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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
member, or anyone that buys trees from a member of the 
Association. 
Can anyone tell us how (he average buyer of nursery 
stock can determine the difference in value of trade 
marked, trustworthy trees of the same varieties offered 
at various prices by various distributors in the same lo¬ 
cality? 
In conclusion, 1 wish to say that 1 know there are 
many substantial firms, some of them that have been 
members of the Association almost since it was founded, 
that are not in accord with the trade mark idea and the 
handling of the market development advertising, and 
the position of some of the leaders of the Association as 
outlined in the March issue of the American Nursery¬ 
man, and unless a more harmonious policy can be agreed 
upon at the coming convention, there will be a serious 
loss in membership, and of members that we cannot well 
afford to lose. 
There should be some middle ground that we could 
unite on, and have a more harmonious and effective or¬ 
ganization. 
Yours truly, 
E. S. Welch. 
DOWNING’S “LANDSCAPE GARDENING” 
Frank A. Waugh, M. Sc., has revised Andrew Jack- 
son Downing’s famous work on Landscape Gardening 
and added to it many of the Rural Essays by the father 
of landscape gardening in America. 
One could hardly expect anything else than “super-ex¬ 
cellence” with the well known authority on landscape 
gardening, Prof. Waugh editing Downing’s works. 
The book is quite a relief from the frothy writings 
that are so freely published at, the present time on the 
subject of gardening. 
The information is basic and breathes love of the pro¬ 
fession in every page. 
For the use of the nurseryman it should be a source of 
inspiration that would be invaluable. 
It is a handsome piece of the printer’s craft. Price 
$6.00. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 432 Fourth 
ave., New York. 
On another page by the kind permission of the pub¬ 
lisher and author we are publishing chapter 36, “How 
to popularize the taste for gardening,” a subject of gen¬ 
eral interest to nurserymen at the present time. 
MR. DYKIJUIS UP IN THE AIR 
I have been staying in New York these last days, and 
have seen a good deal of that wonderful city. Wednes¬ 
day I was the guest of the Netherlands Aircraft Associa¬ 
tion. who have their offices on 286 5th avenue. They took 
me up in their airship and I had a wonderful fly over 
Long Island and Long Island Sound. The trip lasted 
fully 20 minutes and in that time I saw more of Amer¬ 
ica than I could have in days otherwise. The sensation 
was glorious and l can recommend you to make a trip 
yourself. 
Yours very truly, 
J. Dykhuis, 
Care Messrs. Maltus & Ware, 
116 Broad St., New York, N. Y. 
GRAFTING COLORADO RLUE SPRUCE 
At a meeting of the Illionois Nurserymen’s Convention 
at Chicago, a couple of years ago, in discussing pro and 
con the merits of Quarantine No. 37, a gentleman got up 
and said it would work a hardship and be a source of a 
great loss to the nursery trade, if it was adopted, without 
modification, that we did not have any propagators with 
the skill, knowledge, or ability, to propagate a great 
many of the ornamentals that are almost a necessity to 
the better class of landscape planting, 1 resented that 
statement, as 1 thought it to be an insult to the Yankee 
nurserymen, and said that 1 believed that we had as 
intelligent, and the making of as good propagators 
(probably no better) as can be found anywhere. All 
we need is the occasion and the opportunity and of course 
the compensation which we did not have as long as we 
had to compete with cheap foreign labor. 
1 wish to report that I believe I can verify that state¬ 
ment. I have been grafting Roster’s spruce (and if we 
can grow Rosters we can grow anything). This is now 
the third year. The first year I succeeded in getting 
about 50% to grow. Last year I had about 60%, but 
owing to a hitch in getting the understocks did not have 
enough to make a very satisfactory experiment. This 
year I am able to report a little better than 95% growing 
at this time. 
I am not writing this to boast. Anyone knows, that 
knows anything about the propagating business how 
silly that would be as next year I am liable to not get 
any. 
Neither have I any to sell. But am writing to learn if 
anyone else is having success growing them and to en¬ 
courage probably some who are having poor success. 
“What man has done, man can do.” 
I am still of the opinion that we can grow anything we 
need in this country, and have the men to do it if we try. 
Respectfully, 
Thomas A. McBeth,, Springfield, Ohio. 
When does the right to use the “Trustworthy” trade¬ 
mark cease? 
One very prominent concern is using it and the infor¬ 
mation is that they have not paid their dues for the cur¬ 
rent year. 
Another prominent concern which is using it is credited 
with having paid $5 dues for the current year. 
Is Ibis according to the rules and regulations of “up¬ 
lift, reform and vigilance?” 
Inquirer. 
FRUIT STOCRS 
Reports from the middle West indicate the late frosts 
seriously affected the fruit stocks. Prospects of both 
one year peach and June buds are materially changed, 
instead of a surplus as expected there will be a shortage. 
Plum on peach were also affected and many of the 
one year apple had to be cut back, so they will be one 
year instead of two. 
It looks as if last year’s prices are likely to prevail or 
at least as if there would not be much reduction. 
