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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
(4) As related to the last subject, it may be useful to discuss 
the Federal domestic and foreign quarantines, in the enforce¬ 
ment of which the States more directly concerned are giving 
active cooperation, with the idea of a better understanding on 
the part of all States of the nature of such enforcement and co¬ 
operation and for any suggestions of improvement or of addi¬ 
tional safeguards. 
(5) It may be desirable to consider the adoption, as a gen¬ 
eral policy, of the prior announcement of proposed plant quar¬ 
antines with opportunity for a hearing and discussion to se¬ 
cure any desirable adjustments on much the same basis as 
the hearings provided for under the Federal Plant Quarantine 
Act—such prior announcement to be general or limited to the 
States most in interest, including the Federal Horticultural 
Board, should the quarantine in question involve Federal pow¬ 
ers or cooperation. In connection with the issuance of such 
restrictions or embargoes, an agreement might also be arrived 
at to give prompt distribution of such orders to all interested 
State and Federal officials. 
(6) The question of Federal and State restrictions with 
respect to the products of foreign countries w'ould seem also 
to be a proper subject for consideration. 
These and perhaps other features will probably not be fully 
worked out and settled in one conference, but a substantial 
beginning undoubtedly can be made, and a basis of action or 
general policy can be agreed upon, and very possibly a final 
decision can be reached with respect to certain classes of 
quarantine problems. 
It should not be necessary to point out that so far as this 
Board is concerned it is in sympathy with the policy of State 
embargoes when such are justified by the nature of the problem, 
and the Board is on record as advising with respect to certain 
subjects presented for possible Federal action that State action 
in these instances would give the most economical and efficient 
means of securing the desired protection. In other words, a 
Federal quarantine to accomplish the same purpose might in¬ 
volve restrictions over many States with provision for inspection 
and certification of such volume of products as to put the cost 
entirely out of reach of any probable Federal and State ap¬ 
propriations and at the same time with a resulting efficiency 
probably inferior to that obtained by State action. 
While it is not proposed that this conference should particu¬ 
larly concern itself with the idea which is being worked up 
looking to new general Federal legislation governing interstate 
traffic of all nursery stock and other plants for propogation, the 
possibility will be open for a report of progress and perhaps 
some discussion of that phase of the problem. Any such legis¬ 
lation, how'ever, is necessarily some distance in the future and 
involves many practical considerations both from the stand¬ 
point of the P^'ederal Government and of the several States 
which are not going to be easily settled and agreed upon. 
Yours very truly, 
C. L. MARLATT, 
Chairman of the Board. 
The meeting was largely atteiuled by State Entomolo¬ 
gists and inspeetion otiieials from all seetions of the 
eoimtry. \V. E. 0. Kane, State Entomologist of New 
Hampshire, was ehosim ehairman of the meeting. 
Ehairman U L. Mailatt of the Eederal Ilortieiiltnral 
Jtoard in opening the eonferenci! said the rapidly inereas- 
ing niimlxM' of (|uarantines was assuming a dangerous 
aspeet as lo interstate prodnets, and it was desirable 
I hat gdmeral jn ineiples he adojited for eloser co-operation 
h('t\\e(‘n the States and the Eederal authorities. 
Discussion was hegiin on the limitations of Eederal 
and Slate (piarantine jiowers as determined by (h'cisions 
o; the SuprcMiK' (a)nrt of the United States. 
ILudi namdier of tin' coideri'iici; \\as given a volnm- 
inons docnnu'iit of a “Summary of Stati' Quarantines 
and Embargoes against IMants and Plant Prodnets,” and 
sev('ral hours w('r(' (h'voted to a discussion of tin' vari¬ 
ous State (|uarantines. In certain instances the discus¬ 
sion ri'acin'd a point where it seemed necessary for the 
Entomologist of the State in question to put himself on 
the defensive. This seemed partieularly to be the case 
when the Georgia quarantines were under discussion. 
Mr. .L'll Ghapin, (diief Inspector of that State said that 
In' thonght it ri'asonahle to shut out a few hundred dol¬ 
lars of unnecessary nursery stock in order to pi'otect 
the thousands of dollars invested in orchards in the 
State. In rejily Dr. Marlatt intimated that the Georgia 
law created a conllict of power. They have the right 
to protect themselves against the introduction of pests 
and diseases, hut when the Eedei'al Board certifies that 
a certain nursery has bi'en inspected and the Board has 
('xercised every precaution to determine the fact, a State 
has no right to exclude a shipment from that nursery, 
unless it can be clearly shown that the Eederal inspection 
has not lieen thorough. 
The general trend of the discussion seemed to lean to 
a modification of State (juarantine and be guided more 
largely by the action of the Federal Board. 
The discussion finally reached a point where it seemed 
to he a wise jiolicy to appoint a committee to consider 
the various phases which had been brought out and to 
make a later report to the meeting. 
As we go to press this report has not been presented. 
The conference was attended by Win. Flemer, Sr., 
J. Edward Moon, Thomas B. Meehan and Robert Pyle, 
as rej)resentatives of the American Association of Nur¬ 
serymen. They had been invited to "sit in” as listeners 
only. This courtesy extended by Dr. Marlatt was very 
much appreciated by the Nurserymen Committee. 
BIG TREES 
Nurserymen are spending a lot of time, thought and 
money on the subject of publicity—interesting the pub¬ 
lic in planting. 
There is one angle that, perhaps, is prett^ generally 
overlooked, it might be worth much more consideration 
than it has received up to the present, by publicity men 
in connection with the nursery industry; namely the 
idea of interesting tieople in matured trees, not with 
the idea of buying them but appreciating them and learn¬ 
ing to love them. 
To the average man on the street a tree is merely a 
tree, they may be able to distinguish an oak from a 
maj)le or a maple from a pine but very often their in¬ 
terest ceases at that point. 
Those w ho are familiar w ith trees have a much deeper 
interest and know there are trees, some are valuable 
.or one thing and some another and that even among 
the commoner trees there are some individual specimens 
that aie well worth a long trip to see by the enthusiast, 
it is this angle that perhaps might be wairth consider¬ 
ation. 
The nurseryman’s talk and interest usually stops 
w hen a tree gets past the transplanting size, except in 
\ery rare occasions. Extremely few nurseries have 
show grounds show ing well-develojied specimens. Some 
of the old time nurseries, such as lloopes Bros. & Thom¬ 
as, West Chester, Penna.; Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut 
Hill, Ih'nna.; The Moon Nurseries, Morrisville, Penna., 
are worth a visit just to sec certain rare kinds of trees 
that have heen planted and allowed to mature. The old 
Meehan Nurseries at Germantowo, contained many rare 
and fine specimens planted by the late Thomas Meehan 
and his brothers, but this nursery has recently been 
