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'A. Buy only Guaranteed or Fumigated Stock. — With 

 the facilities now available for the examination of nurseries, 

 there is no good reason why any nurseryman in the State 

 cannot have his place examined by competent experts, and 

 be placed in a position to guarantee his stock free from dan- 

 gerous insect pests. This end is best obtained by fumiga- 

 tion ; and, as previously indicated, several of our Massachu- 

 setts nurserymen arc now patting on the market nothing but 

 fumigated stock. 



The Outcome. 

 While the individual loss in many cases has been severe, 

 the writer believes, with J. H. Hale of Connecticut, that the 

 outcome of the occurrence of the San Jose scale in the east 

 will be for the public good, and that the classes who have 

 lost most heavily will ultimately reap the most benefit. The 

 public has been aroused to the importance of insect damages. 

 State legislation against injurious insects has been enacted. 

 Facilities have been provided whereby the farmer may have 

 to a greater degree than ever before the benefit of expert 

 advice and assistance. Best of all is the awakening of 

 interest in the care of trees. No longer is a fruit tree a 

 machine or a callous organism, to be well treated or abused, 

 as circumstances dictate. The farmer now watches his trees 

 through critical eyes. He is learning of their life, their 

 needs and their possibilities. He is learning the lesson that 

 he should have learned before, — that in tree culture con- 

 stant attention and thoroughness are the prime requisites of 

 success, and that any other course will ultimately result in 

 failure. 



