opposing the quarantine but privately going to Washington and help- 
ing the present Board to enforce and to extend it. It is also said in 
the trade that it is not safe for a nurseryman to attack the present 
law, and as an example they will tell you of a nurseryman in New Jer- 
sey who was one of the most vigorous fighters against it, and then 
"wdll tell you of a strange coincidence that the Federal Horticultural 
Board suddenly discovered a very dangerous new plant pest in or 
near his nurseries, and attempted only a few weeks ago to quaran- 
tine the whole town in which the nursery was located forbidding 
any plant or part thereof to be shipped out, although still allowing 
trains and automobiles to travel freely through it. 
The Federal Government some years ago officially recognized the 
fact that gipsy and brown-tail moths would spread more quickly 
by faUing upon passing automobiles than by being transported by 
plants, for they sprayed all roadside trees in New England while 
allowing plants to be shipped out of there. 
Nothing that the ladies of the Garden Club or America can 
do can have as great an effect upon the future of gardening in this 
country as in their attitude against this quarantine, and their wiUing- 
ness to go on record and fight strongly against it. If it is allowed to 
stand and be added to from time to time it will be a question of but 
a few years when you will not be allowed to buy any plants except in 
your immediate neighborhood, which will mean not only very high 
prices but inadequate stock, and will mean to all intents and purposes 
the death of gardening in America. If my few remarks have done 
nothing else I hope they will arouse you to the necessity for action 
in this matter. 
BALM 
If you know pain, if you know sorrow, 
Go to the wood where May be-stirs her wings 
Hold out the red cup of your heart 
And catch the gold notes that a robin flings. 
George O'Neil. 
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