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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Roohester, N. Y. 
President,.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor,.JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-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. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
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Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., July, 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-Officio, 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 Manning, North Wilmington, Mass. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities— N. 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, W. W. McCartney, New Haven, 
Conn.; Secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, 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. DLx, 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. 1 . Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. ’ 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, E. W. Chattin, Winchester, 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. 
We have stated elsewhere that the Boston 
THE meeting did not make a record for 
BOSTON amount of business transacted. There 
MEETING was no effort made to do this. We 
believe, however, it did make a record in 
the matter of educational and social enjoyments. It was a 
real opportunity for many of our good friends from the Middle 
West to see and study plants and plant conditions as found in 
and surrounding the original home of the American people. 
The visits to the parks, the Arnold Arboretum, the nurseries 
in the environment of Boston, were filled with pleasure and 
instruction. It was most gratifying to see the large number 
of ladies present, sometimes the entire family of the nursery¬ 
man. This is as it should be. 
We are disposed to compliment the manner in which 
President Dayton handled the business of the convention. 
He showed executive ability and power to transact business in 
an expeditious and at the same time courteous and satisfac¬ 
tory manner. As stated in our last issue, both ex-president 
and president-elect leave for a trip to the nursery regions of 
Europe in a few days. We wish them a pleasant and instruc¬ 
tive visit, and hope that it will be productive of ideas which 
may redound to the success of our own Association. 
We should not close this note without again recognizing 
the splendid efforts of the entertainment committee. It is 
not an easy matter where numbers are not definitely known 
to arrange and run off excursions smoothly and on time. Mr. 
J. Woodward Manning demonstrated his ability to do this, 
and earned the gratitude of the members of the Association. 
The comprehensive report of Chairman 
FEDERAL Pitkin demonstrated very clearly that, in 
LEGISLATION accordance with the instructions received 
from the Society at the St. Louis meeting, 
the Committee had left no stone unturned in its efforts to 
secure what is needed for the nursery interests of the country, 
namely, in the terms of the St. Louis resolution, “safe and 
sane legislation.” The situation has been made somewhat 
difficult by the attitude of Pacific Coast nurserymen. In that 
region, they are literally mad on the subject of legislation. 
It is, in fact, common to find each county with its own restric¬ 
tive, regulative laws; and it is said to be more difficult to ship 
from one county to another in California than from one state 
to another in the East. The shipments within the state of 
California are thus attended by an immense amount of red 
tape and difficulty. This represents a type of “frenzied 
legislation” that ought to be avoided in all provisions to be 
carried out under federal direction. The attitude of the 
Pacific Coast fruit growers and their supporters has done 
much to hamper the work of the Committee. 
^ Again, it has not been easy at all times to exactly locate 
the desires and position of the representatives of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. The first bill proposed inspection at 
the port of entry, which was readily shown by The National 
Nurseryman to be absolutely impractical. Then inspection 
at destination was proposed and agreed to. Now it seems to 
be quarantine without any special type of inspection pro¬ 
vided. However, this would simply throw the responsibility 
of inspection upon the individual states, and it would mean 
using the machinery already in operation in each state. 
