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bably be one to the effect that the 
stock was guaranteed to be free from 
all living insects (mites included), 
insect larvae, insect eggs, or other dis¬ 
eases, at the time of its delivery. If 
newly-set stock is found to be free 
from infestation when it has matured 
a new crop of foliage, this would be 
fairly clear evidence that it was clean 
when received. If infestation with in¬ 
sects, or infection with disease, was 
discovered by the time a new crop of 
foliage had matured, expert evidence 
[inspection of the neighboring prem¬ 
ises, and of the nursery from which 
the stock was obtained] would have to 
decide the case. Such a guarantee 
would also be in the nature of a chal¬ 
lenge to the buyer or grower to find 
insects and disease if he could; and 
no nurseryman would make such a 
challenge if the stock he shipped was 
not clean. 
In conclusion, the writer believes 
that the grower can best protect him¬ 
self by making' the following require¬ 
ments the conditions of buying a nurs¬ 
eryman’s stock: 
1. A written guarantee that the 
stock is free from noxious insects and 
diseases at the time of its delivery. 
2. A written guarantee that the 
contents of each package have been 
properly fumigated prior to shipment 
[ornamentals and other stock which 
would be killed by fumigation alone 
not to be fumigated, or fumigated with 
a smaller dose]. 
3. The complete defoliation and 
cutting back of all stock (especially 
citrus) prior to shipment [ornamentals 
and other stock which would be killed 
bv such treatment alone excepted]. 
4. Complete protection of the stock 
from outside contamination through 
insects and diseases during transporta¬ 
tion, by a properly constructed box or 
other covering. 
The writer also desires to direct the 
growers' attention to the following 
law: 
Ch. 4814, Acts 1899, Sects. 1 and 2. 
3701. The Sale or giving away of 
Diseased Nursery Stock or Seeds.—It 
shall be unlawful for any person to 
knowingly sell or give away any dis¬ 
eased nursery stock or seeds in the 
State of Florida. Any person violat¬ 
ing this section shall be fined not more 
than five. hundred dollars or impris¬ 
oned not more than six months-.—Gen. 
Statutes of the State of Florida, 1906. 
From the foregoing it will be seen 
that the grower has these matters 
wholly under his control, and all that 
is necessary is for him to take advan¬ 
tage of his rights. 
The Nurseryman. —That the nurs¬ 
eryman also has some rights must be 
conceded. When nursery inspection 
has become definitely established un¬ 
der well-defined laws and regulations 
within a State; and when a larger num¬ 
ber of nurserymen have learned to 
realize that a knowledge of insect 
pests and plant diseases is quite as im¬ 
portant to their business as the ability 
to grow plants; and when by the 
bringing of gradually increasing press¬ 
ure by inspectors from year to year, 
greater vigilance will be exercised and 
thoroughly up-to-date methods be em¬ 
ployed in all nurseries ; we may assume 
it proper to refuse a nurseryman a 
certificate in whose stock but one spe¬ 
cimen even of a species of noxious in¬ 
sect is found. But where, as in Flor- 
