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NURSERY STOCK IMPORTATIONS 

 FROM CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES. 



Washington, D. C. — Importations of 

 nursery stock, other plants and seeds 

 from contiguous countries, the entry 

 of which will not be attended by seri- 

 ous risk to the agriculture, horticul- 

 ture, and floriculture of the United 

 States, are permitted by an amend- 

 ment to the Plant Quarantine Act, ac- 

 cording to an announcement just made 

 by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture. The amendment known 

 as "No. 3 to Regulations Supplemental 

 to Quarantine No. 37," is to be effec- 

 tive August 16, 1919. Under it the 

 Secretary of Agriculture may issue 

 permits, when applications are made, 

 authorizing the entry into the United 

 States of such nursery stock, other 

 plants and seeds when they are free 

 from disease and insect pests and it is 

 known that their entry will not be at- 

 tended by serious risk. 



Importations under this new regula- 

 tion are limited to specific classes of 

 nursery stock, plants and seeds which 

 can be considered as peculiar to such 

 contiguous countries, and are not mere 

 reproductions of imported stock from 

 foreign countries, and which are not 

 available in sufficient quantities in the 

 United States. It does not apply to 

 plants and seeds governed by special 

 quarantines and other restrictive or- 

 ders other than Quarantine No. 37, 

 which is now in force. In addition to 

 the certificate as to freedom of pests 

 required in connection with all plant 

 importations the invoice covering the 

 material offered for entry under this 

 regulation must be accompanied by a 

 certificate of a duly authorized official 

 of the country of origin, stating that 

 the material has been produced or 

 grown in the country from which it is 

 proposed to be exported. 



tions Supplemental to Quarantine No. 

 37," which became effective on August 

 16 last. It is interesting merely aa 

 showing the "backing and filling" of 

 the Federal Horticultural Board. To 

 the garden lovers of this country it is 

 not worth the paper it is printed upon. 

 The only contiguous countries are 

 Canada and Mexico and the native 

 horticultural products of those coun- 

 tries have little value here. The offi- 

 cial copy of the Amendment which is 

 before me reads .... "contiguous 

 to the United States." One might ask 

 ironically of this slip in spelling 

 whether this amendment is a sop in- 

 tended to unite the states of North 

 America? It cannot be offensive to 

 our Canadian friends though its worth 

 is dubious but it is open to doubt if it 

 will have a soothing or indeed, any 

 effect upon the banditti of Mexico or 

 even upon President Carranza of that 

 much troubled country. 



This is the third amendment so- 

 called to Quarantine No. 37 and for all 

 practical purposes of like value with 

 the others. How long have those in- 

 terested in the upbuilding of horticul- 

 ture in this country to wait before the 

 P. H. B. comes down to the realm of 

 practical legislation and drafts some- 

 thing that will be of real service and 

 benefit to the country? I repeat the 

 question — how long? Will not the 

 F. H. B. read the writing on the wall? 

 E. H. Wilson. 



The above is the official interpreta- 

 tion of "Amendment No. 3 to Regula- 



NO QUARANTINE IN CANADA. 



There has been a somewhat per- 

 sistent report to the effect that quar- 

 antine measures similar to those 

 which have been imposed upon the 

 United States by the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board were being considered 

 in Canada. The following letter dis- 

 poses of that rumor: 



Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge re- 



ceipt of your letter of the 15th instant 

 addressed to Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, in 

 reference to a report that you have 

 received to the effect that Canada is 

 about to place restrictions on the im- 

 portation of nursery stock similar to 

 those at present in effect in the United 

 States. I may say that there is no 

 foundation for this report. 

 Yours very truly, 

 Leonakd S. McLaine, 



Chief of the Division 

 of Plant Inspection. 



STARTING POINSETTIAS. 

 Poinsettias can be started at once. 

 It often happens that cuttings bleed, 

 but this can be prevented or stopped 

 in part at least by covering the bleed- 

 ing part with fine charcoal. The cut- 

 tings should be kept in the shade for 

 two weeks or until well rooted before 

 they are potted up. If the old plants 

 that have been cut back are kept on 

 the dry side for ten days or more and 

 then repotted they will give a good ac- 

 count of themselves. They need a 

 rather sandy soil and a little well de- 

 cayed cow manure helps them. One 

 point to avoid at first is overwatering, 

 but when well started they will stand 

 more water and like a good feeding 

 of liquid manure. Try Apbine if the 

 mealy bug shows up on the poinset- 

 tias. 



ORDERING PLANTS 

 If you wait too long you are likely 

 to have difficulty in getting plants you 

 want. Get in your order for geraniums 

 as quickly as possible, for there is 

 pretty certain to be an increase in 

 price a little later in the season. If 

 you want sweet peas for Christmas 

 sow the seed at once, preferably in 

 three inch pots, four seeds to a pot. 

 Bone meal is a good fertilizer, but 

 should be low enough in the pots so 

 that the roots will reach it only after 

 they have begun to grow a little. 



