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“ AMENDMENT No. 1 To NoTICE OF QUARANTINE No. 26 
“White-Pine Blister Rust 
“The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture that it is necessary, in order to prevent the further spread of 
a dangerous plant disease known as the white-pine blister rust 
(Peridermium strobi Kleb.), not heretofore widely prevalent or 
distributed within and throughout the United States, to quaran- 
tine immediately the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 
“Now, therefore, I, David F. Houston, Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, under the authority conferred by section 8 of the plant quar- 
antine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat., 315), as amended by the 
act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 (Public No. 390, 64th 
Cong.), do hereby amend Notice of Quarantine No. 26, pro- 
mulgated April 21, 1917, effective on and after June I, 1917, 
and by this amendment do order that from and after the date 
thereof no five-leafed pines or black currant plants shall be 
moved or allowed to move interstate to points outside the area 
comprising the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.” 
On May 31, 1917, three scouts from separate troops, all stu- 
dents at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, passed a test necessary 
for Garden certificates in tree study with unusual credit. Scout 
James B. McFarlin, Troop 24, recognized 106 different species of 
trees and shrubs; Scout F. LeRoy Scovill, Troup 68, recognized 
66; and Scout Julius L. Friedman, Troup 17, recognized 53. 
The class was in charge of Mr. Stoll, of the Garden Staff. 
