THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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it on account of not having been sued within the time 
limit and all shippers and trahic attorneys think they will 
win if it goes up that far. Some of the railroads were 
tominumg lo pay cianus regaruiess oi this clause hut 
not long ago Director Leneral Hines ordered all lines to 
quit paying such claims until the Commission decides 
whether they can or not. 
■'ilie Commission gave notice oi a hearing in J uly, then 
poscponeu it till August, then to September and now say 
11 will be sometime in Uctober or November, so you win 
see what an unsettled state things will be in until the ue- 
cision IS rendered. If it is lavorable to the shippers, J 
will immediately get in about $1000, and it will help 
hurry up the otliers. If not lavorable, it will cost the 
shippers lots oi money but will let them know what to do 
herealter and also will save the time now of fooling with 
Claims that have passed the limit. 
"In the meantime 1 am going right ahead with any 
claims that 1 have or will receive that the limit has ex¬ 
pired on as, il 1 can get approved for payment and held 
I or this decision, it will he that much time gained. 
"Have enough claim work to keep me busy for the 
next sixty days or so, alter which hope to he in shape to 
go alter the members who have not sent in any and see 
w hat others 1 can pick up.” 
Credit & Collectiojns : Every Claim is given a number. 
Correspondence relating lo it, is filed in numbered fol¬ 
ders. If you ask us about your claim or claims, we have 
no way to find them under your name without going 
through 1800 index cards. When you ask about a claim, 
give the Bureau’s nmnher which is on every letter from 
us about it; il you haven’t time to look in your hie for it, 
give us the debtor’s name. When writing about several 
claims, reler to each on a separate sheet of paper. It 
will help us. Collected a live-year old claim the other 
day; got $250 Irom another by asking for it politely; have 
one to collect in Japan—and will collect it, too. Why not 
try us with some of your uncollectible accounts? 
U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co’s Direct Service. Costs 
$5.00; includes a Directory of 12,000 local Attorneys, un¬ 
der bond to the Association for $10,000; with it, you get 
blank-forms for use in asking those attorneys for credit- 
reports; blank draft-forms and names of banks in every 
hanking town in America. The Directory alone costs $10. 
You get the whole seiwice for $5 on account of the num¬ 
ber the Association subscribed for. We have twenty un¬ 
sold sets. At $5 each. Do you want one? Take a chance, 
and return it if you don’t want it. I recommend it as the 
best thing on the market, having used it for hfteen years. 
An individual subscription to the same service would 
cost you $30. You can get it through your Association 
for $5. 
Oklahoma: Mr. Nesbitt was asked to publish his facts 
regarding firms he claims to know of who are delivering, 
or attempting to deliver, seedling trees for budded 
p(‘aches. He has failed to do so. Having later published 
in Oklahoma papers the same vague and indefinite 
charges, wdiile withholding information he claimed to 
have that would point out the offenders, I felt obliged to 
lay the facts before the same papers. We could do no 
more than offer to cooperate with Mr. Nesbitt and we 
close the matter by pointing out his unwillingness or 
inability to substantiate his charges. 
1 appreciate the many helpful suggestions that have 
come to this olhce. Members all realize, I am sure, that 
your Association’s Oflice can serve you elliciently and pro- 
litably only when all of you get and keep in close touch 
with the olhce with your letters of advice and instructions. 
When we know what you want, we will try our best to 
give it to you. 
Yours very truly, 
John Watson, Executive Secretary. 
SOWING SEEDS BY AEROPLANE 
It is reported that Representative Randall of California 
has urged the forestry service to start a reforestation pro¬ 
gramme lor the lire denuded areas in the Sierra Madre 
range by using aeroplanes to scatter millions of seeds 
over the mountains as soon as the rainy season begins. 
The suggestion indicates the average layman’s know¬ 
ledge of practical forestry or horticulture. Without con¬ 
sidering what percentage would fall on grounds that were 
entirely unsuitable for germination, even if it fell on the 
most fertile and suitable soil possible, it would be an 
extremely small percentage that would be likely to sur¬ 
vive. The laws governing the germination and growth of 
tree seeds are very similar to those governing vegetable 
or agricultural seeds and every gardener and farmer 
knows it would only be waste to scatter seeds without 
preparing the soil for their reception. Even when the 
soil is prepared for their reception there is still a chance 
that the w eeds and tares, already in the ground would be 
most likely to suiwive and so choke out the young plants, 
even if the seed did germinate. 
When we can reforest a comitry by scattering seeds 
from an aeroplane we shall have reached the stage when 
the spade and plough may be placed in a museum among 
the things that are obsolete. 
If anyone wishes to fonn an idea as to what results 
would be obtained from sowing tree seeds by aeroplane, 
let him take careful note of the trees in their neighbor¬ 
hood which annually bear a crop of seed and note the 
percentage that escape the birds, mice, etc., and how 
many even get a chance to grow. 
A SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS 
According to the Horticultural Trade Journal there is 
being put on the market in England a substitute for glass. 
A new substance composed of water and white gelatinous 
substance worked on to a light pliable but extremely 
strong foundation. 
There are two kinds of foundation, one being fine wire, 
the other a fabric neting, and each has its particular adap¬ 
tability to various horticultural purposes. The weight is 
only a fraction of the weight of glass. Risk of breakage 
is reduced to almost vanishing point. Transmission of 
light is only slightly less complete than in clear glass, and 
it is a frost register to at any rate, a very considerable 
degree. For frames, temporary coverings for late flow¬ 
ers, ripening seeds, and garden crops, for the lights of 
propogating pits, windows of potting sheds, etc., and 
other purposes, it promises to be an excellent and econ¬ 
omical substitute for glass. 
