THE HOKTICULTUKAL LAW AND RULES 

 ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



INTRODUCTION. 



For 3'^ears the horticultural interests in Alabama have 

 suffered very much from the injury done by various in- 

 sect and fungous pests. Most of the seriously injurious 

 pests are distributed upon nursery stock from infested 

 sections. The nursery trade is a legitimate one, and 

 one that should be encouraged when honestly conducted. 

 Since the introduction of the notorious San Jose scale 

 the people have awakened to the fact that it is nec- 

 essary to protect the planter from stock from in- 

 fested nurseries. The method commonly adopted is to 

 consider nursery stock infested with pests, as danger- 

 ous to the public welfare, and order such stock de- 

 stroyed. To do this all nurseries have to be examined 

 one or more times each year, to see if there are no pests 

 on the stock growing therein. If all the stock is healthy 

 a certificate of health is given, stating that the stock is 

 apparently free from all such pests. Even with all this 

 precaution the planter should ever be on the lookout for 

 insects and fungous pests which may have escaped the 

 eye of the inspector, or which may have gotten upon the 

 trees or plants after the time he made the examination. 



The many wide-awake fruit growers of Alabama have 

 for years been trying to get adequate laws to aid them in 

 protecting the industry in this State. This past winter 

 the newly-organized State Horticultural Society took 

 the matter up, and with the aid of others interested in 

 the work, succeeded in getting the Legislature to pass 

 the following law : 



