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known to us here. The Federal Horticultural 

 Board, in its effort to prevent the further in- 

 troduction of dangerous plant pests, does not 

 permit commercial importations on a large scale 

 intended for immediate resale. To protect the 

 horticultural interests of the country, they have 

 insured that no desirable new variety or kind of 

 plant should be excluded; nor should any 

 scientific worker, botanical garden or amateur 

 collector be prevented from securing plants for 

 study, hybridization, or other scientific purposes. 

 It is made easy for nurserymen to procure prop- 

 agating stock from abroad of varieties which are 

 unobtainable in this country; thus, in a year or 

 two, new varieties of dahlias may be suflSciently 

 increased to supply the market. 



The Federal Horticultural Board is desirous to 

 assist the amateur plant collector in securing new 

 varieties, and it is a simple matter to apply for a 

 permit to import direct whatever cannot be had 

 over here. In that way we may secure at once 

 what otherwise we must wait a year or more to 

 get. 



There has been much sensational criticism 

 over the rulings of the F. H. B,, and while there 

 are still many flaws to be found, the law is a good 

 one, as every reasonable person will admit. 



Few people realize that no living plants from 



