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However, the state is still far from being safe for horticulture. 
There is an immense field for work still. The results which the Inspec¬ 
tion Service has accomplished, through the cooperation of the nursery¬ 
men, fruit-growers, county agricultural agents and the other forces of 
the Agricultural College and Experiment Station, have won for it the 
confidence and good will and support of the fruit-growers and nursery¬ 
men. During the past twelve months the florists have organized the 
Florists’ Association, the nurserymen, the Nurserymen’s Association 
and the State Horticultural Society has taken on new life, and they 
are all behind the Inspection Service. This will go a long ways to 
insure adequate financial support from the next legislature. With 
the continued cooperation of the nurserymen and fruit-growers and 
adequate financial support, the Inspection Service will be able to carry 
out its full program. 
THE CONTROL OF IMPORTED PESTS RECENTLY FOUND 
IN NEW JERSEY 
By Harry B. Weiss, New Brunswick , N. J. 
At different times during the past few years attention has been 
called to various foreign pests which have been found in New Jersey. 
At first thought, it would appear that this state has been especially 
favored along such lines or that the inspection service was indeed lax 
to allow these pests to become established. Such is not the case. 
During normal years nearly one-fifth of all the nursery stock imported 
into the United States is consigned to New Jersey. This means that 
we are in greater danger from an influx of foreign insects than most 
other states. The report of the Federal Horticultural Board for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, places New York first, New Jersey 
second and Pennsylvania third as to the amounts of stock received 
from abroad. 
The presence of foreign pests in New Jersey is a natural result of 
the importation of large amounts of nursery stock. These pests have 
entered in spite of a well developed and well enforced system of inspec¬ 
tion. In view of the fact that inspection will not keep everything 
out, the next best step is to scout continually the nurseries and places 
where imported stock is consigned in order to locate potential foreign 
pests. This has been done in New Jersey and as a result various for¬ 
eign species have been found and are being controlled. This inspec¬ 
tion or scouting must be done by trained men, men who are familiar 
with the native fauna and can recognize new things, men who are 
interested in entomology or plant pathology for its own sake and who 
can be trusted to cover the ground faithfully. It is a regrettable fact 
