September 7, 1912 



HORTICULTUEE 



349 



ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL 



PLANT QUARANTINE 



LAW. 



By an act of Congress approved by 

 the President on August 20, 1912, en- 

 titled "An act to regulate the importa- 

 tion of nursery stock and other plants 

 and plant products," etc., the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture is authorized and 

 directed to quarantine any State, Ter- 

 ritory, or District of the United States, 

 or any portion thereof, when he shall 

 determine the fact that a dangeroua 

 plant disease or insect infestation new 

 or not heretofore widely prevalent in 

 the United States, exists in such 

 State, Territory, or District. Before 

 promulgating his determination that 

 it is necessary to institute such a quar- 

 antine, he shall give a public hearing, 

 at which any interested party may ap- 

 pear and be heard either in person or 

 by attorney. 



The Secretary of Agriculture is fur- 

 ther directed to prohibit the importa- 

 tion into the United States of any 

 class of nursery stock, fruits, vege- 

 tables, roots, etc., whenever he shall 

 determine that such prohibition is 

 necessary to prevent the introduction 

 into the United States of any tree, 

 plant or fruit disease, or insect infes- 

 tation, new or not widely prevalent 

 within the United States. Before is- 

 suing his proclamation to this effect, 

 he is directed, as in the case of quar- 

 antine against a State, to give a public 

 hearing to any interested parties who 

 may wish to appear in person or by 

 attorney. 



There is imminent danger of the in- 

 troduction into the United States at 

 the present time of two dangerous 

 plant diseases and one insect known 

 to cause great damage in other coun- 

 tries. One fungus disease the white 

 pine blister rust injures four impor- 

 tant species of pine in practically 

 all European countries. It is a fungus 

 disease and would be a most undesir- 

 able importation into the United 

 States if it be brought here, as it is 

 liable to be on imported nursery stock. 

 It would cause enormous damage to 

 coniferous forests. 



Another fungus disease which is a 

 menace to American agriculture is the 

 potato disease known as potato wart, 

 potato canker, black scab, etc., caused 

 by a fungus which, in advanced stages 

 of the disease, utilizes every particle 

 of food in the tuber and reduces it to 

 a brownish black soft mass of a very 

 unpleasant putrifactive odor. The dis- 

 ease occurs in many parts of Europe 

 and in several islands not far from the 

 Atlantic coast of the United States. 



The menacing insect pest is the 

 Mediterranean fruit fly, an insect 

 which is tolerably well described by 

 its name, and which is now known 

 to be established in the Hawaiian Is- 

 lands. 



To prevent these undesirable immi- 

 grants from entering the United 

 States, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 proposes to exercise the power vested 

 in him by the new law and declare 

 a quarantine against the Territory of 

 Hawaii in the case of the Mediter- 

 ranean fruit fly, and also to prohibit 

 the importation from Great Britain, 

 France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, 

 Norway, Sweden, Russia, Germany, 

 Austria, Switzerland, and Italy of four 

 species of pines and their horticul- 

 tural forms liable to introduce the 

 white pine blister rust, namely, white 



pine (Pinus strobus). Western white 

 pine (Pinus monticola), sugar pine 

 (Pinus Lambertiana). and stone or 

 cembrian pine (Pinus Cembra). The 

 importation of potatoes that may 

 bring the potato wart disease from 

 Newfoundland and the islands of St. 

 Pierre and Miquelon, and from Great 

 Britain, including England, Scotland, 

 Wales and Ireland, and from Germany 

 and Austria-Hungary will also be pro- 

 hibited. 



In compliance with the law, how- 

 ever, he will, before issuing his quar- 

 antine proclamations, give public hear- 

 ings to persons interested who may ap- 

 pear in person or by attorney, or sub- 

 mit their views in writing. Announce- 

 ment is hereby made that these hear- 

 ings will be held as follows: 



On the white pine blister rust, Sep- 

 tember 16, 1912. 



On the Mediterranean fruit fly, Sep- 

 tember 18, 1912. 



On the potato wart disease, Septem- 

 ber 20, 1912. 



All hearings will be held at the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C at 10 o'clock A. M., on the dates 

 above specified. 



Photographs illustrating the three 

 dangers above mentioned can be ob- 

 tained upon application to the Chief 

 of the Division of Publications, De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Washington, 

 D. C. 



Important to Importers of Nursery 

 Stock. Field-Grown Florists' Stock, 



Etc. 

 The new act, H. R. 24119, goes into 

 effect on October 1, 1912. Following is 

 the form of application which must be 

 filled out for ijermit for each separate 

 importation : 

 FOKJI OF Ari'LICATION FOR PERIIIT 



TO I.MTORT NURSERY STOCK. 



tjuited SL-ites Deiiartmeat of Agriculture. 



E'eder.nl Horticultural Board. 



Washington, D. C. 



