THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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sessohs of the United States must notify the State Entomologist 
in writing and must hold such stock at any place designated by 
him until the same has been duly inspected and released. 
Nurserymen located out of the state may secure permits by 
filing with the State Entomologist a copy of their certificate. 
Geo. G. Becker, State Entomologist, Fayetteville, Ark. 
CALIFORNIA.—Shipments of nursery stock into California are 
held by transportation companies until inspected by the state 
officials. All packages must be marked with the name and ad¬ 
dress of the shipper, name of the consignor, and the name of 
the country, state or territory where the contents were grown. 
Peach, apricot and almond trees from districts where yellows 
and rosette are known to exist shall be refused entry and shall 
be destroyed or returned to the shipper. Notice of shipment of 
nursery stock to California should be sent to the following ad¬ 
dress, and also to the Quarantine Guardians at the point of des¬ 
tination. Frederick Maskew, Chief Deputy, Quarantine Office, 
Room 11, Ferry Building, San Francisco, Cal. 
COLORADO.—The State Entomologist has general supervision 
of the inspection of nurseries and orchards to prevent the intro¬ 
duction and spread of injurious insects and plant diseases. 
County horticultural inspectors in fruit-growing counties of the 
state are appointed by the county commissioners. All nursery 
stock coming into the state must bear certificates of inspection 
and fumigation and on arrival in counties that have inspectors 
is turned over to them and released to consignee if it passes in¬ 
spection. C. P. Gillette, State Entomologist, Fort Collins, Colo. 
CONNECTICUT.—-All nursery stock shipped into this state 
shall bear on each package a certificate that the contents of said 
package have been inspected by a state or governemnt officer and 
that said contents appear free from all dangerous insects and 
diseases. If nursery stock is brought into the state without 
such a certificate, the express, freight, or other transportation 
company or person shall, before delivering shipment to consignee, 
notify the State Entomologist of the facts, giving name and ad¬ 
dress of consignee, origin of shipment, and approximate number 
of cars, boxes, or packages, and probable date of the delivery to 
the consignee. The State Entomologist may cause the inspec¬ 
tion and, if infested, the treatment of the stock. No person, 
firm, or corporation shall unpack any woody, field-grown nursery 
or florists’ stock brought into this state from foreign countries 
except in the presence of an inspector, unless given permission 
to do so by said State Entomologist or one of his deputies. If 
such stock is found infested with any dangerous pests the State 
Entomologist may at his discretion order it treated. Any per¬ 
son violating any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not 
more than $50. Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist, New 
Haven, Conn. 
DELAWARE.—Shipments of nursery stock into the state must 
bear a certificate of inspection and also a certificate stating that 
the stock has been properly fumigated. All nursery stock not 
accompanied by proper certificates may be held by the transpor¬ 
tation companies until it can be inspected. Wesley Webb, Sec¬ 
retary, State Board of Agriculture, Dover, Del. 
FLORIDA.—All nursery stock shipped into Florida shall be 
defoliated and fumigated and to each package shall be conspicu¬ 
ously attached a permit-certificate. This permit-certificate will 
be issued free of charge in exchange for an approved certificate 
issued by the official in the state of origin. Printed tags must 
be used in making shipments and can be obtained at the follow¬ 
ing address. Duplicate certificates issued to nurserymen in 
New York State must be filed in Florida before permit-certificate 
tags are issued. F. M. O’Byrne, Inspector of Nursery Stock, 
Gainesville, Fla. 
GEORGIA.—Nurseries are inspected annually. A signed 
duplicate of inspection certificate, together with a statement by 
the nurserymen that all stock intended for Georgia will be fumi¬ 
gated in accordance with directions furnished them, must be 
filed in the office of the State Entomologist. Official tags of the 
Georgia State Board of Entomology will be furnished through the 
State Entomologist at the following prices: Lne hundred tags, 
60 cents, postpaid; 200 tags, 85 cents, postpaid; 300 tags, $1.10, 
postpaid; 500 tags, $1.35, sent by express, collect; 1,000 tags, $2, 
sent by express, collect. Each shipment of nursery stock into 
the state of Georgia must bear the official tag of the Georgia 
State Board of Entomology and also a duplicate certificate of in¬ 
spection of the state from which the shipment is made. 1 rot. 
E. Lee Worsham, State Entomologist, Atlanta, Ga. 
IDAHO.—No person, firm or corporation shall import or sell 
nursery stock without first applying to the State Board of Horti- 
cultural Inspection and filing a bond in the sum of $ 5,000 and se¬ 
curing annual license upon payment of $10. Shipments into t ie 
state should bear a copy of an official certificate of fumiga mu 
emanating from the place where the stock was grown, 
shipments into the state must bear a label showing the nanx 
the shipper, the locality where grown and variety of nursery 
stock. All nursery stock, fruit trees or horticultural plants sold 
or delivered by principal or agents shall be true to name 
variety as represented. All nursery stock shipped into this 
state, whether bearing certificate of inspection or not, must be 
inspected again upon its arrival, the consignee paying for such 
inspection. Every nursery firm doing business in this state must 
pay annually $1 additional for each agent who represents them. 
