December 26, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



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PLANT IMPORTS PROHIBITED 



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OFFICIAL NOTICE IS OUT. 



Trade's Protest Disregarded. 



In spite of the protest of the Society 

 of American Florists at the special hear- 

 ing at "Washington October 18, the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board has ordered 

 the general quarantine against imports 

 as outlined in the tentative regulations 

 put out some months ago. These regu- 

 lations were sent to the trade with the 

 invitation to present objections and at 

 the hearing October 18 many incon- 

 sistencies were pointed out and unneces- 

 sary hardships indicated, but all these 

 have been ignored — the importation of 

 plants of all kinds is ordered to cease 

 June 1. 



Fear Plant Pests? 



The trade has known that some sort 

 of quarantine was inevitable, but to a 

 florist it seems so far fetched to fear 

 injury to American agriculture and ar- 

 boriculture through imports of azaleas, 

 palms, rose plants, araucarias, gladiolus 

 bulbs, etc., that some modification of 

 the proposed quarantine was expocted. 

 The official notice, called Quarantine 

 No. 37, which became available this 

 week, shows no material change from 

 the drastic quarantine first proposed. 



Here is the official or- 

 der: 



Text of Order. 



that it is necessary, in order to pre- 

 vent the further introduction into 

 the United States of injurious insect 

 pests and fungous diseases, to forbid, 

 except as provided in the rules and regu- 

 lations supplemental hereto, the impor- 

 tation into the United States of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds from 

 the foreign countries and localities 

 named and from any other foreign lo- 

 cality or country. 



June 1 the Tilmlt. 



"On and after June 1, 1919, and un- 

 til further notice, by virtue of said act 

 of Congress approved August 20, 1912, 

 the importation of nursery stock and 

 other plants and seeds from the above 

 named and all other foreign countries 

 and localities, except as provided in the 

 rules and regulations supplemental here- 

 to, is prohibited. 



"This quarantine shall not apply to 

 nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 covered by special quarantines and 

 other restrictive orders now in force 

 . nor to the importation by the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture of nursery stock and other plants 

 and seeds for experimental or scientific 

 purposes. ' ' 



This was signed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, giving it the force of law, 



"The fact has been de- 

 termined by the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, and notice 

 is hereby given, that there 

 exist in Europe, Asia, 

 Africa, Mexico, Central 

 and South America, and 

 other foreign countries 

 and localities, certain in- 

 jurious insects and fun- 

 gous diseases new to and 

 not heretofore widely dis- 

 tributed within and 

 throughout the United 

 States, which affect and 

 are carried by nursery 

 stock and other plants and 

 seeds, the words 'nursery 

 stock and other plants and 

 seeds' including, wherever 

 used in tliis notice and the 

 rules and regulations sup- 

 plemental hereto, field- 

 grown florists' stock, 

 trees, shrubs, vines, cut- 

 tings, grafts, scions, buds, 

 fruit pits and other seeds 

 of fruit and ornamental 

 trees or shrubs, also field, 

 vegetable, and flower 

 seeds, bedding plants, and 

 other herbaceous plants, 

 bulbs, and roots, and other 

 plants and plant products 

 for, or capable of, propa- 

 gation. 



"Now, therefore, I, D. 

 F. Houston, Secretary of 

 Agriculture, under the au- 

 thority conferred by the 

 act of Congress approved 

 August 20, 1912 (37 Stat., 

 315), do hereby declare 



THESE ONLY MAY ENTER 



Under Quarantine No. 37, of the Federal Horticultural 

 Board, effective June 1, 1919, these, and these only, of 

 bulbs and plants, including florists' and nursery stock 

 originating in other countries, will be admitted to the 

 United States: 



Nnrsery stock and other plants and seeds for which permit 

 is not required: 



The following classes of nursery stock and other plants and 

 seeds, not Including, however, the particular nursery stock 

 and other plants and seeds • • » • which are governed 

 by special quarantines and other restrictive orders now in 

 force, nor such as may hereafter be made the subject of spe- 

 cial quarantines, may be imported without permit or other 

 compliance with these regulations: 



(1) Fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other 



plant products Imported for medic- 

 inal, food, or manufacturing purposes. 



(2) Field, vegetable, and flower seeds. 



Nnrnery stock and other plants and seeds for which permit 

 is required: 



The following nursery stock and other plants and seeds, not 

 Including, however, those • • • • which are governed 

 by special quarantines and other restrictive orders now In 

 force, nor such as may hereafter be made the subject of spe- 

 cial quarantines, when free from sand, soil, or earth, may be 

 imported from countries which maintain inspection (see Ap- 

 pendix C), under permit upon compliance with these regrula- 

 tlons, but, where a particular purpose is specified, for that 

 purpose and no other: 



(1) Lily bulbs, illy of the valley, narcissus, 



hyacinths, tulips, and crocus. 



(2) Stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds, of 



fruits for propagation. 



(3) Rose stocks for propagation. Including 

 Manettl, Multlflora, Brier Rose, and 



Rosa Rugosa. 



(4) Nuts, including palm seeds, for propaga- 



tion. 



(5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental, and 



shade trees, seeds of deciduous and 

 evergreen ornamental shrubs, and 

 seeds of hardy perennial plants. 



Importations of nursery stock and other plants and 



seeds specified in this regulation, from countries not 



maintaining inspection, may be made under permit upon 



compliance with these regulations in limited quantities 



for experimental purposes only, but this limitation shall 



not apply to tree seeds. 



November 18,1918, effective June 1, 1919. 

 Certification Required. 



The regulations governing the entry 

 of the classes of plants listed to be ad- 

 mitted are similar to those hitherto in 

 force and take into account the classifi- 

 cation of countries into (1) those main- 

 taining inspection and certification of 

 nursery stock in accordance with the 

 requirements of the plant quarantine 

 act, and (2) countries which have not 

 made provision for such compliance 

 with the act. 



The nbw feature of the regulations, 

 which were published in The Eeview for 

 October 24 and are now available in 

 pamphlet form, is the one providing for 

 disinfection when required by the U. S. 

 inspector. The paragraph is as follows: 



Disinfection. 



"Nursery stock and o\her plants and 

 seeds [permitted to be] imported shall 

 be subject as a condition of entry, to 

 such disinfection as shall be required 

 by the inspector of the Department of 

 Agriculture. When disinfection is re- 

 quired, the nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds involved will be de- 

 livered to the permittee for disinfection 

 upon the filing with the collector of 

 customs of a bond in the amount of 

 $5,000, or in an amount 

 equal to the invoice value 

 if such value be less than 

 $5,000 with approved sure- 

 ties, the condition of 

 which shall be ■ (that the 

 nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds shall be 

 disinfected under the su- 

 pervision of an inspector 

 of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture; that no case or 

 other container thereof 

 shall be broken, opened or 

 removed from the port of 

 entry unless and until a 

 written notice is given to 

 such collector by an in- 

 spector of the Department 

 of Agriculture that the 

 nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds have 

 been properly disinfected; 

 and that the importation 

 shall be redelivered to the 

 collector of customs with- 

 in forty days from arrival 

 at the port of entry." 



To Get Permits. 



Only fruits and seeds 

 are to be allowed to come 

 in without license; every- 

 thing else, if admitted at 

 all, must needs have a per- 

 mit for each shipment. 

 The method of obtaining 

 permits is prescribed as 

 follows: 



"Persons contemplating 

 the importation of nursery 

 stock and other plants and 

 seeds the entry of which 

 is permitted » « ♦ 

 shall first make applica- 

 tion to the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board for a per- 



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