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Two States, viz; New York and Ohio, have issued regula- 

 tions quarantining against shipments of Christmas greens from 

 sections infested with the gypsy and brown-tail moth. The 

 New York notice of quarantine is given below : 



oFPiciAi, notice; of quarantine 



STATE OF NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Albany, N. Y., September 27, 191 5. 



To Whom It May Concern: 



Whereas, A dangerously injurious insect, the gypsy moth, 

 Porthetria dispar, is not lodged or established in the State of 

 New York, 



Whereas, The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States 

 has placed a quarantine under date of July i, 191 5, upon cer- 

 tain towns located in several of the New England States, 



And whereas, This quarantine was placed upon certain trees 

 and forest plant products to prevent the distributing the gypsy 

 moth, 



Now, therefore, for the purpose of preventing the introduc- 

 tion of gypsy moth into the State of New York, I hereby order 

 and direct, under the provisions of Article 14 of the Agricul- 

 tural Law, that no coniferous trees, such as spruce, fir, hemlock, 

 pine, juniper (cedar), and arbor vitae (white cedar), known 

 and described as "Christmas trees," and parts thereof, and 

 decorative plants from the area quarantined for the gypsy 

 moth, such as holly and laurel, known and described as "Christ- 

 mas greens or greenery," or any other evergreen trees, not 

 nursery grown, shall be shipped into or received at any point 

 within the State of New York from any of the above described 

 quarantined districts or area, or from any portion or part 

 thereof, and such shipment, transportation or receipt is hereby 

 prohibited. 



This order shall take efifect on the date hereof and remain 

 in full force and eflfect until further order. 



CHARLES S. WILSON, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture. 



The list of nurseries inspected during the last season is given 

 in the accompanying table : 



