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group at this time to use every- legitimate effort to offset the attempts 

 of the enemies of Quarantine 37, who are putting forth a united effort 

 at this time, to hamper the Federal Board, and to curtail its power. 

 Every state horticultural official should keep in touch as closely as 

 possible with the hearings, decisions, and actions of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board, and should extend aid, cooperation, and sympathy 

 wherever possible. 



Now that Quarantine 37 is established as a law, and since it is the 

 authority for which we have long been striving, no opportunity should be 

 overlooked for maintaining the present quarantine law, and upholding 

 its prompt and rigid enforcement. 



Chairman Sanders: The next paper on the program is along a 

 som.ewhat similar line to that I have dwelt on in the latter part of my 

 paper, and I will call on Dr. Marlatt at this time to speak on the" Recent 

 Work of the Federal Horticultural Board." 



Mr. C. L. Marlatt: Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen: I am 

 very glad that your presiding officer, Mr. Sanders, has taken up the 

 cudgels in defense of the Federal Horticultural Board. It relieves me 

 of the necessity of saying very much about quarantine 37. The work 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board covers such a number of items that 

 the mere listing of them would occupy the fifteen minutes assigned to 

 me. I shall, therefore, discuss some of the more important features 

 only. 



During the past year, the Board had its powers enlarged. They 

 haven't been curtailed in any particular since the original passage of the 

 Act, but there have been several amendments enlarging its powers. 

 The one of the last year added a section giving power of control of plants 

 and pests for the District of Columbia, such as is exercised by the dif- 

 ferent States, and action has already been taken under this power. 



Another large addition to the work of the Board has been the extension 

 of the Port Inspection Service. Under the increased appropriation of 

 last year, some seventy-six thousand dollars, we have opened port inspec- 

 tion offices at New Orleans, Seattle, and some other ports, and have 

 very much increased our service at the older ports where the main 

 entries are made, namely. New York and San Francisco. 



We are asking this year for another increase of $50,000 to still further 

 extend this service, and more particularly to make provision for an 

 equipment of scientific, technical men and laboratories for the inspection 

 of imported plants at the ports of entry instead of at Washington. 

 As Mr. Sanders has just said, the need of such port inspection applies 

 largely to the so-called prohibited plants that come in under special 



