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no proof that bulbs of a satisfactory quality could be produced 

 here and long years of patient work would be needed to give us 

 the plants now debarred from our European allies. It was 

 unfriendly legislation and was sure to be resented abroad. If 

 enacted it would do immense harm to horticulture, render our 

 gardens, greenhouses, and exhibitions far less interesting, and 

 bring serious loss and ruin to many growers. 



Mr. Craig said there seems to be no valid reason why careful 

 inspection by properly trained men before shipment and after 

 arrival should not amply safeguard our growers at home. He 

 considered this quarantine unjust, unfair, and very discriminating. 

 In it Germany is distinctly favored, while friendly nations have 

 practically all their products debarred. It was his earnest belief 

 that this quarantine should not go into effect on June 1, and that 

 no such action should be taken which does not properly safeguard 

 the increasingly important horticultural interests of America. 



Mr. Craig offered a series of resolutions embodying the sugges- 

 tions made in his remarks which were approved by a majority of 

 those present. 



In reply to Mr. Craig's strong denunciation of the proposed 

 Quarantine No. 37, Dr. Galloway remarked that this quarantine 

 would go into effect on June 1 and stay there forever, no matter 

 if you pass forty resolutions, and that orchids and the other flowers 

 mentioned do not amount to a bagatelle. 



John E. Lager said that he had devoted the best part of his life 

 to horticulture; especially in orchid collecting and growing. He 

 asked if the Lecturer could tell him of any case of infestation coming 

 in through orchid importations. Orchids were grown in green- 

 houses, so do not get outside to any extent. 



Dr. Galloway replied that it was difficult to examine and disin- 

 fect orchid plants without serious injury to them and that numer- 

 ous insects had been found on them, some of which might have 

 proved dangerous. 



W. H. Wyman remarked that most of our injurious plant pests 

 had not come through nursery stock. He had attended the hear- 

 ings in Washington and had protested without effect the autocratic 

 rulings of the Federal Horticultural Board which threatened to 

 throttle the horticultural interests of the country. 



