230 FUMIGATION METHODS 



Ontario we are operating under the San Jose Scale 

 Ammendment Act, passed April i, 1899, Legislature 

 of Ontario, and the following are the chief clauses or 

 sections relating directly to the inspection and fumi- 

 gation of nursery stock: 



Portion of the San Jos / Scale Act. The following 

 are the sections of the San Jose Scale Act dealing 

 with the fumigation of nursery stock, 62d Victoria, 

 Chapter 35: 



3. No person shall import or bring, or cause to be imported 

 or brought, into the Province of Ontario, for any purpose 

 whatsoever, any plant infested with scale. 



4. No person shall keep, or have, or offer for exchange or 

 sale, any plant infested with scale,, 



5. The owner or proprietor of any nursery shall not send 

 out, or permit any plant to be removed, from his nursery, 

 without the same first being fumigated by hydrocyanic acid 

 gas, in accordance with regulations prescribed by order of the 

 Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. 62 Vic., Chap. 35. 



6. No person shall sell, or dispose of, or offer for sale, 

 any plant obtained, taken or sent out from a nursery unless 

 the said plant has previously been fumigated in accordance 

 with these regulations. 62 Vic., Chap. 35. 



7. In case the Inspector finds scale in any nursery and so 

 reports to the Minister, the Minister may thereupon inform, 

 by writing, the owner or proprietor or manager of said 

 nursery of the existence of scale in his nursery, and the 

 owner or proprietor or manager of said nursery shall not 

 thereafter permit any plant or plants to be removed from the 

 said nursery until the Inspector reports to the Minister that 

 it is safe in the public interest to permit the said nursery 

 stock to be removed after fumigation. 62 Vic., Chap. 35. 



Canadian fumigation regulations. The following 

 regulations have been prescribed by order of the 



