for weeks and possibly months to come. It will be impossible to give 
consideration to other matters until this very important legislation is 
out of the way. 
I may introduce or have some member of the Committee introduce 
a bill having the purpose of the above. 
With kindest regards and thanking you for the expression of views, 
I remain, 
Yours very truly 
John J. Esch, Chairman. 
This bill has the backing of the Nurserymen's Association and 
should have ours. 
Will each Member Club write to Mr. Esch, House of Representa- 
tives, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Washington, 
and ask him to hasten action on bill H. R. 263? Urge that he in- 
troduce it himself. If each Club will write immediately, the receipt 
of forty letters, representing the views of 2500 individuals may make 
prompter action seem desirable. 
Presidents are urged to present this matter at the next meeting 
of their Club and to comply with this suggestion as promptly as 
possible. 
The Editor has a number of copies of a condensed summary of 
facts and opinions regarding Quarantine 37 and its effects upon 
American horticulture, which she will gladly forward to any Club or 
member who will send a stamped and addressed envelope. 
The following letter has been sent to the United States Senators 
by a well-known nurseryman. It is given as a suggestion and example 
of the general form that such a letter should take. If each member 
club would write such a letter to the Senator from its state and urge 
all other Garden Clubs in the state to do likewise it might have an 
appreciable effect. 
"As dealers in bulbs and nursery stock for a number of years, we 
earnestly protest, in common with other seed-houses and nursery 
dealers, against the recent ruling of the Federal Horticultural Board, 
which prohibits the importation of all bulbs from abroad with the 
exception of a very few varieties. This will occasion a great loss in 
business to aU seed-houses and as all bulbs which have been imported 
in the past are as free from root growth as hyacinths, tulips, and 
narcissus which it is permissable to import, we do not think that any 
risk would be incurred if other bulbs which were free from roots were 
allowed to come in. 
"We trust you will do what you can to have this ruling at least 
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