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shipments and in cooperating thus witli the Federal Board due 

 watch fuhiess has been kept to prevent the further introduction 

 of foreign pests. 



Inspection during" the year has been made on the following 

 list of imported nursery stock. Special attention is called to 

 the number of shipments of azaleas in spite of the devastation 

 of Belgium, the native home of these popular ornamental shrubs. 



Name of Plant. 



Number of 



shipments 



inspected. 



Number of 

 plants. 



Native country. 



Aruucnnus 



Aristolochia 



Aualeas 



Blue Spruce 



Bonrood 



Citru.'' Trees 



Clematis 



Forest trees 



Grape vines 



Herbaceous plants 



Hydrangeas 



Linden Trees 



Palms 



Rhododendrons 



Rhus thyphina lac 



Ro-ses 



Spirea 



Trained fruit trees 



*Mt. Desert Nursery/ Bar Harbor 



Belgium. 

 Franco (1). 

 Belgium (1). 

 Belgium. 

 Norway (1). 

 Holland (1). 

 Holland. 

 Italy. 

 Holland . 

 France. 

 England. 

 France. 

 Holland (2). 

 France (1). 

 Norway. 

 Holland. 

 Holland. 

 France. 

 England (1). 

 Germany (1). 

 Holland (4). 

 France (1). 

 Holland. 

 France (1). 

 England (1). 



Nursery Stock Investigation. 



The Bureau of Horticulture feels that it is imperative that a 

 definite knowledge should be had concerning every shipment of 

 nursery stock into the state. This will serve a triple purpose. 

 First, it will help prevent the shipping of undesirable nursery 

 stock to individuals who have been ignorant of the ways of 

 some nursery agents. Second, it will aid materially in the trac- 

 ing of shipments known to be infected with disease or infested 

 with serious insect pests, and third, it will assist the bureau in 

 determining the amount of nursery stock shipped into the state 

 each year. 



The transportation companies are required by law to notify 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture of the consignment of every 

 shipment as soon as it is received. (P. L. 191 3, C. 120, Sec. 5.) 

 This knowledge makes it possible for the Bureau of Horticul- 

 ture to get in touch with every shipment. Part of this work is 



