April 5, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



321 



AQUILEGIAS, LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS 



CAN NOT TRUST TO FOREIGN IN- 

 SPECTION OF NURSERY STOCK. 



The main arguments of objectors to 

 Plant Quarantine No. 37, which will 

 greatly restrict the entry of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds, be- 

 ginning June 1, 1919, are that either 

 no pests are brought in on such im- 

 ported stock or that thorough inspec- 

 tion abroad would eliminate any unde- 

 sirable insects. There is no question 

 but that the chief exporting foreign 

 governments have given to their nur- 

 sery stock the best inspection which 

 human skill and science can afford. 

 Failures, says the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, are due to 

 the human equation and to conditions 

 not subject to change, which make In- 

 spection and certification insufficient 

 safeguards. 



The inadequacy of such inspection 

 since 1912, when it became operative, 

 is shown by the findings resulting 

 from reinspection of imported mate- 

 rial at destination in this country. 

 Data gathered by the United States 



Department of Agriculture show that 

 there have been received from Hol- 

 land 1,051 infested shipments, involv- 

 ing 148 kinds of insect pests; from 

 Belgium, 1,306 infested shipments, in- 

 volving 64 kinds of insects; from 

 France, 347 infested shipments, in- 

 volving 89 kinds of insects; from 

 England, 154 infested shipments, in- 

 volving 62 kinds of insects; from 

 Japan, 291 infested shipments, involv- 

 ing 108 kinds of insects; from Ger- 

 many, 12 infested shipments, Involv- 

 ing 15 kinds of insect pests. Many of 

 these intercepted insects are not 

 known to be established anywhere in 

 this country and numbers of them, if 

 established, would undoubtedly be- 

 come important farm, garden, or for- 

 est pests. 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHING- 

 TON, D. C. 

 Tuesday, April 1, was inauguration 

 night at the Florists' Club of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Z. D. Blackistone and 

 William F. Gude were inducted into 

 office as president and treasurer, re- 



spectively, each having been re- 

 elected at the last meeting. Because 

 of illness Mr. Gude was unable to be 

 present. The other officers inducted 

 were George E. Anderson, vice-presi- 

 dent, and E. P. Rodman, secretary. 



George C. Shaffer, chairman of the 

 special committee appointed by Pres- 

 ident Blackistone, made his report on 

 the banquet arrangements and out- 

 lined the program of entertainment. 



The secretary reported on the pub- 

 licity that had been given to the com- 

 ing event. Considerable interest has 

 been aroused by the announcement 

 that each lady guest at the banquet 

 would be presented with a Victory 

 Corsage. This statement appearing in 

 the public press, It was stated, is lead- 

 ing to a demand for such a corsage 

 generally. 



Z. D. Blackistone reported on deco- 

 rations and Otto Bauer on tickets. 

 From these reports it is very appar- 

 ent that a very enjoyable evening will 

 be spent by all who attend, and that 

 the banquet will be the most success- 

 ful event in the history of the club. 



