We desire to caution the planting public against 
purchasing nursery stock from peddlers. 
It is not safe to buy, at any price, trees that have 
been carted about on trucks, for an unknown length 
of time, exposed to sun and wind. 
Purchasers of such stock, moreover, incur the risk 
of bringing into their places the Japanese Beetle and 
other dangerous insects and pests. 
Buy home-grown, home-tested stock, from reput¬ 
able nurseries, properly inspected and certified. 
(COPY) 
STATE OF NEW YORK 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AND MARKETS 
CHARLES H. BALDWIN, COMMISSIONER 
ALBANY 
To planters of Nursery Stock: 
Due to the continued spread of the Japanese 
beetle, Popillia Japonica, from the original point 
of infestation, the area under both state and 
federal quarantine has been greatly extended. 
A large part of the present quarantined area 
has very slight infestations of the Japanese 
beetle at quite widely separated points. 
The spread of Japanese beetle on nursery 
stock is largely confined to trees or perennial 
plants which are distributed with soil upon their 
roots. Prospective planters in the lightly in¬ 
fested area may help in the delaying of heavy 
infestation of this insect by purchasing their 
requirements from nurseries that are certified 
by the state and classified by the Federal 
Bureau of Plant Quarantine. They also might 
well look with suspicion upon the unknown ped¬ 
dler of trees, shrubs and plants with no local 
place of business, unless such peddler can show 
a state inspection certificate covering the stock 
sold by him, together with proof of federal 
classification of the nursery where the stock 
originated. 
(Signed) B. D. Van Buren, 
Director, Bureau Plant Industry. 
