THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
133 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
Office of Counsel, 19 Congress St., Roston, Mass. 
March 28, 1916. 
Editor National Nurseryman, 
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Flourtown, Pa. 
Dear Sir:— 
The importers of nursery stock are very much exer¬ 
cised by action of the British censor in retaining con¬ 
sular invoices of nursery stock shipped from the Nether¬ 
lands. Such very long delays are made in sending on a 
consular invoice after retention by the British consul that 
these goods are liable to be destroyed and deliveries to 
the trade prevented. Thousands of cases of stock are 
piled up in New York and other ports of entry not re¬ 
ceiving these consular invoices. The situation is very 
serious. A strong case has been presented to the De¬ 
partment of State at Washington, which has instructed 
the American Ambassador to secure relief. 
It has been bruited about that the Federal Horticultural 
Board is to have a quarantine hearing on Azaleas, Rho¬ 
dodendrons, Bay Trees, Evergreens, and all balled plants 
from any source,—the hearing to take place in March or 
April. The reason assigned is that these balled plants 
may contain in the earth, or other packing, dangerous in¬ 
sect pests. 
On the best authority, it is stated that no action has 
been taken by the Federal Horticultural Board, and is 
not now contemplated. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, under date of February 
29th. 1916. issued a quarantine against the introduction 
into the United States from the Dominion of Canada and 
Newfoundland of all five-leafed pines and all varieties of 
the Genera Ribes and Grossularia, known to be carriers 
of the white pine blister rust. This quarantine is amend¬ 
ment No. 1 to notice of quarantine No. 7. 
Yours very truly, 
Curtis Nye Smith. 
300K 
STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF HORTICULTURE 
By L. H. Bailey. 
The fourth volume of this splendid work is being dis¬ 
tributed. The more references that are made to this 
inimitable work, the more one is impressed by its mag¬ 
nitude, thoroughness and scope. Volume IV covers the 
letters L to 0. 
As an illustration of its thoroughness and scope, while 
it confines itself strictly to the gardening or horticultural 
phases of Landscape Gardening, as differing from the 
larger scope of Landscape Architecture, this section is 
treated by such well known authorities as 
The art of designing landscapes (Manning) 
The Japanese Garden (Tanimura, Verbeck) 
Formal Gardens (Vitale) 
The landscape treatment of small grounds (Cowell) 
The landscape treatment of parks (Olmsted) 
Landscape cemeteries (Simonds) 
Horticultural phases of civic art (Waugh) 
Landscape extension (Miller) 
Lawns and Lawn-making in landscape planting (Par¬ 
sons, Berckmanns) 
It gives the latest information of theory and practice 
in the growing of all kinds of crops and by the very best 
authorities. 
I he satistics are very comprehensive, those referring 
to the Nursery Business give the acreage value and even 
to the number of apple trees grown. 
The work is of such supreme importance to the nur¬ 
sery interests of the country that all nurserymen should 
at least investigate it. Send to ‘'The Naional Nursery¬ 
man,” Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y., for pros¬ 
pectus. It is being published by the MacMillan Company. 
New York. 
DON’T LET YOUR MEMBERSHIP LAPSE 
To the Members of American Association of 
Nurserymen: 
Your membership in the American Association 
'to-day is one of your most valuable assets. Do not 
let your membership lapse. Under the new con¬ 
stitution adopted at Detroit convention every mem¬ 
ber in good standing in 1915 retains his member¬ 
ship provided he subscribes to the new constitution 
and pays his dues prior to the meeting of the con¬ 
vention at Milwaukee in June, 1916. Article VI1 
of the new constitution reads as follows: "The an¬ 
nual membership fee for active members shall be 
$5.00 and for associate members $10.00. Addi¬ 
tional dues shall be paid as follows: active mem¬ 
bers doing an annual business of from $10,000 to 
$20,000, $5; $20,000 to $50,000, $15; $50,000 to 
$100,000, $25; and $100,000 or over $50. The pay¬ 
ment of dues based upon the above schedule shall 
be made to the Secretary prior to the date of annual 
meeting.” 
The Executive Committee has directed the Secre¬ 
tary to mail blanks to every member of the Associa¬ 
tion, and it is earnestly hoped that no member will 
fail to respond. Your officers are endeavoring, by 
every known means, to promote the nursery inter¬ 
ests of America, and it is believed that the report of 
your Executive Committee at Milwaukee will prove 
this fact. It has been in the Committee’s mind to 
proceed along most economical lines during the 
first year of operation under the new constitution 
and yet we all realize the need of judicious expen 
diture of money in building a creditable organiza¬ 
tion such as is contemplated under new constitution. 
Again may I say that it is earnestly hoped that 
every member of the A. A. N. will respond promptly 
to Secretary Hall’s call for report, and that where 
it is possible every member will attend the Milwau¬ 
kee Convention in June, with a determination to 
help make ours a better organization. 
Let us plan now to attend the meeting at Mil¬ 
waukee. J. R. Mayhew. 
