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Chairman Ruggles : The next paper is by Mr. McLaine 



A BRIEF RESUME OF NURSERY CONDITIONS IN HOLLAND, 

 BELGIUM AND FRANCE 



By L. S. McLaine, Ottawa, Can. 



During the early summer of 1921 the jvriter had the pleasure of 

 visiting France, Holland and Belgium. The main object of the trip 

 was to se some of the larger nursery sections, as well as to look into 

 the methods employed by the various governments in the inspection 

 of nursery stock for export, particularly to North America. Unfortun- 

 ately only a very short time could be alloted to any one locality or 

 country, thus making it impossible to secure any definite first hand 

 knowledge of the insects that are likely to be imported on exportations 

 of plants or plant products. The writer, however, was impressed with the 

 serious effort that was being made, in most instances, to inspect thorough- 

 ly all export shipments and to see that only healthy plants were shipped 

 under the certificates of inspection. 



The situation of the nurserymen on the continent, from a financial 

 standpoint, is by no means enviable at the present time. During 

 the war their business was at a standstill, and to-day it is little 



