February, '13] HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS' PROCEEDINGS 127 



Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of 



the American Association of Official 



Horticultural Inspectors 



The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Association of 

 Official Horticultural Inspectors was held at Cleveland, January 2 

 and 3. 



For convenience, the business transacted at the meeting will be 

 reported first, which will be followed by the papers and discussions. 



PART I 



The first session was held in the parlors of the Hotel Euclid, Thurs- 

 day evening, January 2. The meeting was called to order at 8 p. m. 

 by President T. J. Headlee, with T. B. Symons, Secretary. Among 

 the inspectors and visitors were present the following: — 



T. J. Headlee, New Brunswick, N. J., H. E. Summers, Ames, Iowa, F. L. Wash- 

 burn, Minneapolis, Minn., George G. Atwood, Albany, N. Y., W. E. Britton, New 

 Haven, Conn., T. B. Symons, College Park, Md., C. L. Marlatt, W. O. Orton, Peter 

 Bissett of Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, A. F. Burgess, Mehose 

 Highlands, Mass., P. A. Glenn, Urbana, 111., C. H. Baldwin, Indianapolis, Ind., 

 George A. Dean, Manhattan, Kans., L. M. Peahs, Morgantown, W. Va., Enos B. 

 Engle, Harrisburg, Pa., W. J. Schoene, Geneva, N. Y., P. J. Parrott, Geneva, N. Y.,^ 

 L. Caesar, Guelph, Ontario, Hemy H. Severin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 

 Wis., H. C. Severin, Brookings, S. D., S. J. Hunter, Lawrence, Kans., Alfred C. Bur- 

 riU, Madison, Wis., S. C. Clapp, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C, R. W. 

 Braucher, Kent, O., H. J. Quayle, Berkeley, Cal., W. W. Yothers, Orlando, Fla., 

 W. D. Hunter, Washington, D. C, Mel T. Cook, New Brunswick, N. J., J. G. San- 

 ders, Madison, Wis., E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y., H. E. Morris, Bozeman, Montana^ 

 Y. H. Tsou, Urbana, 111., H. T. Osborn, Columbus, O., R. S. McKay, Owensville, 

 O., E. W. Mendenhall, Columbus, O., C. W. Waid, Springfield, O., H. D. Leach, 

 Delaware, O., J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O., H. E.Evans, Columbus, O., A. W. Morrill, 

 Phoenix, Ai'iz., T. H. Parks, Greenwood, Miss., J. F. Zimmer, Washington. D. C, 

 F. M. Rolfs, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Plate 2. — Slomoxys calcitrans. Fig. 1. — Adult (dorsal view) enlarged x6.7. 

 Fig. 2. — Fly soon after emergence showing ptilinum extended, enlarged x6.7. Fig. 

 3. — Eggs, enlarged x49. Fig. 4. — Eggs on rotten straw, enlarged x6.7. Fig. 5. — 

 Pupse within a straw, enlarged. Fig. 6. — Adult engorged with blood, enlarged xG.7. 

 Fig. 7. — Puparia showing fractures due to emergence of flies, enlarged x6.7. Fig. 

 S.^Larvse (upper, ventral; lower, dorsal view) enlarged x6.7. (Original Photos by 

 H. P. Wood). 



Plate 3. Fig. 1. — Cows in water to avoid the attacks of the stable fly. Fig. 2. — 

 Horses with one form of covering used to protect them from stable fly attacks (Origi- 

 nal Photos by F. C. Bishopp and H. P. Wood). 



