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John K. INI. L. Farquhar said that he had kept in touch with the 

 subject for some time and had attended the hearings of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board in Washington. He said that the action of 

 the Board was unwise and if carried out would set back horticul- 

 ture in the United States fifty years and would reduce the interest 

 in it forty per cent. He had been disappointed that the Board 

 should have adopted such drastic measures and that it was the 

 duty of horticulturists to oppose the order. 



George N. Smith said he regretted that the beautiful flowers 

 produced in Europe could no longer be seen here. It was evident 

 that the consensus of opinion at this meeting was against the 

 adoption of Quarantine Order No. 37, and that we should not 

 consent to it but should oppose it strongly. 