To tbe Secretary of .\griculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 

 Sir: — I respectfull.v request that a permit 



be issued for the importation of nursery 



stock, as follows; 



Quan- 

 tity. 



General Nature. 



Fruit trees 



Fruit tree stocks 



Grape vines 



Bush fruits 



Roses 



Rose stocks 



Forest and ornamental 

 deciduous trees 



Ornamental deciduous 

 shrubs 



Coulferous evergreen 

 ti-ees* 



Evergreen trees other 

 than conifers 



Evergreen shrubs other 

 than conifers 



Stocks, cuttings or seed- 

 lings not otherwise 

 specified 



Age or 

 Height. 



Country and district where grown. 



Name and address of shipper 



Port of entry 



Approximate date of arrival 



Name of importer 



Name of consignee 



Destin.ttion 



Very respectfully, 



HorseshoeBrandLilyBulbs 



The crops of all early forcing lly bulbs 

 of good iiuality are very short this year, 

 owing to a lack of rain at the proper time. 

 At sucli times many bulbs of Inferior qual- 

 ity find a ready sale in the market. Those 

 who want g'jod lily bulbs should therefore 

 not dela.v a day in placing their orders. 

 Tbe foil iwing are the revised prices for 

 Horsesln e Brand bulbs, the best produced 

 in the ^^'o^ld. Immediate delivery. 



LILIUM FOKMOSCM. 



Excellent stock — extra in size and quality. 



Size 6/8 in., $20.00 per case of 40(1 bulbs. 



7/9 in., 22.50 per case of 300 bulbs. 



8/10 in., 22.50 per case of 2^0 bulbs. 



" 9/10 in., 22.00 per case of 2<X) bulbs. 



" 9/11 in., 19.80 per case of 180 bulbs. 



" 10/11 in., 18.00 per case of 150 bulbs. 



" 11 /i:) in., IS.po per case of 120 bulbs. 



We advise early orders — very limited stock. 



LlillM GIGANTEUM— (to arrive soon). 



Size fi/S in., $10.00 per case of 400 bulbs. 



7/S in., 16.00 per case of 350 bulbs. 



7/9 in., 16.00 per case of 300 bulbs. 



8/10 in., 22.50 per case of 250 bulbs. 



9/10 In., 22.00 per case of 200 bulbs. 



9/11 in., 21.60 per case of 1=0 bulbs. 



10/11 in., 22..=)0 per case of 150 bulbs. 



" 11/13 in., 24.00 per case of 120 bulbs. 



The abo\e Giganteum are from the finest 



tields in .Tapan. Prices on Auratum. Riib- 



ruui, Magnificum, Album, etc., etc., upon 



application. 



FRENCH BULBS. 



From tlie celebrated fields of Martial 

 Bremond, world's largest grower of French 

 Bulbs. 



WRITE FOR PRICES 



on Paper White Grandiflora, French Trum- 

 pet Majors and Freesias, if interested. 



Prices are F. O. B. New York City, duty 

 paid, terms three months or 2 per cent, ten 

 days. A special discount of 5 per cent, will 

 be granted only when cash accompanies 

 tbe order. 



Write for the Book of Bulbology. 



Ralph M. Ward & Go. 



71 Murray Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Not How Cheap 

 But Hot Good 



August Rolker & Sons 



Import for tbe n^holesale trade: 

 AZALEAS. PALIWS. RHODODENDRONS, 

 BAYTKEES, ROSES, LILACS, HOLLAND 

 AND .J.iPAN BlILBS, LILT OF THE 

 V.*LLEY, ETC. 



P. 0. Box 752 or31 Barclay St., NEW YORK. 



ARAUCARIAS, PALMS, RUBBERS AND 

 FERN BALLS 



SEND FOR PRICES. 



Godfrey Aschmann 



Wiiolesale Grower and Importer 



1012 W. Ontario St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



.... Name 

 Address 



Application may be made by telegraph 

 when information above requested should 

 be siven. 



♦Excluded are Pinus Strobus, Pinus Mon- 

 ticola. Pinus Lambertiana and Pinus Cem- 

 bra, because of white blister rust. 



The term "nursery stock" shall include 



all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, 

 vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds or other 

 parts of a woody nature, fruit pits and 

 other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees 

 or shrubs, and other plants and plant prod- 

 ucts for propagation, except field, vege- 

 table and Bower seeds, bedding plants and 

 other herbaceous plants, bulbs and roots. 

 Field-grown florists' stock, as mentioned 

 above, includes all plants grown outside of 

 greenhouses, hotbeds or cold frames cov- 

 ered with glass, except herbaceous peren- 

 nial bedding plants, such as geraniums, 

 carnations, pansies, etc., bulbs, tubers and 

 corms. 



INCORPORATED. 



Passaic, N. J. — Passaic Flower Co., 

 capital stock $10,000. 



Quincy, III. — Eber See(} Company, 

 capital stock $15,000. 



