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The Horists^ Review 



Dkcembek ao, 1920 



origin. The actual number of plants 



entered under each special permit is not 



fjiven, but in most instances was not 



large. ' ' 



The distribution by states of the stock 



imported under special permit was as 



follows : 



Connecticut 1 



California 21 



District of Columbia 1 



Florida 3 



Illinois 11 



Indiana 2 



Massachusetts 17 



Michigan 7 



Minnesota « 1 



Missouri 1 



New Hampshire 2 



New Jersey i 25 



New York 38 



Ohio 11 



Oregon 1 



I'ennsylTanla 18 



Rhode Island 1 



Tennessee 1 



Texas 2 



Virginia 3 



Washington 6 



Wisconsin . ., 1 



Total 174 



Inspection of Imported Plants. 



"In spite of the reduction in the num- 

 ber of plants imported into the United 

 States during the last fiscal year as the 

 result of Quarantine 37, the total num- 

 ber of different kinds of insects (290 

 species) intercepted exceeds tjiat of any 

 previous fiscal year. This increase in 

 the number of interceptions can proba- 

 bly be explained by the fact that all 

 plants imported under special permit 

 were examined under very favorable 

 conditions by expert inspectors at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Moreover, .this material 



ceptions have been made at the port of 

 New York, including a large shipment 

 of Italian broonfcorn infested with the 

 European corn borer. A careful inspec- 

 tion has been made of ali foreign boats 

 arriving at New Orleans, 1,608 in num- 

 ber, 289 of which carried contraband 

 material either as cargo, ships' stores 

 or in passengers' baggage. Exclusive 

 of Canadian arrivals, 195 foreign ships 

 were inspected at Seattle, seventy-seven 

 of which carried contraband material. 

 The work at this port also included the 

 supervision of cotton fumigation and 

 corn sterilization. ^ , 



"In order to strengthen the plant 

 quarantine service of the state of Cali- 

 fornia, the board has placed a trained 

 pathological inspector at San Francisco 

 to assist and cooperate with the state 

 inspectors at that port. As in the past, 

 the plant quarantine inspectors of Cali- 

 fornia as well as of the state of Florida 

 are carried as collaborators of this 

 board. In order to further safeguard 

 against the entry into the United States 

 of quarantined products or injurious in- 

 sects and plant diseases, inspectors have 

 been placed at Portland, Ore.; Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., and Norfolk, Va. Moreover, 

 it is proposed to study the conditions at 

 other ports and if necessary establish 

 an inspection service at the places pre- 

 senting the most danger. It is tinder- 

 stood that all port work is conducted in 

 close cooperation with the customs offi- 

 cials. 



"The matter of strengthening the 

 port inspection service was brought 



Country of origin. 



Belgium 



Itermuda 2 



England 5 



France 12 



Germany 



Holland 41 



Ireland 



Japan 1 



Mexico 1 



Philippines 



Spain 



Trinidad 



Herba- 

 ceous 



peren- Or- 

 Bulbs. nlals. chids. 



11 

 9 



1 

 19 



1 



23 



Boses. 



Decid- 

 uous 

 shrubs. 



Ever- 

 green 

 shrubs. 

 1 



Flor- 

 ists' 

 stock. 



Conif 

 erous, 



Finished 

 • fruit 

 trees. 



I>;ote.— Figures denote number of special permits under, which importations were actually made. 

 There is some rtuplicatlon in these figiires, since a number of lots included material falling into two 

 or more classes. 



Importations under Special Permit during First Year of Quarantine 37. 



did not arrive in large quantities and it 

 was possible to give each plant a very 

 careful examination. Some of the more 

 important interceptions follow: Gypsy 

 moth egg masses on shipments of nurs- 

 ery stock from France; pink bollworm 

 in shipments from China, Japan and 

 Mexico; potato tuber moth from Aus- 

 tralia, Chile, Costa Rica and Panama; 

 the sorrel cutworm from France; spiny 

 citrus white fly from Cuba; West Indian 

 fruit fly from Jamaica and Cuba; injur- 

 ious avocado weevils from Mexico, 

 Guatemala and the Canal Zone; apple- 

 seed chalcis from Germany; wireworm, 

 injurious to potatoes, from Denmark; 

 sweet potato weevil from Bahama, 

 Cuba and Porto Rico; West Indian 

 sweet potato weevil from Antigua and 

 Porto Rico, and two other injurious 

 sweet potato weevils from Hawaii and 

 Jamaica. Numerous other pests were 

 collected, including scale insects, mites 

 and ants. 



Port Inspection Service. 



