December 28, 1918 



H K Tl (J FT L T U II E 



633 



THE PLANT IMPORT TANGLE. 



Horticulture, Boston, Mass. 



Mr. Editor: — I enclose a cutting 

 from the English trade paper, ■■Horti- 

 cultural Advertiser:" 



EXPORTS TO THE U. S. A. 



Following our note on this subject 

 In last issue, judging from the reports 

 in the American press, it seems only 

 too probable that in the very near, 

 future imports of plants, trees, etc., 

 from England and the Continent will 

 be practically prohibited. Certain ar- 

 ticles which the trade over there are 

 unable to produce at present in suf- 

 ficient quantity, such as stocks for 

 working, etc., will be admitted under 

 restrictions, all trees and plants car- 

 rying balls of soil will be rigorously 

 excluded. The articles to be admitted 

 are as follows: — 



(1) Laly bulbs. lily of the valley, 

 narcissus, hyacinths, tulips and 

 crocus, free from balls of soil 

 or earth. 



(2) Fruit stocks, seedlings, cut- 

 tings, scions, and buds of fruits 

 for reproduction purposes. 



(3) Rose stocks for repi'oduction 

 purposes, including Manetti, 

 Multiflora, Brier Rose, and 

 Rosa Rugosa. 



{4) Nuts, Including palm seeds, for 



oil or reproduction purposes. 

 (5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamen- 

 tal, and shade trees, seeds of 

 deciduous and evergreen orna- 

 mental shrubs, and seeds of 

 hardy perennial plants. 

 If these proposed regulations become 

 law, they will hit the French and 

 Dutch trade pretty hard, and also a 

 number of our own firms who make a 

 specialty of export trade, but proba- 

 l)ly the chief sufferers will be Ameri- 

 can nurserymen who depend upon Eu- 

 rope for supplies of young stuff for 

 growing on. 



The movement is being engineered 

 by a party of scientific and would-be 

 scientific cranks, and the ranks of 

 the trade over there are apparently 

 too divided to make such a solid op- 

 position as would have any chance of 

 success. 



They seem to hit the mark with 

 their finale. When will our florists 

 wake up to some real action? Prompt 

 and energetic protest with the differ- 

 ent congressmen can surely put Secre- 

 tary Houston to do some thinking of 

 his own, instead of referring a matter 

 of such vital importance to the gen- 

 eral trade of the country to the five 

 men constituting the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board. Are we as a trade of 

 some 10,000 or more florists of experi- 

 ence to submit quietly without pro- 

 test? If you will repeat in your pa- 

 per Section 6 and Section 7 of the ori- 

 ginal Quarantine act, then slowly dis- 

 sect the conditions of Section 7, it 

 may appear to the trade in general 

 that the Board is overstepping with 

 its present latest rulings. Their in- 

 tentions are all right enough, but that 

 does not say that they are free from 

 erring. Neither Is the opinion of their 



CHRISTMAS BERRIED PLANTS 



Aklh.si.\, Skimmia, Solanium and "Bird's Bye" Pepphs 



learned solicitor to be accepted by the 

 trade without our most serious pro- 

 test, of course, assuming that our 

 florists do object to this general treat- 

 ment of quarantining without stating 

 the "why and wherefore." Appealing 

 to Congress may force the board into 

 explaining what Section 7 requires 

 them to do, and if their argument is 

 found a sound one, then we will sub- 

 mit; but, if they do not prove by going 

 into full detail as required, then they 

 cannot blame us when we, as a large 

 body of taxpaying citizens, stand tor 

 some recognition of our rights. The 

 war is over, and we want our rights. 



Wl.NFRED ROLKER. 



New York. 



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