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roots which may carry plant pests) may be admitted to 

 the mails only when certified by the state or government 

 inspector to the effect that the forwarding nursery has 

 been inspected within the year and has been found free 

 from injurious insects. The only exceptions to this rul- 

 ing are shipments to the Office of Seed and Plant Intro- 

 duction at Washington. 



384. In Pennsylvania nurseries must be inspected an- 

 nually or oftener. No nurseryman, agent, broker or 

 dealer may legally sell or ship stock without inspection 

 certificate. Fumigation certificates must accompany 

 shipments from other states. The word "fumigated" 

 stamped or stenciled on a certificate of inspection is not 

 enough per se; it must be part of the certificate granted. 

 Nurserymen in other states must file affidavits on blanks, 

 supplied by the State Economic Entomologist at Harris- 

 burg, that their stock shipped into Pennsylvania will be 

 properly fumigated before shipment. Dealers in nursery 

 stock will be granted certificates upon filing statements 

 that they will buy such stock only from growers and 

 nurserymen who hold valid certificates of inspection. 

 Transportation companies must reject uncertified stock 

 from out-state points. 



386. Uniform nursery inspection legislation. In sub- 

 stance the bill favored by the American Association of 

 Nurserymen and the American Association of Economic 

 Entomologists provides for a horticultural inspection 

 board of three or five members in each state ; for the ap- 

 pointment of these members, at least one of whom shall 

 l>e an active grower of nursery stock ; defines the terms 

 "nurseryman," "nursery," "nursery stock," "dealer" and 

 "agent"; designates the control of inspection matters, 

 treatment of diseases in nurseries or other localities ; 

 authors' appointment of deputy inspectors, all working 

 under the direction and control of the board, in which the 

 nurseryman will have a voice ; provides for a bond to be 

 filed by the inspector to cover both acts and omissions of 



