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NURSERY INSPECTION IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



Rev. Father Leopold, Oka Agricultural Institute, La Trappe, Que. 



Though it is my intention to speak about the Woolly Aphis, I shall 

 do so with one object in view: that is, its relation to inspection in the nursery 

 row. This is the reason I am giving to my paper the title: "Nursey In- 

 spection in the Province of Quebec." 



This is now the second year only that nurseries have been inspected by 

 a Provincial officer; the first year, in view of the fact that if one wished to 

 import nursery stock of any description into the Province of Nova Scotia, 

 he must have a certificate testifying especially that his trees were free from 

 the San Jose scale. Last season, after a law had been passed at Quebec, 

 the nurseries of the whole Province became subject to inspection. 



The new act adopted last session enacts in substance as follows: 

 "It is forbidden to sell in the Province, any nursery product grown in the 

 Province if the proprietor has not received from the Provincial Entomol- 

 ogist or his representative a certificate of inspection mentioned in article 

 2041m." Now in this article the law enacts that the certificate is to be 

 given only if the inspector does not notice the presence of any of the follow- 

 ing insects or diseases-: 



1. The San Jose Scale, Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comst. 



2. The Brown Tail Moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. 



3. The Gypsy Moth, Porthetria dispar L. 



4. The Woolly Aphis, Schizoneura lanigera Hausm. 



5. The Black Knot, Plowrightia morbosa. Sacc. 



6. Apple Canker, Nectria ditissima Tul. 



7. Potato Canker, Chrysophlyctis endobiotica Sch. 



Now let me first say that in this law I am taking exception to the 

 inclusion of the Woolly Aphis among the insects in the preceding list. I 

 find that even if it were necessary to include the Woolly Aphis in the list, 

 there ought not to be such a severe law such as the preceding one, pro- 

 hibiting the sale of any tree if only a few trees are found infested. 



The reason why I think that the Woolly Aphis should not be included 

 among pests prohibited in our province is that in Quebec Province the 

 Woolly Aphis is not an important pest, although it is very generally distri- 

 buted. Professor Caesar, who is the Provincial Entomologist in Ontario, 



