December 13, 1913 



HORTICULTUEE 



821 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLANT 

 IMPORTATIONS. 

 Federal Horticultural Board. 

 For plant exportation to the United 

 States, the regulations under the Plant 

 Quarantine Act (Circular No. 44, Office 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture) estab- 

 lishes the following classification: 



1. Countries which maintain nursery 

 stock inspection and certification. In 

 accordance with the regulations drawn 

 under the Plant Quarantine Act. 



2. Countries which do not maintain 

 nursery stock inspection and certifica- 

 tion. 



Countries of the first class only are 

 open to commercial importation of 

 nur^ry stock, and no restriction is 

 placed on the amount or character of 

 nui-sery stock which may be imported 

 from such countries, except as to such 

 nursery stock as may be excluded un- 

 der specific quarantine. 



Nursery stock from countries which 

 do not maintain nursery stock inspec- 

 tion will be admitted into the United 

 States only for experimental purposes 

 and in limited quantities, under special 

 permit, through the particular port 

 designated in such permit. (See reg- 

 ulation 5). Such nursery stock must 

 also, before delivery, be opened and 

 examined at port of entry by an in- 

 spector of this Department, and can- 

 not be entered unless it is found to be 

 free from plant diseases and insect 

 pests. 



Importers are therefore urgently ad- 

 vised to limit their application for 

 strictly commercial imports to the 

 countries listed below. Any country 

 not now on this list will be placed 

 there as soon as this Department has 

 been officially notified of the compli- 

 ance of such coimtry with the regula- 

 tions governing inspection and certifi- 

 cation. 



Countries Now Open to Commercial 



Importation of Nursery Stock, 



With Official Seal of Each. 



Barbados— (Spa 1 to lie funilslied Inter.) 



Belgium — "Ministere "Se I'AgricuUure, 

 Service Ph.vtnpnthologique." 



Bpiniud:i — "Department of Agriculture." 



Can.'idii — "Division of Entomology, De- 

 p.Trtment of Agriculture." 



Cahn — "Repulilica de Cuba. Inspeccion 

 Sanitaria Vegetal." 



Denniarl; — "I.andbrug.sniinisteriets Tilsyn 

 med Plantesljoler og Planteskoleartikler." 



England — "Board of Agriculture and 

 Fislieriep." 



Fr.ince — "R'jpublitiue Francaise. Minis- 

 tere de ^.^^^iculture. Direction des Serv- 

 ices S'initaires et Scicntittques et de la 

 repression des fraudes." 

 , Germanv— (Eaclc political division of the 

 German Empire will use its own seal.) 



Guatemala — "General Office of Agricul- 

 ture." 



Holland — "Ministerie van Londbouw, Kij- 

 verbeid en Handel. Directie van den Land- 

 bouw Phvtopntliologische Dienst." 



Ireland — "Department of Agriculture and 

 Teclinical Inslructinn." 



Japan- -"Department of Agriculture and 

 Commerce." 



I.uxemtnirg— "Grand-Ducbe de Luxem- 

 bourg. Station Pliytopathologifiue." 



Scotland — "Board of Agriculture for 

 •Scotland." 



Switzerland— "Scbweizerische Versuebsan- 

 stalt fur Obst-. Wein-. und Gartenbau." 

 (Swiss Experiincntal Stati'-n for .Arbori- 

 culture. Viticulture and Horticulture.) 



Trinidad — "Trin'dad and Tobago. Geor- 

 gius V. D.. G. Britt. et Terrarum Trans 

 Mar. Quae in Dit Sunt Brit., Rex F„ D.. 

 Ind.. Imp." 



C. L. M.\RL.\TT, 



Chairman of Board. 



PRINCESS DAGMAR 



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AWARDED 



Af the .M.\!SS.\CHi:SEi'TS IIORTICUI-- 

 Tl R.AI. .SOCIETY, Boston, Novem- 

 ber, 1912: 

 SILVER METDAL. 

 At the O.VKIiENEKS" AND FLOR- 

 ISTS' CLIB OF BOSTON. Jan. 181S- 

 Feb. 1!II3: 



REPORT OF SUPERIOR MERIT 

 (eacb month). 

 At the INTEKNATION.^L FLOWER 

 snow, New York, April, 1913: 

 FIRST for best 100 crimson. 

 (iOLD MIODAL for 12 largest blooms. 

