BULLETIN NO. 32, MARCH, 1895. 93 



The following correspondence is of interest in connection with the 

 history of the species in the Atlantic States, and may be published now, 

 since there can no longer be any object in keeping secret the name of 

 the nurserymen who have been unwittingly instrumental in disseminat- 

 ing the pest. The Parrys have been most public-spirited in their efforts 

 to stamp out the species, so far as their own nurseries are concerned, at a 

 great sacrifice to themselves ; and from a verbal report made to me by 

 Mr. William Parry during the late meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society in California, I am satisfied that there will be less danger in 

 future from receiving stock from these nurseries than perhaps froni 

 others which have nbt been so thoroughly disinfected. 



April 20th, 1894. 



Mr. AVm. Parry, 



n Parry, N. J. 

 Dear Sir : — 



I have just received from a gentleman in Lewisburg, Pa., pear 

 twigs affected by the San Jose scale and he informs me that the insect 

 Avas introduced upon pear trees which he purchased from you. I send 

 vou enclosed a copy of an emergency circular just issued from this 

 Division, and hoi)e i^t will induce you to examine your nursery stock and 

 make every effort to destroy the insect. Above all things,_ I would 

 strongly urge you not to send out any nursery stock this spring unless 

 you are absolutely sure that it is clean. Can you give me the facts (not 

 for publication, if you have any objection), 4is to how this scale could 

 have reached vour nursery? Yours truly, 



C. V. Riley, 



EntomoloHst. 



Parry, K J., April 25th, 1894. 

 Prof. C. V. Piley,». 



Dept. of Agr., Division of Entomology, Washington, D. C. 

 Dear Sir : — 



We are in receipt of your esteemed favor of April 20tli, and are 

 surprised and alarmed to learn we have the San Jose Scale — although 

 from samples sent Professor Smith, of New Jersey State Experiment 

 Station, he expressed fears such was the case and we have made an 

 appointment with him to visit our grounds— and as you recommend we 

 will not 'send anything of which we have any doubts. 



We have no positive evidence how this scale reached us. We have 

 been in the habit of getting from California fruit and nut trees, prin- 

 cipally from Japan varieties and generally imported. From your bulletin 



