April 5, 1913 



HOETICULTUKE 



539 



F^OR 



HEWS STANDARD 



99 



POTS 



XJS... 



POT MAKERS FOR 140 YEARS 



WORLDS LARGESTMANUFACTURERS 



Pearson Street 

 LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. 



WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND DISCOUNTS 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc. 



Main Office and Factories 

 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION 

 NO. 1. 

 The Federal Horticultural Board 

 recommends that Regrulation 6 of the 

 Rules and Regulations for carrying 

 out the Plant Quarantine Act, pub- 

 lished in Circular No. 41, Revised, 

 Office of the Secretary, be amended by 

 the addition in the first paragraph of 

 a proviso reading as follows: 



Provided, however, That nursery stock 

 which can be cleaned by disinfection or 

 treatment may be delivered to the import- 

 er, consignee, or agent for the proper care 

 and treatment thereof, upon the filing of 

 a voluntary bond, with approved sureties, 

 double to the invoice value of the property 

 (the amount of the bond in no case to be 

 less than $20 or less than $1 per plant in 

 • case of date palms and date-palm off- 

 shoots, conditioned upon the delivery 

 thereof) to the collector of customs 40 days 

 from the date of arrival, and provided 

 that the same shall not be removed from 

 the port of entry until a written notice 

 is given to the collector of customs by the 

 Inspector of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture that the nursery stock in -^luestion 

 has been properly treated. 



Regulation H. as amended, shall be- 

 come and be effective on and after April 

 1, lt*13, and the regulation in full shall 

 read as fcllowR : 



Regulation 6. Entry of Nursery Stock. 



(Section 1.) 



On and after July 1, 1013, entry of nur- 

 sery stuck will not i)e allowed unless the 

 invoice is accompanied by the original 

 certificate and unless each container hears 

 a copy certificate, issued by a duly author- 

 ized oflicial of the country from which it 

 is shipped, stating that the nursery stock 

 covered by these certificates has been thor- 

 oughly inspected by him or under his di- 

 rection and was found, or believed to be, 

 free from injurious plant diseases and in- 

 sect pests : Provided. That for stock to 

 be shipped between October 1 and May 31 

 such inspection shall be made on or after 

 the 1st of October and for stock shipped 

 duriug the growing ;season inspection shall 

 be made at the time of packing: Provid- 

 ed further. That on and after July 1. 1013. 

 nursery stock from countries which do not 

 maintain otficial nursery stock inspection 

 win be admitted into the United States 

 only for experimental purposes and in lim- 

 ited quantities. For such importations a 

 special permit will be required. (See Keg. 

 5.) Applications for such permits should 

 be addressed, in writing, to the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, specifying l be amount 

 and kinds of nursery stock which it is 

 Intended to import. Any such shipments 

 will be allowed to enter only through a 

 port which the Secretary of Agriculture 

 will designate in the permit. Such nur- 

 sery stock shall not be delivered to the 

 importer or consignee until it has been 

 examined by an inspector of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and found to be free 

 from plant diseases and insect pests: Pro- 

 vided, however. That nursery stock which 

 can be cleaned by disinfection or treat- 

 ment may he delivered to the importer. 

 consignee, or agent for the proper care 

 and treatment thereof, upon the filing of 

 a voluntary bond, with approved sureties, 

 double to the invoice value of the prop- 

 erty (the amount of the bond in no case 

 to be less than $20 or less than $1 per 

 plant in case of date palms and date-palm 

 offshoots) conditioned upon the delivery 

 thereof to the collector of customs 40 days 

 from the date of arrival, and provided 

 that the same shall not be removed from 

 the port of entry until a written notice 

 Is given to the collector of customs by the 

 Inspector of the Department of Agriculture 

 that the nursery stock in question has 

 been properly treated. 



Prior to July 1, 1913. it will not be re- 



DRCELR'S "Riverton Special" Plant Tub 



Manofartnred for a» eioluilTely. The best tut) ever liitrodncpd. The neateet, lightest 

 DDd cheapest. Painted green, with electric welded hoops. The four largest sizes have 

 drop handles. 



HENRY A. DREER, Seeds, Pl ants, Bulbs , and 



Supplies, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Ad vert icemen ts in this column 

 one cent a word. Initials count 

 as words. Cash with order. All 

 corre§ponden<'e addressed "Care 

 HORTICCLTCRE" shnald be sent 

 11 Hamilton Place, Boson. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE— Iron G.irden Vase with or- 

 namental cover, 4 ft. high, about 3 ft. di- 

 ameter. Cheap. N., care HORTICULTURE. 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new; 

 10 X 12. 10 X 18. IC X 24. double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is 

 the time to liu.v and s;ive money. Parshel- 

 sky Uros., Inc., 215-217 Havemeyer St.. 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



SPRAYERS FOR SALE— One 12 h. p. 



