THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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OHIO NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS. 
The Ohio Nurserymen’s Association held its second annual 
meeting at Northern Hotel, Columbus, O., on the afternoon and 
evening of Jan. 13th. There was a good attendance of the nursery¬ 
men of the state, Lake county being especially well represented. 
Several members of the state inspection forqe met with the nursery¬ 
men and matters of inspection, fumigation, etc., were generally 
discussed. We also had a very able paper on cherry culture by A 
R. Pickett of Clyde, O. 
Resolution was passed asking the Ohio State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture for a larger appropriation for the Division of Nursery and 
Orchard Inspection, as the nurseries in Ohio have increased from 
241 nurseries inspected in 1902 to 691 inspected in 1908. 
Resolution was also passed endorsing the change in the tariff law 
as presented to the ways and means committee by the tariff com¬ 
mittee of the American Association of Nurserymen; and urging all 
members to use their influence with their congressmen to secure its 
passage. 
In the evening supper was served to the members of the associa¬ 
tion in the private dining room at the hotel and was a very enjoyable 
feature of the evening. Everyone expressed themselves as heartily 
in favor of the yearly meeting and adjourned, determined to make 
the next meeting better in every way than the one preceeding. 
The following officers were elected: President, J. W. McNary, 
Dayton, O.; vice-president, A. R. Pickett, Clyde, O.; secretary, 
W. B. Cole, Painesville, O.; treasurer, W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, O. 
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 
BY SECRETARY SYMONS OF MARYLAND. 
The seventh annual meeting of the American Association of 
Horticultural Inspectors convened at the Rennert Hotel, Baltimore, 
December 29 th at 8 :oo p. m. The following members of the Associa¬ 
tion were present: 
President H. E. .Summers, Ames, Iowa. 
Secretary-Treasurer, Thomas B. Symons, College Park, Md. 
A. F. Burgess, Washington, D. C. 
S. C. Clapp, North Carolina. 
G. M. Bentley, Tennesee. 
P. H. Hertzog, Pennsylvania. 
A. F. Satterthwait, Pennsylvania. 
R. W. Braucher, Washington, D. C. 
Leonard L. Scott, Ohio. 
James F. Zimmer, Ohio. 
W. A. Thomas, South Carolina. 
E. O. G. Kelly, Washington, D. C. 
E. G. Titus, Utah. 
R. L. Webster, Ames, Iowa. 
E. P. Taylor, Missouri. 
E. D. Sanderson, New Hampshire. 
F. L. Washburn, Minnesota. 
R. I. Smith, North Carolina. 
J. B. S. Norton, Maryland. 
H. Garman, Kentucky. 
J. B. Smith, New Jersey. 
J. L. Phillips, Virginia. 
H. E. Summers, Iowa. 
T. B. Symons, Maryland. 
A. E. Stene, Rhode Island. 
E. F. Hitchings, Maine. 
• L. M. Peairs, Maryland. 
W. E. Hinds, Alabama. 
Paul Hayhurst, Massachusetts. 
Fred E. Brooks, West Virginia. 
W. E. Rumsey, West Virginia. 
W. M. Scott, Washington, D. C. 
J. H. Gourley, Ohio. 
W. A. Hooker, Washington, D. C. 
E. W. Morse, Washington, D. C. 
R. A. Vickery, Washington, D C. 
E. C. Cotton, Tennessee. 
N. E. Shaw, Ohio. 
W. E. Britton, Connecticut. 
Aven Nelson, Wyoming. . 
C. W. Hooker, Massachusetts. 
H. T. Fernald, Massachusetts. 
E. P. Felt, New York. 
Herbert Osborn, Ohio. 
Lawrence Bruner, Nebraska. 
Franklin Sherman, Jr., North Carolina. 
FIRST SESSION. 
The meeting was called to order by President Summers. The 
report of the member of the joint committee on National Law for 
the control of introduced insect pests, Dr. S. A. Forbes of Urbana, 
Illinois was then called for and presented by Secretarv Symons who 
attended the annual meeting of nurserymen to make a report to the 
Association. Mr. Symons reported that no definite action was 
taken by the National Nurserymens’ Association at their last annual 
meeting and a resolution looking toward this end offered to the 
Association was referred to the Legislative Committee. 
The regular program was then taken up, the first question for 
discussion being "How can a National Importation Inspection Law 
be secured ?” Several members including Messrs. Sanderson, Smith, 
Symons, Burgess, Norton, Titus, Phillips, Bruner and Hitchings 
took part in the discussion of this subject. All ®f the remarks 
showed the-great importance and need of such a National Law to 
prevent the introduction of injurious pests from foreign countries. 
The final disposition of the question was the appointment of a com¬ 
mittee of three to take charge of such Legislation during the ensuing 
year. 
The second question on the program, "Is it desirable for this 
Association to draft a Uniform Law for adoption by the several 
States?” was then taken up. After some discussion a motion was 
made and carried that the question be laid on the table. 
Certification of Nursery Stock. 
The third question, "Is it desirable to change the present method 
of certification of stock sold by a nurseryman which was not grown 
in his State?” was then discussed by Messrs. Worsham, Sanderson, 
Hitchings, Fernald, Smith, Symons, Titus, Washburn, and Sum¬ 
mers, each member citing particular cases of the certification of 
stock not growing in his State. The following resolution was 
offered by Dr. Smith and adopted "That a Committee of five mem¬ 
bers to formulate a system by means of which the individual mem¬ 
bers of the Association may notify the other members of the Associa¬ 
tion of such facts concerning special nurserymen as it may seem de¬ 
sirable for the inspectors of other States to know.” Further 
remarks showing the benefit of the tag system in covering this 
subject were made by other members. 
Question four, "What conditions should govern the issuance of a 
certificate to nurserymen in whose nursery stock San Jose scale has 
been found?” was discussed by Messrs. Symons, Fernald, Sanderson, 
Norton and Nelson, but no definite action was taken. 
The fifth question, "What is the present opinion regarding the 
dipping of nursery stock in a contact insecticide as compared with 
fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas?” having been discussed in the 
Association of Economic Entomologists there was very little dis¬ 
cussion at this meeting, save the adoption of the following resolu¬ 
tion: "That it is the sense of this body that the present method of 
fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas is the most practical method 
of treating nursery stock where there is danger of infestation of 
San Jose scale. 
SECOND SESSION. 
The meeting was called to order by President Summers who 
announced the personnel of the Committees, namely: Messrs. 
Symons, Worsham and Sanderson on Legislation and Messrs. Smith, 
Washburn, Nelson, Fernald and Sherman to devise plan of certifica¬ 
tion of nursery stobk. 
The first question in the morning session "What conditions 
should govern the certification of strawberry plants from nurseries 
in which the strawberry root louse is known to be present. 1 '” was 
discussed by Messrs. Washburn, Phillips, Symons, Summers and 
Sanderson. Most of the remarks showed the distribution of this 
pest throughout the country. The following resolution was then 
adopted: "That it was the sense of this Association that where 
the strawberry root louse occurs in a nursery patch, if the attack be 
severe, the patch should be destroyed, but if only slight infestations 
the nurserymen be required to burn off the patch and dip the plants 
in tobacco water before shipping.” 
