286 FUMIGATION METHODS 
ment with rules regulating the inspection of nurseries. 
Maryland has done more in perfecting fumigation 
methods in the East than any other State. The 
Canadian government practically adopted the Maryland 
system, after sending a representative to familiarize 
himself with details and methods used in that State. 
The following states and territories have no laws at 
present, December 1, 1901, governing the transporta- 
tion or inspection of nursery stock: Alaska, Alabama, 
Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Missis- 
sippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, 
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and 
Wyoming. If special information is desired relative 
to inspection or the shipment of nursery stock into 
any of the above states or territories, it can be secured 
through the Directors of Experiment Stations. 
A brief synopsis of the horticultural laws and 
rulings regulating the inspection of nurseries and 
orchards, and the shipment of nursery stock in the 
various states and territories is given herewith. Most 
states require copies of the authorized certificate of 
inspection to accompany and be attached to each con- 
signment of nursery stock. Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, 
and Montana require all nursery stock entering their 
borders to be inspected by local inspectors. Canada 
receives no stock, as noted in Chapter X XIII., except 
through certain ports of entry, where it is fumigated. 
This is true also in Montana and Oregon. All stock © 
shipped into New York from other states must be 
fumigated. Nurserymen desiring to ship into those 
states should bear this in mind and look up the points 
of entry. Duplicate certificates are required for ship- 
