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IIOKTICULTURE 



February 15, 1919 



It was warmly commended and Mr. 

 Waters received much praise for his 

 idea which does away with the purple 

 and black of other days. Another of 

 Mr. Waters' designs shown at the 

 meeting was a large funeral piece, the 

 flower part of which was a loosely 

 constructed wreath of green, above 

 which rose a full round sheaf of wheat 

 out of the top of which projected a 

 large bunch of lilies. The effect was 

 excellent and meets the demand for 

 something new in funeral designs. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA 

 Registration of New Chrysanthemums. 

 The L. M. Smith Quality Flower 

 Company, Laurel, Delaware submit 

 for registration: Chrysanthemum 

 "January Gold," golden yellow sport of 

 the variety Mistletoe — a good clear 

 yellow, deeper in color than Major 

 Bonnaffon, incurved full to the center. 

 Begins blooming December 20th and 

 continues to March 1st, of great sub- 

 stance, keeping in good condition for 

 3 to 4 weeks. 



Chrysanthemum "Dr. Hitch," sport 

 of the variety of Mistletoe, color be- 

 tween white and lavender pink shad- 

 ing to yellow in the center. Blooms 

 at the same time as January Gold and 

 of the same good keeping qualities. 

 Chas. W. Johnson, Sec. 



AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT 

 BOSTON. 



A fine display of fruits, vegetables, 

 and other farm products, together with 

 manufacturers' and trade exhibits, fills 

 Horticultural hall this week for the 

 public to see free of charge. In addi- 

 tion there were competitive corn and 

 vegetable shows. 



Included in the list of speakers are 

 men of prominence from all over the 

 United States, among whom are J. C. 

 Duncan, Lewiston, N. Y.; C. R. George, 

 Lafayette, Indiana; Robert Pyle, West- 

 grove, Pa.; T. J. Headlee, N. J.; Mrs. 

 Wm. H. Hubert, Washington, D. C; S. 

 P. Hollister, Storrs, Conn.; J. L. Hills, 

 and E. S. Brigham of Vermont; Dr. 

 Wm. G. Bissell of Buffalo, N. Y., and 

 many other prominent speakers. 



A resolution was introduced into the 

 legislature of Rhode Island, a part of 

 which is an appropriation of $1,000 

 for the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety, to be used as premiums at the 

 various flower shows. Other societies 

 who will benefit by appropriations in 

 this resolution are Woonscocket Hor- 

 ticultural Society, $800, Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society, $1,000, and Rhode 

 Island Fruit Growers' Association, 

 $600. There is also pending before 

 the House a resolution appropriating 

 $15,000 for the suppression and exter- 

 mination of the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths. 



For the information of our readers 

 we print the following letter from 

 Chairman C. L. Marlatt of the Federal 

 Horticultural Hoard to Congressman 

 Frederick W. Dallinger of Massachu- 

 setts in reply to a communication sent 

 him by J. C. Scorgie, superintendent 

 of Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., relative to the plant 

 embargo imposed under Quarantine 

 No. 37. The letter, which is the lat- 

 est word of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board, is as follows: — 

 United States Department of Agri- 

 culture 

 Federal Horticultural Board, 

 Washington, D. C. 



February 4, 1919. 

 Dear Mr. Dallinger: — 



I have your letter of the 28th ultimo 

 enclosing a communication from Mr. 

 J. C. Scorgie, Superintendent Mount 

 Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts, together with a marked copy 

 of Horticulture, containing an article 

 entitled "The Plant Embargo Menace." 

 The article and letter have reference 

 to Quarantine No. 37, a copy of which 

 is enclosed for your information. 



