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The Florists' Review 



Mat 6. 1920 



bers, but rather be grouped in units 

 called locals. These locals will be or- 

 ganized in the various communities 

 covering a specified territory and will 

 work under a charter granted hy the 

 national body. Individuals or , firfns 

 will hold membership in the locals. 

 Each local will be an organization 

 within itself, adopting its own by-laws 

 and rules to fit its own local conditions, 

 subject to certain conditions set forth 

 in the national constitution and the ap- 

 proval, of course, of the national body. 

 Each local elects a set of delegates 

 whose duty it is to attend the national 

 convention, there to elect national 

 officers and a national board of direc- 

 tors, consisting of fifteen members, by 

 whom the principal business of the 

 national body is transacted. 



We are here again benefiting by the 

 experience of some other successful or- 

 ganizations, which have set the pace 

 for cooperation, and we are modeling 

 our form of organization on theirs. The 

 time was when the leaders in our great 

 parent society looked upon these off- 

 spring organizations with fear and 

 trembling lest the old S, A. F. might 

 lose prestige. That time is no more. 

 The old society, of which we are all 

 so proud, is stronger today than ever 

 and, much like the head of any large 

 family, is broadening out with the 

 greater responsibilities and will no 

 doubt do wonders for the various 



branches of our profession collectively. 

 Individually, however, we are growing 

 too large for the S, A. P. to take care 

 of us; hence we must branch out into 

 individual organizations and thereby 

 not only strengthen ourselves, but also 

 strengthen our sister organizations, the 

 F. T. D., the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, the American Eose . Society, the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 and the others, along with the parent 

 society as well. 



Cooperation's Opportunity. 



We, the growers, the foundation of 

 the whole trade, must get together. 

 The call is to us. The National Flower 

 Growers' Association is being ushered 

 into existence at a most auspicious 

 time, when all true Americans want 

 more justice and cooperation. It has 

 the unanimous endorsement of the 

 executive boards of the S. A. F., the 

 F. T. D., the American Carnation So- 

 ciety and many other organizations, 

 along with the good will of the entire 

 trade press. So, come on, growers, 

 measure up to your responsibility by 

 taking advantage of this golden oppor- 

 tiinity to elevate your business and to 

 better your own condition, as well as 

 that of your employees and the other 

 branches of your profession, by coopera- 

 tion in a thoroughly businesslike na- 

 tional flower growers' association. 



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BEETLE QUARANTINE LAID. 



Affects New Jersey. 



The quarantine on account of the 

 Japanese beetle has just been published 

 as effective April 1. The hearing on 

 the quarantine, held at Washington 

 about two months ago, excited the in- 

 terest of the trade because of the size 

 of some of the trade interests involved 

 and the delay of the federal authorities 

 in extending to trade products an em- 

 bargo that had affected farm products 

 for a year and a half. The presence of 

 the Japanese beetle in a portion of New 

 Jersey — including the townships of Del- 

 ran, Chester, Cinnaminson, Palmyra, 

 Mount Laurel and Biverside and the 

 borough of Biverton, in Burlington 

 county, and the townships of Pensauken 

 and Delaware and the Wftough of Mer- 

 chantvUle, in Camden county — has 

 caused the Federal Horticultural Board 

 to forbid the movement interstate from 

 this area of, among other items, nursery, 

 ornamental and greenhouse . stock and 

 all other plants, including bulbs and cut 

 flowers. 



Imposes Fedexal Inspection. 



The quarantine, however, does not 

 mean the complete shutting off of ship- 

 ments from this region. Individual 

 farms, districts or nurseries in this area 

 may, if they are found free from the in- 

 sect, obtain a certificate to authorize 

 the shipment of products. 



Also, such shipments intended for in- 

 terstate movement as come from infest- 

 ed districts that cannot be certificated 

 as clean may be allowed to go to their 

 destination if a federal inspector finds 



them free from the beetle. This will 

 mean that such establishments as are 

 in this area must have all shipments 

 bound for points outside the state in- 

 spected before they can be sent out. 

 Though this will add to the work some- 

 what, it will not curtail the output of 

 the nurseries in this part of New Jer- 

 sey unless a large proportion of ship- 

 ments are condemned. Since all charges 

 for storage, cartage and labor incident 

 to inspection, other than the services 

 of the inspectors, are to bo'paid by the 

 shippers, this quarantine will cause an 

 added expense to the establishment af- 

 fected. 



In the case of the largest establish- 

 ment affected, Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 at Biverton, N. J., the quarantine has 

 made no change as regards shipment of 

 orders, which are going out precisely 

 as usual. The company's own inspec- 

 tion of outgoing stock is not less strict 

 than the government's; so the govern- 

 ment's men serve merely to verify for 

 ofi&cial purposes the company's O. K. 

 on outgoing shipments. 



