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The Florists^ Review 



September 4, 1919. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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LOOPHOLES IN QUARANTINE 37. 



Explanation of tlie method of secur- 

 ing limited quantities of otherwise pro- 

 hibited stock under Quarantine No. 37 

 is given in the following communication 

 from C. L. Marlatt, cliairman of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board: 



"Kegulation 14 of the regulations 

 relative to the imjjortation of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds has 

 been revised and reissued. In its new 

 form it is essentially an interpretation 

 of the old regulation 14 rather than an 

 enlargement of powers under the quar- 

 antine, inasmuch as the regulation, as 

 worded in the (|uarantine as originally 

 issued, was intended to cover exactly 

 what is now more clearly stated in the 

 new regulation. This regulation pro- 

 vides for the importation under a special 

 permit from the (Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture of limited quantities of otherwise 

 prohibited stock for the purpose of 

 keeping the country supplied with new 

 varieties of plants and stock for propa- 

 gation i)urposes not available in the 

 United States. This amendment, how- 

 ever, does not apply to a few plants 

 which have l)een specifically prohibited 

 entry under other (piarantines, as, for 

 example, pines, ribes and grossularia 

 from certain countries, and citrus, 

 banana and bamboo stock. 



"The following explanations of regu- 

 lation ]4 are given to indicate the lim- 

 itations under this regulation and the 

 procedure to be followed in making im- 

 portations of the two classes of plants 

 specified, namely, new varieties and 

 necessary propagatii.g stock: 



"The exj)ression 'new varieties' is un- 

 derstood to mean plant novelties; that 

 is, new horticultural or tioricultural crea- 

 tions or new discoveries. 



" 'Necessary pro])agating stock' is 

 understood to mean stock of old or 

 standard varieties imi)orted for the mul- 

 tiplication of the plants in question as 

 a nursery or florist's enterprise as dis- 

 tinguished from importations for imme- 

 diate or ultimate sale of the stocks 

 actually imj)orted, and such importations 

 will be restricted to stocks which are 

 not available in this country in adequate 

 quantities. 



"The expression 'limited quantities' 

 useil in regulation 14 is understood to 

 mean, with respect ])oth to new varieties 

 and to standard stocks, such quantities 

 as will sup])ly reasonable needs for the 

 establishment of reproduction plantings 

 which may be thereafter independent of 

 foreign supplies. 



"There is no limitation as to the num- 

 ber of permits for different plants or 

 classes of plants under regulation 14 

 which an individual may request, but 

 the applications will all be passed upon 

 both as to necessity for the particular 

 importation and as to the quantity ade- 

 quate for the purpose intended, by ex- 

 perts of the department, for the infor- 

 mation of the board prior to the issuance 

 of the permits. 



"All importations under regulation 14 

 must be made under special permits 

 through the office of foreign seed and 

 I)lant introduction of the Department of 

 Agriculture, but for the use of the indi- 

 vidual importer. The importer will be 

 required to meet all entry, transporta- 

 fion and freight handling charges. The 

 department will make no charge for in- 

 spection and supervision. The necessary 

 procedure for making such importations 

 is as follows: 



' ' 1. The Federal Horticultural Board 

 will supply, on request, an application 

 blank upon which request may be made 

 for a special permit to import. This ap- 

 plication embodies an agreement on the 

 part of the importer that if the im- 

 ported material is found on examination 

 by an inspector of the Department of 



Agriculture to be so infested or infected 

 with insects or disease that it cannot 

 be adequately safeguarded, it may be 

 destroyed and such destruction will not 

 be made the basis of a claim against the 

 Department of Agriculture for damages. 

 The application must be accompanied by 

 a statement certifying that the plants to 

 be imported are novelties or, if standard 

 varieties of foreign plants, that stocks 

 in adequate quantities for their propaga- 

 tion are not available in this country, 

 and that in either case they are to be 

 imported for the establishment of re- 

 production plantings and not for imme- 

 diate or ultimate sale of the stocks 

 actually imported. In exceptional cases 

 the importation of novelties may be 

 made for personal use, but not for sale. 

 The application must also give the name 

 and address of the exporter, country and 

 locality where the stock was grown, the 

 name and address of the importer and 

 the name and address of the nursery or 

 other establishment where the plants are 

 to be planted and grown for propagation 

 purposes on release. 



"2. If the permit is issued, the ap- 

 plicant will be furnished shipping in- 

 structions and shipping tags to be for- 



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