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jurious insects and plant diseases. County horticultural inspectors in fruit- 

 growing counties of the State are appointed by the county commissioners. 

 All nursery stock coming into the State must bear certificates of inspection 

 and fumigation and on arrival in counties that have inspectors is turned over 

 to them and released to consignee if it passes inspection. C. P. Gillette, State 

 Entomologist, Fort Collins, Colo. 



CONNECTICUT.— All nursery stock shipped into this State shall bear on 

 each package a certificate that the contents of said package have been in- 

 spected by a State or government officer and that said contents appear free 

 from all dangerous insects and diseases. If nursery stock is brought into the 

 State without such a certificate, the express, freight, or other transportation 

 company or person shall, before delivering shipment to consignee, notify the 

 State Entomologist of the facts, giving name and address of consignee, origin 

 of shipment, and approximate number of cars, boxes, or packages, and prob- 

 able date of the delivery to the consignee. The State Entomologist may cause 

 the inspection and, if infested, the treatment of the stock. No person, firm, 

 or corporation shall unpack any woody field-grown nursery or florists' stock 

 brought into this State from foreign countries except in the presence of an 

 inspector, unless given permission to do so by said State Entomologist or one 

 of his deputies. If such stock is found infested with any dangerous pests 

 the State Entomologist may at his discretion order it treated. Any person 

 violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than $50. 

 Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, New Haven, Conn. 



DELAWARE. — Shipments of nursery stock into the State must bear a 

 certificate of inspection and also a certificate stating that the stock has been 

 properly fumigated. All nursery stock not accompanied by proper certificates 

 may be held by the transportation companies until it can be inspected. Wes- 

 ley Webb, Secretary, State Board of Agriculture, Dover, Del. 



FLORIDA. — All nursery stock shipped into Florida shall be defoliated and 

 fumigated and to each package shall be conspicuously attached a permit- 

 certificate. This permit-certificate will be issued free of charge in exchange 

 for an approved certificate issued by the official in the State of origin. Printed 

 tags must be used in making shipments and can be obtained at the following 

 address. Duplicate certificates issued to nurserymen in New York State must 

 be filed in Florida before permit-certificate tags are issued. F. M. O'Byrne. 

 Inspector of Nursery Stock, Gainesville, Fla. 



GEORGIA. — Nurseries are inspected annually. A signed duplicate of inspec- 

 tion certificate, together with a statement by the nurserymen that all stock 

 intended for Georgia will be fumigated in accordance with directions fur- 

 nished them, must be filed in the office of the State Entomologist. Official 

 tags of the Georgia State Board of Entomology will be furnished through the 

 State Entomologist at the following prices: One hundred tags, 60 cents, 

 postpaid; 200 tags, 85 cents, postpaid; 300 tags, $1.10, postpaid; 500 tags, 

 $1.35, sent by express, collect; 1,000 tags, $2, sent by express, collect. Each 

 shipment of nursery stock into the State of Georgia must bear the official 



