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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 a d Business Manager, . . . THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Editor. ;..... ERNEST HEMMING 
Secretary-Treasurer,. 
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 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo 
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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, Flourtown, Pa. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., November, 1912 . 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; vice-president, J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Ore.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, Chas. J. Maloy, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —H. B. Chase, Huntsville. Ala.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 
Iowa; P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; T. B. Meehan, Ex-Officio, 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 —W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; James 
M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Membership —^James McHutchison, New York City. 
Conservation— 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Fhotective Association —President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la." 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, 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 iii 
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. Holly 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- 
secretary-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. 
The California Association of Nurserymen—President, W. V. Eberly, Niles, Cal.- 
Secretary, H. W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, Cal. ’’ 
Nurserymen are to be congratulated upon 
FEDERAL the outcome of the meeting between the 
INSPECTION Horticultural Board, the Legislative Com- 
BILL mittee and the Committee of the New York 
Importers’ Association which was held at 
Washington on September i6th and 17th and reported in 
our last issue. 
The hearty thanks of the Importers and Nursery trade 
at large is due to the committeemen who gave their time 
and services to attend the hearing, also to the Horticultural 
Board whose considerate attitude made possible the changes 
from the Rules and Regulations governing the Federal Im¬ 
port Bill as outhned. 
As at first outhned there were several clauses [in it that 
would have worked a hardship on the nursery business with¬ 
out accomplishing the aims of the government. It speaks 
well for the Department of Agriculture, and shows that they 
have the welfare of the nurserymen at heart when the Horti¬ 
cultural Board so willingly met the Legislative Committee 
and consulted with them, concerning the Rules and Regula¬ 
tions before putting them into effect. 
The result is a more practicable law and greatly increased 
confidence between the Department of Agriculture and the 
nurserymen at large. This is as it should be; they are both 
working for the same end, and the closer they get together in 
mutual confidence the better it will be for Horticulture and 
the country at large. 
One very important influence upon plant 
SHELTER growing is very largely overlooked by 
FOR PLANTS mnserymen in this country. Every practi¬ 
cal man who has worked among plants for 
any length of time knows how important shelter is for many 
of the choicer sorts. With many things it is really the 
difference between success and failure. The Dutchmen know 
the benefit derived from wind-breaks and have their nurseries 
well protected in this respect by planting hedges at intervals. 
The hedges in question are formed of all kinds of plants, such 
as Beech, Alder, Maple, Arbor Vitae, Hawthorn, English 
Oak, etc., in fact an3rthing in the shrub or tree line that can 
be made to grow uniform and kept within bounds. These 
windbreaks very generally used in the Boskoop District, 
where the evergreens are grown, also in the bulb district of 
Haarlem and vicinity. Their value is unquestioned. 
American nurseries would be able to carry a much choicer 
line of stock if more attention were given to this phase of plant 
growing. 
Some nurseries are happily situated and have all kinds of 
exposures enabling the grower to choose according to the 
wants of the plant, while in others all protection must be 
artificially produced. 
It is the “wants of the plant” that should really dominate 
all planting. If this was the general practice by Landscape 
Gardeners we should have very different places and Land¬ 
scape Gardening would take a tremendous step forward, but 
that would require men as thoroughly versed in horticulture 
as in design. 