Text of Bullng. 



This quarantine is known as Quaran- 

 tine No. 40, superseding No. 35, issued 

 on farm products only in September, 

 1918. It reads as follows: 



The fact has been determined hj the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, and notice is hereby glren, 

 that an injuriona insect, the Japanese beetle, 

 PopiUia Japonica, Newm., not heretofore widely 

 distributed within and throughout the United 

 States, exists in a portion of the state of New 

 Jersey. 



Now, therefore, I, J. K. Riggs, Acting Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, under authority conferred 

 by section 8 of the plant quarantine act ap^ 

 proTCd August 20, 1912 (87 Stat., SIS), as 

 amended by the act of Congress approved Ifarch 

 4, 1917 (89 SUt., 1184, 1166), do hereby quar- 



antine the territory hereinafter described as in- 

 fested by the Japanese beetle, and by this notice 

 of quarantine No. 40 do order that (1) farm, 

 igarden and orchard products of all kinds, ii^ 

 eluding fresh or perishable crops, such as green 

 corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, cantaloupes, water- 

 melons, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, cher- 

 ries, peaches, apples and all other fresh fruits 

 and vegetables; (2) grain and forage crops of 

 all kinds; (3) nursery, ornamental and green- 

 house stock, and all other plants, including bulbs 

 and cut flowers; and (4) soil, compost and ma- 

 nure other than fresh manure, shall not be 

 moved or allowed to be moved interstate from 

 the said quarantined district in manner or 

 method or under conditions other than those pre- 

 scribed in the rules and regulations hereinafter 

 made, and amendments thereto. 



The following territory is designated as the 

 area quarantined for the Japanese beetle: The 

 townships of Delran, Chester, Cinnaminson, Pal- 

 myra, Mount Laurel and Riverside, and the bor- 

 ough of Riverton, county of Burlington, and the 

 townships of Pensauken and Delaware, and the 

 borough of Merchantville, county of Cam- 

 den, N. J. 



The regulation covering certification 

 of shipments reads as follows: 



Farm, garden and orchard products of all 

 kinds, including fresh or perishable crops, such 

 as green corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, canta- 

 loupes, watermelons, grapes, raspberries, black- 

 berries, cherries, peaches, apples and all other 

 fresh fruits and vegetables; (2) grain and for- - 

 age crops of all kinds; (8) nursery, ornamental 

 and greenhouse stock and all other plants, in- 

 cluding bulbs and cut flowers; and (4) soil, com- 

 post and manure other than fresh manure, shall 

 not be moved or allowed to be moved interstate 

 to any point outside the territory quarantined 

 for the Japanese beetle unless and until such 

 articles have been inspected by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture and certifled 

 to be free from the Japanese beetle: Provided, 

 That in the case of nursery, ornamental and 

 greenhouse stock, and all other plants, includ- 

 ing bulbs and cut flowers, this quarantine and 

 regulation shall apply throughout the year; in 

 the case of all other products, for the period , 

 between June 15 and November 1. 



Control Planned. 



At a recent conference of officials of 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture and the New Jersey department 

 of agriculture, held at Biverton, plans 

 of work for the control and suppression 

 of the Japanese beetle were thoroughly 

 gone into. Provision has been made ! 

 to inspect and certify products found I 

 free from the insect. While the quaran- 

 tine will be rigidly enforced, it is be- 

 lieved that no serious interruption will 

 result to the movement of most prod* 

 ucts from the infested territory. 



In control of the beetle, several 

 methods of attack will be followed. 

 Poisoning with sodium cyanide in water 

 of such soils as are badly infested with 

 the larvBB or grubs will be practiced. 

 Several million beetles, it is believed, 

 can be captured by sweeping infested 

 plants with nets. A band of vegetation 

 from one-half to one mile wide snr- 

 rounding the infested area will be kept 

 thoroughly poisoned with insecticides 

 sprayed or dusted on the plantt. Tt 

 prevent accidental carriage of the bee- 

 tles on automobiles and other vehicles 

 and on pedestrians, the roadways have 

 been cleared, by grubbing and burning 

 food plants of the beetle. Attention is 

 being given to the introduction of para- 

 sites of the beetle from Japan. An 

 agent of the bureau of entomology is al- 

 ready in Japan, engaged upon the work. 



Springvale, Me.— C. Woodhead is 

 erecting a greenhouse and intends to 

 start in business when it is completed. 



Halls, Tenn.— The Gould Co. has a 

 peony crop this year which is more than 

 double that of last year and most of 

 which it hopes to get in by Mothers' 



day. 



Linton, Ind. — M. J. Aiken & Son 

 recently opened a floral department in 

 connection with their undertaking 

 establishment and have opened a store 

 downtown. 



