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Delaware. Shipments into the State must bear a certificate of inspec- 
tion and a statement from the shipper that the stock has been fumigated. 
Wesley Webb, Inspector of Orchards and Nurseries, Dover, Delaware. 
Florida. All shipments of nursery stock into the State without certifi- 
cates of inspection and fumigation are illegal. All shipments of citrus trees, 
chinaberry, umbrella trees, cape jessamine, privets, persimmons, green ash, 
cherry, laurel, virburnum, nudum, pomegranate, allamanda and other plants 
subject to white fly infestation must have their leaves removed. All out- 
side persons selling nursery stock within the State must pay a fee of five 
dollars (.$5.00), register with the inspector of nursery stock and file a cer- 
tificate of inspection before receiving permission to sell. All shipments 
must be securely boxed, or covered to prevent infestation or infection. 
Dr. E. W. Berger, Inspector of Nursery Stock, Gainesville, Florida. 
Georgia. Nurserymen or dealers in nursery stock residing in other 
States, who desire to ship nursery stock into Georgia, must file with the 
State Entomologist (Atlanta, Ga.), a copy of their certificate of nursery 
inspection signed in person by a duly authorized State or Government 
Entomologist. In addition to the certificate the nurserymen are required 
to file a signed agreement to the effect that all stock consigned to points 
in Georgia will be fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas, in a manner 
approved by the State Entomologist of Georgia. Upon receipt of the above- 
mentioned certificate and fumigation agreement the official tag of the 
Georgia State Board of Entomology is issued to the nurseryman at the 
cost of printing, as follows: 100 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, $2.00, sent by express collect. All shipments of nursery stock 
into Georgia must bear a copy of the official Georgia tag, which bears a 
facsimile of the signature of the Entomologist of Georgia, and also a 
copy of the certificate issued by the proper official of the State where such 
shioment originated. Any shipment not so labeled shall be liable to con- 
fiscation upon the order of the Entomologist of Georgia. E. L. Worsham, 
State Entomologist, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Idaho. All nursery stock shipped into the State is inspected upon its 
arrival, the consignee paying for such inspection. Shipments must bear a 
label showing the name of the shipper, the locality where grown and 
variety of nursery stock, in addition to a copy of an official certificate of 
fumigation emanating from the place where the stock was grown. Applica- 
tion to sell stock in the State must be made to the State Board of Horti- 
cultural Inspection, a bond of $5,000 filed and annual license secured upon 
payment of $10.00. Every nursery firm doing business in the State must 
pay one dollar ($1.00) annually for each agent who represents them. All 
nursery stock sold or delivered must be true to name and variety as repre- 
sented. .1. U. McPherson, State Horticultural Inspector, Boise, Idaho. 
Illinois. Each shipment coming into the State must bear a certificate 
of nursery inspection. Agents and dealers selling stock obtained from out- 
side nurserymen must file every year with the State Entomologist a sworn 
statement with certificates showing sources of stock. Dr. S. A. Forbes, State 
Entomologist; P. A. Glenn, Chief Inspector, Urbana, Illinois. 
Indiana. Stock shipped into the State from another State or from one 
point to another within the State, must be plainly labelled with the name 
of the consignor and consignee and must bear a certificate of the State or 
government official showing that the enclosed stock has been inspected and 
found free from injurious insects and plant diseases. All foreign-grown 
nursery stock is unpacked and inspected by the State Entomologist upon 
arrival at its destination in Indiana. C. H. Baldwin, State Entomologist, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. 
