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and is empowered to take any means required to insure safety to 

 horticultural interests. He is ex officio a member of all County 

 Boards of Horticulture in the state. 



CANADA : (With special reference to Manitoba.) Impor- 

 tation of nursery stock, generally, from the U. S. not allowed. 

 This ruliiig, however, does not apply to greenhouse plants, her- 

 baceous perennials, including strawberries ; herbaceous bedding 

 plants, conifers, bulbs and tubers and Cottomvoods groivn in Min- 

 nesota and Dakota. 



Importations of the above stock must be fumigated at port of 

 entry or in transit (Winnipeg, Man., for Dakota and Minnesota 

 stock), even if accompanied with certificate of inspection. Im- 

 portations by mail are subject to the same provisions. 



Packages must be addressed so as to enter Canada at a port of 

 entry, and the route by which they will be shipped nmst be clearly 

 stated upon each package. All stock which is immature or too 

 far advanced for safe fumigation when received is not allowed 

 to enter, and is held at risk of shipper. Fumigation houses in 

 Manitoba are kept open from March I5tli to April [5th in the 

 s]M-ing, and from October 7th to December 7th in the fall. To 

 insure safe delivery, therefore, shipment must be made accord- 

 ingly. 



Parties importing stock in violation of the law are liable to a 

 fine of $200 for each offense, and the stock is destroyed. 



COLORADO: The State Board of Horticulture appoints 

 county inspectors and they mspect all shipments of nursery stock ; 

 if these are infested, the inspector has authority to disinfect or 

 burn or ship back into the county from which they came. Said 

 inspector has the power to order disinfected all packing houses 

 and nurseries and orchards found infested, and the owner is liable 

 if he refuses to comply with the orders of the inspector in this 

 particular. 



CONNECTICUT: State Entomologist is empowered to 

 cause the destruction or proper treatment of infested trees and 

 shrubs, and if owner neglects or refuses to act after receiving 

 instructions from the State Entomologist he will be subject to a 

 fine of not more than $50.00. Nursery stock shipped into the 



