October 19, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



THE PLANT QUARANTINE 



At a meeting of florists, growers 

 and importers of plant and nursery 

 stock held at the offices of the Secre- 

 tary, on Monday, Oct. 14, called for 

 the purpose of preparing a brief in 

 protest against the proposed restric- 

 tion of plant imports, the following 

 communication from the Federal 

 Horticultural Board was presented: 



U. S. DkI'I. of Al,RICULTtT{K PeOerai. 

 HuKTicri.TrRAi. Board, Washington, 

 D. C. 



i'rmfereurt^ on Xui'sery Stock, Plant, and 



Sce'i Exclusion. Called for 



OctohPi- IS. 191S. 



Special Notice 



On account of the prevalence of in- 

 fluenza in Washington, it is suggested 

 that all persons who have no special 

 reasons for wishing to attend the con- 

 ference called for October 18, at the 

 Department of Agriculture, W'ashing- 

 ton, to consider the restrictions which 

 should be placed on the importation of 

 nursery stock, plants, and seeds into 

 the United States, submit their con- 

 structive suggestions or criticisms in 

 writing rather than giving personal at- 

 tendance at the conference. Such 

 written statements will be given full 

 consideration by this Department. 



The quarantine and regulatory ac- 

 tion which this Department now con- 

 templates, has been carefully consid- 

 ered, following the hearing of May 28, 

 1918, on the subject, and has been 

 placed in the hands of all interested 



parties in the statement distributed 

 August 29, 1918, to which was attached 

 the text of the proposed regulations. 

 The subject, therefore, is fully in the 

 hands of interested persons, and an 

 open discussion, while it would un- 

 doubtedly be helpful, not a necessity. 

 Please advise all interested parties 

 of this suggestion. C. L. Marlatt, 

 Chairman of Board. 



It was decided at the meeting that 

 the suggestion of the Board be acted 

 upon, and that instead of a large del- 

 egation Messrs. C. H. Totty and J. D. 

 Eisele attend the hearing to present 

 the views of the meeting, as exempli- 

 fied in a brief then prepared, and that 

 all interested who were not present 

 be invited to submit to our Washing- 

 ton Representative, Mr. Wm. F. Gude, 

 1214 F street N. W.. Washington. D. C, 

 at once, so that the same will be in 

 his hands on the 17th inst., a brief em- 

 bodying their views in the matter, for 

 presentation at the hearing. It was 

 also decided that any who were de- 

 sirous of attending the hearing in per- 

 son be invited to join the delegates in 

 Washington on the day of hearing, at 

 the time and place appointed. 



•loHN Young, Secy. 



Editor of HounctLTfRE: 



Dear Sir — I have read with great in- 

 terest your editorial in the last issue 



of your paper on the intended quaran- 

 tining by the Department of Agricul- 

 ture of nearly all plants from foreign 

 countries. I am in fullest accord with 

 your expressed views, and I would 

 only ask to keeji on soundin.i; the 

 bugle call of alarm to those of our 

 florist brethren, who really are deep- 

 ly interested in this question, but feel 

 after their day's work too tired or 

 indifferent to think of taking any pro- 

 testing action; and unfortunately it 

 seems that there are too many o' 

 these in our present emergency. To 

 them I would say: "Wake up, breth- 

 ren, get pen, ink and paper together 

 and write your protest at once to the 

 Federal Horticultural Board, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. 

 C, and if it be no more than to write: 

 "I herewith wish to enter my most 

 energetic protest with your depart- 

 ment against the intended quarantin- 

 ing regulations of nearly all plants, 

 and of many bulbs, coming to us from 

 foreign countries, because this will 

 work an uncalled for loss in these suf- 

 ficiently hard times, and I consider 

 June 1st, 1919, a too short time to 

 properly prepare for the production of 

 similar stocks in our country in suffi- 

 cient quantity to satisfy the demand 

 of normal times when the present 

 war is over." Winfred RouvKK, 

 Chairman N. Y. Florists' Club Pro- 

 testing Committee. 



NATIONAL PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. 



The completion of our campaign 

 fund of $.50,000 is lagging— lagging at 

 a time when interest should be most 

 intense. It is not due to lack of en- 

 thusiasm, for the florists who have 

 subscribed are most enthusiastic, and 

 we know that this feeling also extends 

 to many who have not subscribed. 

 Thoge who have ignored our appeal 

 must admit that the 800 or more mem- 

 bers of our trade who are loyal to its 

 interests are worthy of commendation 

 without limit — the volunteers who in 

 an emergency have gone "over the 

 top", some of them as many as three 

 times. The future trade is safe in 

 such hands. 



It is not too late to join these pro- 

 tectors of our industry, and they will 

 welcome any who have not yet sub 

 scribed. This campaign is welding 

 bonds of friendship among the best 

 florists and the best are those who 

 can look over their own shoulders. 



who place their calling squarely in 

 front of them, unprejudiced by petty 

 jealousy, and who are dominated by 

 that altruistic spirit which makes for 

 the good of all rather than individuals. 

 Where do you stand. Mr. Reader? 

 Are you with the protectors, or are you 

 an onlooker? The latter, is it because 

 you are careless, content to see the 

 other fellow passing out good money 

 in order that you may with him bene- 

 fit in the excellent results promised by 

 the Campaign? Or is it because you 

 have not realized what this publicity 

 movement means to you or your busi- 

 ness? If the latter, won't you just 

 drop a line to the secretary with the 

 request that he give you particulars 

 and send you material which will en- 

 able you to see for yourself that you 

 can become a working factor in this 

 organized effort to increase the sale 

 of flowers, and thus enable our in- 

 dustry to weather the storm that is 

 threatening it. And yours is only a pro 



rata help. If your business is small. 

 a large contribution is not expected. 

 Give what you think you can afford, 

 even five dollars a year. It will show 

 your good spirit, and your interest in 

 what is good for the business from 

 which you make your living. 



Do this now without delay. 



The following new subscriptions 

 were received this week through the 

 Florists' Telegraph Delivery Associa- 

 tion: 



.inuiiallv for Kcmr Years— r. Peterson & 

 Soils Escanaha. Mich., ST.-W; Clias. E. Bar- 

 ton. Xorwalk, Ohio. $5; Chas. Vorkeller, 

 Iti'thelhem So. Side, Pa., $10; M. H. Houser, 

 William St., Pittston, Pa.. .$,'); Alonza D. 

 Merrick, Hackettstown. N. .T., $10; Duluth 

 Floral Co.. Duluth, Minn., .$10; Gove The 

 Florist, BurliuKton, Vt.. .$5; Math. Ullen- 

 liruch. Port Huron, Mich., $5; H. C. \an 

 Sant Newport News. Va.. $5; Hembreikcr 

 \- Cole. Sprinslield. 111.. $15. 



For Two Years— Andrew Bather Co., 

 c'linton. Iowa. $10. 



For One Year— Charles Kderer, Omaha, 

 Vehr.. .$."5; H. E. Wilson, Rochester, N. Y., 

 .■<10: A. M. Terrill. Ltd.. Calgary, Canada. 

 .■SI.'): Tong & Weeks Floral Co.. AshtJibula. 

 Ohio .$10; Joseph S.nlmon & Sons, Akron. 

 Ohio. $10. 



Total, $l.'i7.."iO. Previously reported Ironi 

 all sources. $44.072.2.5. Grand tutal. 

 $44,009.75. John YorNG, Secy. 



