190 ANNUAL REPORT OP THE Off. DoC. 



iug if found advisable. This will give an opportunity for those in at- 

 tendance to hear the inij)ortant papers presented at the meeting of 

 the State Horticultural Association and also to take part in the dis- 

 cussions, some of which will be of unusual value to nurserj'men. 

 We especially need your help in discussing that most perplexing and 

 inmportant probhMu of oui- day: The San Jos(5 Scale. 



Unless we ha\(' the cooperation of our citizens, and particularly 

 the aid of our nurserymen, in controlling important pests this office 

 can not hope to obtain the desired results in this direction. For this 

 reason we give the plan our most cordial endorsement, and shall be 

 present to aid in any manner possible. The proposed association 

 should be'of great im])ortance in many ways for both the nursery- 

 men and orchardisls, besides along the needed line of i)est control. 

 It is hoped that every person whose name appears in the preceding 

 [)ages will attend and discuss the proposed ])roject. Special railroad 

 rates may be obtained by writing at once to the Secretary of the 

 Pennsylvania llorlicultural Association, E. B. Engle, Harrisburg, 

 Pa., who will send, upon request, orders for reduced railroad rates 

 upon the Pennsylvania and Reading lines. The fare will be one and 

 one-third for the round tri]), good during the entire week. — From 

 the Monthly Bulletin of the Division of Zoology. 



THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE NURSERYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



I*ursuant to the above call the nurserymen met in Lancaster 

 on January 21, 1904, and formed an association with the following 

 officers: President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville; Vice President, Thos. 

 B. Meehan, Philadelphia; Treasurer. Thomas Rakestraw, Kennett 

 S(iuare; Secretary, Earl Peters, Mount Holly Springs, Pa. 



Persons interested in this organization should correspond with 

 the secretary. 



Kecomuiendalions: I should here indicate the present deficiencies 

 of our })resent Nursery Inspection Laws, which T earnestly recom- 

 mend for the consideration of our next Legislature. 



I. Under I he present law our jurisdiction of the nurserymen ends 

 when the owner makes affidavit that he will fumigjite. While most 

 of the nurserymen of our State are lionest, and would not take ad- 

 vantage of this, it is possible for a dishonest owner to avoid con- 

 siderable expense and trouble by not fulfilling his obligations. We 

 have no authority to determine whether plants have been fumi- 

 g:it(^d, and no means of knowing whether this work be properly 

 doiu\ It should be remembered that impropei' methods in this 



