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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor.JOHN CRAIG 
Sercetary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery 
Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout 'the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
OfiScial Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
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this office by the 20 th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New York 
or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Manager, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., January 1912. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —-J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; vice-president, W. H. Wyman, North 
Abington, Mass.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.; H. B. Chase, Hunts¬ 
ville, Ala.; J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Ex-Ojfi-cio, Painesville 
Ohio; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec’y, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la,; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River —Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —-Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists—L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —C. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
Exhibits—A. E. Robinson, Bedford, Mass. 
Arrangements —^John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass.; 
H. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
Entertainment —^J.Woodward Maiming, North Wilmington, Mass. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
Root-Gall —E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn.. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la,; 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President, E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary. 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, Paul M. Hubbard, Bristol, Conn.; 
Secretary, C. H. Sierman, Hartford, Conn. ’ 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in January! 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester", 
N. Y.; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio.—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton O.- 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. ’’ 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; secretary- 
treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa.; secretary 
Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. A. Easterly, Cleveland. Tenn.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. ’ 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; secre 
tary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, Geo. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr.- 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets annually second! 
Wednesday in December. 
INSPECTION 
OF FOREIGN 
NURSERY 
STOCK 
“A bill to regulate the importation and 
interstate transportation of nursery stock 
to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to 
'establish and maintain quarantine dis¬ 
tricts for plant diseases and insect pests, 
, to permit and regulate the movement 
of fruits, plants, and vegetables therefrom, and for other 
purposes,” has been introduced into the House of Representa¬ 
tives by Mr. Simmons. A similar bill has been introduced 
into the Senate by Mr. Burnham. This bill prohibits the 
importation of nursery stock unaccompanied by a certificate 
of inspection, except where nursery stock is being imported 
for scientific purposes. It provides that the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture of the 
arrival of nursery stock at ports of entry; that the importer 
shall furnish the Secretary of Agriculture with the name 
and address of the consignee, and the character and quantity 
of stock it is proposed to ship., It prohibits transportation 
companies from receiving nursery stock without notifying 
the Secretary of Agriculture. It provides that all packages 
of nursery stock coming from foreign countries shall be 
‘‘plainly and correctly marked to show nature and quantity 
of the contents, the country and district where the same 
was grown, and the name of the shipper.” Transportation 
companies are forbidden to handle packages not so marked. 
The bill further gives the Secretary of Agriculture absolute 
power to prohibit importation "of nursery stock from any 
country where injurious disease or insects may exist. When 
such region is quarantined, the prohibition is absolute. The 
bill provides further that the Secretary of Agriculture may 
quarantine any state or territory of the United States when 
such region is infested with dangerous disease or injurious 
insects. Under such conditions, either of foreign or domestic 
quarantine, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
make and promulgate special rules and regulations for the 
inspection, disinfection, and certification of nursery stock 
as in his wisdom he deems best. The bill provides for 
punishing offenders by levying a fine not exceeding $500, 
or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, giving the court 
power to impose both fine and imprisonment, if thought 
proper. The sum of $25,000 is to be appropriated to make 
the act effective, which, if passed, will be enforced after the 
first day of July, 1912. 
These are the main features of the bill which the Com¬ 
mittee on Legislation of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men objected to very strenuously at the St. Louis meeting. 
The nurserymen take strong exception to the placing in the 
hands of the Bureau of Entomology, which will, of course, 
act as an advisory and executive body to the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the regulation of the nursery trade, both 
domestic and foreign. The relations of the nurserymen 
with the Bureau of Entomology have not been satisfactory 
during the term of their negotiations in connection with 
various proposed bills of this nature. The nurserymen 
claim that there has been decided lack of effort on the part 
of the officials of the Bureau of Entomology to ascertain not 
only the attitude, but the requirements of the nursery 
industry. They claim that the Bureau of Entomology has 
not kept faith with the nurser3mien, and has shown decided 
