18. Is it desirable to appoint a committee to draw an up-to-date 

 list of insects and plant diseases likely to be disseminated on nursery 

 stock? 



19. Is it desirable to have a more regular organization of this Asso- 

 ciation or to consider affiliation with the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists ? 



Election of officers. 

 Miscellaneous business. 

 Adjournment. 



The meeting of the Association can be continued Wednesday even- 

 ing, December 29, at 7.30 p. m., if desired by the members. 



The headquarters and meetings of the Association will be at the 

 Copley Square Hotel, corner Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street, 

 Boston. 



Report of the Committee on General Principles Governing the 

 Association of Horticultural Inspectors 



(Printed and distributed at the request of the Committee in order that the 

 members of the Association may give the report some consideration 

 previous to the meeting.) 



1. The first and principal duty of the horticultural inspector is to his 

 constituents, the farmers and fruit growers of his State. 



2. Inspection, quarantine and similar laws are passed for the protection 

 of these interests, and so far as the inspector is charged with the enforce- 

 ment of the laws he must keep in mind always their purpose, no matter 

 what the effect may be on other interests. 



3. The inspector owes the nurserymen whose stock he inspects fair treat- 

 ment and all the consideration that the law allows him to accord, but 

 nothing else. 



4. The inspection laws, although meant • primarily to protect the horti- 

 cultural and agricultural interests, are not intended to injure the nursery 

 interests, and they should never be made to bear any more severely upon 

 growers of stock than is absolutely necessary. 



5. Between the honest nurseryman and the inspector there should be 

 cooperation and an attitude of helpful interest on the part of the former. 



6. The dishonest nurseryman, or one who wishes to dispose of questionable 

 stock to avoid loss, deserves no consideration whatever. 



7. The horticultural inspectors, as such, have no interest in having uniform 

 inspection laws throughout the country; the situation in the different 

 States varies so greatly that each State may well be allowed to judge of its 

 own needs and to formulate its own policy, subject to the general provisions 

 of the Federal constitution and laws. 



8. The Association of Horticultural Inspectors is a voluntary one, and its 

 members are bound by none of the actions taken at the meetings except as 

 they approve themselves to their judgment. 



9. The relation between the members is that of colleagues or comrades 



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