14 SUPPRESSION OF INSECT PESTS AND PLANT DISEASES. 



persons shall be required to make application of such treatment for the purpose of 

 destroying them as said commissioners may prescribe. Said notices may be served 

 upon the person or persons owning or having charge or possession of such infested 

 trees, or places, or articles as aforesaid, by any commissioner, or by any person 

 deputed by the said commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served in the 

 same manner as a summons in a civil action. If the owner or owners or person or 

 persons in charge or possession of any orchard, or nursery, or trees, or places, 

 or articles infested with said insects or any of them, or their eggs or larvae, after 

 having been notified as above to destroy the same, or make application of treatment 

 as directed, shall fail, neglect, or refuse to do so, he or they shall be deemed guilty 

 of maintaining a public nuisance, and any such orchards, nurseries, trees, places, or 

 articles thus infested shall be adjudged, and the same is hereby declared, a public 

 nuisance, and may be proceeded against as such. If found guilty, the court shall 

 direct the aforesaid county board of horticultural commissioners to abate the nui- 

 sance. The expense thus incurred may be a lien upon the real property of the 

 defendant." 



The quarantine regulations passed by the State Board of Horticulture are as follows : 



''Rule 1. All consignees, agents, or other person or persons shall, within twenty- 

 four hours, notify the quarantine officer of the State Board of Horticulture, or a duly 

 commissioned quarantine guardian, of the arrival of any tree, plant, buds, or scions 

 at any point of debarkation in the State of California. 



" Rule 2. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions imported or brought 

 into the State from any foreign country or from any of the United States or Terri- 

 tories, are hereby required to be disinfected, as hereinafter provided, upon arrival at 

 any point where they are to be unloaded ; and, furthermore, if any of said trees, 

 plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions are found infested with insects, or with any 

 fungi, blight, or other disease injurious to fruit or to fruit trees, or to other trees or 

 plants, they shall remain in quarantine fourteen days, or until the quarantine officer 

 of the State Board of Horticulture, or a duly commissioned quarantine guardian, can 

 determine whether the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions are free 

 from live injurious insect pests, or their eggs, larvae, or pupae before they can be 

 offered for sale, gift, distribution, or transportation. 



"Rule 3. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions infested with any 

 insect, fungi, blight, or other diseases known to be injurious to fruit or to fruit trees 

 or to other trees or plants, and liable to spread contagion, are hereby required to be 

 disinfected before being offered for sale, gift, removal, distribution, or transpor- 

 tation. 



"Rule 4. All peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, or almond trees, and all other trees 

 budded or grafted upon peach stock or roots, all peach or other pits, and all peach, 

 nectarine, apricot, plum, or almond cuttings, buds, or scions raised or grown in a 

 district where the peach yellows or the peach rosette are known to exist, are hereby 

 prohibited from being planted or offered for sale, gift, or distribution within the 

 State of California. 



"Rule 5. All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, or pits arriving 

 from any foreign country, found infested with insect pests or their eggs, larvae, or 

 pupae, or with fungi, or other disease or diseases hitherto unknown in this State, 

 are hereby prohibited from landing. 



"Rule 6. Fruit of any kind grown in any foreign country, or in any of the United 

 States or Territories, found infested with any insect or insects, or with any fungi, 

 blight, or other disease or diseases injurious to fruit or to fruit trees, or to other 

 trees or plants, is hereby prohibited from being offered for sale, gift, or distribution 

 within the State. 



"Rule 7. Transportable material of any kind infested with any insect or insects, or 

 their eggs, larvae, or pupa 1 , or by any fungi, blight, or other disease or diseases known 

 to be injurious to fruit or to fruit trees, or to other trees or plants, and liable to spread 



