February, '12] DUTCH INSPECTION service 85 



DUTCH INSPECTION SERVICE 



[The following excerpt from a letter received through Dr. L. 0. 

 Howard and published at his suggestion, will be of interest to many 

 entomologists and nursery inspectors. — Ed.] 



"The nurserymen of Holland, for obtaining the certificates for their 

 shipments abroad, are by the Chief of the Phytopathological Service 

 required: 1. To have their nurseries once or more than once duly 

 inspected during the last season of growth. 2. To have the stock 

 before shipment another time examined and, if necessary, selected. 



"Both inspections of the grounds, and of the consignments, are 

 executed by my officers. In consequence the delivery of the Certi- 

 ficates does not depend on the inspection only of the nurseries; also 

 the stock ready for shipment is examined. 



"For each consignment approved a certificate is delivered similar 

 to the following: 



[ Duty stamp. ) Xo. 



The undersigned , 



at declares that the 



marked 



comaining 



grown m ■ 



are destined for 



and that, after due examination, the State Entomologist and Phytopathclugist of Holland 

 has found them free of San Jos6 Scale, peach yellows, rosette, or any other dangerous 

 insects or plant diseases, that might be transferred on nursery stock to other nurseries or 

 to the orchard; 



No nests of Brown Tail Moth have been found in the nurseries. 



certificate. 



The State Entomologist and Phytopathologist of Holland at Wageningen affirms the 

 justness of the preceding declaration. 



Wageningen 



[ Service stamp. ] 



State Entomologist and Phytopathologist 

 of Holland. 



"This form is chosen on account of our Stamp-act. A declaration 

 undersigned directly by myself would be submitted to a higher stamp 

 duty. Now the certificate consisting of a declaration of the nursery- 

 man, which is confirmed by the Chief of the Phytopathological Serv- 

 ice, the cost of the stamp is relatively small. 



