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principal nursery pests of the country, available for all horticultural inspectors 
and distributed to all nurserymen and others immediately interested? 
“8. What measures should be taken by horticultural inspectors for the 
regulation of the business of dealers not owners of nursery premises nor grow- 
ing their own stock for sale? 
“9. Is National legislation covering nursery inspection desirable and prac- 
ticable? 
“10. What, in the judgment of the conference, is the best insecticide pro- 
gramme for orchards infested with the San Jose scale—first, for the official 
entomologist charged with the destruction of the scale; second, for the private 
owner seeking to suppress the scale or to keep it in check? 
“11. What insects or fungous pests of the orchard should be regarded as 
sufficiently dangerous to the property of others to require suppression by 
individuals in the general interest? é 
“12. What is a sound public poli¢y with respect to the division between the 
State and the property owner of the costs of a practical operation for the 
control of horticultural pests? 
“Those proposing to attend this conference are respectfully requies tec to 
send notice of such intention to the undersigned at Urbana, Ill., until November 
8, and thereafter to the Ebbitt House, Washington. Special suggestions with 
regard to topics for discussion will also be very welcome. 
““S. A, FORBES.” 
First ANNUAL MEETING. 
A general meeting of the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors 
for the United States and Canada was called to order at the Ebbitt House, 
Washington, D. C., November 11, 1901, at 7.30 p. m., by the chairman, Mr. S. A. 
Forbes, of Illinois. Mr. Fernald, of Massachusetts, was chosen secretary. 
Those present during the sessions were: 
Connecticut, W. E. Britton; Delaware, W. Webb; Georgia, W. M. Scott, W. 
Fiske; Illinois, S. A. Forbes; Indiana, J. Troop; Iowa, H. E. Summers; Mary- 
land, A. L. Quaintance, J. B. S. Norton, Professor Blodgett; Massachusetts, 
H. T. Fernald; Missouri, J. M. Stedman; New Jersey, J. B. Smith; New York, 
G. A. Atwood; North’ Carolina, F. Sherman; Ohio, F. M. Webster; Pennsylva- 
nia, J. Hamilton, E. B. Engle; Virginia, W. B. Alwood, J. L. Phillips; Wiscon- 
sin, W. A. Henry. W. G. Johnson and E. D. Sanderson were also present at a 
part of the meetings as visitors. 
On the motion of Mr. Alwood, of Virginia, it was voted that a committee of — 
three be appointed by the chair to report as soon as possible on the advisa- 
bility of forming a permanent organization. The president appointed Messrs. 
Smith, Webster, and Summers. 
On the motion of Mr. Smith, of New Jersey, the question, “ Within what 
limits of time may nurseries properly be inspected, and what period should the 
annual certificate be made to cover?” was taken up. After much discussion it 
was voted, on the motion of Mr. Smith, of New Jersey, that the resolution 
adopted by the meeting of horticultural inspectors in Chicago on January 4, 
1901, bearing on this point be adopted by the society, as follows: That the 
period of inspection should be determined in each State at the discretion of the 
inspector, but it was agreed that all peach stock should be inspected as late in 
the season as practicable, particularly where the surroundings were such as to 
cause suspicion of the occurrence of the San Jose scale, or where the origin of 
the buds was either suspicious or unknown. In such cases, if the nursery was 
