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It is expected that a report on the finances of the Associa¬ 
tion will explain definitely what has been done in the Whitney 
matter. The Association has bills of long standing unpaid and 
these should be paid at the earliest opportunity. 
It would seem to be advisable that the question of the pro¬ 
gramme for the twenty-fifth annual convention in 1900, the 
silver anniversary of the Association, be discussed at the 
Chicago convention. 
NURSERYMAN AS ENTOMOLOGIST. 
We take pleasure in announcing that Professor Frederick 
W. Mally, of Hulen, Texas, has been elected state entomolo¬ 
gist of Texas and professor of entomology in the Agricultural 
and Mechanical College. This, we believe, is the first time a 
nurseryman has been selected for such a position Professor 
Mally is proprietor of the Galveston Nursery and Orchard 
Company. He was assistant U. S. Entomologist when Dr. 
C. V. Riley was entomologist and Dr. L. O. Howard first 
assistant at Washington, D. C. Professor Mally has con¬ 
tributed some valued articles to the National Nurseryman. 
He is well fitted by study and experience for his new position. 
His nursery experience, moreover, should equip him in an 
especial degree for the work of inspector. 
FUMIGATION IN CANADA. 
The Canadian Horticulturist gives the regulations regarding 
the fumigation of nursery stock in Canada and says : 
“ Fumigation is the order of the day for nurserymen, who 
find it an expensive and troublesome undertaking. It seems 
quite unnecessary too in cases where never a single scale has 
been discovered. We believe the law will prove in many in¬ 
stances a dead letter, for the inspector comes along only to 
inspect the fumigator and does not remain to see that the work 
is done.” 
Following are the regulations regarding nursery stock just 
issued by the Canadian Department of Agriculture : 
1. Fumigation must be carried on in a box, room, compartment, or 
house suitable for the purpose, which must be air-tight and capable of 
rapid ventilation. The owner or proprietor will notify the minister as 
soon as preparation for fumigation is complete. The minister will 
thereupon order an inspection of the fumigation appliances. No fumi¬ 
gation under the act is to be carried on until such inspection has been 
made and a satisfactory report sent to the minister. 
2. The inspector, after examining and measuring the box or house, 
or other compartment in which fumigation is to be carried on, will 
prescribe the amounts of material to be used for every fumigation, and 
the instructions as to the same must be carefully followed out. The 
inspector may, if thought advisable, supply the material for each 
fumigation in weighed packages. 
3. The fumigation house (which shall include all apparatus or 
appliances used in the fumigation, such as generators, etc.) is to be 
subject to the orders of the minister on the recommendation of the in¬ 
spector. Subject to the approval of the inspector the fumigation house 
may be on other lots than those on which the nursery stock is 
growing. 
4 The fumigation is to be by hydrocyanic acid gas produced 
according to the instructions of the inspector, and from such formulas 
as he prescribes for the purpose. 
5 . The fumigation is to be continued for a period of not less than 
forty-five minutes. After the expiration of this time or longer, and 
when fumigation is complete, the house is to be thoroughly ventilated 
for fifteen minutes at least. 
INDIANA INSPECTION LAW. 
The Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station has 
issued a circular giving the new Indiana insect law,as published 
in this journal, and concluding as follows : “ The law has 
been in force since March r, 1899, but, owing to the lateness 
of the season when the state entomologist was appointed, it 
was impossible for him to inspect all nursery stock in the 
state before the spring shipments began ; and as the law re¬ 
quires the nurseries to be inspected between June 1 and 
October 1, he has allowed some shipments to go out unin¬ 
spected. After June 1 the law will be strictly enforced.” 
Section 9 requires all nursery stock shipped into Indiana 
from another state to be accompanied by a certificate signed 
by a state or government entomologist, and section 10 makes 
it the duty of the agent of any railroad, steamboat or express 
company, or other carrier, receiving packages of nursery 
stock from other states, which are not accompanied by a cei- 
tificate signed by a state or government entomologist, to report 
the fact at once to the state entomologist, who shall examine 
the same, at the expense of said transportation company. 
Failure to so report on the part of the agent of the transporta¬ 
tion company, subjects him to a fine of not less than $25 and 
not more than $100 and costs. 
MISSOURI INSECT LAW. 
The legislature of Missouri has passed a law creating a fruit 
experiment station in Southern Missouri. The manager and 
inspector is given power to inspect any trees in the state and 
direct their treatment or destruction in case they are infested 
with insects or disease. 
©bituar\>. 
Dr. A.W. Chapman died at.Apalachicola, Florida, April 6th, aged 90 
years. He was the oldest of the American botanists. He was the last 
survivor of the generation of Torrey, Gray. Engelman, etc. He is 
best known for his Flora of the Southern States, published originally 
in 1860, with the co-operation of Professor Eaton as regards the ferns. 
Malcolm Dunn, who for 28 years had been one of the leading spirits 
of Scottish horticulture, died May 11th at Dalkeith, Scotland, aged 61 
years. He was a member of the fruit committee of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society. 
“As a pomologist” says the Gardeners’ Chronicle, “he had an 
extensive knowledge of varieties ; and the correctness of the nursery 
fruit catalogues of the present day is largely due to his advice, and to 
the prominent part he took in assisting at and in the promotion of the 
several fruit conferences of the last twenty-five years. His labours in 
connection with tl^e Scottish Arboricultural Society, of which he 
became a member twenty-five years ago, were soon made evident in 
his strenuous efforts to make it, a powerful factor in advancing the 
the science of forestry, formerly much neglected. He was an en¬ 
thusiastic supporter of the scheme for a forestry school for Scotland. 
He was on the council of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society ; 
and his services to the Scottish Horticultural Association are well 
known. The last named association was instituted in Edinburgh in 
1877, and Mr. Dunn filled the office of president for the first five years. 
Mr. Dunn was elected a Veitch Medallist in 1896, when the other per¬ 
sons so recognized were F. W. Burbidge, H. L. de Vilmoriu, and Pro¬ 
fessor Sargent; and he was the recipient of the Niel prize in horticul¬ 
ture. His reputation as a gardener led also to his nomination by the 
Royal Horticultural Society as a Victoria Medallist. His death forms 
the first break in the ranks of that august body, and it will be by no 
means easy to fill his place.” 
