SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY 
NURSERYMEN OR OTHERS WHO MAKE INTERSTATE SHIP- 
MENTS OF NURSERY STOCK.? 
For the information of nurserymen or other persons who desire to ship 
nursery stock 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. 
Alabama.—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 
1908. ) 
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. 
Hillwood 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. HE. Britton, State entomol- 
ogist, New Haven, Conn. (Amended act of 1903.) 
Delaware.—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 accompanied 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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