. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •^\.^W^K^r^Tr;*jF^ w% 96 The Florists' Review Jolt 3, 1919. cials at Washington had expected. We think it will not be long before we shall have the backing of a majority of the trade, if we have not ; Dr. Marlatt said he wanted to put emphasis on the point that adequate provision has been made for bringing in new plants. Addressing himself to a different topic, he said it is the firm con- viction of the members of the board that practically everything the nursery trade and florists have imported, and which now is shut out, can be produced
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. •^\.^W^K^r^Tr;*jF^ w% 96 The Florists' Review Jolt 3, 1919. cials at Washington had expected. We think it will not be long before we shall have the backing of a majority of the trade, if we have not ; Dr. Marlatt said he wanted to put emphasis on the point that adequate provision has been made for bringing in new plants. Addressing himself to a different topic, he said it is the firm con- viction of the members of the board that practically everything the nursery trade and florists have imported, and which now is shut out, can be produced in this country. He promised that the board and other oflicials of the Depart- ment of Agriculture will do everything possible to determine where and how such stock can be grown and that means will be provided for bringing in any necessary propagating material. He said the quarantine had been promul- gated a few months earlier than orig- inally planned, because conditions grow- ing out of the war made it seem oppor- tune, but that it had not been hastily conceived and would not soon be changed—the trade could go ahead with investments to grow the quarantined articles without fear that the board's backbone would give way under pres- sure. "Go ahead," he said, "and de- velop the business on a bigger, broader, better basis than ; Offering to answer questions anyone might wish to ask. Dr. Marlatt sat down amid applause so scattering as to lead to the belief that no great new wave of enthusiasm for the quarantine had been aroused by the speaker's carefully chosen words. President Mayhew in- troduced the next speaker, with a differ- ent subject, so hastily that there was no discussion. Others Among Those Present. Those in attendance at the convention who registered after the first day, when the attendance was given in last week's issue of The Review, were the follow- ing: American Forestry Co., Boston, Mass. Augustine, A. M., Normal, 111. Baker, J.
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