Jiarch 15, 1913 



HOETICULTURE 



387 



FEDERAL PLANT QUARANTINE 

 LAW. 

 As a result of the experience gained 

 during the last two or three months, 

 it has seemed advisable to slightly 

 amend the rules and regulations for 

 carrying out the Federal Plant Quar- 

 antine Act. The object ot this cir- 

 cular is to point out specifically, for 

 the information and guidance of im- 

 porters, the changes made in the reg- 

 ulations. 



No muteiial changes are made la Regu- 

 lations 1 to 5, inclusive. 



Reg. 1. — No change. 



Reg. 2. — No material change. 



Reg. a. — Definition of port of entry 

 added. 



Reg. 4. — Addition of the explanatory 

 words "at port of entry ;" bonded period 

 to obtain permit extended from 10 to 20 

 days; error corrected in line s — "arrival" 

 changed to "entry." 



Reg. 5. — Addition of explanatory para- 

 graph relating to shipments in bond. 



Reg. 6. — Change to indicate more plainly 

 the requirements in force after July 1, 

 1913, in relation to the otEclal inspection 

 certificate and limiting the impurtation of 

 nursery stock from countries having no 

 provision for such official certification, 

 such as certain Asiatic and Central and 

 South American countries. 



Reg. 7. — Made to indicate more ex- 

 plicitly the nature of the certificate of 

 inspection which will be required after 

 July 1, 1913. 



Reg. 8. — Amended at the suggestion ot 

 Customs Bureau, Treasury Department, to 

 require the notice of importer or broker 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture to be 

 transmitted through the Collector of Cus- 

 toms at port of entry. This notice is to 

 be given to the collector with other entry 

 papers, and will be compared with the 

 invoice and forwarded by the collector to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture. This will 

 accomplish both the notice required from 

 the Treasury Department to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture and the notice from the 

 importer to the Secretary of Agriculture 

 on one blank in one report, and will save 

 the importer the labor and cost of mailing 

 this report. 



The notice required of the importer to 

 the State Inspector must, as is now re- 

 quired, be sent by him direct to the 

 proper State official. 



Blanks for these two reports — namely, 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture through 

 the Collector of Customs and to the State 

 Inspector — will be furnished by the Col- 

 lector of Customs. 



There is added to this regulation an 

 explanatory paragraph in relation to the 

 requirements of the act governing the re- 

 shipment, interstate, ot imported nursery 

 stock, which has not been inspected at 

 the destination reported from the port of 

 entry. 



Reg. 9. — Changed merely to lessen the 

 requirements by eliminating some of the 

 information originally provided for. _ A 

 paragraph is added, making it possible 

 in the absence of the decl.-iration to de- 

 liver the goods under bond in the same 

 manner as provided for a larkiu'.:" permit. 

 It will be noted that practically all 

 of these changes are corrections of er- 

 rors, explanatory, or lessening the re- 

 quirements. The only exception is the 

 limitation placed upon the importation 

 from countries where no inspection 

 certificate is possible, and this can be 

 corrected by any of these countries 

 whenever commercial possibilities In- 

 dicate the need. This limitation will 

 not affect ordinary commercial nurs- 

 ery importations. 



Federal Hohticultur.\l Board. 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



F. & P. Nurseries, Springfield, X. J. 

 — Trade List, Spring, 1913. Ornamen- 

 tal stock mainly. 



Philadelphia Lawn Mower Co., 

 Phila., Pa. — Illustrated Catalogue and 

 Price List of Mowers and Fittings. 



The Imlay Company, Zanesville, O. — 

 Catalogue of Seeds, Plants and Flow- 

 ers for 1913. 



J. G. Harrison & Son, Berlin, Md.— 

 Trade List of Fruit and Ornamental 



\a/e: 



"FLOWER" IN FLOWERFIELD 



The Home of CHILDS' GLADIOLI, noted the world 

 over for SUPERIOR MERIT 



Also GANNAS, DAHLIAS, IRISES, LILIUMS, Etc. 



'-SPECiALS— 



Gladiolus, America 



" Baron Hulot 



" Niagara 



" Princeps 



Canna, Wyoming (a giant among 



Cannas) 

 Hyacinthus Candicans 

 Lilium, Henryi, the yellow 



Speciosum 35.00 



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Wholesale Department 



Flowerfield, Long Island, 



Hild 



Nursery Stock. A very neat pocket 

 list. 



Canadian Seed Growers' Associa- 

 tion. — Price List of Registered and 

 Improved Seed Produced in 1912. Ag- 

 ricultural grains, with name of grow- 

 er and quantity available. 



Clarke Bros., Portland, Oregon. — 

 Oregon Roses and Other Beautiful 

 Flowers. A very "meaty" catalogue, 

 with copious descriptive notes, and 

 many attractive halftone illustrations. 



W. B. Whittier & Co., Framingham, 

 Mass. — Trade Catalogue of Framing- 

 ham Nurseries for Spring, 1913. A 

 valuable publication for landscape 

 gardeners and large planters of shade 

 and ornamental trees. Revised prices. 



Scott Bros., Elmsford Nurseries, 

 Elmsford, N. Y. — Price list ot Chrysan- 

 themums, Roses, Carnations. Etc., for 

 1913. A pocket size list but very com- 

 plete in the number of varieties 

 offered. A number of well attested 

 new things are included. 



David Herbert & Co., Acto, N. .1.— 

 Descriptive Catalogue of New Dahlias, 

 Cannas, Gladioli and other Summer 

 Flowering Bulbs. A portrait in nat- 

 ural color of Dahlia Delice makes an 

 attractive cover illustration for this 

 comprehensive catalogue. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City. — "Henderson's Farm JIanual." 

 An agricultural seed list ot sterling 

 value. Bound in strikingly effective 

 covers and containing the information 

 essential to securing bountiful crops. 

 Readable and instructive. 



J. L. Moore, Northboro Dahlia and 

 Gladiolus Gardens, Northboro. Mass. — 

 Catalogue and Price List for 1913. 

 Cover adorned with dahlia portrait in 



crimson. Accompanying it is Mr. 

 Moore's wholesale price list of dahlias 

 in the various classes, and gladioli, for 

 the trade. 



J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md. — 

 General Spring Catalogue. Agricul- 

 tural, garden and flower seeds, plants 

 and implements are all covered fully 

 in this up-to-date catalogue of this old- 

 established seed house. "Prosperity" 

 Tomato on cover page looks like a 

 sure winner. 



New England Nurseries, Bedford, 

 Mass. — Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, 

 Evergreens, Roses, Vines, and Herba- 

 ceous Perennials. A good and com- 

 plete exponent of the best hardy gar- 

 den material valuable in latitude of 

 New England. Has some excellent in- 

 novations in information and instnic- 

 tion for the public. 



Palisades Nurseries. Inc., Sparkill, 

 N. Y. — "Palisades Popular Perennials." 

 A luxurious catalogue, splendidly il- 

 lustrated. A model of catalogue print- 

 ing art. The covers are novel in de- 

 sign and richly effective. The con- 

 tents represent a well-selected stock 

 and an effort has been made to famil- 

 iarize the buyer with the accepted 

 popular name as well as the botanical 

 name of each variety. 



W. Atlee Burpee. Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 Prize supplement for 1913. This is a 

 unique supplement to Burpee's annual 

 spring catalogue and is well-calculated 

 to awaken interest in Burpee's seeds 

 and the result and product — that is if 

 there is anybody left in this land who 

 had not already been apprised! Bur- 

 pee says his are the "Best Seeds That 

 Grow." This publication is intended 

 as a convincer of this proposition. 



