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easily discovered, being- either in the egg stage or in the form of 

 very small larva3. As it would be impossible to inspect the nurseries 

 after the winter tents have been formed without practically prevent- 

 ing a large part of the business, it was decided in 1905 that inspec- 

 tions could not cover the Brown-tail moth, and notice to that effect 

 was issued, while the nurserymen themselves were warned to watch 

 for and remove any tents present on stock, unless they were prepared 

 to lose their interstate trade. 



The work as regards the Gypsy and Brown-tail moths then, is one 

 in which this state differs from others. Other insects are watched 

 for, of course, and occasionally found, but have thus far been of 

 little importance as compared with those already considered. Fungus 

 and other diseases occasionally appear, but as a rule the Gypsy moth. 

 Brown-tail moth and San Jose Scale are the insects making most of 

 the trouble. 



Under the law of 1909 all nursery stock brought into Massachusetts 

 must bear on each package, box, bundle, bale, car or other parcel, 

 a tag issued by the Massachusetts Nursery Inspector. This has for 

 the first time made it possible to gain some idea of the business done 

 by other states in Massachusetts, and the result has been something 

 of a surprise. A tag may mean a shipment of from one plant to an 

 entire carload, but it is not likely that there are many single plants 

 sent in this way, and as for the shipments of the fall of 1909 and 

 spring of 1910, over thirteen thousand tags were issued, some concep- 

 tion of the value of Massachusetts business can be obtained. 



Until the winter of 1908-09 it was impossible to get any definite 

 information as to the amount of stock imported from abroad. During 

 that winter, through the kind offices of Dr. L. 0. Howard, some in- 

 formation was obtained from the Custom Houses, and during the past 

 year it has been possible to gather data on this subject which appear 

 to be practically complete. Thus far during the shipping season of 

 1909-10, three hundred and one consignments from foreign countries 

 for points in Massachusetts have been received, most of this coming 

 from Holland, followed by Germany, France, Belgium, England, 

 Japan and Scotland, named in about the order of the amount of ship- 

 ments. As much of this stock as possible has been inspected at its 

 destination, but nothing has been found thus far on the European 

 stock, except that on one lot of Pyrus fforabunda from Holland, con- 

 sisting of fifty plants, forty-five were badly injured by Crown Gall, 

 including the worst examples ever seen by the writer. With the 

 Japanese stock, however, it was different. A number of egg cases 

 of the Chinese ^lantis, Tenodera sinensis and also of another species 



