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passed in their place. The ports of entry for nursery stock entering 

 Canada are named, with the dates during which such importations may 

 be received. All such stock is required to be fumigated at the point 

 of entry before it can be taken out of bond. Every package of nursery 

 stock imported is to bear a declaration of the nature of its contents. 

 All consignments are to be notified to the Dominion Entomologist. 

 A list of products is given the importation of which into Canada is 

 prohibited. The importation of nursery stock by mail is prohibited. 

 Forest plant products from the New England States will be admitted 

 only when accompanied by a certificate from the United States 

 Department of Agriculture declaring them free from gipsy moth 

 [Lymantria dispar]. Any importations condemned by the inspector 

 will be destroyed. Inspectors have the right to enter any nursery 

 or premises for purposes of inspection and to demand certain treat- 

 ment or the destruction of any infested stock. It is declared illegal 

 to ofier for sale or dispose in any way of infested stock. Any 

 infestation when discovered must be notified to the Minister of 

 Agriculture. 



The destructive insects included under this Act are : Aspidiotus per- 

 niciosus (San Jose scale), Euprodis chrysorrhoea (brown- tail moth) 

 Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly aphis), Aulacaspis pentagona (West 

 Indian peach scale), Lymantria (Porthetria) dispar (gipsy moth), 

 Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit- fly), Phthorimaea operculella 

 (potato tuber moth), Hyponomenta malinellus and H. padellus (apple 

 and cherry ermine moths) and Rhyacionia (Evetria) huoliana (European 

 pine- shoot moth). 



Nursery Agents to be Licensed. — Wldy. Press Bull. Penns. Dept. Agric, 

 Harrisburg, ii, no. 30, 26th July 1917. 



In order to eliminate undesirable nursery stock from Pennsylvania, 

 a nursery inspection law has been passed requiring all persons soliciting 

 for the sale of nursery stock in the State to carry an official license. 

 Noncompliance with this regulation incurs certain penalties under 

 the Act. 



A new insecticide and fungicide law provides for the inspection of 

 spray materials, in which certain standards of purity are required. 



A Proclamation under " The Insect Pest and Quarantine Ordinance, 

 no. 5 of 1901." — Ceylon Govt. Gazette, Colombo, no. 6,888, 

 20th July 1917. 



This proclamation declares the fluted scale, Icerya purchasi, to be 

 an insect pest within the meaning of the Ordinance. For the prevention 

 of its spread, regulations have been drawn up under the provisions 

 of the Ordinance, requiring the owner or person in charge of any land 

 on which an infestation of 7. purchasi occurs to report the outbreak 

 to the Director of Agriculture. Such land will then be declared an 

 infested area and no plant shall be removed from it until it has been 

 declared by the Director of Agriculture as free from infestation. Any 

 land may at any time be inspected by a person authorised by the 

 Director of Agriculture to determine whether I. purchasi be present 

 or not. A list is given of estates that are declared to be infested areas. 



