200 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 9 



Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association of Official Horticultural Inspectors 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the American Association of 

 Official Horticultural Inspectors was held in Columbus, Ohio, Decem- 

 ber 28 and 29, 1915. On the evening of December 28 the first session 

 was called to order in the House of Representatives, State Capitol, l^y 

 the Chairman, W. E. Rumsey, with J. G. Sanders, Secretary. 



The second session was held in the Botany and Zoology Building 

 of the Ohio State University at 10.00 a. m. Wednesday, December 29. 



The Legislative Committee of the National Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion was represented on invitation by Mr. J. H. Dayton of the Storrs 

 & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio, who reported on the acceptance 

 of the Uniform Inspection Bill by the nurserymen at their national 

 convention in Detroit, Michigan, in June, 1915. Mr. Dayton reported 

 that it was a gratifying advance in horticultural legislation to note 

 the closer feeling of cooperation among the nurserymen and the ento- 

 mologists. He conveyed the sentiments of the nurserymen to our 

 Association and expressed a wish for the continued good feeling and 

 cooperation existing at present. • 



The program as presented at the two sessions of the meetings was 

 as follows: 



Program 

 Tuesday, December 28, 1915, 8.00 p. m. 



1. Address of the Chairman: "Control of the Cedar Rust in West Virginia," by 

 Professor W. E. Rumsey, Morgantown, W. Va. 



2. "Foreign Pests Recently Established in New Jersey," by Harry B. Weiss, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. (10 minutes.) 



3. "Imported Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nursery Stock in 1915," by 

 E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. (10 minutes.) 



4. "The Uniform Horticultural Inspection Law," by J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis. 

 (10 minutes.) 



5. "Report of the Legislative Committee of the National Nurserymen's Associa- 

 tion," by J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 



Wednesday, December 29, 1915, 10.00 a. m. 



6. "Remarks on Inspection Facihties in the District of Columbia," by E. R. 

 Sasscer, Washington, D. C. Illustrated. (10 minutes.) 



7. "Vacuum Fumigation and Its Application to the Control of Insects Affecting 

 Plants and Plant Products," by E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. Illustrated. 

 (15 minutes.) 



8. "The Betterment of Pathological Inspection," by R. Kent Beattie, Washington, 

 D. C. 



9. "Nursery Inspection in Florida," by F. M. O'Byrne, Gainesville, Fla. 



