SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE NURSERY 



INSPECTOR. 



To the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. 



I have the honor to submit herewith the seventh annual 

 report of the State Nursery Inspector. 



During the inspection season, from the first of July till 

 the completion of the work in October, 137 different places 

 were visited by the inspectors, not counting blocks of stock 

 located within a mile of each other, these places being parts 

 of 12(3 different nurseries. Four nurseries have gone out of 

 business since the last report ; 2 have no stock for sale this 

 year ; 3 fumigate all stock sold ; 1 has received a certificate 

 for ornamental stock and a second for fumigated fruit stock, 

 this having been inspected three weeks after fumigation, the 

 results of which were satisfactory; 1 has received a certificate 

 for ornamental stock only; 4 have failed to comply with the 

 requirements of the law, and have, therefore, been refused 

 certificates; and 111 full certificates have been given. 



The approach of the ^y\)^y moth to a number of nurseries 

 during the last few years has been carefully watched. Dur- 

 ing the past season it has reached 5 of these and is danger- 

 ously near 4 others. This is a very serious condition, for 5 

 of these 9 do a large business, not only in Massachusetts but 

 also in other States. A conference with the superintendent 

 (»f the gypsy moth commission concerning the situation has 

 resulted in a ruling that no certificate of inspection will be 

 given hereafter to any nursery in which the gypsy moth is 

 found until after an inspection, made as late as September 15 

 of each year, as the insect might enter a nursery after the 

 inspection had been completed if it were made before this 

 date. 



Another serious fact in connection with the work is that 



