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portatioii agents to see that every shipment of nnrsery stock into J\lin- 

 nesota is accompanied by a certificate of inspection, legally executed 

 by the inspector. Any violation of the law should be reported to the 

 State Entomologist at the Experiment Station, St. Anthony Park. 

 Any stock coming from a nursery is to be regarded as nursery stock, 

 namely trees, plants, vines, cuttings or buds, or strawberry plants, or 

 ornamentals grown in a nursery, but does not include stock grown in 

 greenhouse. 



Since there have been numerous changes in laws relative to nur- 

 ery inspection and nursery shipments in the different states since we 

 published the same, we include here a compilation of the latest laws 

 in the dift'erent states. 



Alabama: Persons shipping stock into the state must file a signed 

 duplicate certificate of inspection and obtain official tags, which must be 

 placed on each shipment, in addition to a copy of the certificate. Cost of 

 tags, 60 cents per hundred, or $2.25 per thousand. Five cents per hun- 

 dred must be added for postage. Mr. R. S. Alackintosli, State Horticul- 

 turist. .\uburn, Ala. (Act of 1903.) 



Arizona: The University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station 

 is authorized to inspect all palms or palm stock growing in or shipped into 

 the Territor.y Prof. R. H. Forbes, Director of Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Tucson, Ariz. (Act of 1907.) 



Arkansas: Shipments must bear a certificate of inspection. Air. C. F. 

 Adams. State Inspector, Fayettevillc, Ark. (Act of 1903.) 



California: Shipments of stock sent into the state are subject to in- 

 spection and must bear the name of the consignor and consignee and a 

 statement of where the stock was grown. Notice of shipments should be 

 made to Hon. J. W. JefTre}-, Commissioner of Horticulture, Sacramento, 

 Cal. 



Colorado: Shipments into the state must be inspected by county in- 

 spectors. (.\mended act of 1897.) 



Connecticut: Shipments of stock into the state must bear certificates 

 of inspection, issued by a state or government officer, and a statement by 

 the owner that they have been thoroughly fumigated. Dr. W. E. Britton, 

 State Entomologist, New Haven, Conn. (Amended act of 1903.) 



Delaware: Shipments into the state must be accompanied by a cer- 

 tificate of inspection of a state or government official and the owner or 

 shipper must certify that the stock has been fumigated. Delaware nursery- 

 men are required to fumigate their stock. ]\Ir. Wesley Webb, Dover, Del. 

 (.Amended act of 1901.) 



Florida: It is unlawful for any non-resident person or persons, cor- 

 poration or firm to sell or offer for sale nursery stock in the state of 

 Florida without first having paid a license tax of $25 annually to the col- 

 lector of revenues of the county in which the stock is sold or offered for 

 sale. Upon payment of this amount a license will be issued b\- the county 

 judge. (.-Xct of 1905.) It is unlawful for anv person to knowingly sell 

 or give away diseased nursery stock or seeds in the state of Florida. Dr. 



