April. 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
115 
THE DANGEROUS KIND. The 
tall barberry (li. vulgaris), shown 
in Figures 1, la and lb, has either 
green or purple leaves (var. pur- 
purea) but can always be told by 
its upright growth and the fact 
that the spines are in t'hrees and 
the red berries hang in clusters. 
When untrimmed it forms a tall, 
slender bush from four or five feet 
up to ten or more in height. This 
is the dangerous kind and should 
be removed at once. 
Destroy this one 
THE HARMLESS KIND. The 
Japanese barberry (B. thun- 
bergii), is a low spreading, much 
branched, reddish shrub from 2 
to 4 feet in height, with single 
spines and long rows of berries 
hanging singly or in twos on the 
spreading branches. This form is 
harmless and can be grown with 
safety. In later years it has been 
gaining in favor and has been 
planted much more commonly 
than the old fashioned tall form. 
Eliminate the Tall Barberry. 
In view of the serious food situ- 
ation existing and the possibilities 
of checking these losses, the State 
Council of Defense requests that 
nurserymen, park commissioners 
and all others growing the tall 
barberry take immediate steps to 
destroy these bushes and that no 
more be planted in the state. 
The Council further recom- 
mends that the County Councils 
of Defense take appropriate ac- 
tion in their respective territories 
and that they request all the avail- 
able agencies, such as the county 
agricultural agents emergency 
food agents, weed commissioners, 
school officers, commercial clubs, 
boy scouts, and last, but by no 
means least, the women’s clubs, 
to assist in securing the eradica- 
tion of these bushes by or before 
Arbor Day, so that the propaga- 
tion of this disease and transmis- 
sion of this year’s crop of grain 
be effectively prevented. 
Purchasing Power of Money in 
War Time. 
The slogan, “business as usu- 
al,” promoted both by “big busi- 
ness” and little business in Eng- 
land early in the war very near- 
ly brought about national defeat 
and surely served to prolong the 
war. It is decidedly not “busi- 
ness as usual” in England now. 
War is the business of every man, 
woman and child. 
We are going through the same 
period here now. Manufacturers 
and dealers in non-essentials of 
whatever kind, especially pleasure 
automobiles, are struggling to 
hold on to their trade and are urg- 
ing people snend money. The 
newspapers, bribed by fat j.ees for 
advertising, aid and abet the 
game. Very rarely do you .find an 
editorial urging people to save. 
More often it’s a plea to spend 
money even on things not essential 
so as to keep business as usual. 
This is selfish and unpatriotic and 
an unsound economic philosophy. 
A committee of eminent econ- 
omists engaged by the govern- 
ment in the study of the purchas- 
ing power of money in war time 
has reached a different conclusion. 
After exhaustive investigations 
this committee has reached its 
conclusion unanimously. It would 
impress upon us the imperative 
need of a reduction of consump- 
tion and an increase of produc- 
tion, of the repression of nonessen- 
tials, and of promotion of organi- 
zation and redirection of indus- 
try. 
“In meeting the great national 
readjustment to war conditions,” 
the committee says, “we must not 
let our ‘ business-as-usual ’ impul- 
ses prevent the needed saving and 
shifting of industry, lest we pay a 
terrific penalty in higher cost of 
living and national inefficiency.” 
Use fruit and nuts, candied 
honey or maple sugar for cake fill- 
ings. 
For dessert serve a fruit salad 
or fruit omelet ; eream cheese with 
honey or fine preserves; friut des- 
serts with honey or just enough 
white sugar to bring out the fruit 
flavor. 
