LAWS—HORTICULTURAL 
Indiana 
All nurseries are inspected between 
June 1 and October 1 and at such other 
times as the head of the inspection de- 
partment may consider advisable. Stock 
sent into or within the state must be 
plainly labeled with the name of the con- 
signor and the consignee and must bear 
a certificate signed by a state or govern- 
ment official showing that the inclosed 
stock has been inspected and found free 
from injurious insects and plant diseases. 
All foreign-grown stock must be inspect- 
ed upon arrival at its destination in In- 
diana. C. H. Baldwin, State Entomolog- 
ist, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Towa 
State nurseries are inspected at own- 
er’s request or if supposed to be infest- 
ed with dangerously injurious insects or 
plant disease, and nurserymen are pro- 
hibited from selling or shipping without 
inspection. Shipments into the state must 
be accompanied by a certificate of appar- 
ent freedom from injurious insects or 
plant diseases. A copy of inspection cer- 
tificate must be filed with and approved 
by the state entomologist. Prof. H. E. 
Summers, State Entomologist, Ames, [a. 
Kansas 
Nurseries are inspected annually be- 
tween June 15 and November 1. Certif- 
icates are valid until the first day of the 
following June. No nursery stock shall 
be brought into the state nor offered for 
sale within the state without having been 
properly inspected as shown by an accom- 
panying certificate. State Entomological 
Commission, Topeka, Kan. Prof. Geo. A. 
Dean, Entomologist, Manhattan, Kan. 
Prof. S. J. Hunter, Entomologist, Law- 
rence, Kan. 
Kentucky 
Nurseries are inspected annually. 
Every package of nursery stock shipped 
into the state must have a copy of a cer- 
tificate of inspection attached and bear 
on the label a list of the contents. 
Duplicate certificates of inspection may 
be filed with the state entomologist. Prof. 
H. Garman, State Entomologist, Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 
1227 
Louisiana 
Nursery inspection is under the con- 
trol of the State Board of Agriculture 
and Immigration. The entomologist of 
the experiment station will have charge 
of the work, so all communications con- 
cerning nursery inspection should be ad- 
dressed to him. 
The regulations of the board require 
every box, bundle, bale or package of 
nursery stock shipped into the state to 
be plainly labeled with a copy of a valid 
and unexpired certificate of inspection, 
and nurserymen shipping stock into this 
state must file a copy of their certificate 
with the board. J. B. Garrett, Entomo- 
logist, State Board of Agriculture and 
Immigration, Baton Rouge, La. 
Maine 
Nurseries within the state are inspect- 
ed annually. <All nursery stock shipped 
into the state shall bear on each box or 
package a certificate that the contents 
have been inspected. The state horticul- 
turist has power to inspect all stock ship- 
ped into the state at point of destination, 
whether under certificate or not, and if 
found infested with any injurious insects 
or plant diseases he shall cause it to be 
destroyed or returned to the consignor. 
Agents or other parties, excepting grow- 
ers, who sell or deal in nursery stock, or 
Solicit purchasers of nursery stock, shall 
make application for an agent’s license 
and shall file with the state horticultur- 
ist name and location of nursery and 
place of business of the nurserymen or 
tree dealers whom they represent or 
from whom they purchase their stock. 
Such application shall be accompanied 
by a fee of $5. A. K. Gardner, State 
Horticulturist, Augusta, Me. 
Maryland 
Nurseries are inspected at least once 
in six months. AIl nursery stock subject 
to attack of insect pests must be fumi- 
gated. Shipments into the state must be 
labeled with the name of consignor and 
consignee and each package bear a certif- 
icate of inspection. Duplicate certificates 
should be filed with the state entomol- 
ogist. Dr. T. B. Symons, State Hntomol- 
