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Commissioner of Agriculture of the fact that the consignment is 

 in their possession or en route to some point within the state and 

 give the name of the consignor and consignee and the point of 

 shipment and destination. It provides further that persons bring- 

 ing nursery stock into the state, or receiving nursery stock from 

 outside the state shall, before unpacking same within the state, 

 apply to and receive from the Commissioner of Agriculture a 

 permit so to do. This is for the purpose of allowing the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture to make the necessary examination to 

 prevent the bringing in of insect pests. The statute further pro- 

 vides against the bringing in of gipsy or brown-tail moth or other 

 insect pests or caterpillars, larvae, pupae or eggs of the same, ex- 

 cept for scientific purposes and then only upon the written con- 

 sent and approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture. The 

 statute provides for the fumigation of trees, shrubs, plants, buds 

 or cuttings, commonly called nursery stock, grown in any nur- 

 sery in this state, in which San -lose scale has been found within 

 2 years of the date of the dissemination of said nursery's stock, 

 or grown in said nursery within ' U mile of where said scale 

 was found. The term "nursery stock ,! is defined in the stat- 

 ute to include all trees, shrubs, plants, buds, scions, cuttings 

 and vines grown in a nursery, and willows grown for baskets or 

 cuttings or for nursery or other commercial purposes, but pro- 

 vides that the provisions of this section shall not apply to florists' 

 greenhouse plants, flowers or cuttings commonly known as green- 

 house stock. 



This article also makes provision for the New York Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station located in Geneva, and defines its 

 purpose. This experiment station, as provided in the statute, is 

 under the control of a board of trustees of which the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture is an ex-officio member. The Department 

 of Agriculture sustains an ex-offieio relation only to this station. 

 Like the State Fair Commission, the provisions of the law apply- 

 ing to it are part of the Agricultural haw, the enforcement of 

 which is charge. 1 upon the Commissioner of Agriculture. For 

 a detailed account or statement of the work performed at this 

 station, see the report of the director of the station, which is sub- 

 mitted herewith as a part of this annual report. 



