February, '17] HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS' PROCEEDINGS 211 



PROGRAM 



Joint Session 

 American Phytopathological Society. 



American Association of Economic Entomologists. 

 Section on Horticultural Inspection. 



CONFERENCE ON PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSPECTION AND 

 QUARANTINES 



Wednesday, December 27, 1916, 9.30 a. m.. Room 139, Barnard College 



Aims and Methods of Pathological Inspection — F. R. Lyman, Washington, D. C. 



New Foreign Pathological Quarantines and Restrictions — R. K. Beattie, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. • 



Citrus Canker Investigations at the Florida Tropical Laboratory — R. A. Jehle, 

 Miami, Fla. 



The Present Status of Citrus Canker Eradication — ^K. F. Kellerman, Washington, 



D. C. 



The Present Status of ^Vhite Pine BUster Rust in North America — Haven Met- 

 caLf, Washington, D. C. 



Evidence of the Over Wintering of Cronartium ribicola — Perley Spaulding, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



The Control of White Pine Blister Rust in Small Areas — W. H. Rankin, Geneva, 

 N. Y. 



The Committee for the Suppression of White Pine BUster Rust in North America: 

 — Purpose, Personnel and. Program— J. G. Sanders, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Second Session 

 Friday, December 29, 1916, 2.00 p. m.. Teachers' College 

 Business — Election of Chairman and Secretary for 1917 



1. The Weakness of our Present System of Inspection of Foreign Shipments — 

 W. J. Schoene, Blacksburg, Va. 



2. Activities of the Federal Horticultural Board at the Port of New York — Harry 

 B. Shaw, In Charge of New York Port Inspection. 



3. Important Foreign Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nursery Stock in 1916 — 



E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. 



4. The State Entomologist's Work with Pine BUster Canker in Minnesota — F. L. 

 Washburn, Minneapolis, Minn. 



5. Potato Inspection in Minnesota — F. L. Washburn, MinneapoUs, Minn. 



6. Discussion — How Are We Aiding Nurserymen by Enforcing Sanitation of 

 Adjacent Premises? 



Reports of Methods Employed in Various States. 



Third Session 

 Friday, 8.00 p. m., American Museum of Natural History 

 A Symposium on Existing State Horticultural Inspection Laws. 

 An Open Round Table Discussion — Led by Mr. WiUiam Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y., 

 Chairman legislative committee, American Association of Nurserymen, and Mr. 

 Curtis Nye Smith, Boston, Mass. — Counsel and Secretary, American Association of 

 Nurserymen. 



