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trouble for him. Naturally the owner considered that such a 

 certificate would act as a "carte blanche" for his plants and 

 they would require no further inspection. As this Territory 

 is most interested in the condition of such imported stock we 

 prefer to make our own examination and in this case we found 

 the following injurious living insect pests. One owner was 

 present during the inspection and personally saw that the 

 following insects were alive : 



Coccus longulus in various stages. 

 Saissctia oleae containing eggs. 

 Pulvinaria camclicola. 

 Lepidosaphes heckii. 

 Chrysomphalus ficus in various stages. 

 Aspidiotus, sp. 



The first two named were sufficiently numerous so that no 

 experienced inspector should have overlooked them. The en- 

 tire shipment was fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas and 

 has been twice subsequently inspected without finding any liv- 

 ing insects. 



The sending out of such infested plants I consider nothing 

 less than criminal, and the enormous loss sustained by the peo- 

 ple of the country by imported insect pests should be sufficient 

 cause for the Department of Agriculture at Washington, to 

 have all plants entering the United States to be rigidly in- 

 spected and fumigated before propagating and distributing 

 them broadcast over the country. 



The Pacific States, I believe, are the only ones that have 

 horticultural quarantine laws against imports, but the Federal 

 Government should certainly see that all plants imported by 

 its officials are freed from pests and disease. 



A DANGEKOUS SHIPMENT. 



Upon the arrival of the S. S. "Manchuria" from Japan, we 

 found two boxes on the bridge containing trees ; one of the 



