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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
i('ly of thoir (‘roi)S will be the visible loeasure of tbeir 
(‘oMiprc'beiisioii of tbeir national duty. 
Tb(‘ (loverniiKMit of tln^ United States and tbe govern¬ 
ments of the several States stand j-eady to cooperate. 
They will do everything [)ossible to assist fariiHU’S in se- 
(*ui‘ing an adecjiiate sn])ply of seed, an adequate* force ol 
lal)or('rs when they are most needed, at harvest time, and 
tbe means of expediting shipments of fertilizers and farm 
machinery, as well as of the crops themselves when har¬ 
vested. The course of trade shall he as unhampered as 
it is ])ossihle to make it and there shall he no unwar¬ 
ranted inanipnlation of the nation’s food supj)ly by those 
who handle it on its way to the consumer. This is our 
o])portunity to demonstrate the elliciency of a great De¬ 
mocracy and we shall not fall short of it! 
This let me say to the middlemen of every sort, 
whether they are liandling our food stull's or our raw 
materials of manufacture or the products of our mills 
and factories: The eyes of the country will he es¬ 
pecially upon you. This is your opportunity for signal 
service, ('llicient and disinterested. The country expects 
you, as it expects all others, to forego unusual profits, to 
organize and expedite shipments of supplies of every 
kind, hut especially of food, with an eye to the sendee 
you are rendering and in the spirit of those who enlist in 
the ranks, for their people, not for themselves. I shall 
confidently expect you to deserve and win the confidence 
of people of every sort and station. 
To the men who run the railways of the country, 
whether they he managers or operative employees, let me 
say that the railways are the arteries of the nation’s life 
and that upon them rest the immense responsibility of 
seeing to it that those arteries suffer no obstruction of 
any kind, no inefficiency or slackened power. To the 
merchant let me suggest the motto, “Small profits and 
quick service;” and to the shipbuilder the thought that 
the life of the war depends upon him. The food and the 
war supplies must be carried across the seas no matter 
how many sliijis are sent to the bottom. The places of 
those that go down must he supjilied and supplied at 
once. To the miner let me say that he stands where the 
farmer does: the work of the world waits on him. If 
he slackens or fails, armies and statesmen are helpless. 
He also is enlisted in the great Service Army. The 
manufacturer does not need to he told, I hopt*, that the 
nation looks to him to speed and jicrfect every process; 
and I want only to remind his employees that their ser¬ 
vice is absolutely indispensihle and is counted on by 
every man wdio loves the country and its liberties. 
Let me suggest, also, that everyone who creates or 
cultivates a garden helps, and helps greatly, to solve the 
problem of the feeding of the nations; and that every 
liousew ife w ho practices strict economy puts herself in 
the ranks of those who serve the nation. This is the 
time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of 
wastefulness and extravagance. Let every man and 
every woman assume the duty of careful, provident use 
and expenditure as a public duty, as a dictate of pat¬ 
riotism which no one can now expect ever to he exeused 
or forgiven for ignoring. 
In the hope that this statement of the needs of the 
nation and of the world in this hour of supreme crisis 
may stiimdate those to w hom it comes and to remind all 
who need reminder of the solemn duties of a time such 
as the w orld has never seen before, I beg that all editors 
and publishers everywhere will give as prominent publi¬ 
cation and as w ide circulation as possible to this a|)peal. 
I venture to suggest, also, to all advertising agencies that 
they w ould perhaps render a very substantial and timely 
service to the country if they would give it widespread 
repitition. And I hope that clergymen will not think 
the theme of it an unw'orthy or inappropriate subject of 
comment and homily from their pulpits. 
The supreme test of the nation has come. We must 
all speak, act and serve together! 
Woodrow Wilson. 
THE SOLOMON ISLAND “GUADA” BEAN 
By S. L. Watkins, Pleasant Valley, California. 
This is a new species of bean, entirely different from 
any other knowm species. It was discovered in one of 
the south sea islands. 
Since its discovery it is being extensively planted in 
Australia, New Zealand and the south sea islands. 
It is a very rank, luxuriant grower, and attains a 
length or height of tw-enty to thirty feet. It is a deep 
rooted perennial, and when once established will grow^ 
many years. It is a continuous hearer in climates not 
too severe. The leaves are large and lohed, the long 
racemes of Howlers are snowy white, fringed with fila¬ 
ments and highly scented. 
This bean has enormous pods, three to six feet in 
length, and absolutely the very largest beans of any¬ 
thing in the bean family,—in fact there is only about one 
bean to a pod. In appearance the Guada bean re¬ 
sembles a long narrow cucumber. Single beans many 
times attain a weight of two pounds, so that a half bean 
or a single bean will furnish a big meal. 
When over ripe the pods assume various colors, 
orange, red, green with white stripes. 
With extreme large types of vegetables it is usual to 
expect coarse flesh and rank flavor, but sucb is not the 
case with the Guada bean. 
It is best used as a shell bean, having a delightful 
flavor, suggestive of sugar peas. If taken before the 
young beans have quite set in the pods, sliced and cooked 
after the manner of string beans, the Guada bean makes 
a most acceptable disb. 
This bean is recommended mostly for a warm climate, 
as there it will attain its greatest rank and development. 
It is an enormous cropper and each vine gives a great 
number of pounds of select beans. Sometimes as high 
as 50 pounds to a vine. 
The Guada bean is a fine porch, trellis, and arbor vine, 
the large fragrant snow wdiite blossoms, and the deep 
tinted various colored pods, render it a very attractive 
vine. 
As a stock for improving the present types of beans 
by hybridizing it offers unlimited possibilities. 
