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These entries henceforth will be safeguarded by the hij/hly 

 developed inspection and quarantine service now^ organized by 

 this department. It is impracticable to give this type of in- 

 spection to commercial importations. If you will carefully 

 consider the quarantine No. 37' as issued and the regulations 

 which have been established under this quarantine, I think 

 you will agree that the agricultural, horticultural and floricul- 

 tural needs of the country have been very carefully consid- 

 ered. The action of a considerable number of experienced 

 nurserymen and florists in immediately undertaking plans for 

 propagating much of the material hitherto imported indicates 

 that there is little likelihood of long delay in the establishment 

 of sources of ornamental and other plants. — B. P. Kcllerman, 

 Member Federal Horticultural Board. [No doubt the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board established its famous quarantine 

 with the best of intentions, but we are far from convinced that 

 its rules will keep pests of any kind out, so long as we have 

 unrestricted commerce with other lands. The packing mate- 

 rial in which many things come from Europe, is composed of 

 the cheapest material obtainable; seeds, foods and raw ma- 

 terials for manufacture may include enough spores or seeds to 

 start the trouble. Moreover, since Canada has no such quar- 

 antine, disease introduced there can spread to New York and 

 New England as easily as it can spread from New York to 

 Pennsylvania. Carefully inspected nursery stock should be 

 practically free from disease or insect pests and should not, as 

 we see it, be singled out for attack. — Ed.] 



Fruits of Apios Tubkrosa. — The groundnut {Apios 

 tuberosa) has the reputation of seldom producing seeds. It be- 

 longs to that interesting group of plants which possess means 

 for multiplying rapidly by vegetative means and apparently 

 do \v A lind fruiting imperative. Other instances of such plants 

 may be found in the white potato, the lily-of-the-valley, and 

 the houseleek. The fruits of the groundnut are usually of- 