Oldsmobile. 450 jral. tank; one 7 h. p. 

 Cluiroh. 4.50 sal. tank; One 3 h. p. Oldsmo- 

 bile. 200 jral. tank; two gas sprayers. 100 

 jral tank ; one .55 ft. and one 36 ft. exten- 

 sion ladder: 950 ft. of one inch hose; 

 spray nozzles. Wm. F. Leary. 40 Pound 

 Lane. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Tel., 2S86-1 

 Bronkline. 



MISagLLANEQUS 



BUY OR LEASE, 10.000 to 20.000 feet of 

 glass. H.. HORTICULTURE. 



quired that the original certificate of in- 

 spection accompany the invoice, but each 

 container of imported nursery stock must 

 bear a copy of the certificate of inspection 

 in the form authorized by the responsible 

 inspection official of the country of origin. 



Prior to July 1, l'J13, nursery stock from 

 countries whirh maintain no official nur- 

 sery-stock Inspection will be admitted into 

 the United States only through the ports 

 of New York. San Francisco, Seattle, Jack- 

 sonville, New Orleans. Honolulu, and San 

 Juan after examination by inspectors of 

 the Department of Agriculture at the 

 port of entry, if found to be free from 

 plant diseases and insect pests. 



Collectors of customs will be notified 

 from time to time, through the Secretary 

 of the Treasury, of the countries which 

 maintain official nursery stock inspection. 



Entry will not be allowed unless the 

 case. box. or other container or covering 

 is plainly and correctly marked to show 

 the number of permit, the general nature 

 and quantity of the contents, the district 

 or locality and country where grown, the 

 name and address of the exporter, and the 

 name and address of the consignee. 



Nursery stock offered for entry without 

 compliance with these regulations will be 

 refused admission. Nursery stock, in- 

 spected as provided herein, which is found 

 to be carrying dangerous insects or plant 

 diseases may be treated or destroyed, as 

 circumstances require. 



« 1000 READY PACKED CRATES 



STANDARD FLOWER PGTS AKD BULB 



can be shipped at an hour's notice, 



per crate: 



L'coo 1% in. @ $6.00 



a.",(io 2 



151X1 2hi 



1500 21-'. 



1000 3 



800 3Vi 



4.88 

 5.25 

 6 00 

 5 1,0 

 5.S0 



500 t 

 456 4'/, 

 320 5 

 210 ."'/■ 

 144 6 

 12 1 7 



ra 



PANS 



Price 



$4.50 

 5.24 

 4.51 

 3.7.S 

 3.16 

 4.20 

 3.00 



N.Y. 

 Aeents 



HILFINGER BROS., Pottery, Fort Edward, 

 August Rolker & Sens. 31 Barclay St., N. Y. City, 

 OUB SPECIALIV— Long DistancB and exiort trade 



r-STANDARO FLOWER— i 



If ynnr greenhouses are «itliin 500 miles 

 of the Tapitol, write us, we can save 

 Ton nionev. 



IV. H. ERNEST 



-» 38th & M Sis. Wa^liington. D. C. ^ 



Write for Catalogue. 



Tree Tubs and Brass 

 Hoop Jardinieres 



The exiensiiin stave foot 

 prevents the bottom from 

 ro'ting No chance for wator 

 to collect and rot the floor. 

 The Americcuk Wooden- 

 ware Mfg. Co. 

 Toledo. Ohio. U. S. A. 



Syracuse Red Pots 



with new and Improved marhtnery, \rm eaa 



■opply yoar wanr* to better advant»r« 



th«H ever. 



Special dUrountft on larffe orilera. 



Syracuse Pottery Co., Syracuse 



THE FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICA, insurer of 32,500.000 sq. h. o( fiUa 



For pamculan address 



John G. Esler, sk'i Saddle River, N.I. 



When a packnsre of imported nursery 

 stock includes any proUibited species, tbe 

 entire package will be refused entry and 

 treated or destroyed as circumstances may 

 require. 



All charges for storage, cartage, .nd la- 

 bor incident to inspection, other than the 

 services of inspectors, shall be f-aid by the 

 owner or consignee. 



C. L. MARLATT. 

 W. A. ORTON. 

 PETER BISSET. 

 GEO. B. SI'DWOETH, 

 W. D. HrNTER, 

 Federal Horticultural Board. 

 Approved: 



James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Washington, D. C, March 1, 1913. 

 Issued March 29, 1913. 



