. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ILUJOIiUJIlUJMlUJMi^^ H. B. ANSWERS BACK. MABLATT ISSUES DEFENSE. F. H. B. Answers Criticisms. The chairman of the federal horticul- tural board, Dr. C. L. Marlatt, has sent to The Keview ten closely typewritten pages, containing 4,000 to 5,000 words, composing a statement of the board, as he says, "relative to Quarantine 37, to Indicate more fully than has hitherto been possible tlie broad possibilities of plant introduction under this quaran- tine and to answer certain entirely un- justified criticisms which have been given wide publicity th
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ILUJOIiUJIlUJMlUJMi^^ H. B. ANSWERS BACK. MABLATT ISSUES DEFENSE. F. H. B. Answers Criticisms. The chairman of the federal horticul- tural board, Dr. C. L. Marlatt, has sent to The Keview ten closely typewritten pages, containing 4,000 to 5,000 words, composing a statement of the board, as he says, "relative to Quarantine 37, to Indicate more fully than has hitherto been possible tlie broad possibilities of plant introduction under this quaran- tine and to answer certain entirely un- justified criticisms which have been given wide publicity through the hor- ticultural and other related trade and amateur papers and journals through- out the ; "Any law or regulation which re- stricts freedom of action on the part of the individual necessarily has enemies," begins the statement. "Fed- eral and state plant quarantine legisla- tion aiming to protect this country from new important plant pests is not an ex- ception to this rule. Just now Quaran- tine 37, which restricts the entry of foreign plants to prevent such entry of pests, is being unjustly criticised by a few persons wlio would like to see this quarantine abolished or amended so that in large measure the old-time free importation of foreign nursery stock and other plants could be resumed with all its attendant dangers. It would hardly be worth while to pay attention to those criticisms except that they absolutely misrepresent tlie quarantine and have been widely circularized througli a fairly active ]>ropaganda and unfortunately have been acce])ted at face value Ity many plant amateurs and societies of Huch amateurs. Such per- sons and societies, from lack of ac- quaintance with the quarantine and its workings, liave thus obtained a very erroneous iday of tlie actual restrictions now bfl^ig enforced on the entry of foreign plants. The agricultural and horticultural and nursery interests of this country a])]ireciate the need for this q
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