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and to see how far the pest has spread in a year. It is onl\ 

 •a question of time when the brpwn-tail moth will extend over 

 the whole state, but we are trying- to put oif that day as long" 

 as possible. 



For the protection of the state, all nursery stock imported 

 from Europe is now being examined for insect pests. In 

 1909 and 1910 many brown-tail moth nests were found in 

 ■certain shipments from France, but none were found in 1911, 

 thoug-h 854 boxes, bales and parcels of such stock were in- 

 spected. 



The legislative committee of the National Xurserymen's 

 Association, the Official Horticultural Inspectors and the rep- 

 resentatives of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 have at last agreed upon a measure which we hope Congress 

 may soon pass, providing for a system of permits and no- 

 tices, and for quarantine of imported stock in emergency 

 ■cases. At present it is impossible to trace some of the ship- 

 ments entering the state, but if this bill passes, there should 

 be no further trouble in this direction. It provides that the 

 inspection shall be done by the states, as some states are now 

 doing, but the proposed measure will help in many ways. 



In spite of the fact that the San Jose scale is considered 

 to be on the wane, Mr. Bartlett observed its rapid spread in 

 some parts of the state, the season apparently being favora- 

 ble to it. The Connecticut nurseries, on the whole, were more 

 nearly free from it than in any year since it became estab- 

 lished here. Canker worms were very abundant in certain 

 localities, and apparently must continue their destructiveness 

 for many years yet before propertv owners generallv will 

 take proper care of their apple trees and spray them with ar- 

 senical poisons. 



The bud moth, Tnietocera ocellana Schiff., was also 

 abundant in some orchards, and the codling moth, Carpocap- 

 sa poiiionella Linn., was fairly common everywhere, but on 

 account of the heavy crop, the percentage of fruit attacked 

 was less than in 1910. 



