STUMPP 8c WALTER CO. 



HIGH QUALITY 



SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS 



GARDEN SUNDRIES 



CATALOG ISSUES 



January 1st Garden Annual 



May 1st Advance Bulb 



July 1st Midsummer 



September 1st Fall Bulb 



// you are not on our mailing list, please write for a copy 

 STUMPP & WALTER CO., 30-32 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 



RELIABLE HARDWARE, TOOLS, ALL KINDS 



GARDEN TOOLS, VARNISHES, PAINTS, OILS, 



GLASS, ETC. 



224 BAY ST., TOMPKINS VXIXE 



Phone, St. George 1702 



THE EMBARGO UPON NARCISSUS BULBS 



An embargo upon Narcissus bulbs was imposed by the Federal 

 Horticultural Board to take effect December 31, 1925. This Board 

 was created by the Plant Quarantine Law of 1912 for the purpose 

 of protecting this country from the importation of insect pests and 

 plant diseases ; it operates in an advisory capacity through the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. The enormous losses from the depreda- 

 tions of the gypsy moth, the cotton boll weevil and other pests 

 justify the necessity of the Plant Quarantine Law; but when its 

 application, as in the present instance, affects importation of 

 100,000,000 bulbs and the interests of countless florists and 

 gardeners, one may well inquire whether it was absolutely neces- 

 sary. It was claimed by James McHutchinson at a meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club, May 11, 1925, that "the Narcissus flies 

 and nematodes or eelworms which affect Narcissus bulbs, wherever 

 they are grown, are not new to this country and that "the United 

 States growers do not have the hundreds of years of accumulated 

 knowledge and experience in combating these pests that the Europe- 

 ans have." The sincerity of the Federal Horticultural Board is not 

 questioned, but the necessity of the embargo, considering that the 

 fly is already here, in this particular instance may be. 