Guy Graham, State Horticultural Inspector, Boise, Idaho. 
ILLINOIS.—State nurseries are inspected and certified not 
later than October 1. An inspection certificate shall be valid for 
one year from date of inspection. The State Entomologist is 
authorized to revoke a certificate if he finds it is being used in 
violation of the law. He is also required to furnish all Illinois 
nurserymen with a list of state and government inspectors whose 
certificates may be received as equivalent to his own, and the 
nurseryman receiving stock under such certificates is authorized 
to substitute for them the Illinois certificate of inspection. Each 
dealer in nursery stock who has no nursery of his own and each 
agent for a nursery located outside of Illinois is required to fur¬ 
nish to the State Entomologist annually a sworn statement show¬ 
ing that the stock in which he deals has been duly inspected, and 
to submit for approval a copy of the certificate of inspection, and 
to attach a copy of such certificate, if approved, to every parcel of 
nursery stock delivered. Nursery stock shipped into the state 
must bear a certificate of inspection attached to each car, box, 
bale, bundle or package. Dr. S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist; 
P. A. Glenn, Chief Inspector, Urbana, Ill. 
INDIANA.—All nurseries are inspected between June 1 and 
October 1 and at such other times as the head of the inspection 
department may consider advisable. Stock sent into or within 
the state must be plainly labeled with the name of the consignor 
and the consingee and must bear a certificate signed by a state 
or government official showing that the inclosed stock has been 
inspected and found free from injurious insects and plant 
diseases. All foreign-grown stock must be inspected upon ar¬ 
rival at its destination in Indiana. All dealers and agents 
engaged in selling or soliciting orders for nursery stock in the 
state of Indiana must take out a license which is issued by the 
State Entomologist. All nursery firms or other persons whose 
place of business is outside the state of Indiana and who ship 
nursery stock into Indiana are required to file with the State 
Entomologist a copy of their valid certificate of inspection and 
procure a license, which is good for one year from the date of 
issue. The fee for license is $1 in all cases. C. H. Baldwin, 
State Entomologist, Indianapolis, Ind. 
IOWA.—State nurseries are inspected at owner’s request or if 
supposed to be infested with dangerous injurious insects or 
plant disease, and nurserymen are prohibited from selling or 
shipping without inspection. Shipments into the state must be 
accompanied by a certificate of apparent freedom from injurious 
insects or plant disease. A copy of inspection certificate must 
be filed with and approved by the State Entomologist. Prof. 
H. E. Summers, State Entomologist, Ames, Iowa. 
KANSAS.—Nurseries are inspected annually between June 15 
and November 1. Certificates are valid until the first day of 
the following June. No nursery stock shall be brought into the 
state nor offered for sale within the state without having been 
properly inspected as shown by an accompanying certificate. 
State Entomological Commission, Topeka, Kan. Prof. Geo. A. 
Dean, Entomologist, Manhattan, Kan. Prof. S. J. Hunter, Ento¬ 
mologist, Lawrence, Kan. 
KENTUCKY.-—Nurseries are inspected annually. Every pack¬ 
age of nursery stock shipped into the state must have a copy of 
a certificate of inspection attached and bear on the label a list of 
the contents. Duplicate certificates of inspection may be filed 
with the State Entomologist. Prof. H. Garman, State Entomo¬ 
logist, Lexington, Ky. 
LOUISIANA.—Nursery inspection is under the control of the 
State Board of Agriculture and Immigration. The entomologist of 
the Experiment Station at Baton Rouge has charge of the work, 
and all communications concerning nursery inspection matters 
should be addressed to him. 
The regulations of the Board require every box, bundle, bale or 
package of nursery stock shipped into the state to be plainly 
labeled with a copy of a valid certificate of inspection showing 
where plants were grown, and nurserymen shipping such stock 
for delivery in Louisiana must first file an annual copy of their 
certificate for approval. 
E. S. Tucker, Entomologist, State Board of Agriculture and Im¬ 
migration, Baton Rouge, La. 
MAINE.—All nursery stock shipped into the state shall bear 
on each box or package a certificate that the contents have been 
inspected. The State Horticulturist has power to inspect at 
point of destination all stock entering the state. No person, ex¬ 
cepting growers, shall carry on the business of selling nursery 
stock or soliciting purchases without first obtaining a license. 
The license fee shall be $5 per annum. The license shall be is¬ 
sued in the name of the dealer, salesman or agent as the case may 
be. A. K. Gardner, Horticulturist, Department of Agriculture, 
Augusta, Me. 