The article referred to, signed by 

 John Scheepers, is apparently intend- 

 ed to throw a scare into the nursery 

 trade, which is not at all justified by 

 the regulations. The second para- 

 graph of the article leaves the impres- 

 sion that the importer of bulbs must 

 specify a particular purpose for 

 which those bulbs are to be used, and 

 that they must not be used for any 

 other purpose. Regulation 3, howi- 

 ever, provides that "the following nur- 

 sery stock and other plants and seeds 

 . . . when free from sand, soil, or 

 earth, may be imported . . . under 

 permit upon compliance with these 

 regulations, but where a particular 

 purpose is specified, for that purpose 

 and no other." The first item under 

 this general statement includes the 

 bulbs referred to. It will be noted 

 that no purpose is specified in this 

 item. Therefore, the bulbs imported 

 under Item 1 of Regulation 3 may be 

 used for any purpose whatever. Fur- 

 thermore, the Department has under 

 consideration an amendment to the 

 regulations which will permit the im- 

 portation of the bulbs mentioned when 

 packed in sand, soil or earth which 

 has been previously sterilized in ac- 

 cordance with a method prescribed 

 by the Federal Horticultural Board. 



The statement in paragraph No. 2 

 of Mr. Scheeper's article is equally 

 misleading. He says with regard to 

 bulbs, "When packed dry . . . they can 

 only be unpacked and" entered at New 

 York, Boston, Seattle and San Fran- 

 cisco, which means no through in 

 bond shipments to interior cities, such 

 as Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, 

 etc." For the basis of this statement 

 he no doubt relies on the second 

 paragraph of Regulation 6. which pro- 

 vides that "permits shall be valid 

 until revoked unless otherwise speci- 

 fied therein, and will be issued for the 



ports of Boston, New York, Newark. 



San Francisco, and Seattle, and such 

 other ports as may from time to time 

 be approved by the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board. It is the purpose of the 

 Board to permit the entry of bulbs 

 and other nursery stock, plants, and 

 seeds at any customs port in the 

 United States, although under Regula- 

 tion 6, the Board has authority to re- 

 strict the entry to the ports specifi- 

 cally named. 



Paragraph 3 of Mr. Scheeper's 

 article is a criticism which would ap- 

 ply with equal force to the nursery 

 stock regulations as they now exist 

 and have existed for two or three 

 years past. As a matter of fact, the 

 marking conditions are not changed 

 at all by Quarantine No. 37. 



There is no foundation for Mr. 

 Scheeper's statement in Paragraph 4 

 that the port of arrival must likewise 

 be port of entry and payment of duty, 

 nor is his further statement in that 

 paragraph that "each and every State 

 inspector of nurseries in his state 

 through which any package, or pack- 

 ages, are destined, must be advised of 

 the shipment." 



His further statement in the same 

 paragraph to the effect that "should 

 the inspector at original port of ar- 

 rival find it necessary to fumigate the 

 case, it would practically mean the 

 destruction of the goods or making 

 them unfit for the grower's use," is 

 equally without foundation. The Board 

 has not now and never had any in- 

 tention of requiring any kind of fumi- 

 gation that would be injurious to the 

 plants involved. 



In order to answer just such mis- 

 leading articles as the one written by 

 Mr. Scheeper I have prepared a gen- 

 eral statement on the subject of Quar- 

 antine No. 37, discussing briefly (1) 

 the steps leading up to the quaran- 

 tine, (2) objections raised in recent 

 letters of protest, and (3) conditions 

 necessitating the quarantine. 

 Yours very truly, 



C. L. Marlatt, 



Chairman of Board. 



Mr. Scheeper's article referred to 

 was published in our issue of January 

 18th. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Erie, Pa. — The department of the 

 Baur Floral Co., interested in the man- 

 ufacture of carnation menders, etc., 

 has been sold to B. E. & J. T. Cokely, 

 Scranton, Pa. 



Brunswick, Ga.~ Taite Bros. Co. are 

 preparing to go extensively into the 

 bulb growing industry here. Narcissi, 

 amaryllises and gladioli will be among 

 their principal specialties at first. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — A new wholesale 

 establishment carrying cut flowers 

 and florists' supplies has been opened 

 under the name of Florist Supply 

 House, at 105 East Ohio street. The 

 proprietors are S. T. Hitz and Fred 

 Kiel. 



