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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
and oriiainenlal j)lanls are j^rown. 
To eslal)lisli and maintain mol her orchard;^ or planta¬ 
tions for the ])uri)ose of providing domestic sources of 
seeds, cuttings, or otlier proi)agating material in order 
that th(‘ future of the American fruit, nut, and ornamen¬ 
tal |)lant interests may he insured ond ])laced under do¬ 
mestic control, dei)endencc for such stocks now being 
largely on fortdgn sources. 
To investigate methods of growing stocks, study 
methods of ])ropagation and to encourage the luopagation 
of fruit, nut, and ornamental trees and other plants in 
this country. 
Sec. 2. That there he, and is hereby, ajypropriated out 
of any moneys in tln^ Treasury not otherwise appro|)ri- 
at('d, the sum of )f'30,000 for the ])ui‘pose of carrying into 
etfect the objects of this Act, including the rental of 
lands, the purchase of e(|uipment and supj)lies, the i)ay- 
menl of rent, and the (unployment of such person or ])er- 
sons and means in the District of Columbia and else¬ 
where as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem neces¬ 
sary. 
AMKANSAS STATH: PLANT HOAltD 
riTTl.E aOCK^ All KANSAS 
June 2, 1919. 
NUHSKKYMEN’S OBLIGATION UNDER THE 
NURSERY FRAUD ACT 
In liling bond and securing license to do business as a 
nursiuyman in the state you are bonded for the faithful 
compliance of all the jirovisions of both the Arkansas 
Nursery Fraud Act (under which license is granted you) 
and the Arkansas Plant Act (under which certificate of 
insjiection is granted you). In case of judgment or col¬ 
lection on the bond, additional sureties must be furnished 
to maintain it at its original amount. 
Section 5 requires that you file, once a month, with tlio 
(diief Inspector of the Plant Board duplicates of the com- 
])lete invoices of sales made by you, setting forth the 
date of sale, the salesman, name of purchaser and name 
and quantity of varieties purchased. 
Under the jirovisions of Section 6 any person who mis- 
rejnesents, deceives or defrauds any person in the sale 
of nursery stock by substituting inferior or different var¬ 
ieties, or who falsely represents the age, name, class or 
condition of any nursery stock is subject to fine or im¬ 
prisonment or both and shall be liable to the person ag- 
griiwed to the extent of all damage sustained. Be sure, 
therefore, that the invoice which you file with the Chief 
Inspector is a correct copy of the bill of goods which you 
send to your customer. 
Section 7 jirovides that any person contracting to ren- 
d(‘r exjiert seiwices regarding horticultural practices as 
a part of the value received in the sale of nurseiy stock 
sluill furnish satisfactory evidence to the Chief Inspec¬ 
tor that he is competent to give such advice and shall pro¬ 
cure a license so to do. 
Prosecutions under this Act may be commenced at any 
lime within seven years of the delivery of nursery slock. 
George G. Becker„ Chief Inspector. 
TRADE PRICES TO THE TRADE ONLY 
The report of the Committee on Policy resulted in the 
adojition of the following resolution:— 
Recognizing the great diversity of interests of the mem¬ 
bers of the National Association of Nurserymen, we of¬ 
fer recommendations only on such questions where the 
interests of all converge, and where in the silence of the 
Association the interests of all would suffer. 
Realizing the necessity of keeping open and profitable, 
the outlets for the distribution of nursery stock as fun¬ 
damental to the success of the industry, therefore, be it 
Resolved. The members of the American Association 
of Nurserymen shall not sell to any consumer of nursery 
products, whether private owners, parks, cemeteries, 
realty developments, municipalities, dejiartment stores, 
or other large buyers at prices wbich do not adecpiately 
protect in his sales and distribution expenses, the nur¬ 
seryman who buys similar stock to sell again, and 
Whereas. The professional landscape architect buys 
only as an agent, for his client, the planter, therefore be 
it resolved. 
That we disapinove of nurserymen giving their whole¬ 
sale trade lists or trade juices to or through jirofessional 
landscape architects. 
Resolved. That any member wdio violates the fore¬ 
going resolution, shall forfeit bis membership as pro¬ 
vided in Article IX of the constitution. 
CENSUS OF NURSERY STOCK PROPOSED 
At a meeting of the subscribers to the Market Devel- 
ojmient Fund, J. Edw. Moon brought forward a sugges¬ 
tion that might prove of great value to the nurseiy bus¬ 
iness, and that was to ask the cooperation of the U. S. 
Government through the Department of Agriculture in 
compiling statistics of nursery stock through the census 
Bureau or to include nursery stock in the crop reports. 
The object is to get information as to the amount and 
kind of nursery stock that is being grown. 
It will be readily seen how valuable such information 
would be in guiding nurserymen in their planting and so 
avoid over supply and at the same time indicating shor¬ 
tages. 
The information would naturally have a cumulative 
value. The first few years the records would be incom¬ 
plete but as the statistics accumulated and it became pos¬ 
sible to compare one year with another it would become 
a great factor toward stabilizing production. 
Another value would be it would show the Government 
just where the stoek was, and the amount, should occa¬ 
sion arise, to quarantine for any jiarticular disease or 
pest. The suggestion is one that should receive serious 
consideration as it is in line with real progress. 
The Committee on hail insurance was discharged wiib- 
out having aecomplished the <d)ject for whieh it was aj)- 
jiointed, namely to see if favorable rates could not be gol 
for insuring nursery crops against damage by hail. 
