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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
[Vol. 17 
Main Outlines of Plan for Unification of Nursery Inspection 
of the United States 
The enormous and confusing variety of rules and regulations now governing the 
movement of nursery stock (including greenhouse stock) from various parts of the 
United States into other parts of this country work, it is believed, an unnecessary 
hardship upon both the nursery business and the nursery inspection services of the 
various states and of the United States Department of Agriculture. Many nursery¬ 
men complain bitterly of the unwarranted interference which these rules and regula¬ 
tions create in the conduct of their business and horticultural inspectors frequently 
find themselves at a loss, not only to understand the usefulness, but the meaning of 
many of the rules and regulations now in existence in the various states. 
In view of these facts the following proposal is submitted for the purpose of seeing 
whether this multiplicity cannot largely be done away with and, at the same time, 
the protection rendered to agriculture be made fundamentally better and more far- 
reaching. 
ORGANIZATION TO DO THE WORK 
The organization to perform the work of preventing the spread of injurious insects 
and plant diseases through the distribution of nursery stock of all kinds originating 
within the boundaries of the United States shall be: (1) Composed of the Federal 
Horticultural Board and the Inspection Services of the various States; (2) Controlled 
by a board of directors of six men trained and experienced in work of this sort. 
Three members of this board shall be designated by the Federal Horticultural Board 
and three members shall be elected by the Inspection Services of the various states. 
Each of these three members representing the Inspection Services of the various 
states shall be chosen from the standpoint of geographical location, one representing 
the northern, one representing the southern and one representing the western sections 
of the United States. The full term of office shall be three years and the terms of two 
members shall expire each year. 
INSPECTION 
Preliminary inspections shall be made at any time during the year when, in the 
judgment of the controlling board of the combined service, such action is likely to 
lead to the discovery of injurious insects or plant diseases that either could not be 
found at shipping time, or could be eliminated by the nurserymen previous to shipping 
time. 
Inspection shall be made at the time the stock is offered for shipment and the 
condition of this stock with regard to injurious insects and plant diseases shall form 
the basis for issuance of certificates. 
CERTIFICATION 
Certificates issued for inter-state shipment shall be United States tags. Certifi¬ 
cates shall cover only the stock to which they apply as shown by accompanying list. 
Certificates shall specify the territory into which the stock covered by them may be 
shipped. Certificates shall cover only the condition of the stock as far as injurious 
insects and plant diseases are concerned. 
FUNDS 
The moneys necessary to finance this joint organization shall be drawn from both 
the Federal Horticultural Board and the Inspection Services of the various states. 
