1934] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Similar tables have been issued in previous years, that for 1932 being given on 
pages 143 and 144 of no. 114 of the Service and Regulatory Announcements of the 
Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
The number of narcissus bulbs of all types reported as inspected in 1933 totals 
305,875,898. This is an increase of about 1 percent over the number reported 
the previous year. About 59 percent of the bulbs reported for 1933 are Paper 
Whites and other polyanthus varieties commonly grown in the South, an increase 
over 1932; and about 41 percent are of the daffodil type produced in the Northern 
States, a decrease from 1932. In this series of tables the only varieties considered 
as of the polyanthus type are Paper White, Soliel d'Or, Chinese Sacred Lily, 
Grand Monarque, Aspacia, Elvira, and a few uncommon varieties grown in small 
numbers. The figures therefore differ to some extent from the census totals, 
since the Census Bureau accepted the reporting growers' division into "narcissus 
(polyanthus)" and "narcissus (all other)" and many growers customarily include 
within the polyanthus group numerous important hardy Poetaz varieties, such as 
Laurens Koster. 
The figures given in the table showing "bulbs certified", whether on the basis 
of freedom from infestation or on account of treatment, indicate supplies available 
for shipment so far as adequate inspection and freedom from pests are concerned. 
The greater proportion of such bulbs are, however, replanted by the growers on 
their own premises for the purpose of securing increase in future years. Growers 
estimate that only from 20 to 30 percent of the total number of bulbs inspected 
is available for interstate movement during any one year. 
Infestations with the bulb eelworm {Anguillulina dipsaci, formerly called 
Tylenchus dipsaci) were reported in 1933 as to one or more plantings in each of the 
following States: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, 
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, 
Virginia, and Washington. In addition to the records for the year 1933, this 
species had previously been reported on properties in Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wisconsin. Some of these 
properties have not since been reported as inspected, and infestation may possibly 
still be persisting in some of them. 
Greater bulb flies were reported in California, Michigan, New York, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. They have also been 
found in previous years in Illinois, Rhode Island, Utah, and Virginia. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
