THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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that nursery stock should be classified as first class 
which meant a tremendous increase in the cost of trees 
to the American tree planting public. This increase, 
gentlemen, was on top of all the ordinary rate increases 
that the express companies have effected since before the 
war. During this time the express charges on nursery 
stock have nearly doubled, so that we now have an ex¬ 
press burden on the shoulders of the farmer, orchardist 
and nurserymen that is almost unbearable. This terrific 
load, of course, in the final analysis must fall upon the 
planter, therefore, on account of this adverse decision of 
the Interstate Commerce Commission we find a condition 
which clearly thwarts the paternal policy so clearly 
recognized by the great men of our government from its 
very inception, the policy which says in effect that,— 
“It is so important to stimulate and foster the in¬ 
creased planting of trees and plants throughout the 
vast areas of the United States that nursery stock 
should receive special consideration in the way of 
minimum freight and express rates.” 
The very health and prosperity of the nation will be 
seriously affected a few years from now if our people 
are continually forced to pay these new and excessive 
transportation charges. In many foreign countries this 
policy of encouraging tree planting is not only recognized 
to the extent ol fostering the industry concerned, but in 
many lands when a citizen cuts down a tree, he must, ac¬ 
cording to law, in the place of that tree, plant two trees, 
or if a fruit tree dies, another fruit tree must be planted. 
Here in this country, with our present excessive rate, 
we have a situation which in its final analysis means 
that because of mercenary motives—because the express 
companies said they needed the money—our country is 
to a certain extent to be deprived of its fruit trees, shade 
tiees and beautiful plants. The nation-wide endeavor, 
gentlemen, to make America more fruitful and more 
beautiful, has received a severe set-back and it must be 
corrected, for in rendering this decision the Interstate 
Commerce Commission has entirely overlooked a vital 
scivice policy which all men and all nations have recog¬ 
nized to a great or less extent from the beginning of time. 
During the year your President and other officers have, 
from time to time, urged the membership to bring these 
matters to the attention of their friends and representa¬ 
tives at Washington, with the feeling that they will 
<1 uickly realize the great damage that is being done— 
damage which will not make itself seriously evident 
perhaps for hall a generation, but then, gentlemen, it 
will be too late, lor orchards and avenues of shade trees 
cannot be grown in a day. You are urged to continue to 
fight this unwise decision, by all honorable means, that 
the American public may again be placed in position to 
obtain their trees and plants at a minimum cost. 
Other transportation matters will be brought to your 
attention by the Traffic Manager in his report. Generally 
speaking, traffic conditions from the standpoint of deliv- 
uy have been much improved this year but they are 
unsatisfactory because of excessive cost. 
Legislation and Tariff: Your Legislative Committee 
has had before it a number of vicious bills, all of which, 
on account of their unfairness or unconstitutionality, 
have been satisfactorily disposed of. 
Nomenclature : The Chairman of our association’s 
Nomenclature Committee who w as appointed to represent 
us on the American Joint Committee on Horticulture 
Nomenclatuie which was appointed by tin; various allied 
associations and societies to revise and classify American 
plant names, has about completed its work. This com¬ 
mittee has not received the help from our Association that 
it should receive. It is now face to face with the problem 
of publishing its official catalog of plant names which is 
the combined result of several years hard work. This 
committee is now without funds for the publication but 
they aie going ahead with the work and if necessary pro¬ 
pose to raise the money out of their own pockets or by 
contributions from nurserymen who are willing to assist. 
11 it is at all possible to find the funds, I would recom¬ 
mend that the Association assist in the underwriting of 
this publication to the extent of $1,000 with the under¬ 
standing that this money may be paid back into the treas¬ 
ury as fast as the volumes of the “Official catalog of plant 
names for use in labeling, catalog compilation and or¬ 
dering,” be sold. In addition to assisting financially, I 
wish to commend the members of this committee for their 
splendid work and untiring efforts, particularly, Mr. 
Kelsey, who has handled the plant names or so-called 
Ornamentals for our association. 
Fruit Nomenclature: Recently this committee de¬ 
cided that it would be a valuable thing in addition to the 
catalog ol plant names or ornamentals, etc., to include 
also a section devoted to fruit nomenclature, up to date 
and making it practical so that our association can recog¬ 
nize it as official for use in labeling and catalog work. 
Mr. Kelsey, in connection with Professor Lake and 
others ol the United States Department of Agriculture, 
have already done a great deal of work on this nomen¬ 
clature section. However, your President and Execu¬ 
tive Committee deem it unwise to issue a catalog of 
fruit names and synonyms that has not the official sanc¬ 
tion of a Fruit Nomenclature Committee recently ap¬ 
pointed for that purpose and if the time before publication 
of the official catalog of plant names is not sufficient to en¬ 
able our Fruit Committee to have several months in which 
to bring the fruit list up to date, it is deemed unwise to in¬ 
clude the fruit section in this volume. 
In selecting the membership of the Fruit Nomenclature 
Committee your President endeavored to select men who 
were not only familiar with the scientific names but men 
who are practical orchardists and nurserymen as well. 
On this committee were included two men from the east, 
two from the central section and one from the Pacific 
Coast with Mr. Robert Simpson, of Vincennes, Ind., as 
Chairman of the deciduous fruit section and Mr. Harold 
Hume of Glen St. Mary, Florida, Chairman of the Trop¬ 
ical and sub-tropical section. Every nurseryman is 
urged to assist these committees as far as possible when 
called upon so that when the catalog of fruit names is 
completed, it will not only be correct from a scientific 
standpoint but from a commercial and practical stand¬ 
point. To obtain this result all widely known local names 
and synonyms must be included, otherwise this Associa¬ 
tion would be treading on very dangerous ground and 
could not recognize it as its official catalog of fruit names 
for use in labeling catalog compilation and ordering. 
Standardization: Chairman Kelsey of the Standardiza¬ 
tion Committee will render report on the subject and will 
