THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
21 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
OFFICIAL HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS 
PROGRAM 
1. Important Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nur¬ 
sery Stock in 1914. E. R. Sasscer. Fed. Hort. Board, 
Washington, D. C. 
2. Some Recent Insect Importations into New Jersey, 
II. R. Weiss, New Brunswick, N. J. 
Informal Discussion of Question 1. 
3. Prevention of Babbit Injury to Young Apple Trees. 
E. N. Cory, College Park, Md.. 
Informal Discussion of Questions 2 and 3. 
4. (a)* Standardized Inspection Certificates; (b) Should 
Living Plants be Excluded from the Mails. A. W. Mor¬ 
rill, Phoenix, Ariz. 
5. Election of Officers for 1913, Business. 
6. The Missouri Inspection Service. L. Haseman, Col¬ 
umbia, Mo. 
7. The Training of a Nursery Inspector, R. Kent Beattie, 
Fed. Hort. Board, Houston, Tex. 
Informal Discussion of Questions 4 and 3. 
8. Essentials in Insect Control, (A Plea for Greater 
Simplicity), T. J. Ileadlee, New Brunswick, N. J. 
9. A Model Nursery and Orchard Inspection Law, (Pro¬ 
gress Report), J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis. 
General Discussion led by Mr. Win. Pitkin, Rochester, 
N. Y., Chairman of Committee on Legislation of the Na¬ 
tional Association of Nurserymen. 
Questions. 
1. Should further importation of all nursery stock be 
prohibited by Federal law, except in very limited amount 
for experimental propagation by the U. S. Dept, of Agri¬ 
culture ? 
2. What is the proper treatment for scale infested 
premises in close proximity to nurseries? 
3. Should we require fumigation of all susceptible nur¬ 
sery stock grown in states known to be generally infested 
with San Jose Scale? 
4. By what means can the standard of efficiency of in¬ 
spectors be raised? 
3. Should horticultural inspectors furnish a bond? 
The annual meeting of the American Association of 
Official Horticultural Inspectors was held in the Veter¬ 
inary College of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadel¬ 
phia, on Tuesday, December 29th, and Wednesday, De¬ 
cember 30th. The meeting was presided over by M. E. 
Britton, New Haven, Conn. 
The meeting was well attended and much interest 
manifested in the various topics contained on the pro¬ 
gram. 
The Legislative Committee of the American Association 
of Nurserymen were invited to attend these meetings, as 
it was expected that a final report on the proposed Uni¬ 
form Nursery Inspection bill would be made at the meet¬ 
ing. Chairman William Pitkin, Peter Youngers, John H. 
Dayton. William P. Stark, Orlando Harrison and Thomas 
B. Meehan, of this committee were in attendance and 
were made very welcome by the Horticultural Inspectors, 
and entered more or less into the discussions that related 
particularly to nursery conditions. 
Previous to the meeting of tin' Horticult ural Inspectors, 
in company with Prof. Sanders, who is tin 1 father of the 
Uniform Inspection bill, and the Legislative Committee 
of the Nurseryman s Association held a prolonged meet¬ 
ing which extended far into the early hours of the morn¬ 
ing, for a final discussion on some of the points of this 
bill and very important changes were made in it to meet 
the views of the nurserymen’s committee. 
At the Wednesday morning meeting, action on the pro¬ 
posed bill was taken. 
It was hoped that the bill, which had met with the 
final approval of the two committees would be finally ac¬ 
cepted and passed by the Horticultural Inspectors, but 
after a lengthy discussion the following resolution was 
offered by T. B. Symons, Maryland. 
“Resolved, that this association approves the substance 
of the proposed bill and that a committee be appointed by 
the chair, to consist of five members, said committee to 
communicate with inspectors and nurserymen for the 
final wording of said bill. Said committee shall have 
power to act.” 
The chairman appointed the following committee,— 
G. L. Marlett, Washington, D. C., 
W. C. O’Kane, Durham, New Hampshire, 
E. L. Worsham, Atlanta, Georgia. 
C. F. Gillette, Ft. Collins, Colorado. 
J. C. Sanders, Madison, Wisconsin. 
This resolution was adopted and it is believed that 
speedy action will be taken by this committee so that it 
may be considered and adopted at the meeting of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, to be held in De¬ 
troit this coming June. 
The following officers were elected. 
W. E. Rumsey, Chairman, Morgantown, West Virginia, 
J. G. Sanders, Secretary, Madison, Wisconsin. 
A CORRECTION AND APOLOGY TO MESSRS. 
DETRICHE & CO. 
In our November issue we published the following:— 
“The following communication was received from Victor 
Detriche & Company, Angers, France, dated September 
the 22nd, 1914, signed by the bookkeeper. “Messrs. 
Detriche are in the war and the invoices will be paid after 
their return only.” 
A correct translation of the letter would have been 
“Owing to the fact that Messrs. Detriche were at the war 
the payment of invoices would be delayed a little.” 
Messrs. Detriche have now returned, bills paid, and 
routine office work brought up to date. 
The Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute at 
Frankfort, Kentucky, have doubled their seed beds. It is 
their intention to give the negro pupils at the school prac¬ 
tical instruction in orchard and forest nursery work. The 
work is in charge of the State Forester J. E. Barton. 
