THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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The N ational Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBUSHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
Tlie leading trade journal Issued for Growers and Dealers in 
-Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
llathoro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., June 1918 
Subscribers to **Nurserymen's Fund for 
Market Development'' 
Never was a eoiiveiilioii held iindei' 
THE COMING eondilions so unusual and so })reguanl 
('(INVENTION of Ihiiigs of vital importance to the fu¬ 
ture welfare of the business. 
It has been said of war ‘‘that it wipes out the past and 
reduces the future to a speck.” In a sense this is the 
condition of the nursery business. The past is wiped 
out and the future is very circumscrihed at present, hut 
no sane and sound American believes for a moment that 
the German Kaiser and his crew are going to afllict the 
world much longer. 
It is safe to assume that our business is now reduced 
to its lowest ebb and the Hood tide will he just so strong 
as the nurserymen themselves plan to make it. 
It is a source of gratilicalion that most nurserymen are 
aware; of this, especially those unselfish workers in the 
National Association. 
If the convention does nothing else hut bring nursery¬ 
men together to formulate plans to further the co-opera¬ 
tive Market Development Movement it will he more pro¬ 
ductive of good than any previous one. 
The shortage of labor during the 
L.\IU)I{ SHORTAGE past season has brought the nur¬ 
serymen face to face with condi¬ 
tions that are entirely new. From all indications there is 
not going to he very much relief in the near future. Ex- 
pei'ieuci; has taught them to use every available means 
to get the work done and they have used means and done 
things they would not have dreamed of doing two or three 
years ago. There has just come to hand a letter from the 
Womens’ Land Army of America, formed for the pur¬ 
pose of aiding in the increase of food production, by 
sending units or groups of strong and conscientious wo¬ 
men to work on the farms wherever they can help in the 
present labor shortage. 
Why should not the nui’serymen utilize to a very much 
great(U‘ extent female help on the nurseries'.^ While per¬ 
haps they would not have thought of it a few years ago, 
conditions are changing so rapidly and women are prov¬ 
ing their elllcicncy and adaptability in so many lines that 
were hitherto tilled exclusively by men. 
There is a great deal of work on a nursery which may 
be done by female labor. In fact, it is much more suit¬ 
able than many lines such as the machine shops, con¬ 
ductors, munition plants and factories. There is not the 
slightest doubt that if uurserymen would so organize 
their equipment, women workers could be used to veiy 
great advantage. 
Nurserymen and planters in the province of Victoria, 
.\ustralia, are much concerned over a funguous disease 
which is attacking the Oriental plane. This tree seems 
to be one of the most popular street trees in Victoria and 
is largely used in Melbourne and other cities. Elforts 
arc; being made to combat the disease by fungicidal 
sprays and pruning out the diseased parts. At a con¬ 
ference of nurserymen and curators, it w as stated that the 
same disease was very prevalent in parts of America and 
had been reported many times in Europe. There also 
seems to be the same controversy as to whether the 
damage w as really caused by a fungus or w as due to late 
frosts or uncongenial weather conditions. It is presum¬ 
ably the same trouble that may be noted in various parts 
of the States which affects the Plane trees in early spring 
soon after the leaves come out, they shrivel and turn 
brown and are invariably replaced by a new^ crop. The 
tree apparently is not much the worse for the check. It 
is possible that this disease has a more serious effect in 
Australia. It is also noted that where they are growing 
in smoky atmosphere such as near manufacturing cities 
they are not so likely to be affected. It is presumed the 
sulphur in the atmosphere is a beneficial check to the 
fungus, w Inch causes the trouble. Possibly this accounts 
for the jiopularity and the satisfaction this tree gives in 
the vicinity of London where it is so largely planted and 
is known there as the London Plane. 
JAMES R. McARDLE 
.lames R. McArdle, for many years a traveler for the 
Vaughn Seed Store in New" York City, and for the past 
eight years conducting a seed, florist and nursery bus¬ 
iness in Greenw ich, (k)im., died at Tuscon, Arizona. Mr. 
McArdle went there for his health. He is survived by a 
widow' and three children. 
