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culture and to the chairmen of the Committees of Agriculture of the House of 

 Representatives and Senate of the United States by the secretary of this asso- 

 ciation ; and 



''Resolved, That a committee of this association be appointed, which shall 

 cooperate in drafting and aid in every way possible the passage of such legis- 

 lation, and report at the next meeting of this association." 



After which, adjournment was talsien to 9 a. m., Thursday. 



On Thursday morning, after discussion, the report of the committee on uni- 

 form certificate was adopted, as follows : 



''Resolved, That the following form shall be the uniform certificate for adop- 

 tion : 



" ' This is to certify that, in accordance with chapter -, the nursery stock 



for sale by , of — ^ has been inspected by a duly authorized 



inspector and has been found apparently free from dangerously injurious 

 insects and plant diseases." 



" ' Invalid after July 1, 190—.' " 



On motion, the committee was continued to prepare a uniform list of pests. 



Professor Forbes reported, for the recently elected tag committee, the great 

 diflSculties of putting into practice the required duties of the committee. 



The following resolutions were adopted, after which the association ad- 

 journed : 



"Resolved J)y the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors, That 

 whereas a committee of the American Association of Nurserymen has at this 

 meeting requested that a delegation from this association be instructed to attend 

 the annual meeting of the said Nurserymen's Association, at Dallas, Tex., June 

 13-15, 1906, to consider matters of vital common interest relative to the regu- 

 lations concerning the control of nursery stock, the appointment of Professor 

 Newell, of Louisiana ; Professor Smith, of Georgia, and Professor Mackintosh, 

 of Alabama, be made to form such a delegation, and that the proper boards in 

 their respective States be informed of this action, with the recommendation that 

 provision be made by them for the expense incident in attending the aforesaid 

 meeting. 



" Resolved, That the time and place of our next meeting be left to the officers 

 of this association." 



