TENNESSEE. 139 



Amended Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Entomology. 



1. The following insects and fungous diseases are declared to constitute 

 infestation in trees and plants : 



The San Jose scale {Aspidiotus perniciosus). 



The new peach scale (Aulacaspis pentagona) . 



The woolly aphis of apple (8cMzoneura lanigera). 



The Mexican cotton boll weevil {AntJionomus grandis). 



Black knot of cherry and plum (Plowrightia morhosa). 



Crown gall. 



Rosette of peach and plum. 



Yellows of peach. 



2. Every person, firm, and corporation desiring to conduct the business of a 

 nursery or to sell fruit and ornamental trees and plants, commonly known as 

 nursery stock, shall apply to the State entomologist, Knoxville, Tenn., on or 

 before July 1, 1906, and annually thereafter, for the inspection of their nursery 

 stock ; and they shall inform the State entomologist of the location of the 

 nurserj^ or nursery stock to be inspected, its acreage, extent, and amount, so that 

 arrangements can be made for the prompt inspection of said stock. 



3. Nursery stock is construed to include all fruit, shade, ornamental, and nut 

 trees, bush fruits, grapevines, and strawberry plants, and all buds, grafts, cions, 

 and cuttings from same. 



4. In accordance with section 11 of the law, all trees, buds, grafts, scions, or 

 cuttings of apple, apricot, cherry, peach, pear, plum, and quince, which shall be 

 sold in the State of Tennessee, shall be fumigated shortly before shipment or 

 delivery with hydrocyanic acid gas. 



At the time of the nursery inspection the fumigating house or box shall also 

 be inspected, and must be found in a satisfactory condition ; otherwise no certifi- 

 cate can be granted. 



5. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, exchange, barter, or 

 give away any nursery stock grown within the State of Tennessee, unless in 

 possession of a valid certificate of inspection previously obtained from the State 

 board of entomology. 



6. The State entomologist, or his assistants, shall, on or before September 1 

 of each year, inspect all nurseries and nursery stock within the State, and if 

 found free of infestation a certificate of inspection shall be issued covering same, 

 good until August 1 of the year following. 



7. If infestation is found in any nursery, greenhouse, or nursery stock, the 

 certificate shall be withheld until the premises have been so treated that the 

 salable stock to be covered by said certificate shall be free from such infestation ; 

 and such treatment shall be prescribed by the entomologist making the inspec- 

 tion. 



In case part of a nursery shall be found infested, no certificate shall be 

 granted, but isolated blocks of nursery stock not infested may be considered as 

 separate nurseries, and a certificate covering such stock may be issued after all 

 the infested blocks have been treated as ordered by the inspector. If in the 

 judgment of the inspector infested stock is in so bad a condition as to be 

 unworthy of remedial treatment, it shall be destroyed, subject to appeal, as pro- 

 vided by law. 



8. On complaint to the State entomologist by any citizen that infestation exists 

 in any orchard, garden, or other grounds, said grounds shall be inspected by the 

 entomologist or his assistant. If the infested plants can be saved by remedial 

 action the inspector shall prescribe treatment, but if the infestation is so great 

 that, in the judgment of the inspector, the plants are not worth treatment, they 



