SUMMARY OF REaUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY 

 IfURSERYMEN OR OTHERS WHO MAKE INTERSTATE SHIP- 

 MENTS OF NURSERY STOCK.« 



For the information of nurserymen or other persons who desire to ' ship 

 nursery stoclc to points outside the States in which their nurseries are located, 

 a brief statement of the requirements is given herewith. Changes are con- 

 tinually being made on account of the enactment of new laws or the amendment 

 of old ones, and modifications of the regulations of different States are made 

 from time to time by the authorities in charge of the enforcement of the 

 laws. For the convenience of nurserymen who may wish to write to the offi- 

 cials in charge of inspection work the names and addresses of the latter are 

 given. 



J.?aZ>a»ia.— Persons shipping stock into the State must file a signed duplicate 

 certificate of inspection and obtain official tags, which must be placed on each 

 shipment, in addition to a copy of the certificate. Cost of tags, 60 cents per 

 hundred, or $2.25 per thousand. Five cents per hundred must be added for 

 postage. Mr. R. S. Mackintosh, State horticulturist, Auburn, Ala. (Act of 

 1903.) 



Arizona. — No nursery-inspection law. 



Arkansas. — Shipments must bear a certificate of inspection. Mr. C. F. 

 Adams, State inspector, Fayetteville, Ark. (Act of 1903.) 



California. — Shipments of stock sent into the State are subject to inspection 

 and must bear the name of the consignor and consignee and a statement of 

 where the stock was grown. Notice of shipments should be made to Hon. 

 Ellwood Cooper, commissioner of horticulture, Sacramento, Cal. 



Colorado. — Stock subject to inspection by county inspectors, who are ap- 

 pointed by the State board of horticulture, Denver, Colo. (Amended act of 

 1897.) 



Connecticut. — Shipments of stock into the State must bear certificates of in- 

 spection issued by a State or Government officer, and a statement by the owner 

 that they have been thoroughly fumigated. Dr. W. E. Britton, State entomol- 

 ogist. New Haven, Conn. (Amended act of 1903.) 



Delaivare. — Shipments into the State must be accompanied with official cer- 

 tificates of inspection. Mr. Wesley Webb, Dover, Del. (Amended act of 1901.) 



Florida. — No law. Inspections made and certificates issued to local nursery-, 

 men by Prof. E. H. Sellards, entomologist. Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Lake City, Fla. 



Georgia. — Shipments into the State must be accompanfed with certificates 

 of inspection and copies of the official tags of the State board of entomology. 

 These may be obtained by submitting a duplicate of the official certificate of 

 inspection and a statement that all stock shipped into the State will be prop- 

 erly fumigated. Tags are furnished at cost. Mr. R. I. Smith, State ento- 

 mologist, Atlanta, Ga. (Act of 1900.) 



"Drafted by Mr. A. F. Burgess, secretary of the American Association of Horticultural 

 Inspectors, from the foregoing collection of State and Territorial laws against injurious 

 insects. (Published in separate form as Circular No. 75 of this Bureau.) 



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