80 THE SAN JOSE OR CHINESE SCALE. 



LEGISLATION AGAINST THE SAN JOSE SCALE. 



As indicated in another place, no insect has been the subject of so 

 much domestic and foreign legislation as has the San Jose scale. In 

 this country nearh^ all the States have past laws regulating the sale 

 and shipment of nurser}^ stock and providing for inspection on account 

 of this scale insect, and a great man}^ foreign countries have made 

 regulations regarding the importation of American plants and fruits. 



The domestic legislation on insect matters, including the San Jose 

 scale, was compiled by Doctor Howard and published as Bulletin No. 

 13 (new series) of this Office in 1898, and the foreign legislation up 

 to 1900 is summarized by Doctor Howard in Circular No. 11 of this 

 Office, published in August, 1900. There has been a great deal of 

 additional legislation b}^ different States subsequent to the publication 

 of Bulletin No. 13, and by a resolution of the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists and the American Association of Horticultural Inspect- 

 ors this Office has collected, by the aid of special committees appointed 

 by the two associations mentioned, all of the laws in their present 

 form, and these have ver}^ recently been published as Bulletin No. 61 

 of the Bureau of Entomology. There have been also some charges 

 in foreign legislation, and ultimatel}'^ a revision of Circular 41 will be 

 issued. The subject is much too large and bulk}^ to be considered in 

 this bulletin. 



