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within the State, shall file with the State Entomologist and Plant Patholo- 

 gist a copy of his certificate of inspection issued and signed by proper official 

 of the State, as well as an agreement to fumigate properly all stock shipped 

 into the State. Every shipment must be accompanied by a copy of said 

 certificate of inspection and a fumigation tag. Every individual sale or 

 bill of trees shall bear a copy of certificate. Failure to comply with the 

 requirements subjects stock to confiscation. 



Following is the form of required agreement to fumigate: 



We, the undersigned, agree to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid gas, according to 

 the required strength, all nursery stock subject to attack from San Jose scale and 

 other dangerous insect pests. We also agree to attach a fumigation tag to each 

 and every shipment going into the state of Tennessee. 



Prof. L. 0. Bing. State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist, Knoxville, Tenn. 



TEXAS. — Nurseries and greenhouses are inspected annually. All ship- 

 ments of nursery stock originating outside the State must not only bear 

 shipping tags showing copy of certificate of inspection from the State In- 

 spector of the State in which the shipment originates, but in addition thereto 

 must have a tag showing copy of permit from Texas. Freight and express 

 companies in this State are prohibited from receiving or delivering ship- 

 ments which do not bear tags showing copy of Texas permit and they are 

 exempt, by law, from damages arising from refusal to deliver such ship- 

 ments. 



No nursery stock shall be shipped into the State by any person or com- 

 pany without first filing with the State Department of Agriculture a certi- 

 fied copy of certificate of inspection from State Inspector of the State in 

 which the shipment originates. A fee of $5 is required for issuance of per- 

 mit to ship into the State. Agents or dealers operating in Texas for nur- 

 serymen outside of the State, must procure proper credentials, as agents, 

 from their nurseries, on a form furnished and approved by the Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, and each agent or dealer must be prepared to present such 

 credentials at all times. 



Dealers are classed as nurserymen and are required to take out permit. 

 Greenhouses and greenhouse plants are included for inspection by the Texas 

 law and all State Inspectors should advise their nurserymen, florists or 

 owners of greenhouses that they must have a Texas certificate before they 

 can make shipments into the State. Ed. L. Avers, Chief Inspector, Austin. 

 Texas. 



UTAH. — No person shall engage in the business of selling or importing 

 nursery stock without having first obtained a license to do business in the 

 State. Any person may obtain a license from the State Horticultural Com- 

 mission upon the payment of a fee of $2.50 annually and by filing with the 

 State Horticultural Commission a bond in the sum of $500. Each sales- 

 man or agent must hold an authorization from the firm he represents, giv- 

 ing his name and the name and address of the persons he represents, to- 

 gether with the license number of his principal. A copy of the certificate 

 of inspection must be attached to each shipment. All nursery stock will be 



