Many of these will never be produced in this country and 

 those that after years of preparation may be developed here, will 

 necessarily have to be sold at a price which will make them almost 

 prohibitive. 



One of the peculiar points in this ruling which I am unable 

 to harmonize with the Board's effort to prevent the risk of import- 

 ing dangerous pests, is the fact that they consider it safe to import 

 manetti, Multiflora and Rugosa Roses for budding and grafting 

 purposes but do not consider it safe to let these same roses come 

 in with named varieties (such as Ophelia, Radiance or other sorts) 

 grafted or budded upon them 



The root of the Manetti, the Multiflora or the Rugosa remains 

 the same, but the top will be that of the named variety, i. e., 

 Ophelia, Radiance or whatever the variety may be and it is ab- 

 solutely impossible for an insect to be imported on the one and 

 not on the other, so, why should these rose-stocks be admitted 

 when a very few growers who graft or bud roses are interested 

 in them and the named varieties, in which practically everyone 

 who grows plants is interested, be excluded? 



Furthermore, if it is safe to import Lily, Lily of the Valley, 

 Hyacinth, Tulip, Narcissus or Crocus bulbs, pestiferious possi- 

 bilities affect the hundreds of other kinds that justifies the Board 

 in saying "You are not to bring in a Dahlia, Tuberous-rooted Be- 

 gonia, Gloxinia, Gladiolus, Spanish Iris, Oxalis, Scilla, Snowdrop, 

 Crown Imperial or other equally harmless bulbs? 



Whether this action is in accordance with the law as enacted 

 by Congress which created the power of the Board I do not feel 

 competent to pass upon, but I am satisfied, however, and confident 

 that it was not intended as the spirit of this Act, that the policies 

 and destinies of the entire Horticultural World should be placed in 

 the hands of five (5) members of the Department of Agriculture. 



Your Congressman has the means of finding this out, and if j| 

 you will appeal to him for aid in the matter, I am certain that he I 

 will investigate and see to it that such power, if it exists, is changed ( 

 so that this unjust and sweeping ruling may be modified. | 



I ask every subscriber to OUR GARDEN JOURNAL to per- I 

 sonally write to the Secretary of Agriculture at Washington, as jh 

 well as to her Congressman protesting against this unreasonable '[ 

 ruling and requesting that it be modified. , 



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