LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



Hon. Franklin Wells, President State Board of Agriculture: 



Dear Sir — As State inspector of orchards and nurseries under the direc- 

 tion of your honorable board, I herewith transmit to you a list of the nur- 

 serymen and dealers in nursery stock, who have applied for inspection 

 and license, under the provisions of Act 137, Laws of 1897, to sell nur- 

 sery stock in Michigan. I respectfully recommend that the list of those 

 who have secured license, together with the laws of the State pertaining 

 to the pests of orchards, be published, and sent to the fruit growers of 

 the State. 



The inspection of the seventy-five nurseries in this State, and the 

 clerical work pertaining to the work of granting certificates of inspection 

 and securing bonds from these and the thirty-two dealers in Michigan 

 and the twenty nuserymen and dealers in other states, whose names are 

 on the lists, I hand you, have occupied all of my time during the three 

 months I have had charge of the work of orchard and nursery inspection. 



Very respectfully, 



Agricultural College, Mich.. [ U. P. HEDRICK. 



December 31, 1897. \ 