"The inspection and disinfection of 

 plants and plant products required as a 

 condition of entry at the principal ports 

 of the United States have been continued 

 substantially along the lines described 

 in previous reports. Numerous inter- 



strongly to the attention of Congress in 

 connection with the estimates for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and 

 $100,000 was included in the estimates 

 for this purpose. Of this amount, $76,- 

 7.56 was appropriated by Congress. The 

 enlargement of the work under the 

 plant quarantine act leads to a constant 

 growth in the requirements of this port 

 inspection service and the funds avail- 

 able are still very inadequate to give the 

 service and protection which is neces- 

 sary to secure the full benefits of the 

 plant quarantine act. Most of the in- 

 crease granted last year will be taken 

 up in strengthening the existing service 

 and extensions of the service to the 

 ports of greatest danger which it has 

 not been possible hitherto to safe- 

 guard. " 



POINSETTIA LEAVES DROPPING. 



I have a question about poinsettias. 

 The leaves have partly dropped off and 

 the roots have decayed. I have been 

 most careful about the watering, and 

 they have not been watered too much 

 nor have they got too dry. I have used 

 little manure water and what I did use 

 was weak. The temperature dropped 

 in the greenhouse from 65 degrees to 

 55 and 50 degrees for four or five nights 



between 6 and 7 p. m. Would that ^ 

 the cause of this root decay and dn - 

 ping of leaves? ::. H. G. A. — la. 



Sharp drops in temperature are t ■ 

 most probable cause of your plants l 

 ing foliage, but :-this should not afifi 

 the roots in any way. On the mornin , 

 after the temperature had dropped dov. ■ 

 sharply you may have noticed how t' 

 foliage, even though green, droop, 

 badly. When this occurs some loss > 

 leaves is liable to follow, unless a steat 

 temperature thereafter is maintainc . 

 My experience has been that one shar . 

 drop may not do much damage, but ,: 

 recurrence is sure to cause trouble. A 

 bracts develop, if the temperature i 

 gradually lowered no harm will resul . 

 provided always that the plants at- 

 carefully watered and not exposed t 

 any cold drafts. C. W. 



HOW TO STEBIIJZE SOIL. 



We should like to know how to steril 

 ize soil which is in the greenhouse. Wc 

 have two houses, containing three beds. 

 7x160 feet. What we want to know i? 

 how many lines of 1-inch pipe should be 

 used for each bed, the size and distance 

 apart of the holes in the pipe, how long 

 the steam should be turned on and at 

 what pressure. C. W. & S. — Ind. 



While we have seen excellent results 

 from sterilizing soil while in place in 

 the greenhouse beds, we should advise 

 placing the soil in special sterilizing 

 boxes, perhaps 8x30 feet with a depth 

 of about two feet. As these boxes may 

 be covered, a more thorough process of 

 sterilization can be obtained. 



Whether for use in the beds described 

 or in special frames or boxes, we sug- 

 gest three rows of pipes about twenty- 

 seven inches apart. One-inch pipe would 

 answer for the short boxes, but it 

 should be l^-inch for the first 100 feet 

 in a greenhouse 160 feet long. 



To allow the steam to escape, drill 

 %-inch holes every thirty inches. Bury 

 the pipes to a depth of eight inches. 

 Sterilize with about ten to fifteen 

 pounds of steam for an hour or so after 

 the ends of the beds have reached 150 

 degrees. It will be helpful if the beds 

 can be covered with canvas, hotbed 

 sashes, shutters or a similar covering. 



Instead of supplying each bed with a 

 sterilizing system, we would suggest that 

 the pipes be transferred from one bed 

 to another. The cost of labor would be 

 slight. If the pipes are left in the beds, 

 there is danger that the steam openings 

 will become clogged with rust. T. 



TEMBLETT'S TELEGRAPH IDEA. 



That the Pink Part of The Review has 

 become recognized as an important part 

 of florists' telegraph delivery service is 

 evidenced by a recent display window 

 staged by William H. Temblett, 10313 

 Euclid avenue, Cleveland, O. From the 

 various cities on a large map in the win- 

 dow ribbons led to small cards on which 

 were pasted advertisements clipped 

 from the Pink Part of The Review. The 

 city from which the ribbon led was rep- 

 resented at the other end by the adver- 

 tisement from The Review of a promi- 

 nent firm in that place. 



The floral display accompanying 

 ranged from corsages to pot plants. Mrs. 

 Temblett and Mr. Kent, the manager, 

 state that the display brought more 

 visitors into the store and caused more 

 passers-by to stop and look than any 

 previous display. 



