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only be handled by the Federal Government. To pro- 

 vide for this need Congress in 1912 passed the " Plant 

 Quarantine Act " and established the " Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board." This Board is in charge of five men drawn 

 from the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Bureau of Forestry 

 and the Bureau of Entomology. 



The aim of the Quarantine Act was to enable the govern- 

 ment to prevent the introduction of dangerous plant dis- 

 eases or insect pests and to prevent the spread of serious 

 infestations to new territory. The Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture was given far reaching power in the making of rules 

 and regulations which might be applied to almost any 

 contingency that might arise. This application may 

 extend to every kind of living plants, excepting only field, 

 flower and vegetable seed and the more common bulbs. 



The members of the Board are empowered to make 

 rules and regulations governing the procedure of all nur- 

 serymen who desire to make importations. All stock or 

 seed brought into the United States must be inspected at 

 the port of entry by experts and if found infested is de- 

 stroyed. The Board also has the power to say what 

 stock may not be imported or from what particular coun- 

 tries importations are restricted. Any state or district 

 within the United States may be quarantined at any time 

 if it is deemed necessary to prevent the spread of danger- 

 ous insect pest or fungus troubles. 



On July the first, 1914, the Federal Horticultural Board 

 put into operation ten specific regulations, all of which may 

 effect the Nursery Man. These regulations are still in 

 force to-day and every shipper of stock should familiarize 



