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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 6, 1922 



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LOUISIANA QUABANTINB TACTS. 



Supplied by Inspector. 



In the issue of March 23 The Eeview 

 I)rintcd excerpts from a newspaper story 

 regarding the quarantine recently im- 

 posed by the state of Louisiana in an 

 effort to protect nurserymen from losses 

 by pests known to be imported from 

 other localities. Realizing the exag- 

 gerations and inaccuracies that fre- 

 (jucntly occur in newspaper stories on 

 trade matters, The Review undertook to 

 get the facts accurately. Edward Fos- 

 ter, nursery inspector of the depart- 

 ment of agriculture of Louisiana, gives 

 this information: 



"There are about ninety nurserymen 

 and florists in New Orleans, the greater 

 number of whom do no shipping busi- 

 ness and cater only to the local trade. 

 About two years ago the presence of the 

 so-called 'camphor scale' was noted 

 in one section of the city. The natural 

 habitat of this scale, so far as we know, 

 is Japan. How this scale was intro- 

 duced is not known definitely and a 

 search through the literature fails to 

 show that any life history work has 

 been done. From the character of the 

 damage to the camphor shade trees, it 

 was felt that measures should be taken 

 to prevent its spread to other terri- 

 tories. 



"The infested section was immediate- 



ly quarantined and such quarantine was 

 enlarged so as to include New Orleans 

 and the adjacent parish of Jefferson. 

 No plants were allowed to be shipped, 

 unless inspected and afterwards fumi- 

 gated with hydrocyanic acid gas, and 

 since then this practice has been con- 

 tinued. All plants, whether outdoor or 

 bench-grown, shipped out of New Or- 

 leans are inspected and treated by an 

 officer of the department and are cer- 

 tificated to this effect, the only excep- 

 tion being made in the case of certain 

 vegetables and dry bulbs. One ex- 

 tremely satisfactory result of this cam- 

 paign has been to emphasize the great 

 utility of hydrocyanic acid gas in the 

 control of noxious insects, more espe- 



