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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Easton, Md. 
The leading- trade journal issued for Gro-wers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1819. 
Hatboro, Pa., August 1924 
GAN THE A. A. N. BE A very important factor in 
MADE MORE VALUABLE many of our large business 
TO ITS MEMBERS? corporations is the research 
or investigation department 
whose duties are to try out new methods and plans, for¬ 
mulae, material, operation, etc., etc. 
Under the supervision of a competent manager experts 
are constantly employed in studying the problems con¬ 
tinually arising in the minds of the executives, or brought 
to their attention, thus freeing the officers for other 
duties. Only large corporations can afford such a costly 
department. 
In some lines, research departments are carried on by 
trade organizations, local or national, and with opportuni¬ 
ties for valuable results. 
Is not this a line wdiich should he considered by the 
A. A. N.? x4re not all our members confronted by prob¬ 
lems which cannot be answered except at an expense too 
large to he borne hy the individual? 
For example, every member would no doubt like to 
know more about fertilizers; whether commercial fertil¬ 
izers can he substituted for barn-yard manure; what 
should he used and their comparative costs and results. 
Many such questions cannot he answered hastily and 
our memhers are too busy with everyday activities to 
work out the answers as carefully and definitely as they 
should he, so continue to guess when perhaps the guess 
is all wrong. 
Four or live years ago the Department of iVgriculture 
started investigation to determine where in this country 
fruit tree seedlings and rose stocks could he successfully 
grown, to the end that foreign seedlings might be exclud¬ 
ed. Could not a research department have handled the 
question more thoroughly and impartially than the De¬ 
partment of x\griculture and given us (juicker and more 
trustworthy information ? 
What has been learned so far has come largely from 
the enterprise and initiative of a few Pacific Coast nur¬ 
serymen and not from the Department. 
x\t''every hearing before the Federal Horticultural 
Board the evidence has been mainly one sided—the sci¬ 
entific evidence almost entirely so—and our association 
has not been in a position properly to protect its interests. 
Would the steel men, for exanqile, submit to the ruling 
of a Federal Board based entirely on the judgment of 
that hoard that the ruling was necessary? On the con¬ 
trary, they wmuld know as much, or more, of eveiy phase 
of the subject as the board w ould know. 
It is expected that there wdll soon he a conference on 
the subject of Blister Rust quarantines. What real infor¬ 
mation has our committee on this subject? Should w^e 
rely, as we have done in the past, on the statements of 
the Federal Horticultural Board and other officials? 
Should we not know^ as much of the situation as they do, 
if we are to prevent action wdiich may he unjust and un¬ 
necessary, although actuated by entirely honest but mis¬ 
taken ideas? 
Of course no one man knows all of any subject, but 
the right man knows how and where to get information 
and can judge as to its reliability and value, and can go 
farther with the investigation of many matters than a 
chairman of a committee who has but little time to de¬ 
vote to the work. 
Some of our members are strongly impressed with the 
idea that a research or investigation department could he 
made a very valuable auxiliary to our association. Money 
would be required of course, but are there not opportun¬ 
ities for big results in return for the money expended? 
What do you think about it? 
BABY RAMBLERS 
At a meeting of the memhers of the Baby Rambler 
organization, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in 
Atlantic City, New Jersey, the following officers were 
elected for the ensuing year: Miles W. Bryant, presi¬ 
dent; Edward Greening, vice president; Horton Bowden, 
secretary. 
OHIO STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASS0GL4TI0N TO 
MEET 
The Ohio State Nurserymen’s x4ssoeiation w ill hold a 
two-day meeting at Cincinnati on iVugust 20th and 21st. 
x4t 11 o’clock of the first day they will meet at Garden 
4hew, 4400 Reading road, home of the W. x4. Natrop 
Company, for a business session and luncheon. x4t 4 
o’clock they will visit the Cincinnati Zoo, where a ban¬ 
quet will he given at six o’clock. In the evening there 
will be a concert. 
Promptly at 9 o’clock on the morning of x4ugust 21sl 
they will meet at Canal Boulevard near Race street 
and from that point tour to Mt. x4iry Forest, Siiring Grove 
Cemetery and many other points of interest along the 
hill tops. Mecklenherg’s Garden will he the place for 
luncheon at 1 o’clock. Everyone will he sure to enjoy 
the boat ride to Coney Island on the Ohio River, leaving 
Mecklenherg Garden at 2.30 and returning that evening. 
