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THE NATIONAL NUESERYMAN 
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. 
Assistant Editor .E. SAMUEL HEMMING, Easton, Md. 
The leading' trade journal issued for Growers 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 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One Year in Advance .$1.50 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance ..$2.00 
Six Months .$1.00 
Advertising’ rates will he sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach tills office hy the 20th of the month previous to the 
date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested hy 
the Business Manag'er, Hathoro, Pa. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Photographs and news notes of interest to nurserymen should he 
addressed. Editor, Easton, Md., and should he mailed to a.rrive 
not later than the 25th of the month. 
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916. at the post office at 
Hathoro. Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., November 1924 
THE F. H. B. The Federal Horticultural Board has 
coiiie in for a considerahle amount of 
critieism from the horticultural trades at different times. 
In fact, it would he very out of the oi'dinary, eonsidej'ing 
the work it is doing, if it did not meet with much opposi¬ 
tion. Regulations and quarantines that disturb channels 
of trade and undoubtedly work injustice to many are 
hardly likely to he accepted in silence. 
There is, however, another side to the work of the 
F. H. R. besides making itself the heie noir of the plant 
trade, or even the “hoard of health” of the plant world 
in the United States. 
It is the side which tackles a stupendous job and “car¬ 
ries on”. To quote Kipling: “If you can keep your head 
when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on 
you.” We rather think the Federal Ilortieultural Board 
has done so, and if it has made an error in an unknown 
field it has always shown itself ready to reconsider. It 
is working in an unknown held, at least unknown to the 
laymen who may he Irritated hy the hoard’s methods 
without knowing what led uj) to them. 
Service and Regulatory Announcements annual letter 
of information. No. 37, lists over 2700 interceptions of 
pests properly identified and listed, also giving the host 
or carrier and the country from whence they came. 
It may he the major portion are already here or per¬ 
haps harmless because as the couplet says: 
Little fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite ’em. 
Little fleas have lesser fleas and so on, ad infinilum. 
All forms of life seem to he involved with each other 
that it seems a hopeless task to separate them. 
Even an enemy may he a friend in disguise and vie(' 
versa. 
But the Federal Ilortieultural Board has the best a\’ail- 
ahle knowledge on the subject, in fact, is using the ac¬ 
cumulated knowledge of insects, of thousands of stud¬ 
ents and scientists and is trying to put it to practical use. 
looking to the welfare of humanity and the people of I In' 
United States in particular. 
There is little jiarade or glory attending the job, hut 
fairness calls for sympathy and ap])reciation for men 
doing such work, if not for hearty co-operation. 
A MEMBER Some men have a faculty for doing 
WORTH WHILE things, while others talk, suggest, 
plan, scheme and even contribute. 
We are reminded of this hy a printed leaflet from Rob¬ 
ert C. Young, Greensboro, N. C. 
Mr. Young is a comparatively new member of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, who appreciates 
what it has done for him and recognizes the value of the 
association to his brother nurserymen who may not 
belong. 
He does not stop there but distributes 3000 leaflets to 
non-members. 
As a selling proposition we will let the leaflet speak 
for itself: 
A PEW HONEST TO GOODNESS PACTS 
What Membership in the A. A. of N. Has Done Por Me 
Starting in the nursery business four years ago, unknown and 
without financial rating, I fioated around for 12 months, trusting 
to blind luck for some good nurseryman to come along and buy 
up my surplus. He didn’t come. Something had to be done, my 
fioating days were over, I had to swim, or sink. If I could only 
get in close contact with a lot of big fellows in the nursery busi¬ 
ness, I felt my selling problem would be solved. I borrowed a 
copy of “The National Nurseryman” from “Paul of Pomona” who 
is always ready to help the wicked—and from it secured some 
good names and addresses. But these big fellows wanted to 
buy by the thousands and even wanted the whole darned block. 
I didn’t desire to sell that way. I wanted a lot of business but 
I wanted it divided up among a lot of nurserymen. 
So I put an ad in two trade papers, one firm who replied to 
my ad gave me a quite nice order. When their bill came due 
I heard nothing from them. Three months, four months, no 
check. I began to get anxious. Again I called on my friend 
Paul. Asked him if he knew anything about the firm. Pirst 
thing he did was to refer to his A. A. of N. list of members, and 
told me they were not members of the Association and he knew 
nothing about them. 
They were not members because the A. A. of N. would not 
accept them. 
It cost me $90.00 to collect the bill. 
I decided at once I must have a list of the members of the 
A. A. of N. and the only way to get it was to join the Association. 
I filled out one of their application blanks and when I was noti¬ 
fied that I had been accepted as a member of the A. A. of N. 
I felt like a million dollars. 
And this membership in the last 3 years has been worth 
hundreds of dollars to me in money. And has been the means 
of bringing me in personal contact with the finest bunch of men 
in the world, whose friendship and confidence, money could not 
buy. 
If a customer is a member of the A. A. of N. I ship his order 
without any question as to his honesty and financial rating, but 
if I find he is not a member, I write for reference or ship C. O. D. 
You will find this same rule carried out by the members of 
the Association as a whole. 
If for no other reason in the orld isn’t it worth the snull 
cost of membership to have your name on a list with several 
hundred other nurserymen who are considered by the A. A. of N. 
to be absolutely O. K. ? 
Think that over—it means something to you. 
Pill the enclosed application out to day, meet with us in 
Rochester next June and meet personally the best bunch of 
nurserymen in the world. Attend the most interesting meetings 
you ever attended in your life. After business is over join the 
jolly crowds out for recreation. Get the stiffness out of your 
bones aiid the moss off of your back. When you go back home 
everything will look brighter. The world will seem a better 
place to live in and you will feel like doing things. You will 
indeed be glad you are a member of the A. A. of N. and the 
Association will be glad to have you. 
ROBERT C. YOUNG, Greensboro, N. C. 
