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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 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued '' jr 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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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., August, 1912. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —Thomas B. Meehan, Diesher, Pa.; vice-president, J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Ore.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 
Iowa; P. A. Di.x, San Antonio, Tex.; T. B. Meehan, Ex-Oficio, Dresher, Pa.; 
John Hall, Ex-Officio, Secretary, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —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 —Samuel Miller, Milton, Oregon. 
Exhibits— 
Arrangements —^John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. B, Pilkington, Portland. Ore. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities— iV. 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.; James M. 
Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Membership —^James McHutchinson, New York City. 
Conservation —John Craig, Ithaca. N. Y. 
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. 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, 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. 
NURSERY¬ 
MEN’S 
INTEREST IN 
CONSERVA¬ 
TION 
This editorial is suggested by the action 
of the Association at its last meeting in 
voting to appoint a delegate to represent 
it at the forthcoming Congress on conser¬ 
vation. We merely present it for the 
purpose of drawing attention to the 
many sided character of this great ques¬ 
tion. The conservation doctrine is essentially altruistic. 
It means in simple language the saving of the nation’s 
resources not only for the use of the present generation, but 
for those who are to follow. It differs materially from the 
policy so often followed by the grasping individual of the 
present period which is, in effect, the helping of yourself as 
completely as possible without thought of the person who 
succeeds you. This says, in effect, “Get all you can your¬ 
self, and get it quickly; and let the devil take the hindmost.’’ 
The nation’s assets belonging to all the people for all 
time are, of course, mainly the great natural resources of 
the country,—the soil, the minerals, including oil and gas, 
the latter often shamefully wasted, forest products, water 
and its products; and it is interesting to ponder over the 
statement made by students who study the products of water, 
that more food can be produced on an acre of water than 
can be grown from an equal area of land. Besides the soil, 
the materials which it contains, and the forms which it may 
produce, we have the large and frequently overlooked ques¬ 
tion of natural beauty. Little thought • is given to this 
feature as a national asset, but where would Switzerland be 
without her mountains, her lakes, and her waterfalls? 
Scenic beauty is rapidly eoming to have a definite market 
value. This generation has no right to despoil or take 
away from future generations features of esthetic interest. 
These are entailed, or should be entailed, to all the genera¬ 
tions to come. Rather should the present generation be 
eoncemed with the effort to conserve and create beauty. 
The statement that beauty is becoming more and more a 
salable product is readily proved by the prices we see our 
millionaires giving for sites having commanding views 
and attractive vistas. 
The nurseryman is a manufacturer of forms of beauty in 
ornamental plants and beautiful shade trees. In propagat¬ 
ing these, he becomes a direct manufacturer of-the esthetic. 
As these plants are produced and sold, the nurseryman 
becomes an educator, and a promoter in the field of esthetics. 
This aspect of conservation is frequently overlooked in the 
consideration of the apparently larger and more material 
sides of the question, but as time goes on, it will unquestion¬ 
ably take a more prominent place in the consideration of the 
subject. For these latter reasons, it is particularly appro¬ 
priate that the nurserymen should be represented at the 
Conservation Congress, and we are glad to see a move in this 
direction. 
For the past fifteen years, the editor of 
COVER CROPS this journal has been an ardent advocate 
of the benefits and the beneficent features 
of the cover cropping system. Some ten years ago he wrote 
a bulletin on the subject, published by the Cornell Experi¬ 
ment Station. In this bulletin, he called attention to the 
valuable qualities of hairy vetch as a soil regenerator. Look- 
