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THE NATIONAL NUESERYMAN 
Mr. F. F. Rockwell called a meeting of the subscribers 
to the Market Development Fund, June 12tb at the Hotel 
Adelpbia, Philadelphia, to consider plans of the National 
Service Bureau, to be presented at the Chicago Conven¬ 
tion. Those present were; 
Win. Flemmer 
Robert Pyle 
F. L. Atkins 
Isaae Hicks 
Thomas Meehan 
Edward Moon 
Henry T. Moon 
L. Lovett 
J. T. Lovett, Jr. 
J. H. Humphreys 
John Watson 
F. F. Rockwell 
C. R. Burr 
Erdman Cain 
That the nurserymen mean business and are thor¬ 
oughly interested in the movement was veiy evident. R 
was also evident that Mr. Rockwell has a rough and 
rugged road to travel before he reaches the point where 
the big vision of modern methods in advertising and bus¬ 
iness building will be clear to all. 
THE TARNISHED PLANT BUG AND ITS INJURY TO 
“The typical injuiy to nursery stock, known as ‘stop- 
hack,’ ‘hush-head,’ or ‘bunch-head’ in Missouri is the 
result of feeding by the tarnished plant bug. This injury 
has been common in the State for years, hut has attracted 
sjiecial attention only in the last seven years. 
“The main injury is done by the adults which pass the 
w inter. Some of the late work may be done by adults 
maturing in the summer. The nymphs do not breed and 
feed on nursery stock. The principal injury is done in 
the spring before the dormant buds have produced a 
growth of more than 12 in. Later injury does occur hut 
it is usually of little importance. Peach, pear, and 
cherry are most severely attacked in Missouri. 
“The pest hibernates in the adult stage between the 
leaves of mullen and similar plants, under rubbish, 
leaves, and other shelter. Only a small percentage of the 
adults which hibernate live through the winter. The bugs 
are strong fliers, hut collect in greatest abundance and 
do most damage on nursery stock near favorable breed¬ 
ing and hibernating places. 
“In the development of the pest it passes through five 
nymphal stages, the second of which can not he distin¬ 
guished with certainty without actually following the 
hourly growth and development of the nymph from the 
time it hatches. 
“The pest oviposits largely in the blossoms of composits 
and nymphs feed on the sap of the same plants. ‘Mare’s 
tail’ (Erigeron canadensis) is preferred, although the 
pest breeds on a variety of other plants. 
“In the control of the pest, clean culture to destroy 
jilants on which it breeds, and the destruction of favor¬ 
able hibernating quarters are essential. Trap crops, 
sticky shields, and driving will also help to reduce the 
amount of injury. Known insecticides are of little or no 
value. Judicious j)runing will help reshape injured 
trees.”— Experiment Station Record. 
Mr. Mulford of the Department of Agriculture, Wash¬ 
ington, D. G., made a plea for the National Association of 
Nurserymen to urge Congress to permit the use of a 
limited amount of money for the purpose of planting 
around government buildings. 
Mr. Mulford describes horticultural conditions around 
these splendid buildings as being a disgrace, as under the 
present regulations there was no maintenance fund by 
which they could be kept up. 
NURSERYMAN’S NATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU 
Full Steant Ahead^and Everybody on Board! 
“Well, it was a great convention!” 
Nobody who was at Chicago last month is likely to for¬ 
get the spirit that was manifest there as marking a turn¬ 
ing point in the nursery industry in this country. 
The biggest things are not always the most tangible. 
In an industiy, as in any private business, it is the spirit, 
the mental attitude, the will to do, that is the big thing. 
And the outstanding feature of the convention just 
closed was the detennination to put the nursery business 
as an industry on a better and a more profitable basis. 
To put it, as one of the country’s big and important enter¬ 
prises, where it has a right to stand. 
The men who left the Hotel Sherman last week, left 
with a new conception of the possibilities before them. 
And they left with a determination to achieve those pos¬ 
sibilities. It was not a “revival” meeting either. No 
great burst of artificially worked-up enthusiasm, to turn 
over, like a hot-air balloon, and flap and flutter back 
down to the ground, a flabby, empty bag, as soon as the 
excitement is over. 
We are moving forward! 
That is the great point. Ways and means are impor¬ 
tant—but secondary after all. Market Development, now 
backed up officially by the American Association of Nur¬ 
serymen, has got a solid start. 
Trade organization, at least to the extent of making it 
possible to cut out some of the profit-killing practices 
that have existed in the past is actually beginning to take 
definite shape. And in all probability some beginning at 
standardization will be made before the year is out. 
It has taken many years to do all these things. It took 
other industries many years to do them. There are some 
who still think that they cannot be done in the nursery 
business. There were always some who thought they 
could not be done in other businesses. 
In any body of men there must always be honest dif¬ 
ferences of opinion. This was true at Chicago. But the 
general spirit was that something could be done; should 
be done; and will be done! 
And one of the big things to be caiTied on at once, if 
the feeling of the membership at Chicago was any indi¬ 
cation of the feeling in the rest of the trade, is the cam¬ 
paign for Market Development. 
The account of the work done so far, and the plans 
