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ment with rules regulating the inspection of nurseries. 

 Maryland has done more in perfecting fumigation 

 methods in the East than any other State. The 

 Canadian government practically adopted the Maryland 

 system, after sending a representative to familiarize 

 himself with details and methods used in that State. 



The following states and territories have no laws at 

 present, December i, 1901, governing the transporta- 

 tion or inspection of nursery stock : Alaska, Alabama, 

 Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Missis- 

 sippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, 

 Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and 

 Wyoming. If special information is desired relative 

 to inspection or the shipment of nursery stock into 

 any of the above states or territories, it can be secured 

 through the Directors of Experiment Stations. 



A brief synopsis of the horticultural laws and 

 rulings regulating the inspection of nurseries and 

 orchards, and the shipment of nursery stock in the 

 various states and territories is given herewith. Most 

 states require copies of the authorized certificate of 

 inspection to accompany and be attached to each con- 

 signment of nursery stock. Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, 

 and Montana require all nursery stock entering their 

 borders to be inspected by local inspectors. Canada 

 receives no stock, as noted in Chapter XXIII., except 

 through certain ports of entry, where it is fumigated. 

 This is true also in Montana and Oregon. All stock 

 shipped into New York from other states must be 

 fumigated. Nurserymen desiring to ship into those 

 states should bear this in mind and look up the points 

 of entry. Duplicate certificates are required for ship- 



