in the nursery business. This fact is 
proved by the experience of nurserymen all over the 
country, most of whom are poor men. There are fewer 
millionaires among nurserymen than among any other 
class of business men so far as I know. 1 can recall 
only one nurseryman who may be classed as worth a 
million dollars. I doubt if this man is worth half a mil¬ 
lion, but however large his estate may be, it was built 
up rather on the profits of real estate than on the profits 
accruing from the sale of plants, trees and vines. 
One reason why the nursery business is not more 
profitable is the perishable nature of the plants, vines 
and trees that the nurseryman produces. If the dealer 
in shoes or in clothing should be required to burn all of 
his goods not sold at the end of the year he would be 
placed somewhat in the position of the nurseryman. The 
planters of trees, etc., are fickle. The nurseryman may 
find a large demand for certain varieties of fruits this 
year, which may lead him to plant largely of those var¬ 
ieties next year, but the fickle public has meanwhile 
changed its plans and demands something which the 
nurseryman does not have. What a sad sight to see 
thrown upon the brush pile and burned beautiful trees 
which should have been sold at a fair profit. 
Charles A. Green. 
We enjoy the monthly visits of the “National Nursery¬ 
man” very much and obtain a lot of help from its 
columns. 
Sincerely yours, 
The Gardner Nursery Company. 
Editor “National Nurseryman”:— 
That was a good article by A. C. Hanson, of the Hawks 
Nursery Co., Wauwatosa, Wis., as published in your 
January issue. 
The sending of trade price lists and selling at even 
lower prices than those quoted in the trade lists to far¬ 
mers and planters has about ruined the business. 
The advertising in farm papers and magazines of fruit 
trees at two cents and up is all wrong. Such stock 
should be burned up. If only the best grade was sold at 
a profit to the grower, it would be better both for the 
nurseryman and planter. 
Yours truly, 
J. L. Hillman. 
Editor “National Nurseryman,” 
Dear Sir:— 
In line with your editorial endorsement of distinctive 
planting for communities; I may mention that “our town” 
on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Narberth, 
Pa., has adopted the variety of cherry, known as the 
Japanese, as official town-tree or flower, the Civic Asso¬ 
ciation of Narberth has endorsed this tree and the weekly 
paper published by the local Civic Association gives al¬ 
most every week space, little write-ups on that subject. 
Cynwyd-Bala Neighborhood Club will in all probability 
endorse the “flowering apples” for lawn planting and the 
Japanese pink cherry for street planting; the two to be 
officially endorsed at the next monthly meeting. 
Merion on the Main Line, another Philadelphia suburb, 
plants white and pink dogwood, pink horse chestnut. The 
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series - ' in Narberth, a small nursery of about 15 acres 
carries a large stock ol flowering trees, considering tin* 
size of the nursery, they have in stock over 3000 such 
trees and expect to sell them in one season. 
A. E. Wohlert, Landscape Ar hitect, 
Narberth, Pa. 
New York. Eebruary 11th, 1916. 
Editor, “National Nurseryman,” 
Flourtown, Pa. 
Dear Sir:— 
Referring to your editorial in the February issue of 
National Nurseryman on the proposed quarantine on 
Ribes, I disagree with you entirely in the conclusion 
drawn. First, that I do not believe a quarantine is use¬ 
less unless it is absolutely effective. If it is partly effective 
it is better than having none at all. The nature of the 
Blister Rust is of such a character that it would be im¬ 
possible to tell by examination extending over only one 
year of plantation of Ribes whether that plantation was 
entirely free from the disease and I believe it is there¬ 
fore better to absolutely prohibit the growing of this 
plant until we are thoroughly advised as to the extent of 
the disease and the liability of the different varieties to 
take and carry. I believe that in a long run it will prove 
wise to severely limit the growing and selling of the dif¬ 
ferent varieties of currants than run the risk of destroy¬ 
ing our White Pine lumber industry and also make it im¬ 
possible for nurserymen to grow and sell White Pine for 
ornamental purposes. The White Pine is in all prob¬ 
ability one of the most beautiful evergreens in existence, 
and I deem that no methods are too severe if they will re¬ 
sult in its salvation. 
Very truly yours, 
Garfield Williamson. 
John Watson, Newark, New York, has taken the agency 
for the United States and Canada, for S. Spooner & Sons, 
Nurserymen, of Hounslow, England, specialists in Man- 
etti rose stocks, gooseberries, currants, trained fruit- 
trees, roses, rhododendrons, etc. They are an old and 
well-known firm, established in 1820. He has handled 
a great deal of stock from them in past years, and visited 
their nurseries, so has every confidence in the quality of 
their stock and business methods, giving full satisfaction 
to customers. 
A NEW MEMBER OF THE FIRM OF STARK BROS., 
NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS CO. 
The new member of this well known firm of Stark 
Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Co., bears the name of 
John Wingate Stark. “John” is for his great-uncle, 
Gen. John Stark, of Revolutionary fame. “Wingate” for 
