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first lieutendnt in the pUE ete iLcE a aks Corps” ‘of De pee and will oie ba sent 
. to France. 
“field la aboratories attached to this office and has now returned to Vashon 
‘nation, therefore,:was effected by the work | of last fall.and winter is being 
.on the entry-of nursery: stock and, other. plants, and of .. seeds. for propagation, and 
: @ practically: complete exclusion of all finished. plants--the bulk of the nursery 
- greenhouse or field-grown ,herbaceous plants,. ; 
-quest- of the various States:in: which: this insect has obtained a. foothold ,. ite 
_tines under, the plant quarantine act, has appeared in a small district in eastern 
-2S8 no commercial production..and therefore little Likelihood. of other than, local - 
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E, W. Seott, in charge of the Vienna, Va., Laboratory of the Insecticide 
Board, has been grented an -indefamité furlough ‘and has accepted a“commission as 
Dr. A. L,’ Quaintancé has completed his tour of sh peetien of the various 
FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL. BOARD, 
wee L, Marlatt, Chairman, 
The: safeguarding of the outlaw cotton grown in ae ae bollworm zone ‘No, “2 
ivi Texas - is being effected by agreements entered into by all. growers of cotton, 
giving the State, in cooperation with this Department, supervision over the hor- 
vesting and disposition of, the cron, ae 
The fact that the pink bollworm can feed on various alternative food ‘plents, 
including okra, various species of Hibiscus; and related plants has been fully 
confirmed by the work of the:-research. station. in-the Laguna of Mexico, The ex- 
amination of such possible alternative food plants throughout the infested dis- 
trict of last year in Texas;has: not, however, developed a.single.instance.of in- 
festation with Pectinophora, and a. recent report indicates that the. examination 
during this, month of over 15,000 individual cotton plants, volunteer. and. planted, | 
has revealed no evidence of: ion hatieee ont -The possibility. that complete extermi~_ “ 

strengthened constantly, 
A final conference was held. October 18 on “the. subject, of further ‘restriction 
@ new quarantine and regulations will be prepared shortly, ‘It is-proposed under 
this. quarantine. to. limit. importations. subs tantially to field, vegetable, and 
flower segpds,.certain bulbs, rose. stocks, and fruit. stocks, cuttings,. and scions, 
These ore of plants are ee esac at to be essential’ for a period , at. least, 
to the-floriculture and horticulture. of this country, This action. wilh ‘amount “im 
stock as hitherto understood--and in addition all the ordinary bedding ac other 
As a result of a conference on the oriental lead oan and. at the, earnest re= 
proposed to.call a. hearing- for, December 17;for.a general discusgion. of ‘this sub= 
ject as preliminary +o whatever quarantine action may be deemed advisable, : 
The. European potato.wart, which: was the subject of.; one.of. the, first quar an- 
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Pennsylvania, : Potatoes are grow in ‘this district in snall gardens only and there 

spread, The source of this infestation. has. been traced: to the distribution . Of. 
EKuropesn potatoes of. inferior: quality in 1912 bef ore. the. passage- of the plant 
at intine act of August 20 of that year, Since the passage. of that act no pota- 
ces have come to America from European countries where this disease is knowm to 
exist, The Department of Agriculture and the Federal Horticultural Board are in 
active cooperation with the State Economic Zoologist, J, G, Sanders, in the sur- 
veys and in the establishment of necessary restrictive measures to ‘prevent in- 
fected material from moving ‘out of. the: district, Radical ree wild oe taken ae 
Stamp ‘aut this potato disease, : ‘ 
i Ried teers Board's. reiterates are now -in. ores nite ‘or aie service of 
ehh a is pet namely: W. W, Decell,. J.-A. Dew; E. L. Diven, Wi. By Hough, : 
ee oe vo ie oe By > O' Dow, Re. ih Reeves, ‘Porters ‘Slack, Jif By Webb , 
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