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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
to secure the approval of the stale authorities, who as a 
rule are willing to enact any reasonable legislation that 
is approved hy the parties at interest. When that time 
J. jenKins, Winona, Ufiio, one of tne pioneer growers of 
seedling evergreens. 
“Will" Mnnson, Denison, Texas (in back, on the left) 
comes, the co-operation of the state nurserymen’s asso¬ 
ciations, and the state fruit growers’ associations will be 
necessary, and every member of this Association must 
realize that it will he up to him to do some hard work. 
Your (kmnnittce has had the op])ortunily of consulting, 
from time to time, with Messrs. W. P. Stark, F. 11. Slan- 
nard, Thomas B. Meehan, John 11. Dayton and K. C. 
Berckmans, representing the Western, Eastern and 
Southern sections, and has had the hem'fit of their good 
counsel and advice, which has been freely given and for 
which we are thankful, and \\e also appreciate the ad¬ 
vice and suggestions given us, from time to time, hy other 
mend)ers of the Association. 
BEPOBT OF (COMMITTEE ON LEOISLATION EAST OF 
THE MISSISSIPPI BIVEB. 
William Pitkin, Pochesltr, Chairman. 
As Ghaii'inan of the (Committee on Legislation east of 
the Misissippi Biver, I beg to submit tin' lollowing re- 
{)orl: 
Federal Legislation 
The report of this Committee presented at the 
Portland Convention in June, 1913, carried the 
subject up to the date of that report, and since that 
time very little of importance has developed on this sub¬ 
ject. The Federal Horticultural Board has, we think, 
handled the matter fairly and reasonably, and w ith due 
consideration to the interests ot the nursery trade, and 
no serious complaints as to rules, regulations and en¬ 
forcement have been brought to the attention of your 
Committee. 
In our report of June, 1913, we said: 
“Your Committee w ishes to correct an erroneous 
impression in the minds of some of the members of 
this Association, who seem to think that this law is 
a good thing because it provides for federal inspec¬ 
tion of imported nursciy slock. That impression 
is enlirely w rong. The suhstanci' of the law is, that 
it plac(‘s authority in the hands of the Feihnal Hor- 
ti(*ullural Board at tlndr option to declare a (juaran- 
linc against any and all foridgn nursery stock and 
pi'cviml its introduction iido the United Stall's, and 
turllu'r, that tin* law givi's tin' F(‘d('ral Horticultural 
Board jiowcr to (piaranliiu' any nursi'ry or nursi'ry 
si'ction within the Uniti'd Stales and prohibits shiji- 
ments of nursmy slock out of that nursi'ry or iiui- 
S('ry si'ction during tin' continuance of tiu' ipiai'an- 
tine.’’ 
As many of you know . (|uai'anlincs have alri'ady bi'i'ii 
('stablishcd by the Fi'di'ial Horticultural Board in certain 
sections of N('w England, on account oi the prevalence', of 
gypsy and brown-tail moth, and just before leaving home 
ii came to the attention of your Chairman that the Fcd- 
I'ral Horticultural Board has announced a lu'aring at 
Washington on Monday, June 22nd, at which time will 
be considered the necessity and advisability of extending 
this (}uaranline to cover certain sections of Long Island 
and southeastern New' York. Your Chairman has taken 
up the matter with the Department of Agriculture of 
New York State, and with some of the nurserymen lo¬ 
cated in the sections mentioned, but is unable to state 
at this time the result of the hearing and the decision 
reached by the Federal Ilorlicultural Board. Further 
Heading from left to rigid F. II. Slannard, Oltawa, Kan., 
President Ilenrg P. Chase, llnidsville, Ala., Ex-Presi¬ 
dent J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Oregon. 
information, on this point, w ill be announced through the 
trade papers. 
This confirms the opinion expressed in our report of 
last year, and the statement made then that the provisions 
of the federal law were such as might some day make 
