﻿tion, 
  stopping 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  examine 
  an 
  individual 
  tree, 
  and 
  giving 
  

   careful 
  attention 
  only 
  to 
  trees 
  whose 
  general 
  appearance 
  indicated 
  the 
  

   possibility 
  of 
  insect 
  injury. 
  Of 
  course 
  no 
  premises 
  were 
  found 
  entirely 
  

   free 
  from 
  insects 
  commonly 
  classed 
  as 
  injurious. 
  In 
  the 
  great 
  majority 
  

   of 
  cases, 
  however, 
  those 
  present 
  were 
  kinds 
  which 
  would 
  necessarily 
  be 
  

   left 
  behind 
  in 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  clean 
  young 
  nursery 
  trees, 
  and 
  without 
  

   exception 
  all 
  were 
  common 
  widespread 
  insects 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  at 
  large. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  clear, 
  however, 
  that 
  no 
  certificate, 
  however 
  carefully 
  it 
  maybe 
  

   drawn, 
  or 
  however 
  thoroughgoing 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  inspection 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  

   is 
  based, 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  more 
  than 
  presumptive 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  absence 
  of 
  seriously 
  injurious 
  insect 
  pests. 
  Indeed, 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  any 
  except 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  reliable 
  and 
  honest 
  nurseryman 
  it 
  is 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  no 
  credit 
  whatever, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  even 
  worse 
  than 
  no 
  certifi- 
  

   cate 
  at 
  all, 
  since 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  perfectly 
  easy 
  for 
  an 
  unscrupulous 
  dealer 
  

   to 
  deceive 
  first 
  the 
  inspector 
  and 
  then 
  his 
  customer, 
  and 
  this 
  with 
  little 
  

   or 
  no 
  danger 
  of 
  detection. 
  The 
  inspector, 
  of 
  course, 
  must 
  take 
  the 
  

   word 
  of 
  the 
  nurseryman 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  his 
  property, 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  

   presume 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  all 
  the 
  stock 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  owner 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  

   draw 
  for 
  sale, 
  for 
  if 
  deceived 
  in 
  this 
  regard 
  he 
  has 
  usually 
  no 
  means 
  

   of 
  detecting 
  the 
  deceit. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  certain 
  means 
  

   of 
  limiting 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  certificate 
  to 
  stock 
  actually 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  nur- 
  

   seryman 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  grounds 
  where 
  the 
  inspection 
  was 
  made. 
  Duplicates 
  

   of 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  used, 
  with 
  perfect 
  security 
  from 
  detection, 
  upon 
  any 
  stock 
  

   from 
  any 
  source, 
  received 
  perhaps 
  long 
  after 
  the 
  last 
  inspection 
  was 
  

   made. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  official 
  certificate 
  tends 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  sense 
  of 
  security 
  

   to 
  the 
  customer 
  in 
  dealing 
  with 
  a 
  nurseryman 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  know 
  or 
  in 
  

   whom, 
  if 
  known, 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  full 
  confidence, 
  it 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  an 
  

   evil 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  benefit; 
  but 
  notwithstanding 
  these 
  drawbacks 
  to 
  its 
  use, 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  difficult, 
  I 
  think, 
  to 
  devise 
  any 
  satisfactory 
  substitute 
  for 
  it, 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  commonly 
  worded 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  generally 
  understood. 
  

  

  Insecticide 
  Treatment. 
  

  

  Heretofore 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  states 
  under 
  circumstances 
  such 
  as 
  existed 
  

   in 
  Illinois 
  in 
  1897, 
  either 
  nothing 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  behalf, 
  

   the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  being 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  individuals 
  acting 
  in 
  their 
  

   own 
  interest, 
  or 
  laws 
  have 
  been 
  passed 
  establishing 
  some 
  state 
  authority 
  

   competent 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  the 
  economic 
  situation. 
  In 
  Illinois 
  an 
  attempt 
  

   was 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  such 
  thoroughgoing 
  legislation 
  at 
  the 
  biennial 
  ses- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  legislature 
  for 
  1897. 
  A 
  bill 
  establishing 
  a 
  state 
  board 
  

   of 
  horticulture 
  with 
  ample 
  powers 
  of 
  inspection 
  and 
  police 
  was 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  in 
  both 
  houses 
  and 
  passed 
  the 
  senate 
  by 
  a 
  unanimous 
  vote. 
  

  

  