February, '11] INSPECTORS' discussion 105 



it was under circumstances where it was completely. eliminated, at 

 least, it has not since appeared, but we have a good deal of it in 

 orchards in the southwestern part of the state at the present time. 



Secretary Symons : I consider the matter of inspecting shipments 

 from other states very important, and one which I think every state 

 should adopt. In the past two years I have made it a requirement, 

 and wish it so understood by all nurserymen shipping stock into 

 Maryland, that I intend inspecting the stock, and require from them a 

 statement of all shipments. No matter how careful an inspector is, 

 there will be some cases, on the part of unscupulous nurserymen, of 

 unloading such stock, and I think that each state should have a law re- 

 quiring all nurserymen to submit statements. 



Mr. Summers : In states having little money, this may help in giv- 

 ing the impression among nurserymen that stock is very likely to be 

 inspected. There is a case in the courts of Iowa that is interesting me : 

 A nurseryman shipped in stock from another state, bearing the certi- 

 ficate of that state. The consignee refused to pay for it, partly, he 

 said, because the stock was very poor in general character, but his 

 defense in court has been that the stock did not bear a certificate which 

 had been approved by the state entomologist of Iowa, as the Iowa law 

 required. I should say that three-fourths of the nurserymen doing 

 business in Iowa do not file in Iowa copies of their certificates, as 

 required by law, and I have no means at present of enforcing that 

 requirement; nevertheless, that requirement is printed by other states 

 on their notices, and from some states I think I have received dupli- 

 cates from nearly all the nurserymen. At present the only advantage 

 is that it gives aid in court, the decision of the present case, which is in 

 the circuit court at Sioux City, will show how valuable that is. 



Editor's Note. — Contributors doubtless appreciate in some measure at least, 

 that exigencies of the makeup must determine to a certain extent the matter in- 

 cluded in each number. An unusually large amoimt of copy was received from 

 the secretaries of the Association of Economic Entomologists and also the Hor- 

 ticultural Inspectors. Practical consideration, not to mention the fact that this 

 serial is the official organ of the first named organization, has rendered it advis- 

 able to include in this number more than the customary amount of matter. This 

 has necessitated the holding of some papers already in type for a later issue. 

 The editor would in self-justification call attention to the fact that he gave for 

 all of this only a conditional promise of publication in February. We would 

 emphasize once more the desirability of sending in brief observations which may 

 be published in a separate department as scientific notes or used here and there 

 as fillers. The editor should not be expected to supply all such matter. 



