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frame, a just rebuke to those who do not want any trees planted 

 about it because they will have leaves that will fall in the autumn. 



"Mr. Loring's lecture closed the meeting of the society, and it was 

 a fitting finale to the series of meetings." 



As the papers read will appear during the year in the columns 

 of the Horticulturist and thus be accessible to our readers, any re- 

 sume of them at this time is omitted. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



A proposed bill to prevent the introduction or spread of injurious 

 insects and dangerous plant diseases in the state of Minnesota. 



(See Secretary's Corner.) 



Section i. The entomologist of the state experiment station 

 is hereby constituted the state entomologist and charged with the 

 execution of this act. He may appoint such qualified assistants as 

 may be necessary, fix a reasonable compensation for their labor, 

 and pay the same ; and their acts shall have the same validity as his 

 own. He shall, by himself or his assistants, between the first day of 

 May and the fifteenth day of September, in each year, when re- 

 quested by the owner or agent, or when he has reasonable grounds 

 to believe that any injurious insect pests or dangerous and contagious 

 plant diseases exist, carefully examine any nursery, fruit farm, or 

 other place where trees or plants are grown for sale, and if found 

 apparently free from any injurious insect pests or dangerous and 

 contagious plant diseases, he shall issue his certificate stating- the 

 facts (good for one year unless revoked) and shall collect therefor a 

 fee of five dollars per day and expenses. 



Section 2. The state entomologist shall have authprity. when 

 requested by the owner or agent, or when he has reasonable grounds 

 to believe anv injurious insect pests or dangerous and contagious 

 plant diseases exist, to enter upon any grounds, public or private, 

 for the purpose of inspection, and if he finds any nursery, orchard, 

 garden, or other place, infested by any injurious insect pests, or 

 dangerous and contagious plant diseases, he may, by himself or his 

 assistants, enter upon such premises, and establish quarantine regu- 

 lations. 



If. in his judgment, such injurious insect pests or dangerous 

 and contagious plant diseases may be eradicated by treatment, he 

 may, in writing, order such treatment, and prescribe its kind and 

 character. In case any trees, shrubs, or plants are found so in- 

 fested that it would be impracticable to treat them, he may order 

 them burned. A failure for ten days after the delivery of such order 

 to the owner or persons in charge to treat or destroy such infested 

 trees or plant as ordered, shall authorize the entomologist to perform 

 this work by himself or his assistants, and to ascertain the cost 

 thereof. He shall certify the amount of such cost to the owner or 

 person in charge of the premises, and if same is not paid to him 

 within sixty days thereafter, he shall certify the amount to the county 

 auditor, who shall spread the same upon the tax books, to be col- 

 lected as other taxes are, and turned over to the state auditor to re- 

 imburse the state for money expended. 



