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iis unprecedented growth that as a matter of saving of both lime 

 and money we ceased the publication of the Quarterly Bulletins last 

 summer, alter issuing Vol. 1 of No. Ill, in May. These Bulletins 

 were devoted mostly to Birds or other Vertebrates, and such ma- 

 terial as was intended for them will be published in certain numbers 

 of the Monthly Bulletins. 



Among the Special Bulletins we have nearly completed is one 

 upon "Bees and Bee Keeping," and another upon the "San Jose" 

 Scale." Special newspaper articles have pertained mostly to scale 

 insects, canker worms, cidadas or the seventeen-year locusts, cut 

 worms, and such other pests and diseases of plants as were proving 

 especially important at certain times during the year in different 

 parts of the State. 



4. LECTURES. 



During the past .year the Economic Zoologist has delivered lect- 

 ures at different places along the lines of the work of the office, 

 and more recently some of this work has been done by Mr. N. G. 

 Miller, Assistant Economic Zoologist. The number of such lectures 

 given during the past year has been about as follows: At Farmers' 

 Institutes, 32; at Teachers' Institutes, 21; at Farmers' Clubs, 4; at 

 Horticultural Societies, 8; at Granges, 15; at Alliances, 1; at Natural 

 History Societies, 5; before schools, 7; at public agricultural meet- 

 ings, about 2.~i, besides over 200 addresses in different parts of the 

 State, chiefly upon the San Jose Scale and allied insects, by our 

 demonstrators and inspectors. 



6. INSPECTIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. 



A. Inspection of Nurseries. 



The nurseries of Pennsylvania are of vast importance. Not only 

 do we grow many more fruit trees than are needed for home use, 

 but in the nurseries of this Commonwealth is grown most of the 

 ornamental stock sold in the eastern part of the United States. 



We have a very effectual system of Nursery Inspection, which is 

 proven by the fact that the number of nurseries in which the San 

 Jose" Scale occurred, as found by the State Inspector, has steadily 

 decreased. 



However, it is very desirable that our nurseries, and thus, indi- 

 rectly, the young orchards of our entire State, should be protected 

 by legislation providing against constant re-infestation from ad- 

 joining orchards. 



The State Nurserymen's Association has been organized to meet 

 this and other important conditions. All nurserymen are invited 

 to become members and profit by it. (Write to the Secretary, Mr. 

 Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa.) 



The following list of nurserymen growing stock in Pennsylvania 

 is complete, as far as we are able to determine. If any person 

 knows of other nurseries in Pennsylvania please notify this office 

 at once. All in this list have been inspected and all have certificates 

 permitting them to make sales, according to law, excepting thos^ 

 marked (f), wdiose certificates are pending. Those marked (*), do 

 not grow and sell trees, but berry bushes and plants only. This list 

 does not indicate where San Jose Scale was found, but shows who 

 have certificates and who have not. 



