. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHOSE INTERESTS m ARE PARAMOUNT? There is sure to he radical divergence of opinion as to excluding plant imports—"it makes a great deal of difference zc^liose ox is gored" - but a quarantine unquestionably will be a powerful influence in the development of A merican products, to encourage which the S. A. F. has a standing NDKR tli(> :.'- llnvV AiKithcr Mcn;ic(,'' in Tlic Kevicw for .l:tiiu;n\ 1"^, wliicli lins Just iciidiiMl irir licrc ;vt Kiirt'kn, orta- tion of all florists' jdants and nursery •, gipsy and
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHOSE INTERESTS m ARE PARAMOUNT? There is sure to he radical divergence of opinion as to excluding plant imports—"it makes a great deal of difference zc^liose ox is gored" - but a quarantine unquestionably will be a powerful influence in the development of A merican products, to encourage which the S. A. F. has a standing NDKR tli(> :.'- llnvV AiKithcr Mcn;ic(,'' in Tlic Kevicw for .l:tiiu;n\ 1"^, wliicli lins Just iciidiiMl irir licrc ;vt Kiirt'kn, orta- tion of all florists' jdants and nursery •, gipsy and brown tail moth, 'itrus white fly, black and purple scale, citrus canker, idicstnut fungus, hickory wireworm, white [)ine blis ter rust and many other pests from foreign lands, the losses already caused to this coun- try far excee<iing the total value of all the imports of iliints of every description during the last sixty years. Some Examples. I'lie loss from .San .Tuse ~nii,(Hi('since ils iinjior- ??•itidu from Japan. Tli(> loss ? '- "01 the gipsy and bniwn-tail I "th bids fair to excee<l -liio,000,(1(1(1 before tlie jM'st "••ly f,e controlled. The loss '" till! potato growers of the ('niteii States, caused by let- ?iiig loose the potato bug "oia its narrow valley in '"'dorado, will proliablv ex- " ed $l,000,000,nriO during the Inst sixty years. The loss to 'itnis growers of Florida, i-ouisiana, IMississippi, Texas ind California, ensuing from 'he introduction of purple -^••ale, black scale and citrus ^vhite fly, will run into hun of millions of dollars and eventually destroy tlu! -^meriean citrus in<lustrv un- By CHARLES WILLIS WARD. I li;iii ?-. \. I . ( oiiiriiiltii- ..II 1 ii-\ .L.^iiifiil .t Anil rii'iiii suiiii' pnsitixc mi'ans of mntrid can lir I' • 'itrus ranker. l;iti-ly inqinrteii from J;i|i;m into l-';i Lnuisiana, ai- rt'ady thn'.'it ens the elin
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