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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
PROF. JAMES G. SANDERS APPOINTED ECONOMIC 
ZOOLOGIST FOR PENNSYLVANIA 
Nurserymen throughout tne country and especially in 
Pennsylvania will be highly gratified to learn of the 
appointment of Prof. J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wisconsin, 
to the position of Economic Zoologist in Pennsylvania. 
He is a man of sterling worth and ability and has had 
the necessary experience and training and is well qual¬ 
ified to hold the position and increase its usefulness. 
Prof. Sanders is best known to nurserymen as the 
author of the “Model Horticultural Inspection Law,” 
which has for its purpose uniformity of inspection 
throughout the United States. 
A sort sketch of his career will show his qualifica¬ 
tions. 
James G. Sanders was born July, 1880, at Canton, Ohio. 
In 1896 he was graduated from the High School in 
Prof. James G. Sanders, 
/Is he appeared at the Cleveland Convention. 
Mansfield, Ohio, and received his Ph. R. degree in 1901 
from Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio. 
Fiom 1901 to 1905, graduate student, fellow and assis¬ 
tant in J oology and Etomology under the eminent Prof. 
Herbent Osborn, Ohio State University, and in 1903 re¬ 
ceived the degree of Master of Arts from this University. 
His Master's thesis, published in the proceedings of 
the Ohio Academy of Science was, “The Scale Insects of 
Ohio,” a review and description of more than eighty dis¬ 
tinct species found in that state. 
He was elected in 1903, to the honorary national scien¬ 
tific society of Sigma Xi. 
From 1905 to 1910, “Scientific expert” in the U. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. Also in 
charge of inspection of imported plants for the Depart¬ 
ment. 
1910 to 1915, Professor of Economic Etomology in the 
University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Chief Inspector 
of Nurseries and Orchards, and of Insecticides and Fungi¬ 
cides. 
In 1912 he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the 
American Association of Official Horticultural Inspectors 
and as such drafted the “Model Horticultural Inspection 
Law” gradually being adopted by the states for greater 
uniformity of inspection. 
In 1915 he was appointed State Entomologist of Wis¬ 
consin. 
His publications include several bulletins and circulars 
of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology; University of Wis¬ 
consin; Ohio Academy of Science; Wisconsin Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture; and scientific journals:—largely on 
horticultural inspection matters, and control of economic 
insect pests. 
He holds membership in the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science; American Association of 
Economic Entomologists; Entomological Society of 
America; Ohio and Wisconsin Academies of Science. 
He is a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and the 
Masonic order. 
It may be of interest to learn that Prof. Sanders is a 
cousin of Gene Stratton Porter of “Limberlost” fame, who 
has written so much to awaken American interest in na¬ 
ture study. 
We congratulate Pennsylvania on securing the ser¬ 
vices of so valuable a man as Prof. Sanders and feel 
assurred that he will receive the hearty co-operation and 
support of all the Horticultural and Agricultural So¬ 
cieties of Pennsylvania. 
A PURPLE LEAVED SMOKE TREE 
Rhus Cotinus foliis purpureis 
A few years ago we found in our seedlings of Rhus 
cotinus (Smoke tree) two plants quite different from the 
type. One had spoon shaped leaves bordered yellowish 
in the late summer and of a more conspicuous yellow in 
the autumn. A second one seemed more interesting. 
It had purple leaves. This small seedling was trans¬ 
planted and we have had the pleasure to notice its value 
as a decorative plant. The leaves are of the same size 
as those of the common sort, but of purplish red, turn¬ 
ing brighter in the autumn. The flowers are brown, red 
and yellowish. The feather like clusters are large, of 
a beautiful color in the way of those of the well known 
Rhus cotinus atropurpureus. The Whole plant is as 
effective as a purple Barberry. It is quite hardy and 
has the property of coming true from seeds. This will 
facilitate the rapid propagation of the variety. We ex¬ 
pect to offer the first lot of these seedlings in the au¬ 
tumn of 1917. Barbier & Co., Orleans, France. 
Mr. Thomas Lane, of Dresher, was a visitor at the 
office of The National Nurseryman the other day, bring¬ 
ing with him copy for the September issue. He ex¬ 
pressed himself as well pleased with the result of the 
August advertisement. 
