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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
makes it hang easily in the mind. It is easily remembei- 
od. It is a positive statement. It is a well known fact 
that no negative slogan will ever he accepted by the 
public. 
Nurserymen should use this slogan on all occasions be¬ 
cause it suggests planning lor planting. An agent coming 
into the home where some planning lor planting has been 
done, can usually get an order. It suggests planting, but 
it does not stop with one tree, but urges in its suggestion 
to make it another one. 
The public easily remembers ‘Plan to Plant Another 
Tree.” It creates interest—it develops enthusiasm. It 
stimulates the planning and planting ot trees, fruit trees, 
shrubs and flowers. 
“Plan to Plant Another Tree” is your slogan. It is the 
horticultural slogan of America, of the World, for that 
matter, where-ever planning and planting are done. 
The majority among America’s 4,000 nurserymen 
realize the selling force of “Plan to Plant Another Tree' 
and are using it in their business. 
VALUE OF PRACTICAL BOTANY 
A short time ago the writer attended a farmers’ field 
day that was in charge of the county agent. The county 
agent was a well trained man, a college graduate, as was 
evidenced by I he ease and accuracy with which he 
answered question after question. Finally a farmer ap¬ 
proached with a specimen of one of the common weeds 
growing in the pasture and requested that the plant be 
identified. For the first time that afternoon the county 
agent fell down on the job. 
A specimen of plant was received from a county agent 
last summer with the explanation that it occured abund¬ 
antly in alfalfa fields in bis county and threatened to be¬ 
come a serious alfalfa weed. Upon examination the plant 
in question turned out to be a dwarfed specimen of com¬ 
mon alfalfa. 
These incidents are cited because they illustrate a gen¬ 
eral condition among trained agriculturists, a lack of 
knowledge of many of the common plants that grow on 
our farms. Many men who are well trained in other 
phases of agriculture, exhibit lamentable ignorance con¬ 
cerning common farm weeds. This condition may be due 
in part to the unfortunate manner in which the general 
study of systematic botany has fallen into a state of ne¬ 
glect. Had the county agent who sent in the specimen of 
alfalfa learned to recognize the plants by their botanical 
characteristics, it is doubtful if he would have made so 
foolish and embarrassing a mistake. Perhaps the old- 
lasbioned method of dissecting flowers in the laboratory 
can be made more attractive and profitable to the average 
student by a field study of the weed flora and approved 
methods of eradication and control. 
It is suggested, then, that men in agricultural courses 
should make an effort to learn to recognize the common 
weeds and familiarize themselves with the methods by 
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which troublesome weeds may be controlled. A great 
deal of this knowledge can be gained during under-grad¬ 
uate days by collecting specimens during hikes into the 
country and by identifying them and becoming familiar 
with their characteristics. 
A knowledge of the farm flora may prove an asset in 
almost any field of endeavor that the trained agriculturist 
may select, from practical farming to teaching or demon¬ 
stration work. For example, a specimen of a plant re¬ 
ceived some time ago from a college trained farmer with 
the statement that the sender was acquainted with most of 
the wild plants growing upon his land, but the specimen 
sent was new to him. It turned out to be the black knap¬ 
weed or star thistle ( Centaurea nigra), a plant that is not 
common in the United States but considered extremely 
troublesome in Europe. The sender was advised to de¬ 
stroy immediately the few plants upon his farm before 
seeds were matured. This was done and no further 
trouble experienced. It is entirely reasonable to believe 
that his knowledge of plants enabled the farmer to recog¬ 
nize the stranger upon his land and it is possible that his 
foresight may have saved his community from the rav¬ 
ages of a new weed pest. 
New weeds are constantly appearing in our midst, as 
witness the Russian thistle, sow thistle, and Russian pig¬ 
weed, and more recently the lawn pennywort and leafy 
spurge. Not only are new weeds introduced from abroad, 
but native weeds are carried from one section of our 
country to another. Thus the blue sage ( Salvia lanceae- 
folia ), a western weed, has recently appeared in Ohio 
alfalfa fields where it was carried by the agency of im¬ 
pure seed from the west. The bracted plantain ( Plantago 
aristata) ,one of the species designated as noxious in the 
recent Indiana Seed Law, is a western species that has 
been widely introduced in the east by means of baled hay 
and impure grass seed. A knowledge of the farm flora is 
of distinct advantage in recognizing new weeds and may 
be of considerable value. If the first patches of Russian 
thistle had been recognized as a new weed and im¬ 
mediately destroyed, the saving to agriculture would have 
been great. The farmer should be ever on the alert for 
new weed pests, but it is first necessary to become famil¬ 
iar with the common plants occuring in our fields so that 
strangers can be immediately recognized and adequate 
eradication measures instituted. 
Entirely aside from the practical value, the pleasure 
derived from a knowledge of plants is worthy of con¬ 
sideration. Such a knowledge has a recreational value 
that cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. The joys 
of country life may be greatly enhanced with the sur¬ 
rounding flora. It is an inspiration and a pleasure that 
cannot be valued by the ordinary standards.— Albert A. 
Hansen in Purdue Agriculturist. 
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