﻿but 
  was 
  vigorously 
  opposed 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  house 
  and 
  finally 
  failed 
  in 
  

   committee, 
  the 
  only 
  immediate 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  effort 
  being 
  an 
  item 
  in 
  the 
  

   general 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  expenses 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  government 
  appro- 
  

   priating 
  $3,000 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  " 
  for 
  experiment, 
  publication^ 
  

   and 
  instruction 
  concerning 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  

   and 
  disinfection 
  of 
  orchards 
  and 
  nurseries." 
  

  

  It 
  thus 
  became 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  to 
  do 
  every- 
  

   thing 
  possible 
  to 
  exterminate 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  Illinois 
  wherever 
  it 
  

   had 
  been 
  or 
  might 
  be 
  detected 
  or, 
  if 
  destruction 
  should 
  prove 
  impracti- 
  

   cable, 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  check 
  its 
  multiplication 
  and 
  spread 
  as 
  vigorously 
  as 
  

   possible, 
  and 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  owners 
  of 
  infested 
  premises 
  full 
  instruction 
  with 
  

   respect 
  to 
  precautionary 
  and 
  remedial 
  measures. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  clearly 
  

   intended 
  that 
  the 
  office 
  should 
  act 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  state 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  practi- 
  

   cable 
  against 
  the 
  dispersal 
  of 
  the 
  scale 
  through 
  the 
  nursery 
  trade. 
  

   With 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  the 
  discharge 
  of 
  these 
  duties 
  the 
  following 
  circular 
  was 
  

   issued 
  in 
  July, 
  1897: 
  

  

  .An 
  appropriation 
  of 
  $3,000 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  of 
  Illinois 
  by 
  the 
  

   General 
  Assembly 
  at 
  its 
  last 
  session, 
  " 
  for 
  experiment, 
  publication, 
  and 
  instruction 
  

   concerning 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  inspection 
  and 
  disinfection 
  of 
  orchards 
  

   and 
  nurseries." 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  earnest 
  desire 
  of 
  the 
  Entomologist 
  that 
  this 
  sum 
  may 
  be 
  

   used 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  advantage 
  to 
  disclose 
  the 
  present 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  pernicious 
  insect; 
  to 
  exterminate 
  the 
  scale 
  promptly 
  

   wherever 
  in 
  Illinois 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  or 
  may 
  be 
  found; 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  nurseryman 
  and 
  

   fruit 
  grower 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  practicable 
  against 
  the 
  chance 
  of 
  future 
  invasion; 
  and 
  to 
  assure 
  

   the 
  customers 
  of 
  Illinois 
  nurserymen 
  and 
  of 
  other 
  dealers 
  in 
  fruit 
  plants 
  that 
  Illinois 
  

   stock 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  is 
  free 
  from 
  this 
  pest. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  the 
  evident 
  intention 
  of 
  the 
  legislature 
  to 
  trust 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  

   matter 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  spirit 
  and 
  enlightened 
  business 
  enterprise 
  of 
  the 
  private 
  citizen, 
  

   aided 
  in 
  every 
  practicable 
  way 
  by 
  the 
  official 
  Entomologist. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  

   circular 
  to 
  make 
  to 
  all 
  interested 
  a 
  cordial 
  offer 
  of 
  information, 
  advice, 
  aid, 
  and 
  super- 
  

   vision 
  of 
  insecticide 
  operations, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  resources 
  at 
  our 
  disposal 
  will 
  permit; 
  and 
  

   also 
  to 
  ask 
  early 
  and 
  full 
  information 
  from 
  all 
  concerned 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  occur- 
  

   rence 
  or 
  introduction, 
  known 
  or 
  suspected, 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  

  

  Location 
  of 
  Colonies. 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  be 
  our 
  first 
  endeavor 
  to 
  discover 
  promptly 
  and 
  to 
  locate 
  exactly 
  all 
  the 
  

   colonies 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  now 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  Eighteen 
  such 
  colonies 
  have 
  

   already 
  been 
  found, 
  nearly 
  all 
  by 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  premises 
  to 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  had 
  

   reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  nursery 
  stock 
  was 
  imported 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  nurseries 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  came 
  were 
  infested 
  by 
  this 
  scale. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  at 
  

   once 
  full 
  information 
  concerning 
  all 
  importations 
  into 
  the 
  state 
  from 
  places 
  and 
  at 
  

   times 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  possible 
  that 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  was 
  conveyed 
  by 
  their 
  means. 
  

   I 
  consequently 
  earnestly 
  request 
  all 
  to 
  whom 
  this 
  notice 
  may 
  come 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  send 
  

   to 
  this 
  office 
  prompt 
  and 
  precise 
  information 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  importation 
  into 
  

   Illinois 
  of 
  nursery 
  stock 
  or 
  other 
  trees 
  or 
  plants 
  subject 
  to 
  its 
  attack, 
  which 
  were 
  

   grown 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  within 
  the 
  time 
  mentioned 
  aftereach: 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  since 
  1873; 
  eastern 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  between 
  1886 
  and 
  1894; 
  Maryland 
  since 
  1887; 
  

  

  