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belonging to homeowners taking their plants to other states. 

 INSPECTION OF PLANT STOCK FROM OTHER STATES 



Section 29 of the Plant Pest Lav/ requires transportation 

 companies to notify this division v;hen they receive nursery 

 stock consigned to points in Massachusetts. 



This section provides us with a built-in safeguard for 

 protecting the nursery stock grov;ing in the state. If an in- 

 sect or disease condition exists on the nursery stock when it 

 arrives in Massachusetts, we can insist the material be treated, 

 returned to the c-.r.-r, or if necessary, destroyed. 



Constant checking of this sort is an aid to keeping Mass- 

 achusetts free from new and possibly harmful insects and diseases 



