216 MEETINGS OE HOETICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 



Canada have now passed laws designed to protect purchasers of nursery stock 

 from injury and loss by reason of infested or diseased nursery plants ; and 



" Whereas the enforcement of these laws has been in some instances con- 

 sidered hurtful to the interests of nurserymen and has led to some antagonism ; 

 Therefore, 



" jBe it resolved hy the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors, 

 That while they consider that the enforcement of reasonable crop pest laws is 

 imperatively needed, both for the protection of the nurserymen and the fruit 

 growers, they also believe that it is now possible, in \iew of the large experi- 

 ence and data at our command, so to frame the inspection laws and regulations 

 for their execution as to protect the interests of both the nurserymen and the 

 fruit growers ; Therefore, 



" Be it further resolved, That we invite such conference with the official 

 nurserymen's associations as will lead to better relations, and so far as practic- 

 able to uniformity of practice on the part of the official inspectors." 



Mr. Kotinsky, of the Division of Entomology, presented a review of a 

 Russian paper on the inoculation of trees for the prevention of attacks by , 

 insects and other fungi. 



Adjournment sine die. 



Fourth Annual Meeting.^ 



The association met with the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experi- 

 ment Stations at the Shoreham, Washington, D. C, November 14-16, 1905. 



The meeting was attended by 33 persons, 22 States and the District of Colum- 

 bia being represented. Those present were : 



R. S. Woglum, Raleigh, N. C. ; S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. ; H. E. Summers, 

 Ames, Iowa ; Wesley Webb, Dover, Del. ; W. E. Rumsey, Morgantown, W. Va. ; 

 Wilmon Newell, Shreveport, La. ; J. B. S. Norton, College Park, Md. ; O. E. Stene, 

 Kingston, R. I. ; L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, Mich. ; E. P. Taylor, Urbana, 

 111. ; George G. Atwood, Albany, N. Y. ; L. O. Howard, Washington, D. C. ; 

 P. L. Hulsted, Blauvelt, N. Y. ; C P. Gillette, Fort Collins, Colo. ; J. L. Phil- 

 lips, Blacksburg, Va. ; A. L. Quaintance, E. V. Wilcox, Washington, D. C. ; 

 R. I. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. ; E. P. Sandsten, Madison, Wis. ; James Troop, 

 Lafayette, Ind. ; John B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. ; R. W. Braucher, 

 Neoga, 111. ; Fred E. Brooks, F, C. Johnson, Morgantown, W. Va. ; Gordon M. 

 Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. ; E. D. Sanderson, Durham, N. H. ; A. F. Burgess, 

 Columbus, Ohio ; A. B. Gahan, College Park, Md. ; C. L. Marlatt, Washington, 

 D. C. ; Charles E. Chambliss, Clemson College, S. C. ; H. A. Surface, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. ; T. B. Symons, College Park, Md. ; R. S. Mackintosh, Auburn, Ala. 



The meeting was called to order at 10.20 a. m., Tuesday, by Chairman Forbes. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read by the chairman and ap- 

 proved. 



On motion representatives of the National Nurserymen's Association were 

 allowed access to the meetings and all discussions of general interest. 



Mr. Albertson, president of the American Association of Nurserymen, re- 

 sponded in a few words and, thanking the association, asked for a hearing later. 



The topics announced for discussion were taken up. 



The first discussion was on uniformity in nursery Inspection laws and require- 

 ments concerning fumigation. 



The discussion resulted in the adoption of the following resolution : 



" No meeting of the association was held in 1904. 



