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the state shall immediately, upon receiving such consignments, 

 notify the commissioner of agriculture of the fact that 

 such consignment is in their possession, giving the name 

 of the consignor and consignee, and the point of destination 

 of such . consignment. All trees, plants, shrubs, buds or 

 cuttings, commonly called nursery stock, grown in any nursery 

 in this state, in which San Jose scale has been found within 

 two years of the date of the dissemination of said nursery 

 stock or grown in said nursery within one-half a mile of where 

 said scale was found, and also all nursery stock from outside 

 of this state, disseminated or planted in this state, after the 

 first day of July nineteen hundred and two, must be fumigated 

 with hydrocyanic gas, in such manner as may be directed by 

 the commissioner of agriculture of this state. Such fumiga- 

 tion must be done by the grower, consignor or consignee of 

 such stock before planting, dissemination or reshipment, except 

 such trees, shrubs, plants, buds or cuttings grown in this state 

 as are planted by the grower or propagator for himself, or 

 such as from its nature or state of growth would be exempt; 

 in such cases the said commissioner shall declare such trees, 

 shrubs, plants, buds or cuttings free from such treatment. All 

 nursery stock brought into this state from outside of this state 

 must be accompanied by a certificate from the consignor that 

 it has been fumigated as aforesaid. Should any such stock 

 arrive without such certificate, the transportation company 

 delivering it shall at once notify the said commissioner to that 

 effect. The consignee shall also at once notify him of that fact, 

 and shall proceed to fumigate said stock, as directed by the 

 commissioner of agriculture without delay. Should any 

 nursery stock purchased within one year be found infested with 

 San Jose" scale on the premises of any nurseryman, it shall 

 not be considered such an infestation as to require the fumiga- 

 tion of other stock not so purchased. The words " nursery 

 stock " wherever used in this article shall apply to and include 

 all trees, shrubs, plants, buds, willow grown for nursery, bas- 

 kets, or other commercial purposes or cuttings, whether grown 



