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THE NATIONAL NURSEEYMAN 
words on some phase of agronomy to be filed with the applica¬ 
tion. 
AGRICULTURAL ECOxXOMlST 
ASSOCIATE AGRICULTURAL ECONO.MIST 
Applications for the above positions will be rated as received 
until September 30. Vacancies are in the Bureau of Agricultural 
Economics, Department of Agriculture. The entrance salary for 
agricultural economist is $3,800, and for associate agricultural 
economist, $3,000. 
The duties of an agricultural economist are to direct and con¬ 
duct economic research in various phases of the production, 
handling, and marketing of farm products; to serve in an advis¬ 
ory capacity in this and related activities. The duties of an as¬ 
sociate agricultural economist are to direct, under general sup¬ 
ervision, minor agricultural economic investigations and re¬ 
search in various phases of the production, handling and mar¬ 
keting of farm products. 
Competitors for these positions will be rated upon their ed¬ 
ucation, experience, and fitness, and on a thesis or discussion 
which must be filed with their applications. 
Full information and application blanks may be obtained from 
the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., 
or the secretary of the board of U. S. civil-service examiners at 
the post office or customhouse in any city. 
MODIFICATION OF NURSERY STOCK, PLANT AND SEED 
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
Amendment No. 1 of Revised Rules and Regulations 
Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37 
(Effective on and after July 1, 1924.) 
Under authority conferred by the plant quarantine act of Aug¬ 
ust 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Congress 
approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), it is ordered that 
Regulation 15 of the Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemen¬ 
tal to Notice of Quarantine No. 37, governing the importation of 
nursery stock, plants, and seeds into the United States, which 
became effective April 5, 1923, be, and the same is hereby, 
amended to read as follows; 
Regulation 15. Permits for the importation of nursery stock 
and other plants and seeds from countries contiguous to the 
United States. 
When it is deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture that the 
importation from countries contiguous to the United States of 
any class or classes of nursery stock and other plants and seeds 
the entry of which is not provided for under regulations 2 and 3 
will not be attended by serious risk to the agriculture, horticul¬ 
ture, or floriculture of the United States, permits may be issued, 
on application, authorizing the entry of such nursery stock and 
other plants and seeds under such safeguards as may be pre¬ 
scribed in the permits: Provided, That importations under this 
regulation shall be limited to specific classes of nursery stock 
and other plants and seeds which can be considered as peculiar 
to or standard productions of such contiguous countries, and not 
mere reproductions of imported stock from other foreign coun¬ 
tries: Provided further, That this shall not apply to nursery 
stock and other plants and seeds governed by special quaran¬ 
tines and other restrictive orders, other than Quarantine 37, 
now in force, nor to such as may hereafter be made the sub¬ 
ject of special quarantines: Provided further, that in addition 
to the certificate required by Regulation 7, the invoice covering 
nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry 
WANTED 
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I ASSISTANT NURSERY SUPERINTENDENT WANTED | 
= First-class man to assist in running two nurseries two mules apart. = 
= Salary according to proven alulity. JIust have experience handling labor = 
= efficiently in propagating, growing, sliipping, etc., Xortliern experience = 
= preferred. CH’e education, details of experience, references and pre- = 
= vious Sillary in first letter. = 
I AMERICAN FORESTRY COMPANY | 
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I WANTED TRAVELING SALESMAN for nursery stock, | 
= one of experience. 1 
S Who can draw plans and secure business. Must be a hustler. One 1 
= who can make good. Well recommended. = 
S Address XYZ, care of The National Nurseryman, Hatboro, Penna. = 
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under this regulation must be accompanied by a certificate 
of a duly authorized official of the country of origin, stating 
that the nursery stock and other plants and seeds proposed 
to be exported to the United States have been produced or 
grown in the country from which they are proposed to be ex¬ 
ported.* Provided further, that cut flowers from the Dominion 
of Canada may be imported into the United States free of any 
restriction whatsoever, when free from sand, soil, or earth. 
This amendment shall be effective on and after July 1, 1924. 
Done at the City of Washington this 30th day of June, 1924. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, 
HENRY C. WALLACE, 
(Seal) Secretary of Agriculture. 
*Application Form No. 221 for permit under this regulation 
will be sent on request. 
Concord, Ga., June 7, 1924. 
editor National Nurseryman: 
We heartily approve of your editorial on Dirty Linen, 
page 154. It states the ease just right. 
Yours truly, 
Smith Bros. Nursery Go., Concord, Ga. 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED 
The D. Hill Nursery Co., Dundee, Ill. 
Special Offer. 
Franklin Davis Nursery, Baltimore, Md. 
Wholesale Dept. Offers. 
Weeds’ Landscape Nur., Beaverton, Ore. 
Peonies and Iris. 
Interior Nursery, Perkinston, Miss. 
The Pineapple Pear. 
Harrisons’ Nursery, Berlin, Md. 
Price List. 
Weller Nurs. Co., Inc., Holland, Mich. 
Trade List. 
D. Hill Nur. Co., Inc., Dundee, Ill. 
Lining Out Stock. 
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I AMERICAN FLORIST’S TRADE DIRECTORY | 
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I NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUB. CO., Inc. I 
I HATBORO, _ - _ PA. I 
FOR SALE 
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I 1,300,000 choice grape cuttings, mostly Con- | 
I cords, now growing for the coming winter and | 
I spring trade. Your inspection of these fields | 
I invited. I 
I Quality Is Our Motto | 
I F. G. Spoden Nursery Co. I 
I Fredonia, New York | 
I NURSERY FOR SALE OR WILL INCORPORATE | 
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= have been established over 25 years and are doing an annual catalogue g 
= and wholesale business. Located 28 miles North AVest of Baltimore. = 
= Grow general nursery stock specializing in Peach trees, California = 
= Privet, Asparagus, Rhubarb, Shrubbery and Evergreens. The Westminster = 
= Nursery, Westminster, Md. i 
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