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violate the provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, since a permit to import 

 plants had not been requested. 



Mr. George M. List of Colorado reports that a florist of Loveland, Colorado, 

 recently experienced the entire loss of his Easter Lilies due to an attack of the Bulb 

 Mite {Rhizoglyphus hyacinthi) . A relatively small percentage of the infested plants 

 developed blossoms, and many of the plants were entirely destroyed. The Bulb 

 Mite is constantly being intercepted on introduced bulbs, and it is almost safe to 

 assume that every large shipment of European bulbs is infested by this mite to a 

 greater or less extent. 



A recent shipment of broom corn infested with the European Corn Borer arrived 

 in New York from Hungary. A careful examination was made of a representative 

 number of bales, and it was determined that not more than one per cent, of the 

 stalks was infested with the larvae of this insect. The shipment was promptly 

 sterilized with live steam at the plant of the Pan-American Fumigating Company at 

 Brooklyn, New York, under the direct supervision of Inspectors L. C. Griffith 

 and H. G. Frank of the Federal Horticultural Board. 



The Citrus Black Fly continues to be collected on foliage arriving at Key West. 

 Inspectors L. R. Warner, W. V. Millington, and J. V. Gist of the Florida State 

 Plant Board made interceptions in the months of January, February and March. 

 To illustrate the thoroughness with which these men are performing their work, one 

 of the interceptions consisted of the finding of egg spirals on leaves attached to a 

 jasmine sprig which was pinned on the fur of a woman's coat. The same insect has 

 been collected by Mr. Merle R. Brown, also of the Florida State Plant Board, on 

 sapodillas arriving at Miami, Florida, from Nassau. 



The conference which was held by the Federal Horticultural Board in Washington 

 on May 15, was well attended. Delegates representing florists, nurserymen, growers, 

 importers, and amateurs were present, as were officials from the following foreign 

 countries: France, Jacques Courtine, Bulb Growers and Exporters Syndicate of 

 Toulon; Belgium, Charles Pynaert, President, Chamber of Horticulture, and Louis 

 Sander of Sander and Fils, Horticulturists; Holland, N. van Poeteren, Chief, Phy- 

 topathological Service, and E. van Slgteren, Phytopathologist for the Bulb District 

 of Holland; England, W. G. Lobjort, Comptroller of Horticulture. Officials from 

 the following states were in attendance and took part in the discussion: California, 

 Texas, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Alabama, 

 and Connecticut. 



Mr. H. F. Dietz of Indiana reports that there are two rose diseases causing con- 

 siderable damage in the State of Indiana at the present time; namely, cane blight 

 {Coniothyritim fuckelii) and crown gall. The former has been especially trouble- 

 some over a period of at least two years. Mr. Dietz is of the opinion that the disease 

 gains entrance to the plants through the pruning wounds arid may possibly be spread 

 by infected shears or knives. In young and vigorous plants, the disease usually 

 stops at the first node, forming a canker. Plants over two years of age which have 

 been weakened as a result of forcing, are apparently more seriously affected, the 

 disease occasionally killing long canes and at times the entire plant. Crown gall is 

 especially troublesome on the varieties Ophelia and Sawyer grown on their own 

 roots. Affected plants do not give good results when forced, nor do they yield readily 

 to cultural treatment. 



On March 21st, the following regulations to the Canadian Destructive InscCt 

 and Pest Act were passed: Amendment No. 14. Prohibiting the importation of 

 currants and gooseberries from all countries, except from the State of New York into 



