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Questions 



1. Should further importation of all nursery stock be prohibited by Federal law, 

 except in very limited amount for experimental propagation by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture? 



2. What is the proper treatment for scale-infested premises in close proximity to 

 nurseries? 



3. Should we require fumigation of all susceptible nursery stock grown in states 

 known to be generallj^ infested with San Jose Scale? 



4. By what means can the standard of efficiency of inspectors be raised? 



0. Should horticultm'al inspectors furnish a bond? 



SUMMARY OF PAPERS AXD DISCUSSIONS 



1. Address of the Chairman. Dr. Britten reviewed concisely the 

 early work of inspection of nursery stock and the reasons therefor, 

 outlining the method of introduction of the San Jose scale into 

 the United States and more particularly into eastern United States. 

 He recounted the various successive steps taken by state authorities 

 to safeguard the growing and distribution of nursery stock. The 

 quarantine and inspection of imported plant material was also dis- 

 cussed and reference was made to the necessitj^ of greater uniformity 

 in the inspection laws of the various states. 



2. The paper on Important Insect Pests Collected on Imported 

 Nursery Stock in 1914" by Mr. E. R. Sasscer of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board, Washington, D. C, provoked considerable discussion 

 on the part of the inspectors present. It was urged by the members 

 of the Federal Board present that all species of insects and fungous 

 diseases found on imported plant material, even though they be com- 

 mon ones, be reported to the Federal Board since full reports are 

 valuable in showing laxity of inspection, and ultimately formed a 

 general argument against free and promiscuous importation of plant 

 material. 



Mr. Rogers asked for a bulletin describing the important pests 

 likely to be found on imported plants, believing that such a hand- 

 book should be available to all inspectors whose duty it was to inspect 

 imported material. 



Mr. Marlatt reported progress on such a bulletin to be published by 

 the department of agriculture, which probably would appear in the 

 form of a handbook. Over 100 illustrations and much manuscript 

 is already submitted and may be published within the next year. 

 This publication will also include a treatise on the fungus and bac- 

 terial diseases concerned with imported plants, the manuscript for 

 which is n course of preparation by Dr. Perley Spaulding. 



Dr. Britton asked for information concerning the recently imported 



