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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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sale and retail business but the house that can sell at 
wholesale and yet abstain from the injustice of compet¬ 
ing and cutting under its own customers, has a \ery 
narrow road to travel. 
The following advertisement from a local paper shows 
a courageous effort to bring about a more equitable con¬ 
dition of things; 
PRINCETON NURSERIES 
Beg leave respectfully to state that their business is 
EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE and with THE TRADE ONLY 
They offer nothing for sale locally at retail. The favor 
of not being asked to deviate from this advertised policy 
will be appreciated. 
At the same time, they will be very glad to recommend 
to intending purchasers of trees and plants, reliable 
nearby nursery firms who can supply them. 
October twenty-third. 
Such a live and let live policy deserves all the en¬ 
couragement and support it is possible to give, so as to 
bring about a better condition of things in the nursery 
trade. 
In view of the fact that the Federal 
CONSISTENCY? Horticultural Board has just placed 
an embargo on practically all orna¬ 
mental nursery stock, it is difficult to reconcile the 
opinion as expressed in the following from an editorial in 
the Journal of Economic Entomology of October 19, 1918, 
which is supposed to represent advanced thought in path¬ 
ology, and such matters as pertain to the control of in¬ 
sect pests and diseases. 
“The fact is that no system of commercial quarantine abso¬ 
lutely prevents the introduction of insects though it may greatly 
delay the establishment of many. Furthermore, a quarantine 
possible under present conditions might break under its own 
weight when the present war ceases and there follows a most ex¬ 
tensive commerce between this country and at least certain 
European nations. This factor should be carefully weighed be¬ 
fore great changes are made in our quarantine regulations. It is 
impossible to maintain a Chinese wall. We are an essential part 
of the world and as such must share the dangers as well as bless¬ 
ings of our position. The problem is to secure the maximum 
protection practicable with a minimum disturbance of interna¬ 
tional and interstate relations .”—Journal of Ecommlc Entomology, 
October, 1918. 
December 12th, 1918. 
The National Nurseryman Pub. Co., 
Flourtown, Pa. 
Gentlemen:— 
I am in receipt of the December number of the Na¬ 
tional Nurseryman, and wish to thank you for the notice 
that you have written in your columns of the search of 
the Association for superior nuts. 
You may be interested to learn that at the present time 
nuts are received quite steadily as a result of the various 
notices that have been given on this search and I cer¬ 
tainly trust that some of the nuts sent in will prove to be 
better than some of the nuts that are now being pro¬ 
pagated. 
Very truly yours, 
Willard G. Bixby^ Secretary, 
Northern Nut Growers’ Association. 
EXTBAGTS FROM A LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 
12TH, WRITTEN BY MR. CHARLES DETRIGHE, SR., 
OF ANGERS, FRANCE, TO JACKSON & PERKINS 
COMPANY, NEWARK, NEW \ORK, HIS 
AMERICAN AGENTS. 
“Before answering your letters, I want to tell you 
what immense relief and joy exists here since yesterday.' 
The Armistice is signed. The enemies of all civilization 
are reduced to asking for mercy. At last the beginnng 
of better days is in sight, and a future of peace and 
quietness is in view for future generations. France has 
suffered much, and there are not many families who 
have not been touched in their deepest affections. At 
least we shall have the consolation of reaching the end, 
thanks to the assistance of all our Allies, and above all, 
that of the most recent one, who, in a few months, has 
done wonders. To recruit, equip, and send overseas 
such a quantity of excellent soldiers is an achievement 
which will never be effaced from the memory of the 
French people, and will give them a new and still deeper 
affection for the American nation.” 
PROMINENT NURSERYMEN VISITED HUNTSVILLE 
Two of the leading nurserymen of the United States, 
and consequently of the world, were the guests of the 
nurserymen of Madison county on December 13 and 14. 
Mr. G. R. Burr of Manchester, Conn., and Mr. J. H. Day- 
ton, of Painesville, 0., notwithstanding the mud and the 
rain, visited the Huntsville Wholesale, the Chase and the 
Fraser nurseries and reported themselves to be astounded 
at the fitness of this climate and section for such agricul¬ 
tural endeavor. These distinguished visitors were week¬ 
end guests at the home of Mr. Robert Chase and left for 
the North Saturday evening .—The Huntsvitte Mercury. 
SHADE TREE MEMORIALS 
Shade trees as memorials to Milwaukee soldiers and 
sailors who lost their lives in the war is the plan which 
is under consideration by the Parks and Parkways Com¬ 
mittee of the Civic Commission. A tree for each man 
would be planted and each would bear the name of the 
man whom it commemorates and other information about 
him. 
The committee is considering two places for the trees. 
One plan provides for co-operation with other localities 
to have all such trees planted along the Lincoln Highway. 
The other plan is to make the project purely local and 
place the trees along a route connecting the city parks. 
“The trees would be of various kinds,” said John D. 
Ball, of the Civic Comimssion. “They would be planted 
in groups at points where it is desirable to gain the view 
of the passerby.” 
