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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
STATE INSPECTION LAWS. 
Fifteen States Have General or Special Regulations — Iowa, Ken¬ 
tucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and North Carolina 
Require That Certificates Be Attached to Imported Stock 
—Must File Certificates In N. Carolina and Michigan. 
Following in brief are the provisions of the laws of the 
states regarding San Jose scale : 
California —Misdemeanor to offer for sale, gift -or transportation 
any trees, shrubs or fruit infested with injurious insects or disease. 
All fruit trees must be inspected previous to April 1 st each year, and 
infested stock treated or destroyed. (National Nurseryman, Yol. 
IV, page 138 .) 
Colorado —County inspectors of nursery and orchard trees may be 
appointed upon petition, subject to an examination as to their com¬ 
petency. Inter-county shipments of nursery stock must be inspected 
within forty eight hours after arrival. The cost of inspection and 
treatment of stock must be borne by the owner or consignee. (National 
Nurseryman, Vol Y, page 63.) 
Delaware —The governor under the laws of 1897 appointed an 
inspector to inspect nurseries and orchards for the scale and to report 
January 1 , 1898 . New constitutson provides for state board of agri¬ 
culture to abate diseases and insect damage on trees. Inspection was 
made (National Nurseryman, Vol. VI, page 12 ), hut legislature of 
1898 adjourned without providing for state board of agriculture. 
(National Nurseryman, Vol. V, page 100 ; Vol. VI, pages 20 , 80 .) 
Georgia —Inspection of nurseries, orchards and packing houses is to 
be made by a state entomologist. Stock infested is to be disinfected 
or destroyed. (National Nurseryman, Vol. VI, page 24 .) 
Iowa —State entomologist examines orchards and nurseries between 
June 1 st and September 15 th each year. If trees and plants are free 
from scale a certificate at a cost of from $5 to $15 is furnished to accom¬ 
pany shipment of stock. Infested stock is to be destroyed at expense 
of owner. No nursery stock may be shipped into Iowa without a 
certificate of inspection by the state entomologist of the state from 
which shipment is made. Violation of the act is a misdemeanor. 
(National Nurseryman, Vol. VI, page 46.) 
Kentucky —All nursery stock must be inspected once each year and 
infested stock must be destroyed. No stock can be shipped without a 
certificate signed by shipper, stating that the whole of such stock has 
been examined by a state or government entomologist and found free 
from injurious insect or contagious disease. Failure to furnish such 
certificate, or furnishing a false certificate, renders the shipper liable to 
a fine of $50 for each shipment. All state entomologist certificates are 
on file for public inspection. Every package of nursery stock shipped 
into Kentucky must be plainly labeled with the name of the consignor, 
consignee, contents and a health certificate. Failure in any of these 
provisions will result in the prompt return of stock to the shippers 
unless inspection at the consignee’s expense is made at once. 
Maryland —All stock sent out from Maryland nurseries must bear 
the certificate of the state entomologist. Nurserymen must pay the 
cost of treating or destroying stock. All stock subject to attacks of 
injurious insects and contagious diseases must be fumigated by nursery¬ 
men with hydrocyanic gas. Nursery stock shipped into Maryland 
must bear a certificate of inspection together with names of consignor 
and consignee. Transportation agents receiving stock without a certi¬ 
ficate must notify the state officers under penalty of $10 to $ 100 . Un¬ 
less the stock without certificate is at once inspected, it shall be seized 
and burned. State officers must issue annual reports of inspecting. 
(National Nurseryman, Vol. VI, page 46 .) 
Michigan —A state inspector issues certificates on nursery stock 
free from injurious insects or contagious diseases. No stock can be 
shipped without such certificate Infested stock must be destroyed at 
expense of owner. Certificates must accompany all nursery stock 
shipped into Michigan. Transportation companies are held reponsible. 
All foreign nurseryman who sell stock in Michigan through agents arc 
required to file with state board of agriculture a health certificate and 
give bonds and obtain a licence (fee of $5 for principal and $1 for each 
agent annually); wholesalers are exempt from bond and license, but 
must affiix certificate to packages shipped. (National Nurseryman, 
Vol. V, pages 124 , 138 .) 
New Jersey —Certificates are required for shipment of nursery 
stock within the state. All nursery stock shipped into the state must 
bear a certificate of inspection bearing date within six months of ship¬ 
ment. Florists’ stock exempted. (National Nurseryman, Vol. V, 
page 46 .) 
New York —Certificates are issued by the commissioner of agricul¬ 
ture on nursery stock which upon inspection proves to be free from 
injurious insects or contagious diseases. Shipment of stock without 
such certificate is a misdemeanor. Infested stock is to be destroyed at 
the expense of the state, with no reimbursement for the value of the 
stock. A certificate of a federal inspector is accepted in lieu of that 
of a state inspector. All nursery stock shipped by freight, express or 
other transportation companies must be accompanied by a certificate 
attached to each car, box, bale or package. (National Nurseryman, 
Vol. VI, page 51 .) 
North Carolina —Transportation companies are debarred from 
forwarding nursery stock unless it bears a certificate of inspection 
with name and address of grower, dated within six months of ship¬ 
ment. Seeds, roots, herbaceous and strawberry plants are excepted. 
Stock that may have entered the state by oversight, not bearing certi¬ 
ficate is to be sent out of the state, or if retained within the state is to 
be destroyed. Each package shipped into the state must bear the state 
commission certificate given upon the filing of a copy of the certificate 
of the state entomologist of the state from which shipment was made. 
(National Nurseryman, Vol. V. page 123 .) 
Oregon —Provides an elaborate system of inspection. Every con¬ 
signment of nursery stock subject to examination at high fees. A 
general law. (National Nurseryman, Vol. Ill, page 82 .) 
Pennsylvania —If presence of scale is suspected, a commission to 
inspect and destroy stock if necessary, is appointed by the township 
road supervisors. (National Nurseryman, Vol. VI, page 7.) 
Virginia —The state entomologist is the state inspector of nursery 
stock and orchards. Infested stock must be treated or destroyed at 
the expense of the owner. A penalty of $50 to $100 is provided for 
the sale or transportation of stock infested with San Jose scale. 
(National Nurseryman, Vol. IV, page 90 .) 
Washington —An elaborate system of inspection and disinfection of 
orchards and nursery stock under the direction of the horticultural 
commissioner. License fees for the sale of nursery stock and a bond 
of $1,000. (National Nurseryman, Vol. HI, page 82; Vol'. V, 
ptage 100.) 
AMERICAN FORES l'RY ASSOCIATION. 
At the annual meeting of the American Forestry Associa¬ 
tion in Omaha, September 9th—10th ex-Governor R. W. 
Furnas presided and read a paper on the progress of forestry 
in Nebraska during the last 43 years. S. M. Emery, of Mon¬ 
tana, presented the forestry subject in a clear light. 
E. F. Stephens, Crete, Neb., read a valuable paper on “Tree 
Planting In Nebraska.” Professor Lawrence Bruner presented 
a treatise on insects injurious to tree growth. In his paper 
Mr. Stephens said : 
“The people of Nebraska have from the first settlement 
taken a marked interest in the planting of trees, groves, wind¬ 
breaks and shelter belts. Most of our people came from states 
which had more timber than we, and as they settled on these 
wide rolling prairies and broad tables, their first resolution 
was to surround themselves with orchards, trees and groves, 
that they might have the fruit of the one and the shelter of 
the others. 
