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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
got badges showing that they have turned the hOtli mile¬ 
stone in the eoinpany’s service) and the remainder were 
given sterling silver badges, similarly inscribed. All em- 
j)loyees below 25 years of service were given bronze me¬ 
dals. and, down to the four-year men, these were also 
engraved with their names and periods of service. 
There was unveiled and dedicated on the village green 
an unique soldiers’ memorial, given to the village by the 
Peck, Stow ^ Wilcox Go. This monument is composed 
of a great granite pedestal, approximating in its propor¬ 
tions live feet wide by ten feet high, and canying on its 
four sides bronze plates, cast three by four feet, on which 
had been cast not only tlie names of the 425 men and wo¬ 
men from Southington who answ ered the call to the colors 
in the Great World War, hut the name of every soldier 
from Southington in the lievolutionary War, the War of 
1812, the Mexican War, the Spanisli-American War, and 
the Civil War. Altogether, there are 921 names on the 
tablet. The monument is surmounted by an 87-foot steel 
flag pole. 
Other features of the celebration were the exhibition of 
historical tools, historical articles of furniture and mod¬ 
ern Pexto i)roducts in connection wdth a reception l)y 
olIic(‘rs and directors to Pexto stockholders and the gen¬ 
eral j)uhlic. 
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL PERMIT TO IMPORT NUR¬ 
SERY STOCK AND OTHER PLANTS AND SEEDS, 
REGULATION 14, QUARANTINE NO. 37. 
.19_ 
Secretary of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. 
SIR: In accordance with Regulation 14 of the rules and reg¬ 
ulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37, a special 
permit is requested for the importation, under such safeguards 
as may be prescribed in the permit, of the following: (A) Nov¬ 
elty or Novelties, (B) Necessary Propagating Stock. It is under¬ 
stood and agreed that if this application is approved and the ma¬ 
terial covered by the permit is found upon examination by the 
inspectors of the Department of Agriculture to be so infested or 
infected with insects or disease that it can not be adequately 
safeguarded, it may be destroyed and such destruction will not 
be made the basis of a claim against the Department of Agri¬ 
culture tor damages. 
The applicant must supply data requested on the back of 
this sheet. When necessary the information requested can be 
elaborated on separate sheets, but should follow the order indi¬ 
cated in this form of application. To secure the prompt issu¬ 
ance of permits full information must be given. 
Quantity | Name or exact designation of each species, va- 
j riety, strain, or type of plant to be imported. 
Name and address of exporter. 
Name and address of grower. 
C’ountry where grown.Locality where grown. 
Name and address of person (either applicant or authorized 
agent) to whom plants are to be forwarded after inspection 
and release by the Department of Agriculture. 
Name and address of person (either applicant or authorized 
agent) to whom permit and shipping instructions should be 
mailed. 
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INFORMATIONAL DATA. 
A. “NOVELTY”. 
Definition of a “Novelty.”—A plant variety, strain, type, or 
form, either recognized by the trade as a novelty and listed or 
described as such in catalogues, trade journals, or other publi¬ 
cations or duly and properly certificated by the originator or 
introducer. 
1. Statement of claims that plant for which permit is request¬ 
ed is a bona fide novelty . 
2. Statement showing that the novelty has not been introduc¬ 
ed or is not available in the United States . 
3. Is material to be used solely for propagating purposes by 
the importer or his authorized agent? . 
4. Location of premises where material is to be propagated 
and name of actual grower . 
B. “NECESSARY PROPAGATING STOCK.” 
Definition of “Necessary Propagating Stock”.—Stock of old 
or standard varieties not available in this country and imported 
for the multiplication of the plants in question as a nursery or 
florist enterprise as distinguished from importations for imme¬ 
diate or ultimate sale of the stocks actually imported. 
1. Reasons showing necessity for importing the stock . 
Is material to be used solely for propagation by the importer 
or his duly authorized agent? . 
3. Location of premises where material is to be propagated 
and name of actual grower . 
If this application is approved it is understood and agreed 
that before the stock which it covers is delivered to the import¬ 
er he shall be required to furnish a bond to continue for two 
years in the amount of |5,000 or in an amount equal to twice 
the invoice value of the stock if such value be less than $2,500, 
(but in no case less than $100) the conditions of which shall be 
as follows: 
(1) That the stock shall be planted and grown in such 
fashion as to maintain its specific identity under the number 
of the permit granting authority for its importation. 
(2) That for the duration of the bond the Board or its 
representative shall have the privilege of inspecting the stock 
at any time, and if it is found to be infested or infected with 
an insect or disease new to or not heretofore widely distribut¬ 
ed in the United States the importer shall be required to 
treat it in accordance with methods to be prescribed by the 
Board, or if necessary destroy it. 
(3) 'That in case the importer arranges or contracts with 
some other party for the growth or culture of the stock, the 
importer shall include, a provision in such contract requiring 
the other party thereto to comply with conditions (1) and (2) 
hereof. The importer will also be required to file with the 
Federal Horticultural Board a copy of the agreement or con¬ 
tract under which the stock will be grown. 
(Signed) . 
(Name of applicant) 
(Address) 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FEDERAL HORTICUL'TURAL BOARD 
Washington, D. C. 
HB-105-Revised July 28, 1919. 
EXPLANATION OP PROVISIONS FOR ENTRY OF PLANT 
NOVELTIES AND PROPAGATING STOCK UNDER 
QUARANTINE NO. 37. 
Regulation 14 of the regulations relative to the importation 
of nursery stock and other plants and seeds has been revised 
and reissued. In its new form it is essentially an interpretation 
of the old regulation 14 rather than an enlargement of powers 
under the quarantine, inasmuch as the regulation, as worded in 
the quarantine as originally issued, was intended to cover exact¬ 
ly what is now more clearly stated in the new regulation. This 
