April, ’20] 
SASSER: IMPORTED INSECT PESTS 
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and several other matters which are brought out in Mr. Lindley’s 
report, which will be published. Considerable discussion was aroused 
by Mr. Lindley’s report, and remarks were made by several, especially 
by F. M. O’Byrne of Florida, favoring the use of separate state num¬ 
bered license tags, thus enabling state officials to keep accurate record 
of the nursery stock shipped into the state. Other officials felt that 
such detail could not be followed out, particularly in the northern and 
eastern states, where enormous quantities of nursery stock are shipped 
to very many points in the state, thus requiring the reciprocative action 
in other states by respecting their license tags. 
The inspectors present were highly pleased to receive Mr. Lindley’s 
report of the Southern Nurserymen’s Association, and assured a kindly 
hearing to all representatives of the nurserymen, believing that by 
such exchange of ideas the best possible results can be secured in 
inspection work. 
J. G. Sanders, Harrisburg, Pa., was elected chairman, and Mr. E. R. 
Sasscer, Washington, D. C., secretary for 1920, following their nom¬ 
inations by the nominating committee, which was composed of Wilmon 
Newell, Franklin Sherman and W. E. Rumsey. 
IMPORTANT FOREIGN INSECT PESTS COLLECTED 
ON IMPORTED NURZERY STOCK IN 1919 
By E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. 
Notwithstanding the fact that Belgium exported plants to the 
United States in the fiscal year 1919, the amount of stock entered 
during this period by the principal countries engaged in this type of 
trade, was less than in any year since 1912. The number of plants 
exported by each of the five principal European countries during the 
fiscal year 1919 is as follows: 
England. 
Holland. 
France.. 
Belgium. 
Germany 
1,385,548 
2,403,430 
12,948,466 
98,836 
None 
In fact, there was a falling off on the part of each of the countries, 
listed above, for the period referred to, except Belgium. This coun¬ 
try’s increase is due to the fact that no plants were exported to the 
United States during the fiscal year 1918. Germany, of course, has 
not exported plants to the United States since 1916. 
An examination of the records of interceptions for the current year 
shows that insects arriving on imported stock have not decreased but 
have been equally as abundant, if not more so, than was the case in 
