Febbdabt 19, 1020 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



BANiaNO THE CORN BOBER. 



Proposed Quarantine of the East. 



The most recent aspect of the quar- 

 antine ghost that stalks among us, lay- 

 ing his repressive hand here and there, 

 is given in a notice from the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, under the date of Janu- 

 ary 30, indicating the probability of a 

 quarantine prohibiting the movement 

 from the New England states. New 

 York and Pennsylvania of "cut flowers 

 or entire plants of chrysanthemum, 

 aster, cosmos, zinnia, hollyhock, also 

 cut flowers or entire plants of gladiolus 

 and dahlia, excepting the bulbs thereof, 

 without stems, and other herbaceous 

 plants," as well as various vegetables. 

 The notice announces a public hearing 

 to be held at the oflSce of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board, Washington, D. C, 

 at 10 a. m., Tuesday, February 24, in 

 order that those interested in the pro- 

 posed quarantine may appear and be 

 heard either in person or by attorney. 

 This quarantine will shut off the men- 

 tioned trade stocks of New England, 

 New York and Pennsylvania from the 

 rest of the country, affecting a great 

 amount of eastern business in mum 

 plants, etc. 



Bulbs Without Stems. 



It is interesting to note that this pro- 

 posal is in one respect less stringent 

 than the Illinois quarantine, reported 

 in The Review of January 15. The Il- 

 linois restrictions apply to all parts of 

 gladioli and dahlias except the seeds, 

 whereas the proposed federal measure 

 specifically excludes the bulbs from its 

 provisions. The reason for the inclu- 

 sion of dahlia and gladiolus bulbs in the 

 Illinois quarantine is given in a letter 

 by P. A. Glenn, chief inspector of the 

 Illinois state department of agriculture, 

 as follows: "The corms of gladioli and 

 the tubers of dahlias were included in 

 this quarantine because we understand 

 that a part of the stem is frequently at- 

 tached to them when shipped, and it is 

 this portion of the stem which is likely 

 to carry the larvsB of the borer. I do 

 not know how thoroughly this class of 

 plants is inspected in New York and 

 the New England states, but, so far as 

 my information goes, they are not in- 

 spected as a rule, except, perhaps, in a 

 general way in cases where they are 

 grown by nurserymen. * « • if t^g 

 authorities in New York and all the 

 New England states should undertake 

 to make such inspections, undoubtedly 

 we should be able to modify our regula- 

 tions. " Although the punctuation of 

 the proposed federal quarantine is not 

 precise, it seems to provide that bulbs 

 without stems are exempt — surely a 

 more satisfactory solution of the diffi- 

 culty suggested by Mr. Glenn than the 

 proscription of the bulbs altogether. 



Notice of Public Hearing. 



However, the quarantine proposed in 

 the notice of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture affects so wide a territory and 

 such important flowers that the public 

 hearing February 24 is likely to draw a 



large representation from the trade. 

 The text of the notice of the public 

 hearing is as follows: 



The Secretary of Agriculture has Information 

 that the European corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis, 

 a dangerous Insect not heretofore widely preva- 

 lent or distributed within and throughout the 

 United States and on account of which the no- 

 tice of Quarantine No. 36, which became effec- 

 tive October 1, 1918, was issued, is now linown 

 to occur in portions of the counties of Esses, 

 Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth and Barn- 

 stable, Massachusetts; Rockingham, New Hamp- 

 shire; Saratoga, Fulton, Montgomery, Schenec- 

 tady, Albany, Rensselaer, Brie, Cattaraugus and 

 Chautauqua, New York, and Erie, Pennsylva- 

 nia. 



Since the promulgation of Quarantine No. 36. 

 further investigation of the European corn borer 

 has developed the fact that, in addition to com 

 and broomcorn, including all parts of the stalk, 

 being susceptible, this insect breeds in and may 

 be transported by celery, green or string beans 

 in the pod, beets with tops, spinach, rhubarb, 

 oat and rye straw as such or when used as pack- 

 ing, cut flowers or entire plants of chrysanthe- 

 mum, aster, cosmos, zinnia, hollyhock, also cut 

 flowers or entire plants of gladiolus and dahlia, 

 excepting the bulbs thereof, without stems, and 

 many other herbaceous plants, and further, that 

 such products from infested districts have been 

 moving throughout the period of corn borer in- 

 festation, with- only minor restrictions, into the 

 other New England states of Maine, Vermont, 

 Rhode Island and Connecticut. 



