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of zone was considered necessary for immunity from the "cedar rust" 

 disease. Mr. Rumsey replied that one mile from commercial orchards 

 was decided as necessary distance and this plan was carried out wher- 

 ever possible. Remarks were made by several relative to the com- 

 pensation for destruction of property in cleanup work for diseases 

 and pests. 



2. Mr, Weiss' paper, which listed the many species of insects 

 wdiich have been recently introduced and have become established 

 in New Jersey, was presented by Dr. Headlee Avho supplemented the 

 paper with remarks in which he recommended rather drastic action 

 to prevent repetition of these alarming conditions. During the dis- 

 cussion it was moved by Dr. Headlee "that it be the sense of this 

 body that the federal quarantine be strengthened, and that an abso- 

 lute quarantine be placed on all plants imported with soil about the 

 roots, except such as are introduced by the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture for experiment and those to be held in quarantine for a reason- 

 able period." This motion was passed unanimously and the Secre- 

 tary instructed to notify the Federal Board of this action. 



It was further suggested by one of the members, that state inspec- 

 tors should convey their suggestions and judgment on inspection mat- 

 ters to the Federal Horticultural Board; and further, that state inspec- 

 tors and officials take notice of hearings before this Board (which are 

 usually advertised), and that whenever possible should be present at 

 these meetings. 



Mr. Burgess reported that Christmas trees and greens to the extent 

 of over forty-one carloads, containing 1,200 to 1,800 trees each, had 

 been shipped from the quarantine area in New England, all of which 

 had been inspected previous to shipment and a considerable number 

 of egg clusters of the gipsy moth had been found on these trees. All 

 carload lots went from New Hampshire and Maine and had been 

 shipped to many of the states of the Union, including such states as 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington and Oregon, where 

 already grows a plentiful supply of Christmas trees and greens. 



It was the sense of the inspectors present that the Federal Quaran- 

 tine should be replaced on Christmas greens, otherwise several of 

 the states would absolutely quarantine the shipments of Christmas 

 trees originating in the moth quarantine area. 



3. "Imported Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nursery Stock 

 in 1915," by E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. 



In this paper, which will appear later in the Journal, ]\Ir. Sasscer 

 reports special features of the inspection of imported nursery stock 

 under the Federal Plant Quarantine Act. He called attention to the 

 annually increasing amount of imported nursery stock, and reported 