 SILVER MEDAL, Perpetual Flower- 

 ing Carnation Society. England. 

 BRONZE MEDAL, American Carna- 



ti>(n So^-iety. 

 PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE for 

 Fred Dorner Memorial Medal. 

 .\t the rillC.AGO HORTICLLTIRAL 

 SOt'irTY, .4pril, 1913: 

 BRONZE MEDAL, first, best seedling 

 not disseminated, any other color. 



.Vt the BOSTON CO-OPERATIVE 

 FLOWER MARKET SHOW, April, 



1913: 



FIRST for 50 best seedlings not dis- 



semin ited, 

 FIRST tor 100 best carnations, ANY 

 COLOR. 



.*t the GARDENERS' .4ND FLORISTS' 

 CUB of Boston, May, 1913: 

 Iteport of HKJHEST MERIT. 



At the AMERICAN INSTITUTE, New 

 York, November, 1913: 

 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. 



At the HOLYOKE and NORTHAMP- 

 TON FLORISTS' CLIB, Holyoke, 

 Mass., November. 1913: 

 SPECIAL PRIZE for 50 best carna- 

 tions, auv varietv not disseminated. 



.Vt the OHIO HORTICULTIKAL. SO- 

 CIETY, Cleveland, Ohio, November, 

 1H13: 



CERTIFICATE OF .MERIT AND 

 SWEEPSTAKES for best seedling. 



PATTEN & COMPANY 



TEWKSBURY, 



MASS. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Albert F. Esch had an exciting time 

 last week when fire, originating in a 

 paper warehouse adjoining his proper- 

 ty, threatened to destroy his entire 

 place. The wind blew the flames In 

 his direction causing the glass in one 

 of the houses to become hot and when 

 hit by water, nearly every pane in one 

 of the houses broke. In addition, water 

 undermined the foundations and con- 

 siderable of the masonry was washed 

 away. This house was filled with lilies 

 ready for the Christmas business, and 

 a large quantity of terns and palms, 

 some of which were being held in stor- 

 age for a local florist. The damage 

 amounts to between $750 and $1,000. 

 This is the third misfortune that has 

 befallen Mr. Esch .during the last four 

 months. During a recent heavy hail 

 storm his property was badly damaged 

 and shortly after that his boiler gave 

 out, necessitating the installation of 

 a new one. 



Washington florists spent a very 

 pl&sant evening at an entertainment 

 given at the Elks' Home by Kallipolis 

 Grotto, an organization of which prac- 

 tically every florist in this city is a 

 member. Among those who partici- 

 pated were William F. Gude, George 

 Shaffer. Adolph Gude. Fred H. Kramer, 

 O. A. C. Oehraler, Edward S. Schmid 

 and I. Rosnoskv of Philadelphia. 



Fred H. Kramer's greenhouse looked 

 something like a jungle last week dur- 

 ing the cat show. There was some- 

 thing doing every minute, for if one 

 of the cats was not trying to make its 

 escape, another was trying to claw out 

 someone's eyes. The average daily at- 



tendance was about 500 people and 

 this should result in quite a lot of 

 additional business for Mr. Kramer. 

 At the poultry show, held in connec- 

 tion with the cat show, William P. 

 Gude delivered the welcome speech, 

 Edward S. Schmid lorded it over the 

 judges, and a number of other florists 

 mixed up in the scheme. The pressing 

 of a button at the White House by- 

 President Wilson caused the lighting 

 up of the hall, the draping of a flag 

 bringing into view a large collection of 

 American Beauty roses, the opening of 

 the show. 



The free distribution of seeds by the 

 Government, which frequently resulted 

 in crops of vegetables on front lawna 

 where only grass and flowers were 

 supposed to grow, will be discontinued 

 it Congress adopts a recommendation 

 of the Secretary of Agriculture con- 

 tained in the book of estimates. The 

 "reform" is expected to arouse a wail 

 of protest that may prevent its adop- 

 tion. 



Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 

 Hamlin has instructed the officials at 

 the various custom houses to return to 

 tlie post offices at which received, a 

 number of packages of nursery stock 

 shipped from foreign countries either 

 through ignorance or in violation of 

 the plant quarantine act. This stock 

 is to be sent back to the original ship- 

 pers. 



BUY YOUR 

 CHRISTMAS FLOWERS AND 

 SUPPLIES 

 FROM HORTICULTURE ADVER- 

 TISERS. 



