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Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting 

 of Horticultural Inspectors 



The eighth annual meeting of the Association of Horticultural 

 Inspectors was held in the Copley Square Hotel, Boston, Mass., De- 

 cember 27th and 28th, 1909. 



For convenience the business transacted at the meeting will be re- 

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



PART I 



The meeting was called to order by President F. L. Washburn at 

 2 p. m., Wednesday, December 27th, in the lecture hall at the Harvard 

 IMedical School. In the absence of Secretary T. B. Symons, the Presi- 

 dent appointed E. F. Hitchings of Maine to act as Secretary pro tern. 

 A good attendance of members of the Association and visitors marked 

 each session of the meeting. Among the Inspectors present during the 

 meeting were: 



F. L. Washburn, St. Anthony Park, Minn. ; J, B. Smith, New Brunswick, 

 N. J. ; H. E. Summers, Ames, Iowa ; G. G, Atwood, Albany, N. Y. ; Franklin 

 Sherman, Jr., Raleigh, N. C. ; N. E. Shaw, Columbus, Ohio ; H. A. Surface, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. ; E. B. Engle, Harrisburg, Pa. ; J. L. Phillips, Blacksburg, 

 Va. ; E. L. Worsham, Atlanta, Ga. ; P. J. Williams, Auburn, Ala. ; L. R. Taft, 

 East Lansing, Mich. ; S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. ; A. E. Stene, Kingston, R, I. ; 

 J. E. Stewart, Morgantown, W. Va. ; W. E. Rumsey, Morganto\\Ti, W. Va. ; 

 C. P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Col.; T. J. Headlee, Manhattan, Kan.; S. J. 

 Hunter, Lawrence, Kan. ; E. F. Hitchings, Augusta, Me. ; L. M. Peairs, Col- 

 lege Park, Md. ; E. D. Sanderson, Durham, N. H. ; W. A. Thomas, Clemson 

 College, S. C, ; W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn., and P. L. Huested, Al- 

 bany, N. Y. 



The American Association of Nurserymen was represented by 

 Messrs. William Pitkin and Irving Kouse of Rochester, N, Y. 



In opening the meeting, President Washburn reviewed the work of 

 the Association and pointed out the need of more thorough organiza- 

 tion and the desire of the inspectors that the proceedings of the meet- 

 ing be printed. 



These subjects were discussed by the members; the matter of hav- 

 ing a stenographic report of the meeting and proceedings printed was 

 referred to the following committee : 



W. E. Britton, Chairman; C. P. Gillette and H. E. Summers, which 

 committee later reported as follows : 



