The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-15

enemy of the industry which made
Florida famous, featured the regular
meeting of the Florida state board
of control and the Florida plant
board held here yesterday. The two
bodies are made up of practically
the same men with the exception of
an advisory body to the organization
which is planning to wipe out the
citrus canker from the state.
A telegram was received at the
morning session to the effect that
the injunctions field against pre-
ventive measures had all been dis
solved.
During the afternoon session DR..
Wilman Newell. state entomologist
of Texas, was elected plant commits
sioner of Florida. His wide ex-
perience, scientific training and the
success with which he has helped
to combat pests in Louisiana, Texas
and other states, it is believed,
ihsAhNS mo StiNttioi W lSt OHt. IL
is understood that he will accept the
office. The work of the meeting
was completed yesterday afternoon
at $50, but an informal session of
the advisory body was held durinS
the evening
The following are the rules of
the plant board of the state:
Rule |. Inspectors employed by
the plant board shall examine cit
rus plants and products in nur-
series, orchards and other properties
within the State of Florida, in order
to determine whether these plants
or plant products are infected with
citrus canker, and shall report their
findings to the plant board
Rule >. The planting, transplant
ing or otherwise moving any plants
which are infected with citrus
canker or which, in the opinion of
an inspector of the plan board are
likely to carry canker infections, i
prohibited
Rule 3. All plants found to be in
fected with citrus canker shall be
entirely destroyed by burning, and
without being cut, or otherwise
handled or moved. Further, the
ground shall be thoroughly burned
for a distance of three feet beyond
the utmost spread of the branches
of the infected plant; provided,
however, that the plant patrologist,
acting under the direction of the
plant commissioner, may carry on
such experiments with infected
trees as the plant commissioner may
deem advisable, as looking toward
the control and cure of citrus cank-
er. Said experiments shall be con-
Quoted under such conditions as
will not endanger healthy trees by
the spread of citrus canker.
Rule 4. All rules and regulations
for the inspection and certification
of nurseries, and for the establish
ment of guarantees, as set forth in
circulars 1, and z of the Office of
inspector Of nursery stock, hereby
declared to be in force under the
Florida plant act of 1915, insofar
as they do not conflict with said act.
Rule ). Every grove, nursery or
| separate plant, situated in the state
of Florida which is, has been or
shall become affected with citrus
canker is hereby declared to be the
center of an infected and dangerous
zone, which zone shall extend for
a mile in every direction from said
center and within which center and
| zone all trees. plants or nursery
stock are declared to be plants
likely to carry and disseminate cit
rus canker. The planting or move
nent of citrus plants within such
zone is hereby prohibited, until such
time as in the judgment of the board
such dangerous conditions may have
ceased to exist.
| No certificate shall be issued for
the movement of mulberry stock
from nursery outside of such zone
in which vehicles, teams, laborers
or other persons, nursery imple-
ments or other things enter, that
likewise enter or are used in any
| nursery or grove infected with cit
rus canker.
| Rule 6. The nursery inspector
shall be required to have prepared
and shall arrange that any person
entitled thereto may secure, under
such conditions as the nursery in
| spector may name, certificates in
proper form and serially numbered,
to be affixed to any nursery stock
the movement of which is per-
MISSILE under the provisions of the
Florida plant act of 1915.
Thenursery inspector shall be fur
Their required to keep in. his office
exact records covering the issuance
of all such certificates and the
movement of nursery stock for such
certificates have been used, and the
persons by whom such certificates
have been secured shall be required
to provide the nursery inspector, at
any time and in such manner as he
may designate. with thei NORMA