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fayette, Ind., secretary of the association, was also present. The fol- 

 lowing twenty-one states were represented by the official inspectors 

 or deputy inspectors: Connecticut, Dr. W. E. Britton; Georgia, Mr. 

 E. L. Worsham; Idaho, Mr. J. R. Field; Illinois, Dr. S. A. Forbes 

 and Mr. J. A. West; Iowa, Prof. H. E. Summers; Kansas, Dr. T. J. 

 Headlee; Louisiana, Prof. Wilmon Newell; Massachusetts, Dr. H. T. 

 Fernald ; Maryland, Prof. T. B. Symons ; Michigan, Prof. L. R. Taft ; 

 Minnesota, Prof. F. L. Washburn; Nebraska, Prof. Lawrence Bruner; 

 New Hampshire, Prof. E. D. Sanderson ; New Jersey, Dr. J. B. Smith; 

 New York, Mr. P. L. Heusted; North Carolina, Prof. Franklin Sher- 

 man, Jr.; Oklahoma, Prof. John F. Nicholson; Pennsylvania, Mr. E. 

 B. Engle; Tennessee, Prof. H. A. Morgan and Prof. G. M. Bentley; 

 Virginia, Prof. J. L. Phillips; West Virginia, Prof. W. E. Rumsey 

 and Prof. Fred E. Brooks. Official entomologists not directly con- 

 nected with horticultural inspection work were also present from 

 Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Ohio and the District 

 of Columbia. The American Association of Nurserymen was repre- 

 sented by its President, Mr. J. L. Hill of Des Moines, Iowa, Prof. 

 John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y., Mr. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Maryland, 

 and Col. C. L. Watrous, Des jMoines, Iowa. 



A report was presented by Mr. Orlando Harrison, chairman of the 

 joint committee on national law for the control of introduced insect 

 pests, as follows : 



"To the 3£emhers of the American Association of Horticultural In- 

 spectors. 



"Gentlemen: As chairman of the committee on uniform inspec- 

 tion of nursery stock for the American Association of Nurserymen 

 appointed by our president at our last annual meeting, it is a pleasure 

 to say that I sent out about Sd> letters to various nurserymen and have 

 received 60 replies, suiScient to indicate that they are desirous of some 

 action being taken along the line of uniform inspection, and from the 

 information gathered, it is safe to say that the majority of nursery- 

 men welcome inspection by the entomologists or by competent assist- 

 ants, and also by pathologists, and a better understanding is desired 

 on the part of the nurserymen of what is expected of them. 



"It was clearly shown in the correspondence which I received that 

 the majority of our nurserymen desire a change in conflicting laws 

 of the various states. They want one inspection, and one certificate 

 which will permit them to ship into the various states. 



"It is also clearly shown by their correspondence that something 



