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HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS' PROCEEDINGS 



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Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the 

 American Association of Official Horticultural 

 Inspectors 



The Thirteenth Annual ^Meeting of the American Association of 

 Official Horticultural Inspectors was held in Philadelphia, Pa., Decem- 

 ber 29 and 30, 191-i. 



The first session was held in the parlors of the Hotel Walton, and 

 was called to order at 8.00 p. m. by the Chairman, W. E. Britton, 

 with J. G. Sanders, Secretary. 



The second session was called to order at 10.00 a. m. AVedDesday, 

 December 30, in the Veterinary Building of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Upwards of 75 inspectors and visitors were present at each session, 

 including several members of the legislative c »mmittee of the American 

 Association of Nurser3^men who were invited to atteud the meetings 

 of the inspectors for our mutual benefit. 



The following program was presented at the two sessions of the 

 meetings: 



PROGRAM 



Tuesday, December 29, 1914—8.00 p. m. 



1. Address of the Chairman, W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn. 



2. Important Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nursery Stock in 1914. 15 min. 



E. R. Sasscer, Federal Horticultm-al Board, Washington, D. C. 



3. Some Recent Insect Importations into New Jersey. 10 min. H. B. "Weiss, New 



Brunswick, N. J. 



Informal Discussion of Question 1 



Wednesday, December .30, 1914—10.00 a. m. 



4. Prevention of Rabbit Injury to Young Apple Trees. -5 min. E. N. Cory, College 



Park, Md. 



o. The Training of a Nursery Inspector. 15 min. R. Kent Beattie, Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board, Washington, D. C. 



6. The Missouri Inspection Service. 10 min. L . Haseman, Columbia, Mo. 



7. Essentials in Insect Control. (A Plea for Greater Simplicity.) 10 min. T. J. 



Headlee, New Brunswick, N. J. 



Informal Discussion of Questions 2, 3, 4-, cind 5 

 Election of Officers for 1915 — Business. 



8. A Model Nursery and Orchard Inspection Law. (Progress Report.) 15 min. 



J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis. 

 General Discussion led by Mr. Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y., Chairman of Com- 

 mittee on Legislation of the American Association of Nurserymen. 



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