THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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this climate. The Asiatic representative of this Pine, 
Pinus koraiensis, from eastern Siberia, Korea and Japan, 
grows well here and produces its cones freely. Of the 
Pines of western America Pinus flexilis of the Rocky 
Mountain region grows slowly in the Arboretum but is 
healthy and perfectly hardy, as are the two White Pines, 
P. Lambertiana, the great Sugar Pine of California and 
Oregon, and P. monticola which ranges from Idaho to the 
coast of British Columbia and to the high Sierras of 
California. 
PROFESSOR J. G. SANDERS A GUEST OF THE 
PENNSYLVANIA NURSERYMEN 
The Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association gave a 
dinner at the Hotel Adelphia, Philadelphia, November 
Professor J. G. Sanders 
22nd, in honor of Professor J. G. Sanders, the recently 
appointed Economic Zoologist, to the state of Penna. 
Both the nurserymen and Professor Sanders are to be 
congratulated on the existance of the kind of spirit that 
prompted the idea, and so successfully carried out the 
junction. The old idea that the ‘‘Bug Men are antag¬ 
onistic to the nursery interests was born of ignorance, 
and is rapidly giving way to a broader spirit and mutual 
understanding. 
The dinner was a very enjoyable one, due largely to 
the able management of Thomas B. Meehan, who had 
been delegated bv the association to look alter things. 
A letter from the Secretary of Agriculture of Pennsyl¬ 
vania was received expressing deep regret at being un¬ 
able to attend. 
The following were present: Prof. J. G. Sanders, 
guest of honor; William Warner Harper, Andorra Nur¬ 
series, Andorra, Pa., president; Henry T. Moon, Morris- 
ville, Pa., secretary; Thomas Rakestraw, Rakestraw & 
Pyle Co., Kennet Square, Pa., treasurer; Edwin W. 
Thomas and Charles L. Thomas, Joseph W. Thomas & 
Sons, King of Prussia, Pa.; Adolf Muller, De Kalb Nur¬ 
series, Norristown, Pa.; R. S. Worthington, William H. 
Moon Co., Morrisville, Pa.; C. C. Colburn, Andorra Nur¬ 
series. Pa.; F. T. McDonald, Rakestraw & Pyle Co., Ken¬ 
net Square, Pa.; J. W. Root, Root & Rro., Manheim, Pa.; 
Ernest Hemming, Thomas Meehan & Sons. Germantown, 
Pa.; Wilmer W. Hoopes. Hoopes Rro. & Thomas, West 
Chester, Pa.; B. H . Farr. Mr. Bowman, Wyomissing Nur¬ 
sery Co., Wyomissing, Pa.; A. E. Wohlert, J. Russell 
Bebler, The Garden Nurseries, Narberth, Pa.; Robert 
Pyle, Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa.; George 
Achelis, The Morris Nurseries. West Chester. Pa.; Al¬ 
bert F. Meehan, Thomas B. Meehan Co., Dresher, Pa.; 
James Krewson, James Krewson & Sons, Cheltenham, 
Pa. 
After a very enjoyable dinner. Prof. Sanders spoke of 
the aims and object of his work and office and expressed 
the hope that the Pennsylvania certificate would ultim¬ 
ately be a badge of merit. 
He also spoke of the White Pine Blister Rust and the 
plans outlined at the recent meeting in Albany, N. Y.. to 
prevent its spread, and did much to convince the nur¬ 
serymen of the grave danger and necessity of drastic 
measures. 
That Prof. Sanders has the nurserymen with him. was 
proven by the unanimous resolution to support him in his 
efforts to establish an absolute quarantine on the move¬ 
ment of chestnut stock on account of the Chestnut Blight. 
EFFORTS TO STOP DUMPING NURSERY STOCK 
AT AUCTION 
Mr. Jos. Lunnemann, with Kallen & Lunnemann. of 
Boskoop, Holland, has just arrived from Europe and tells 
us, that the protective Association of Holland Nursery¬ 
men. in one of their last meetings agreed not to send direct 
or indirect any nursery stock to sell at auction, either in 
the U. S. A. or Canada. Disregard of the agreement makes 
one subject to heavy fine and members not willing to 
sign the agreement will have membership annulled. The 
list with names of firms having signed the agreement is 
to be published in all trade papers in this country and 
Canada and when importers on this side co-operate with 
the movement initiated by the Holland nurserymen, an 
important step in the right direction will have been taken. 
“We would advertise in your paper if we had enough 
trees to offer in surplus. Me grow apple and peach 
trees in large quantities. We plant from 700.000 to 
1.000.000 of apple each year, but at this time we are 
sold up.” 
The Gold Nudsery Co v Mason City, Mason Co., W. Va. 
