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dealing in nursery stock will receive official tags, one of which 

 must be placed, together with a copy of his certificate of inspec- 

 tion, on each consignment of stock entering the state. (Cir- 

 cular I, August, 1903.) J\ir. Chas. E. Chambliss, State Ento- 

 mologist, Clemson College, S. C. 



South Dakota : Nurseries in this state are inspected 

 between the ist of June and the 15th of September each year. 

 It shall be unlawful for any person to ship nursery stock into 

 this state, unless such stock is accompanied by a certificate of 

 inspection. (Laws of 1905.) Prof. VV. A. Wheeler. State 

 Entomologist, Brookings, S. D. 



Tennessee : Nurseries are inspected annually or oftener, 

 if necessary, and all shipments must be accompanied by a copy 

 of a certificate of inspection. Any person outside the state, 

 before shipping into the state shall register his name, or the 

 firm or corporation name, and file a copy of an official certifi- 

 cate of inspection with the Secretary of the State Board of 

 Entomology, and all packages must be marked with the name 

 of the consignor and consignee and a certificate that the con- 

 tents have been inspected. All stock sold in the state shall be 

 fumigated immediately l;)efore shipment or delivery. Every 

 individual sale or bill of trees must bear a copy of inspection 

 certificate. Prof. H. A. Morgan, Secretary and State Ento- 

 mologist, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Texas : All nursery stock brought into the state must be 

 accompanied by a certificate from the consignor, that it has 

 been fumigated. Every package shall be labeled with the 

 name of the consignor, the name of the consignee, the con- 

 tents, and in addition to the certificate of fumigation, by a 

 certificate that the contents have been inspected by a State or 

 Government officer, and that the nursery stock therein con- 

 tained appears to be free from all injurious insects and dis- 

 eases. Hon. W. J. Clay, Commissioner of Agriculture, Aus- 

 tin, Tex. 



Utah : The State Board of Horticulture control inspec- 

 tion in Utah. "It shall not be lawful for any nurseryman, 

 corporation or private individual to import into this state or to 

 ship in the state any trees, shrubs or vines, unless the same are 

 properly certified * * * as having been fumigated or 

 disinfected by hydrocyanic acid gas before shipment. Impor- 

 tation of trees or shrubs unaccompanied by such certificate of 



