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full power under the law to take whatever action was necessary 

 in the premises. The Federal Horticultural Board, not content 

 with the opinion of its own members, called upon plant experts of 

 the Department who gave the matter very careful study, with the 

 result that it recommended that while complete exclusion would 

 afford the greatest measure of safety, it would be necessary under 

 existing conditions to permit the entry of certain plants under 

 restrictions, and this was the action finally taken by the Board 

 in the issuing of Quarantine Order No. 37. 



The speaker from this point illustrated his remarks by means 

 of lantern slides, many of which were colored. First was dis- 

 cussed the scope and effect of Quarantine Order No. 37, it being 

 pointed out that certain plant materials like fruits, vegetables, 

 cereals, and other plant products imported for food, medicinal, 

 or manufacturing purposes, and all vegetable, field, and flower seeds 

 could come in as heretofore without restrictions. Certain nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds not covered by special quarantines 

 might be imported from foreign countries when free from sand or 

 soil or when packed in sand or soil properly sterilized. 



These plants and plant materials consist of lily bulbs, lily of 

 the valley, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips, and crocus; stocks, cuttings, 

 scions, and buds of fruits for propagation; rose stocks for propa- 

 gation, including Manetti, Multiflora, Brier rose, and jRo5a rugosa; 

 nuts, including palm seeds, for propagation; seeds of fruit, forest, 

 ornamental, and shade trees, seeds of deciduous and evergreen 

 ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial plants. 



The special foreign quarantines already in existence were then 

 discussed. It was pointed out why these quarantines were put 

 into efiect and the objects that had been accomplished thereby. 

 Special mention was made of a new corn disease which is known 

 to exist in certain tropical countries, notably Java, and which is 

 now receiving special study from experts in the Department. It 

 is believed by the experts of the Department that if this disease is 

 introduced into the United States, it would prove a very serious 

 enemy to our greatest of all crops — Indian corn. 



Diagrams were shown indicating the plants which automatically 

 would not be permitted entry after the quarantine went into 