It appears necessary, therefore, to consider the 



advlBability of quarantining the states above- 

 named In accordance with the plant quarantine 

 act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amend- 

 ed by act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 

 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), and of restricting or pro- 

 hibiting the movement from these states, or from 

 any infested districts determined therein, of 

 corn and broomcorn, including all parts of the 

 stalk, celery, green or string beans In the pod, 

 beets with tops, spinach, rliubarb, oat and rye 

 straw as such or when used as packing, cut 

 flowers or entire plants of chrysanthemum, as- 

 ter, cosmos, zinnia, hollyhock, also cut flowers 

 or entire plants of gladiolus and dahlia, except- 

 ing the bulbs thereof, wltiiout stems, and other 

 herbaceous plants. 



Notice is therefore hereby given that a pub- 

 lic hearing will be held at the Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, room 11, Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board, at 10 a. m., February 

 24, 1920, in order that any person interested in 

 the proposed quarantine may appear and be 

 heard eitlier in person or by attorney. 



ILUNOIS STATE ASSOCIATION. 



Secretary Anunann Resigns. 



Because of the great amount of work 

 which will be required of him as secre- 

 tary of the national growers' associa- 

 tion, J, Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, 

 has resigned as secretary of the Illinois 

 State Florists' Association. William J. 

 Hembreiker, president of the state as- 

 sociation, asked Albert T. Hey, of May- 

 wood, to serve as secretary in place of 

 Mr. Ammann and Mr. Hey accepted the 

 honor and responsibility. 



The officers of the association will 

 meet shortly after Easter and form 

 plans for the next twelve months. 



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WILL START MARCH 1. 



Directors Elected. 



At the meeting February 16 of the 

 Allied Florists' Association of Illinois, 

 the name under which the Chicago flo- 

 rists will undertake their advertising 

 campaign, the start was set for March 

 1. Since the beginning of the month 

 and the beginning of the week fall on 

 the same day, this date is the most suit- 

 able thai could be chosen, stated Otto 

 Amling, who moved that assessments 

 should begin March 1. Upon the sec- 

 onding of A. Lange, the proposal was 

 unanimously adopted. 



Formal organization was made by the 

 election of directors. The representa- 

 tives nominated by the separate 

 branches of the trade were elected, their 

 terms being as follows: 



Three years — George Asmus, August 

 Poehlmann, John Michelsen. 



Two years — W. J. Smyth, Otto Am- 

 ling, Paul Klingsporn. 



One year — A. Lange, Peter Pearson, 

 Erie Johnson. 



Upon the motion of C. S. Claussen, a 

 resolution was passed that the presi- 

 dent, vice-president and treasurer be 

 elected by the directors from their own 

 number. At the next meeting this will 

 be adopted as an amendment to the by- 

 laws, which now provide for such choice 

 by the members of the association. 



Over 300 Signed Up. 



The meeting at the Hotel Randolph 

 had not the large attendance expected 

 because the retailers, busy with St. Val- 

 entine's day and flu orders, and the 

 growers, coping with a spell of zero 

 weather, overlooked the notices. Work 



of securing signatures had been pushed 

 since the previous meeting, so that Sec- 

 retary Swenson was able to report a 

 total of 107 retailers, 135 growers and 

 thirteen wholesalers whose signatures 

 lie had actually in his possession and a 

 sufficient number in addition secured by 

 the district captains but not turned in, 

 to bring the total to more than 300. 



Fred Lautenschlager reported that 

 the meeting called of members of the 

 allied trades had produced no results. 

 He had learned that the opinion was 

 that, since an equitable assessment was 

 difficult to determine for the various al- 

 lied branches, the firms should, at least 

 for the present, make their contribu- 

 tions to the national publicity campaign. 

 The opinion of Mr. Lautenschlager was 

 confirmed by a resolution passed by the 

 meeting recommending that the allied 

 tradesmen contribute to the national 

 fund. 



Plan Whirlwind Finish. 



To push the organization to comple- 

 tion while enthusiasm is high and to 

 get as many as possible in line by March 

 1, a whirlwind finish was proposed for 

 the campaign. In addition to further 

 mail solicitation, there will be a day of 

 personal interviews by directors and 

 leaders in the campaign Friday, Febru- 

 ary 20. 



Chairman Asmus called for volunteers 

 to offer automobiles to take parties of 

 three or four to cover various sections 

 of the city and for others to form such 

 canvassing parties to visit florists not 

 yet signed up. Those who volunteered 

 at the meeting and any others who are 

 I'.ble to join in the work on that day 

 will meet for luncheon at the Perfecto 

 at 12:30 Friday and spend the after- 



