Delaware 
Shipments of nursery stock into the 
state must bear a certificate of inspec- 
tion and also a certificate stating that 
the stock has been properly fumigated. 
All nursery stock not accompanied by 
proper certificates may be held by the 
transportation companies until it can be 
inspected. Wesley Webb, Secretary, State 
Board of Agriculture, Dover, Del. 
Florida 
All shipments into the state shall have 
attached to each package a certificate 
stating that the contents have been strip- 
ped of foliage and fumigated as per rules 
and regulations. All persons selling nurs- 
ery stock without the state shall pay a 
fee of $5 per annum and register with 
the inspector of nursery stock, file a cer- 
tificate of inspection and receive permis- 
Sion to sell nursery stock in the state. It 
is declared unlawful to Knowingly sell or 
transport any infested or infected nurs- 
ery stock in the state. Rules and regula- 
tions may be obtained by addressing E. 
W. Berger, Inspector of Nursery Stock, 
Gainesville, Fla. 
Georgia 
Nurseries are inspected annually. A 
signed duplicate of inspection certificate, 
together with a statement by the nursery- 
men that all stock intended for Georgia 
will be fumigated in accordance with di- 
rections furnished them, must be filed in 
the office of the state entomologist. Of- 
ficial tags of the Georgia State Board of 
Entomology will be furnished by the 
state entomologist at the following price: 
One hundred tags, 60 cents, postpaid; 200 
tags, 85 cents, postpaid; 300 tags, $1.10, 
postpaid; 500 tags, $1.35, sent by express, 
collect; 1,000 tags, $2, sent by express, 
collect. Wach shipment of nursery stock 
into the state of Georgia must bear the 
official tag of the Georgia State Board of 
Entomology and also a duplicate certif- 
icate of inspection of the state from 
which the shipment is made H. IL. 
Worsham, State Entomologist, Atlanta, 
Ga. 
Idaho 
No person, firm or corporation shall 
import or sell nursery stock without 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
first applying to the State Board of Hor- 
ticultural Inspection and filing a bond in 
the sum of $5,000 and securing annual 
license upon payment of $10. Shipments 
into the state should bear a copy of an 
official certificate of fumigation emanat- 
ing from the place where the stock was 
grown. All shipments into the state must 
bear a label showing the name of the 
shipper, the locality where grown and va- 
riety of nursery stock. All nursery stock, 
fruit trees or horticultural plants sold or 
delivered by principal or agents shall be 
true to name and variety as represented. 
All nursery stock shipped into this state, 
whether bearing certificate of inspection 
or noi, must be inspected again upon 
its arrival, the consignee paying for such 
inspection. Every nursery firm doing 
business in this state must pay annually 
$1 additional for each agent who repre- 
sents them. J. U. McPherson, State Hor- 
ticultural Inspector, Boise, Idaho. 
Thlinois 
State nurseries are inspected and cer- 
tified not later than October 1. An in- 
spection certificate shall be valid for one 
year from date of inspection. The state 
entomologist is authorized to revoke a 
certificate if he finds il is being used in 
violation of the law. He is also required 
to furnish all Illinois nurserymen with a 
list of state and government inspectors 
whose certificates may be received as 
equally valid as his own, and the nur- 
seryman receiving stock under such cer- 
tificates is authorized to substitute for 
them the Illinois certificate of inspection. 
Each dealer in nursery stock who has no 
nursery of his own and each agent for 
a nursery located outside of Illinois is 
required to furnish to the state entomol- 
ogist annually a sworn statement, show- 
ing that the stock in which he deals has 
been duly inspected, and to submit for ap- 
proval a copy of the certificate of inspec- 
tion. Nursery stock shipped into the state 
must bear a certificate of inspection at- 
tached to each car, box, bale, bundle or 
package. Dr. §S. A. Forbes, State En- 
tomologist; P. A. Glenn, Chief Inspector, 
Urbana, III. 
