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  of 
  inspection 
  and 
  travel 
  were 
  borne 
  by 
  those 
  whose 
  business 
  was 
  facili- 
  

   tated 
  and 
  whose 
  interests 
  were 
  served 
  by 
  the 
  official 
  certificates 
  to 
  be 
  

   issued. 
  Conseciuently, 
  after 
  advising 
  with 
  leading 
  horticulturists 
  and 
  

   nurserymen 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  I 
  issued 
  in 
  J^ilyj 
  i897) 
  

   a 
  circular 
  notice 
  concerning 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  other 
  fruit 
  insects, 
  

   containing 
  the 
  following 
  paragraph: 
  

  

  "As 
  a 
  guarantee 
  of 
  the 
  freedom 
  of 
  Illinois 
  nursery 
  stock 
  from 
  this 
  and 
  other 
  

   notably 
  injurious 
  insects 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  conveyed 
  in 
  trade, 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  offers 
  to 
  

   inspect 
  the 
  premises 
  of 
  nurserymen 
  and 
  other 
  dealers 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  to 
  

   give 
  to 
  the 
  owner 
  after 
  such 
  inspection 
  a 
  certificate 
  setting 
  forth 
  the 
  precise 
  facts 
  

   apparent 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  or 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  and 
  other 
  

   insects 
  dangerous 
  to 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  customers. 
  Such 
  inspections 
  will 
  be 
  made 
  and 
  

   such 
  certificates 
  issued 
  only 
  on 
  application 
  to 
  this 
  office, 
  and 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  the 
  

   actual 
  traveling 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  inspector 
  and 
  2. 
  fey 
  diem 
  of 
  three 
  dollars* 
  are 
  paid 
  

   by 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  inspected 
  property. 
  Special 
  inspections 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  

   imported 
  for 
  sale 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  made, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  practicable, 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   conditions 
  and 
  terms; 
  but 
  to 
  insure 
  such 
  inspections 
  requests 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  possible 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  receipt 
  of 
  importations, 
  with 
  at 
  least 
  an 
  approximate 
  

   indication 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  expected 
  to 
  arrive. 
  Trips 
  may 
  thus 
  be 
  arranged 
  

   which 
  will 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  largest 
  possible 
  number 
  of 
  inspections, 
  and 
  reduce 
  the 
  

   cost 
  of 
  each. 
  Statements 
  of 
  receipts 
  and 
  expenditures 
  under 
  this 
  head 
  will 
  be 
  

   reported 
  to 
  the 
  Governor 
  and 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  regular 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomolo- 
  

   gist 
  of 
  Illinois." 
  

  

  Numerous 
  applications 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  this 
  proposi- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  twenty 
  Illinois 
  nurseries 
  were 
  inspected 
  between 
  August 
  10, 
  

   1897, 
  and 
  April 
  25, 
  1898. 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  certificate 
  issued 
  to 
  those 
  whose 
  

   premises 
  were 
  found 
  free 
  from 
  dangerous 
  insect 
  pests 
  was 
  substantially 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  ' 
  ' 
  This 
  is 
  to 
  certify 
  that 
  on 
  an 
  Assistant 
  of 
  this 
  

  

  office, 
  acting 
  under 
  my 
  direction, 
  examined 
  the 
  growing 
  stock 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  nursery 
  of 
  , 
  and 
  found 
  no 
  indication 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  or 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  dangerous 
  irisects 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  

   transported 
  to 
  the 
  injury 
  of 
  customers. 
  

  

  "This 
  statement 
  is 
  invalid 
  after 
  July 
  i, 
  1S98 
  [or 
  1S99J. 
  

  

  S. 
  A. 
  FORBES, 
  

  

  State 
  Entomologist. 
  "' 
  

  

  This 
  form 
  was 
  slightly 
  modified 
  in 
  individual 
  cases 
  to 
  meet 
  varia- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  condition 
  and 
  reepiirement. 
  In 
  some 
  cases, 
  for 
  example, 
  the 
  

   stock 
  was 
  inspected 
  after 
  removal 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  exposing 
  the 
  roots 
  

   to 
  examination, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  the 
  certificate 
  was 
  so 
  framed 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  

   that 
  fact. 
  In 
  other 
  instances, 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

  

  * 
  Four 
  dollars 
  in 
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