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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
STOLE WINDOWS 
In the Horticultural Trade Journal (British) a corres¬ 
pondent has considerable to say about window dressing, 
especially calling attention of the British Florists to the 
advantages they lose in not paying greater attention to 
having attractive store windows. 
We hardly think this charge applies to the American 
florist as the American florist trade has been fully alive 
to the value of attractive window dressing. For many 
years the decorations in some of the florists’ store win¬ 
dows have been works of art and excite much admira¬ 
tion and are doubtless productive of trade. 
An attractive display of goods is recognized as a neces¬ 
sity in retail merchandising, tbe same rule holds good 
with the nurseryman, although it is only possible for 
him to display but few of his goods in the same way as 
other lines of merchandise. Just because nurserymen 
can not do so is not a good reason wby lie should over¬ 
look the value and other means should be found in which 
to show off his goods to the best advantage and create 
a desire in the public to possess them. 
Flower shows are one of tbe opportunities that are not 
utilized by tbe nurserymen quite as much as they should 
be, but these only come at intervals and often do not dis¬ 
play the goods to the people the nurseryman would like 
to interest. Vacant city lots or positions where traffic is 
great, of course are the most likely places and especially 
if the surroundings are of a nature to make a striking 
contrast. 
It is only in spots that our towns and cities are beau¬ 
tiful, but far the larger area is commonplace, monoto¬ 
nous. if not ill kept and ugly. It is such places as these 
that lend themselves to what the nurseryman is trying 
to overcome. A suitably arranged planting in such posi¬ 
tions would be a store window that would attract a great 
deal of attention. 
TAXING BILLBOARDS 
The following is an advertisement appearing in the 
Greensboro. N. G. papers. Paul Lindley suggests that 
"If we could tax billboards it would be a great aid in our 
Market Development work." 
BILLBOARDS 
This being the silly season, governors, senators, and less¬ 
er fry have been talking about art, audits, bathing beaches, 
also five per cent beer. 
From this babel of voices comes an idea from Senator 
Curtis, of Kansas, who says he will introduce a bill in Con¬ 
gress that will call for the taxation of all billboards. More 
power to the Kansas senator, and a hint to our own state 
officials. Such a law would pay for the beautifying of all 
our main highways, besides enabling the traveling public 
to get some compensation for having its view of green fields 
and landscape effects obscured by pictures of impossible 
people, and terrifying animals. 
Will someone in North Carolina who reads this “go to it.” 
All our state nurserymen and florists will give you our co 
operation in planning and planting with the idea of blotting 
out the bill boards with beauty. 
Landscape Department 
J. VAN LINDLEY NURSERY CO. 
Pomona, N. C. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 
Aug. 18, 1923. 
National Nurseryman, 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Gentlemen: 
I am forwarding, under separate cover, a few blue spruce 
transplants that have been cut by a large white grub. 
It is quite a heavy loss to me and I would greatly appreciate 
your informing me of any possible way of combating it. 
How about a weak solution of carbolic acid being poured on 
the soil? If so how weak. 
Very truly, 
A. D. L. 
Aug. 25, 1923. 
Dear Sir, 
Your letter of August 18th and also package containing the 
Blue Spruce transplants, that have been cut off by the large 
white grub, were duly received. 
We are not sure of the identity of this pest as there are a 
great number of different varieties of cut worms and we assume 
these grubs to belong to this group. If you have not a ve~y 
large area covered with the seedlings it perhaps will be as well 
to carefully go over the ground with a sharp stick or nail. The 
cut worms are usually very close to the surface and one can tell 
where they are to be found by the slight disturbance of the soil 
and may be uncovered and destroyed. 
It is also a good plan to lay down small boards, which form 
attractive hiding places for the worms during the day. Prob¬ 
ably the most practical, cheap and convenient method of cut 
worm control is the use of poison baits. The following formula 
will be found effective: 
Bran 20 lb., Paris Green 1 lb., molasses 2 qts., oranges or 
lemons (3 fruits), water about 3 y 2 gallons. The dry bran and 
paris green are thoroughly mixed in a tub or similar receptacle, 
the juices of the oranges or lemons is squeezed into the water, 
the remaining pulp and peal are chopped in bits and added to 
the water, the molasses is dissolved in the water and the bran 
and poison put with it. The mixture being constantly stirred 
so as to dampen the mash thoroughly, only enough water should 
be used to moisten the mash, but not enough to make it sloppy. 
The material should be scattered broadcast evenly over the in¬ 
fested area, at night fall. The above quantity of bait would be 
sufficient for three acres. You can figure the quantity that you 
would require for your ground that is infested. 
We are rather afraid that a solution of carbolic acid pourel 
on the ground would not be satisfactory as the strength neces¬ 
sary to kill the grubs would likely kill the plants. 
Very truly yours, 
TO WITHHOLD SHIPMENT PERMITS FROM MOTH- 
INFESTED NURSERIES 
Nurseries in New England found to be appreciably infested 
with gipsy or brown-tail moths will be refused permission to 
ship their products outside the State, under an amendment to 
quarantine regulations announced by the Federal Horticultural 
Board, United States Department of Agriculture, and effective 
immediately. This action will be taken by the Federal author¬ 
ities either upon the report of a State inspector or whenever a 
Federal inspector finds shipments from the nursery to be heavily 
infested. 
Certification of interstate shipments from an infested nursery 
will be refused until after the close of the next gipsy moth egg- 
laying season or until the nursery has been inspected and certi¬ 
fied by the State to be apparently clean. All charges for stor¬ 
age, cartage, and labor incident to inspection or disinfection 
other than the services of Tie inspectors shall be paid by the 
shipper. 
The board’s action was taken following a conference recently 
held in Boston attended by Federal and State officials engaged 
in the quarantine work against the gipsy moth and the brown- 
tail moth, and by several New England nurserymen. 
