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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
easier of solution and nurseries of tlie State were not 
required to get a special inspection on this class of small 
fruits. 
Action was taken toward further determining the ef¬ 
fect of crown-gall on fruit trees. 
CRAMTON BILL CONTROLLING NURSERY INDUS¬ 
TRY UNDER PRISON PENALTIES 
To the Editor: 
Some years ago when the poor little industry of insec¬ 
ticide manufacturers was picked upon by bureaucracy 
heads in Washington, and the whole little industry com¬ 
pelled to work under a liability of fines and imprison¬ 
ments, did you bear a cry from any of the American As¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen? Neither did you hear any wild 
cries from them when the bulb and plant industry was t 
attacked and unjustly put out of business by drastic em¬ 
bargoes. 
Rut when tbe Cramton Bill, II. R. 760, comes along 
and ]mts equally severe regulations on the nursery trade, 
then they certainly do raise up their voices. This is what 
they say in the February issue of tbe A. A. N. Booster 
referring to said Cramton Bill: 
“A bill, which if passed, will render every responsible 
man liable to fines and imprisonment that may prove 
destructive to his entire business and his personal 
reputation.” 
Apparently the interest and anxiety of the A. A. N. 
members depend entirely on ‘‘whose ox is gored.” 
The writer, at the time the insecticide industry was 
attacked by tbe severe law referred to, although not in¬ 
terested as a manufacturer of insecticides at all, spent 
several hundred dollars mailing a leaflet calling attention 
to the unfair jiolice regulation which was tacked on to 
that bill, and wbich bill became a law. This leafllet car¬ 
ried the heading, “Prison Penalty on Flea Powders.” 
Now the Cramton Bill, referred to by the A. A. N. as 
the “pernicious piece of legislation,” carries the same 
police regulations supplied to legislators by the paid at¬ 
torney of the Department of Agriculture, in order to put 
the proper teeth into every drastic controlling bureau- 
catic law of the Cramton or Insecticide type. In this 
case it reads: 
“Any person who shall receive and offer to any other 
person, any tree, shrub, or plant, that does not bear 
a label stating the correct name of the variety, shall be 
subject to fine not to exceed two hundred dollars, or im¬ 
prisonment not exceeding six months.” 
It will be readily noted that the above police regula¬ 
tion does not require proof of the intent of the shipper 
or the party delivering. The actual shijiping or deliver¬ 
ing is sufficient to convict. The words “wilfully and 
knowingly,” rightfully so universal in common English 
Law, are purposely omitted, and the simple fact that the 
act is done convicts, whatever may have been the honest 
intention of the shipper. 
The writer has long contended that the liberties of the 
American people are seriously jeopardized by the use of 
such police regulations, and no laws which control flea 
powders or the labeling of plants should be enacted if 
they omit those words “wilfully and knowdngly,” wdiich 
protects the rights of the citizen. 
The follow ing paragra})h of the Gramton Law should 
be carefully noted by all plantsmen: 
“Nursery stock, for the purposes of this Act, shall in¬ 
clude all field and greenhouse grown plants, such as 
fruit trees, fruit-tree stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cut¬ 
tings, grafts, scions, buds, and all other plants or parts 
of plants for planting or propagation.” 
J. C. Vaughan. 
J. H. H. BOYD 
Mr. J. II. II. Boyd, McMinnville, Tennessee, died Feb¬ 
ruary 21st. 
Mr. Boyd was well and favorably known in the nur¬ 
sery trade and his death wdll be much regretted by his 
numerous friends. He started in the business of collect¬ 
ing native trees and sbrubs and seeds many years ago. 
Being located at Cagle, in the mauntains of Tennessee 
in the midst of a very rich flora he built up a very ex¬ 
tensive business in this line, collecting and shipping nat¬ 
ive plants to nurserymen all over the country and large 
quantities of seed to Europe. 
His honesty and integrity in all his business dealings 
w on the confidence of all wdio dealt with him. 
In later years he started a nursery of native seedlings, 
growing them along and selling them to nurserymen as 
transplants. 
Mr. Boyd had not been in tbe best of health for some 
time and a few years ago turned the business over to 
his sons, wdio operate under the name of Boyd Brothers. 
CHARLES A. GREEN 
Mr. Charles A. Green, Rochester, New York, died at 
his home in that city on February 8th. 
Mr. Green was president of the Green Nursery Com¬ 
pany and also editor of Green s Fruit Grower, which he 
had ])ublished for nearly half a century. He was one 
Oi the first, if not actually the first, to offer and ship 
fruit trees by mail and built up a very large business 
along these lines. 
Interested in banking, church work and art he lived a 
busy and successful life. 
He is survived by his wife, Jennie C. Green, two 
daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Burleigh and Mrs. John Tay¬ 
lor; one son. Maxim H. Green. 
