ELBEWMEIRE IN THE NEW 



New Network for 

 Buyers and Sellers 



Nursery Industry Locators of Amer- 

 ica, Inc., of Smartt, Tennessee, has 

 announced the creation of "the NILA 

 System" — a computer linked net- 

 work that matches buyers and sellers 

 at a fraction of the usual time and 

 cost. 



Each month, sellers list their prod- 

 ucts for a nominal fee. Then buyers 

 contact the NILA system when 

 they're in search of a certain item. 

 There is a $5.00 charge per item 

 sought. Buyers will then receive a 

 list of the ten closest (according to zip 

 code) sellers of this item. At the end 

 of thirty days, the seller will receive 

 a computer printout of all buyers 

 who inquired about his products. 

 "NILA is a company designed to meet 

 the needs of the nursery industry. 

 This system was created by nursery 

 industry experts for the nursery 

 industry and was launched on 

 October 1, 1990." 



For more information, call NILA at 

 1-800-32-LOCATE. 



$88,685 Million 

 for Trees 



Reprinted from the November 12 

 AAN Update. 



Congress passed President Bush's 

 "America the Beautiful" initiative on 

 October 25 as part of the 1990 Farm 

 Bill. The president's initiative to 

 plant one billion trees per year re- 

 ceived strong funding despite con- 

 cerns about the federal deficit. The 

 National Tree Trust Foundation re- 

 ceived $20 million as a one-time in- 

 fusion of funds to be used to solicit 

 additional support from the private 

 sector. An urban & community for- 

 estry component received $21,185 

 million, while a rural component re- 

 ceived $32.5 million. How this pro- 

 gram is to be implemented has not yet 

 been announced. 



Congress also approved a second tree 

 planting program — this one under 

 the Small Business Administration. 

 Funded at $15 million, this program 

 allows the SBA to give grants to state 

 andlocal governments which, in turn. 



From the Griffin Guru 



Transport of Hazardous Materials 



New Department of Transportation regulations, effective January 1, 



1991, will affect us all. Because D.O.T. has implemented even tighter 



controls you, the customer, must now comply. U.P.S. has implemented 



new fees to enable them to comply with these restrictions. 



When you visit your supplier to pick up some products like Methyl 



Bromide (poison), Osmocote (oxidizer) or Glass Cleaning Crystals 



(corrosive), you'll see what I mean. 



If your suppliers will bring it to your door why not let them. 



will contract vnth small businesses to 

 plant trees on state and municipal 

 lands. The bill also provides for the 

 maintenance of the newly-planted 

 trees for at least three years. 

 (Kirk Weyant is the NHPGA repre- 

 sentative on the state's "America 

 the Beautiful" Council. For further 

 information, call Kirk at (603) 738- 

 4716.) 



Perennials of the Year 



Reprinted from December 1990, 

 GrowerTalks. 



The Perennial Plant Association, Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio, has chosen Heuchera 

 micantha Palace Purple as 1991 

 Plant of the Year and Coreopsis 

 verticillata Moonbeam as 1992 

 Plant of the Year. Promotional mate- 

 rial will soon be available to PPA 

 members. For more information: 

 (614)771-8431. 



Margosan-O 

 Available in 1991 



The first order for commercial use of 

 Margosan-O, a botanical insect con- 

 centrate extracted from the seeds of 

 the neem tree, was sent to Florida on 

 November 5, according to Grace- 

 Sierra Horticultural Products Com- 

 pany. Margosan-O is registered for 

 use in Florida, where it's being mar- 

 keted, and Grace-Sierra hopes to ex- 

 pand availability to Ohio, Michigan, 

 Pennsylvania, New York, New Jer- 

 sey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 

 Kentucky, and the New England 

 states in 1991. 



Margosan-O controls greenhouse 

 and sweet potato whiteflies, thrips, 

 mealybugs,leafminersandotherpests 

 on most greenhouse and nursery 

 crops. It can be sprayed on poinset- 

 tias in full-bract color. The active in- 

 gredient,azadirachtin,makessprayed 

 foliage unpalatable to pests. It also 

 deters egg-laving and has insectical 

 activity. No insect resistance has 

 been observed, nor is it expected, ac- 

 cording to Grace-Sierra. 



10 THE PLANTSMAN 



