. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBGB 31, 1912. The Florists^ Review 21 been advised by misinformed or preju- diced parties that no nursery stock should be bought in eastern Massachu- setts because of the possibilities of in- fection. Mr. Wyman stated that his firm formerly sold each year several thousand dollars' worth of stock at Loiiox, Mass., but that it now sells noth- ing there on account of the scare. There were in all about forty present at the hearing, which was before the fill I board, consisting of W. A. Orton, Peter Bisset, A. F. Burgess and George B. Sudworth. Amon
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBGB 31, 1912. The Florists^ Review 21 been advised by misinformed or preju- diced parties that no nursery stock should be bought in eastern Massachu- setts because of the possibilities of in- fection. Mr. Wyman stated that his firm formerly sold each year several thousand dollars' worth of stock at Loiiox, Mass., but that it now sells noth- ing there on account of the scare. There were in all about forty present at the hearing, which was before the fill I board, consisting of W. A. Orton, Peter Bisset, A. F. Burgess and George B. Sudworth. Among those who spoke either for or against the proposed quar- antine of certain sections of New Eng- land against the gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth were J. K. M. L. Far- quhar, A. C. Burnham, Alton Briggs, \\. H. Wyman, Curtis Nye Smith and \V. J. Stewart, all of Boston; W. A. Vanicek, of the Rhode Island Nurser- ies, Newport, R. I.; W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, New Haven, Conn.; C. R. Pettis, Superintendent of State For- ests, Albany, N. Y.; George Atwood, Chief of the Bureau of Horticulture, Albany, N. Y.; J. P. Buckley, Commis- sioner of Agriculture, Maine; W. C. Okane, of New Hampshire, and A. T. Fernald, of the Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, Amherst, Mass. The nurserymen strongly opposed the quarantine, producing evidence to show that the gypsy moth is not distributed bj' the shipment of nursery stock from Massachusetts. The nurserymen also object to the interference of the fed- eral government in the matter of com- bating these pests for fear that the state of Massachusetts will withdraw its support, arguing that the state work is superior to what the federal govern- ment could do. It was argued that the government should restrict other ship- ments, such as railroad ties, telegraph poles, old boxes and the movement of lumber trains, automobiles and other conveyances which have been proven to carry the eggs of the pests. Dr. L. O. Howard, of the Department o
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