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reach us in such tine shape and so free from insect pests tliat we 
have adopted the ])lan of allowing the importer to unpack ship- 
ments, keeping them together, and preserving all tags, records, 
and numl)ers on boxes (burning ])ackingj, ])ending the arrival of 
the ins])ector. This saves us additional trips to a distant locality 
to examine small consignments arriving later than the main part 
of the shipment. 
Inspections of Imported Plants. 
Dec. 1, 1914, to Sept. 1, 1915. 
Number of plants 502,180 
Num’oer of cases — 
hTom Belgium 53 
From Holland 234 
From France 65 
b'rom Japan 22 
From Germany 5 
From England 4 
383 
Sept. 1, 1915, to Dec. 1, 1915. 
Number of plants 28,150 
Number of cases — 
From Belgium 181 
From Holland 73 
From England 1 
255 
Total number of cases 638 
Total num1)er of plants 530,000 
Total number of cases from Belgium 234 
Total number of cases from Holland 307 
Total nuudter of cases from kh-ance 65 
Total number of cases from Japan 22 
'Fotal number of cases from Germany 5 
Total numlter of cases from England 5 
Total cases 638 
The inspection service works in cooperation with the Federal 
Tforticultural Board, receiving from Washington the notice of all 
shipments of nursery stock from abroad and Iteing advised of all 
(piarantine measures imposed by the Government. 
The White Pine Blister Rust. 
ddiis disease, found on pines and, in one stage, on sjtecies of 
Ribes (currant and gooseberry), has become such a menace to our 
forest interests that not only has the Federal Horticultural Board 
forbidden the entry of all jnnes into this country from Europe, but 
is also considering a cpiarantine of areas in the United States al- 
ready infested. This is a matter calling* for the closest cooperation 
between the Plant Pathologists, the Forest Ser\ ice, snd the Nursery 
