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the committee was a step in the right direction. lie also pointed 

 out the fact that the entomologists and nurserymen were coming to a 

 better understanding of the situation, and thanked the association 

 for the courtesies extended to himself and the other representatives 

 of the Nurserymen's Association. 



Mr. Sanderson stated that the problem of bringing about uniform 

 nursery inspection requirements was a large and difficult one and that 

 it probably could not be solved in a single year. He felt, however, 

 that the report of the committee indicated the most practical line of 

 work to be taken up in this direction, and if the necessary legislation 

 could be secured it would result in bringing about a condition that 

 would be more satisfactory to nurserymen, horticulturists, and in- 

 spectors. The Association of Horticultural Inspectors had adopted 

 a similar report at their annual meeting at Baton Rogue last month 

 and had appointed a representative to act on the joint committee 

 suggested in the report. 



Mr. Marlatt said that Congressional action would be taken when the 

 nurserymen of the country as a whole joined in a strong demand for 

 it. and that a demand from this source would have great weight with 

 Congress, especially with the indorsement of the official entomologists 

 of the different States and the State horticultural inspectors. The 

 remedy, therefore, lay largely in the hands of the nurserymen of the 

 country, and without their united support relief could not be hoped 

 for from Congre>-. 



Mr. Burgess jointed out that for the first time in many years the 

 entomologists interested in nursery inspection had. through a com- 

 mittee, proposed a definite scheme for handling the problem. Har- 

 monious relations now exist with the nurserymen, and they and the 

 inspectors appear to have come to an agreement as to the best meas- 

 ure to adopt, lie expressed the hope that the entomologists would 

 accept and adopt the report. 



Mr. J. B. Smith stated that, although Congress might pass a 

 National law, it would not be able to overrule the requirements or 

 regulation- of State officials, and that, this being the case, he could not 

 see how the law wotdd be enforced so that any great benefit would 

 result. 



Mr. Webster pointed out that if a National law had been passed 

 years before when the matter was agitated, there would not now have 

 been very many conflicting State laws to interfere with the work. In 

 Ftpite of this, he believed the adoption of the report would be a step 

 in the right direction, and that it was not yet too late to take up and 

 push forward the work that should have been done year- ago. 



Mi-. Summers called attention to the fact that one of the reasons 

 for stringent requirements in some States was the careless inspection 

 of other State 1 officials, and that if many o\ the Stale inspectors were 



