WHOSE INTERESTS m 



ARE PARAMOUNT? 



There is sure to he radical divergence of opinion as to excluding 

 plant imports— "it makes a great deal of difference zc^liose ox is gored" - 

 but a quarantine unquestionably will be a powerful influence in the 

 development of A merican products, to encourage which the S. A. F. has 

 a standing committee. 



NDKR tli(> h.-a.liiii:.'- llnvV 

 AiKithcr Mcn;ic(,'' in Tlic 

 Kevicw for .l:tiiu;n\ 1"^, 

 wliicli lins Just iciidiiMl irir 

 licrc ;vt Kiirt'kn, <':il.. tlic 

 editor lias o|ieiie(l the dis 

 ciission oil n (jucstiou oi' 

 the utmost iinportaiice to 



tlio future welfare of the 



horticultural, uursery and 

 florists' interests of this continent. 



Tiie nursery and florists' t ratio of 

 Aincrica will do well to take into coii- 

 ^iileration and early j)i-e|iare for a fed- 

 eral enibarojo prohiliitiiii^ the ini]>orta- 

 tion of all florists' jdants and nursery 

 •<toak except under the most stringent 

 rest i-ietions. 



This embargo, in my ((]dni(oi, will ho 

 .justified upon the ground of tlie enoi- 

 iMdiis losses already sustained 

 by the above mentioned iii- 

 dustiies and by the peoide 

 generally, caused by the dis- 

 tribution of San Jose scalt>, 

 gipsy and brown tail moth, 

 'itrus white fly, black and 

 purple scale, citrus canker, 

 idicstnut fungus, hickory 

 wireworm, white [)ine blis 

 ter rust and many other pests 

 from foreign lands, the losses 

 already caused to this coun- 

 try far excee<iing the total 

 value of all the imports of 

 iliints of every description 

 during the last sixty years. 



Some Examples. 



I'lie loss from .San .Tuse 

 ~< ale alone to the fruit grow- 

 'iir and nursery business of 

 \iM(riea may be counted at 

 -.">nii,(Hi(i.iioo'since ils iinjior- 

 ■■•itidu from Japan. Tli(> loss 

 ■ '- "01 the gipsy and bniwn-tail 

 I "th bids fair to excee<l 

 -liio, 000,(1(1(1 before tlie jM'st 

 "••ly f,e controlled. The loss 

 '" till! potato growers of the 

 ('niteii States, caused by let- 

 ■iiig loose the potato bug 

 "oia its narrow valley in 

 '"'dorado, will proliablv ex- 

 " ed $l,000,000,nriO during the 

 Inst sixty years. The loss to 

 'itnis growers of Florida, 

 i-ouisiana, IMississippi, Texas 

 ind California, ensuing from 

 'he introduction of purple 

 -^••ale, black scale and citrus 

 ^vhite fly, will run into hun 

 dred.s of millions of dollars 

 and eventually destroy tlu! 

 -^meriean citrus in<lustrv un- 



By CHARLES WILLIS WARD. 



I li;iii iii.in ■-. \. I . ( oiiiriiiltii- ..II 1 ii-\ .L.^iiifiil .t 

 Anil rii'iiii ri.iiliicl-. 



li-.-s suiiii' pnsitixc mi'ans of mntrid can 



lir I'liun.j. 



• 'itrus ranker. l;iti-ly inqinrteii from 

 J;i|i;m into l-'loii. I;i au.l Lnuisiana, ai- 

 rt'ady thn'.'it ens the eliniiu:it imi of the 

 orange and grjijie fruit as eoinnierci;! I 

 crops in those states. 



Blister Rust and Hickory Worm. 



Already < 'aliforni;i has placed an ab- 

 solute prcdiibitive embargo ujion the im- 

 jiortation into the state of citrus plants 

 or fruit ol' any kind from Japan, Flor- 

 ida, Mississi].pi. .\iabama, Louisiana or 

 Texas. 



Tlie Jati'st importation from foreign 

 l;nids, till' white pine blister rust, is 



. Fr. .111 



Charles Willis Ward. 



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 aiinivci'-iarv. Ii.'.-eiiil.. r 1 1. I'Mi'. 



I.nuhd to anuihilat(- oui ot "uf most 

 \alued tiiiiiier trees and most iieautiful 

 eiiii i I'ei ous e\-ergreens unless siiiue now 

 uiik:io\\u means is t'ound to pre\'eiit its 

 plienorneiially rapid s[M-ead. Hillioiis of 

 .lollars could iie\-er repl.'iee tiie loss of 

 I'iiius ."^trobus to the Americ.m conti 

 liiiit . 



.\lie;i.|y the ciiestiiut fungus lias de- 

 --tiu\-ei| the chestnut forests nf Long 

 island, and for loo iniit,.s up the Hud 

 •<on. I'eunsyhania is r.api.lly losing her 

 ehe-^tnut forests and the dis^'ase h;is at 

 taciceil the (diestnuts of West Virgini;i 

 and southwestern Virgini;i. in twenty 

 years more America will ha\e lust iier 

 l.'ist native (diestnut if some iiieans now 

 unknown is not discovered to . Iiei k the 

 --pread of the disease. 



The iiickory wireworm has .(.-^t roved 

 e\-er\- lii(d<ory tree on the Cot 



tage Cardeiis woo.ie.l lut at 



(|)ueens, 1,. T., duriiiu t lie last 

 lour N'e.'irs and in tue \ears 

 more not ;i single li\ e liiid-:- 

 orv frei^ will be fouiel mi all 

 Long Island ;(i;d [.inhably 

 Xew .Jersey as well. 



The introduction .,f the 

 CO. Idling moth into the state 

 el' .\l i(diig;in wipe.] i.nt ap 

 I'le r:i ising as an indii-ti\' foi 

 iiearlv two decades. 



Chestnut Fiuigus. 



i el |i;ip> my own exp.-rience 



with the rliestnut fuilgUS OU 



Loii.g Island may be interest- 

 iiiu. In lOoo ' th.' Cottage 

 1 .'a ideiis woo. Id int iif oightv 



.•icles bo;i<tt>.| of Soin.' L'0() tO 



■ '0(1 hati'lsoine n;iti\.' chest- 

 nut-i, liearing l.oiint ii'iil an- 

 nual eiiips of spieihli.l nuts 

 In l!'ol w,. iniport.'d u fpu 

 small .l;ipan .■lo'-t n^,' s I'roii 

 tlie orii'iit. Th.'' le \t seasoi. 

 1 iiotice.l soiui' curiou-: burnen 

 ti[is on the young, -ucciilent 

 growth. Th.' next yenr all 

 the impoi f ed I re^,.s were .lea.! 

 an. I for the lir-t time I no 

 tiled the burned tips on some 

 of the nati\e chestnuts in the 

 edi:e (if the forest, la another 

 >e;(r these nati\'e trees also 

 Were dead atnl five years aft- 

 erw.ard every chestnut tree 

 on the entire eighty acres had 

 bc'eii destroyed. An. I today 

 tlieie is no known method to 

 I hecit the disease. Four years 

 ago two or three hickory 

 trees suddenly died, without 

 any apj^arent reason. Today 



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