THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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SOME FACTS OF INTFKFST TO MEMBERS OF THE 
AMEiilGAN ASSOCIAITON OF NURSERYMEN. 
The Credit and Collection Bureau Again Available. 
The Credit and Colleelioii Bureau formerly eoiidueted 
by our Counsel Curtis Nye Smith was temporarily sus¬ 
pended after his release as Counsel though he courteous¬ 
ly conducted it to aeeommodate us for over a month af¬ 
ter the expiration of his contract. 
The Executive Committee in Cliieago directed Presi¬ 
dent Moon to see what arrangements ‘could he made for 
the continuance of this service that members had enjoy¬ 
ed. With the assistance of Mr. Watson arrangements 
liave just been made with the United States Fidelity and 
Guarantee Company of Baltimore through their New 
York office. Any member of the American Association of 
Nurserymen is now entitled to subscribe to the service of 
this company through Secretary Sizemore’s office. The 
fees for collections will he the same as liave been pre¬ 
viously charged under the arrangement with Mr. Smith. 
The credit reporting feature which the new arrangement 
offers ought to he a great benefit to nurserymen for they 
can readily secure in advance credit reports of any cus¬ 
tomer about whom they are in doubt. The sendee will 
also include collection letters, proper forms of draft and 
list of attorneys who are secured by bond of the United 
States Fidelity and Guarantee Company. 
The United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company 
I)rotects the Association and any members subscribing to 
the service by a bond of .‘|^1(),000 w ith a lijiiit of -$2500 on 
any one attorney. This bond w ill for the present he de¬ 
posited with President Moon. The detailed announce¬ 
ment wdll be mailed to members of the Association w ith- 
in a few^ days. Under the mwv plan each member is di¬ 
rectly benefited financially foj‘ he can subscribe through 
his association to a service which would, if purchased 
separately, cost him from -$15 to -$20 per annum and 
while through the Association he can secure this for -$5.00 
per annum w hich covers the cost of the list of guaran¬ 
teed attorneys and the quarterly supi)lement thereto. 
Nurserymen having claims wdih Curtis Nye Smith w ill 
withdraw them and he given an opportunity to subscribe 
to this new' service to further prosecute their claims. 
Vice-President Lloyd Stark })aid a visit upon President 
Moon on Tuesday, August 19th, at wdiicli time a number 
of matters important to the Association were discussed 
and the committee aj)pointments considered. 
Committee appointments already decided upon include 
C. G. Perkins, 2nd, Vice-President Jackson & Perkins Co.. 
New'ark, New' York, as chairman of the Legislative Com¬ 
mittee. William Pitkin of Chase Brothers Company. 
Bochester, w ho long served efficiently as chairman of this 
committee, has consented to be a member of it that the 
committee may have the benefit of his experience. The 
rest of this Committee it is Mr. Moon’s idea to select from 
the Legislative Committee of the state and sectional as¬ 
sociations. He thei-ehy expects to link uj) these associa¬ 
tions with the National Association and to ])rovide a di¬ 
rect means of communicating Legislation ai'ising in any 
state wn'Ih the National Chairman. 
It is also decided that tin' duties formerly ])erfoi'med 
by the Tariff Committee will he merged w ith the Legis¬ 
lative Committee which will hereafter hear the title ol 
Legislative and Tariff Committee. 
The Market Development Committee is to he presided 
over by John Watson of Princeton, New Jersey, chair¬ 
man. The entire membership of this committee has not 
yet been announced. 
E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kansas, and George W. Hol- 
singer, Bosedale, Kansas, have consented to serve as a 
committee to edit and publish the annual report of the 
proceedings of the Convention recently held in Ghicago. 
A. M. Augustine of x\ugustine & Company, Normal, Illi¬ 
nois, is chairman of the committee to secure accommoda¬ 
tions for the Convention to be held in Chicago in 1920 and 
to be generally in charge of that Convention. Thomas B. 
Meehan of Thomas B. Meehan & Son of Dresher, Pa., is 
chairman of the Committee on Relations with Landscape 
Architects. 
NUBSERYMEN’S NATIONAL SERVICE BUBEAU 
The program for Market Development discussed at the 
convention in Chicago is being put into operation as rap¬ 
idly as incoming funds w ill allow. A call has been made 
for the remaining 75 per cent, of the first year’s subscrip¬ 
tion and alt w ho have not yet taken care of this balance 
are urged to do so immediately so that the plans laid out 
by the Market Develoi)nient Committee may be j)ut into 
active o])eration. 
A call w ill soon be made on the members of the Na¬ 
tional Association w ho have not as yet contributed to the 
Market Development Fund, urging them to do their share 
for this current year. This is in accordance with the 
resolutions passed at Chicago, pointing out that inasmuch 
all members of the National Association will now' bene¬ 
fit from the Market Development work, it is the duty as 
W'ell as the privilege for those wiio have not yet contri¬ 
buted to help carry on the w ork for this year. 
The meeting of the New Jersey Association of Nursery¬ 
men held at the Princeton Nureseries on the 22nd was de¬ 
voted largely to a discussion of Mai’ket Development in 
its various phases. 
The meeting was addressed l)y Mr. Robert Pyle, of 
West Grove, Pa., wiio attended the meeting in the absence 
of President Moon, who was unable to be present. Mr. 
Pyle pointed out the advantages to mend^ers of trade as¬ 
sociations in joining the national association, and w'ent 
into some details concerning the work of organization 
and standardization which the American Association is 
now' planning to undertake. 
Mr. F. F. Bockw'ell, Secretary of the Nurserymen’s 
Njitional Service Bureau, also talked on the plans made 
for the coming year, discussing the Delineator Nurseiy- 
men’s National Service Bureau Prize Competition for im¬ 
provement made in one year by the planting of Nursery 
stock, the syndicated articles, illustrated lectures and oth¬ 
er features w'hich w ere discussed at Chicago. 
Mr. Bockw'ell is now' endeavoring to get the Depart¬ 
ment of Parks of New' Yoik City to put in a complete 
small suburban ])lanting. making a model small ])lace at 
Bryant Park, or some other centrally located park, in the 
city. The demonstration vegetable gardens which Mr. 
Bockwell inaugurated in New' York three years ago have 
been veiy successful, and even now that the w ai' is over, 
are to be continued as a permanent feature. What has 
