Ariiii. 10, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



A Hamper Basket of Flowers that has Proved Popular in Boston this Spring. 



Ki'giilatioii ;; of tlio (luaiiiiitiiic so as to 

 l>oriiiit till' iiii])oitati(iii ol' lily liiilli> 

 ]>ackt'(i ill storili/cil soil. .ViiiiMicliiu'iit 

 Xu. L' is |iiililish('(l on jiaj^c Jti of this 

 i>-«ii('. .\iiioii^f the t>oaiirs (lefeii- 



si\(' iiio\ ciiic'iits art' its arjiiiiiicntativc 

 iiic'ssayi's, siicli a> the oiic wliii-li Ihtc 

 tnlldws. It will ho iiotcil tiiat tin- cliifl 

 iiiijiort of tlio board's icasonin;; in this 

 instam-c is, tliat it is iiiisafi' to rely \>u 

 foroiijii iiisj)cction ot nursciy stock. 

 Ht'it> is the coiiiplt'tc iiiossayt': 



■"Tlic in.'iiii ai ;^iiiiifiit s of o]i jcd urs to 

 i'liint (^iia r;iiit iiic No. .''.7. wliicli will 

 Uii'.'itlv' icstiii-t till' I'liti'S' ol' niii'si'ry 

 -^tiii'k ■•iiKJ utile!- |ilaiits anil scciU, lpo<.jiii 

 iiiiiir .Imi,. 1. liM!', aif that ritlicr no 

 ]pi'-tN ;if(' hrouj^lit in on siidi iniportcl 

 ■<'oi-k ur tli.at thoiou^li in>|n'i-lion ;il)foai| 

 \\oiil,l I'liininatc any iiioic'-i raMc insect^. 

 Thrii' is no (jui'stiori tli.at the I'liic^l' ex 

 |"irtin;^' t'oici;^n iio\i'!nnirnt s li.avo Ljivcii 

 to tlii'ir iinrsi TV stock tlic lu'st insiioction 

 \\hicli hnnian -l<ill ;inil ^ciciirc can af 



I'ol'il. |-";iillllrs, v;iys Ihr rilitdl St.atcs 



l'c|i;irt rncnt of A^ficult iii-o, arc ■Inc to 

 the liiMh.an c((u;ition .ainl to conilitions 

 not •-uliici-t to chaii;^c'. which ni.-ikc in 

 -|ii'ctioii iiiol cert ilic;it ion in~ut1icieni 

 ~.'l feouai'ds. 



Inadequacy of Foreign Inspection. 



'■The i n;eici|ii;ic\- of snch ins| lion 



since 1!Ml', when it liec'ime operatixc. 

 is shown hy the linilin^s resnltini,' t'l-oni 

 rcinsjiectio)! ol' ini|ioitei| ni;iteiial at 



'Icstiiiat ion in this coimtiy. l>aia ^(ath 

 erod by the I'liitcil States Dciiartincnt 

 ot' Agriciiltuic show that theic ha\c 

 been rcfei\0(l from Holland l.dal in 

 ft'stod sliij)iiicnts, iii\ol\iiig 14S kinds of 

 insect |icsls; from Hidoinm, l,.'lii<i in 

 ft'sted shijimcnts. iii\(d\iiie ti4 kiiuU ot' 

 insects; from l-'rance, :'.47 infested ship 

 iricnts. in\(d\ine s't kiud> of insects: 

 t'rom J'ai;,daiid, l-'it iiitested shi|inieiit-~, 

 in\(d\ing fd' kinds ot' insects; from .b'tp 

 ,111, L'SM int'ested slii|iments, iii\(d\in^ 

 \os kiiols of insects; from (ieiniany. 1 1' 

 inl'esteil shi|iment->, invohinix ] •" l<inih 

 ot' insect jpcsts. .M:iiiy of these inter 

 cepteij insects are not known to b^ es 

 t.-iblishcd anywhere in tlii^ riiiinlr\ aioi 



numbers ol' them, it' established, Cvoul.l 



iiiiijonbl e(| I \ become im|iciitant I'.'irm. 

 garden or t'orest |n'st^. 



• • 'r\|dc;il of the insects lliu^ im|'oitei|. 

 some ot wliiidi li;i\e come in on inure 

 th.an l.niHi shi|imeiits, .-ire tin' records ii. 

 fclatiuii to ^ypsy iiiHJ liruwii t;iil moth-. 



••I'nder the system u|' ins|iectiun 

 wiiiidi li;.s been e^tablishe.! in tin |iriii 

 ci|>al e.\|iortin^ count riis. there is little 

 excuse t'or till' )i;issiiiL; and ceit itic:it ion 



of stock int'ested with the e^;'^ m.'isses et' 

 the ,Li;\'|is>' moth or with the l,-ir;^e .'ind 

 rather coiis[dciioiis le;ify winter nests dt' 

 the l;ir\ ,e ot' the brown tail moth. In 

 |i(dnt of fai-t, ho\vo\-er, duriiic; the periud 

 ill which the hiehest |iossible or.ade ot' 

 insjiectioii has been I'liforced. no less 

 tli;in (iftv-two ilitVerent shipments of 



plants from I'oreien i-oiintiies have been 

 found to be infested with eya musses of 

 the ;,'ypsy moth or l;ii\;il lusts of the 

 liruwii tail niuth. Three ut' these were 

 from .l:ipan and the others were fiiim 

 I'r.ance, jloll.iiid or Heloinm. 



When American Inspection Fails. 



■ ' I ' nl'urt lUl.-ltel \ , ihev, |c,-uli|s ,1(1 II, if 



necessaril\ comprise the total eiitrv of 



these tW(i jiesfs. 'fliev re|ireselit ineri'l\' 

 llie irist;ilire~. 1 1 f i II t'est ;i t i on . I i scu \ e red 



by reinsp.M-l ion on this side. I'lider the 

 law the inspection uf iinpo:te.| iiiirser\' 

 st<ick in this cuiiiitr\ is |,.|'i tu tlie in 



spectur^ ot' the ^t;ites. ;illd the lilldlllL: 

 of infest.ation is tlier<'t'ore eiitiii l\ ije 



pendent on the ellicielicx- ut st.'ite insi 



tiuii. Ill m.aiiy st;ites tlii- i ii^pect iuii i^ 

 ot' a hi^ih order ;ind |ir(di;ibl\ most, if not 

 all. instances of infeslation ;i re I'oiind. 

 In other sbates the i ii-pect inn ser\ ici' is 

 inadeiiuatel\- pru\ i.le.j fur .'ind insntli 

 cieiit, and in a tCw st;itis the s,.r\ice 

 has little siippiot and little, if any, efli 

 (diMicy. There is. therefore, the possi 

 bility th;il um- ur both ut' these pests 

 have already u-.-iine.l t'outhujij ;it one 

 point or another in the I'liited States 

 and h;i\c not yet been discuvered ;nid 

 re|)orted. In this connection, it s||onld 

 be reiiiemborod th.at tho ffy|>sy moth was 

 twenty ye;irs in Mass.achnset ts before it 

 was known, .■iiid this in the |';ice ot' tlu^ 

 fact that the infest.ation started in a 

 thickly po]iiilated suburb of Hostoii. 



