378 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
the state. Every shipment must be accompanied by a copy of 
said certificate of inspection and a fumigation tag. Every indi¬ 
vidual sale or bill of trees shall bear a copy of certificate. Failure 
to comply with the requirements subjects stock to confiscation. 
Following is the form of required agreement to fumigate: 
We, the undersigned, agree to fumigate with hydrocyanic acid 
gas, according to the required strength, all nursery stock subject 
to attack from San Jose scale and other dangerous insect pests. 
We also agree to attach a fumigation tag to each and every ship¬ 
ment going into the state of Tennessee. 
Prof. G. M. Bentley, State Entomologist and Plant Pathologist, 
Knoxville, Tenn. 
TEXAS. —Nurseries and greenhouses are inspected annually. 
All shipments of nursery stock originating outside the state 
must not only bear shipping tags showing copy of certificate of 
inspection from the State Inspector of the state in which the ship¬ 
ment originates, but in addition thereto must have a tag showing 
copy of permit from Texas. Freight and express companies in 
this state are prohibited from receiving or delivering shipments 
which do not bear tags showing copy of Texas permit and they 
are exempt, by law, from damages arising from refusal to deliver 
such shipments. 
No nursery stock shall be shipped into the state by any per¬ 
son or company without first filing with the State Department of 
Agriculture a certified copy of certificate of inspection from State 
Inspector of the state in which the shipment originates. A fee 
of $5 is required for issuance of permit to ship into the state. 
Agents or dealers operating in Texas for nurserymen outside of 
the state, must procure proper credentials, as agents, from their 
nurseries, on a form furnished and approved by the Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture, and each agent or dealer must be pre¬ 
pared to present such credentials at all times. 
Dealers are classed as nurserymen and are required to take out 
permit. Greenhouses and greenhouse plants are included for 
inspection by the Texas law and all State Inspectors should 
advise their nurserymen, fiorists, or owners of greenhouses that 
they must have a Texas certificate before they can make ship¬ 
ments into the state. Ed. L. Ayers, Chief Inspector, Houston, 
Texas. 
UTAH. —No corporation, firm, person, or persons shall engage 
or continue in the business of selling within the state or of im¬ 
porting into the state, any fruit trees, shade trees, shrubs, vines, 
or plants known as nursery stock, without having first obtained a 
license to do business in this state as in this act provided. 
Any corporation, firm, or person may obtain a license from the 
State Crop Pest Commission to engage in the business, as pro¬ 
vided in the preceding section, upon payment of the fee of $2.50 
and by filing with the State Crop Pest Commission a bond, with 
good and sufficient sureties, in the sum of $500, conditioned that 
the principal will comply with the provisions of this title, and 
will pay the cost of fumigating or disinfecting all nursery stock, 
materials or goods imported into the State or sold within the 
State by said principal, his or their agents, and the expense of 
destruction of any infected nursery stock. License granted 
under this act shall be for one year; provided, however, that 
such license may be revoked at any time for any violation of this 
act or the rules and regulations of the State Crop Pest Commis¬ 
sion at the discretion of the commission. 
It shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, or person to sell, 
give away or distribute any imported trees, plants, shrubs, or 
vines within this state, until the same shall have been disin¬ 
fected or treated. Importations of any sort of nursery stock 
shall be held in quarantine at owner’s risk until disin¬ 
fected, at the cost of the importer. Said disinfection or treat¬ 
ment shall be made to the satisfaction of the inspector in charge, 
when he shall release the same and issue certificate for its re¬ 
moval or distribution. John B. Walker, State Crop Pest In¬ 
spector, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
VERMONT. —Nurseries are inspected annually. Nursery 
stock shipped into the state shall be accompanied by a certi¬ 
ficate of inspection and the name and post-office address of the 
consignor and consignee. M. B. Cummings, State Nursery In¬ 
spector, Burlington, Vt. 
VIRGINIA. —Before selling nursery stock, it is necessary to 
procure from the Auditor of Public Accounts, Richmond, Vir¬ 
ginia, a certificate of registration for which the fee is $20 for 
principals; duplicates for agents’ use free. Send certified check 
or draft for $20 drawn or indorsed payable to the Treasurer of 
Virginia. (Personal check will not be accepted.) Duplicate of 
certificate of nursery inspection must be filed with the State 
Entomologist, who will furnish tags at cost, and one tag must 
be attached to each package of stock to be sold in the state. 
W. J. Schoene, State Entomologist, Blacksburg, Va. 
WASHINGTON. —No person shall sell or distribute nursery 
stock or solicit for sale without first obtaining a license to con¬ 
duct business in the state. All licenses expire July 1. The 
license fee for nurserymen and tree dealers is $5, and for agents 
$1. Nurserymen and tree dealers must execute a bond in the 
sum of $1,000 to cover compliance with the state laws in that 
the nursery stock covered by said license be true to name and 
variety. 
The state is divided into ten horticultural districts and an in- 
spector-at-large is in charge of each district. All shippers of 
nursery stock into the state must give notice of their intention 
to ship by notifying the inspector-at-large into whose district the 
shipment is made, and sending a copy to M. L. Dean, Chief, 
Division of Horticulture, Olympia, Washington. 
WEST VIRGINIA. —The Commissioner of Agriculture has 
power to provide quarantine regulations concerning the trans¬ 
portation and sale of nursery stock. No person or corporation 
either for himself or as agent for another shall offer for sale, 
sell, or deliver nursery stock unless he shall have first procured 
from the Commissioner of Agriculture a certificate of registra¬ 
tion, the annual fee for which is $20. 
Quarantine orders have been issued prohibiting the shipment 
into West Virginia from any source whatsoever all five-leaf pines 
and all species and varieties of currants and gooseberries. 
All nursery stock entering the state must be accompanied by a 
certificate of inspection and also by an official permit tag ob¬ 
tained from W. E. Rumsey, State Entomologist, Morgantown, W. 
Va. 
WISCONSIN. —All persons, firms, or corporations shipping nur¬ 
sery stock into the state are required to file a duplicate certifi¬ 
cate of inspection, and secure a state license. Each shipment 
must bear certificate tags, which shall be attached to each pack¬ 
age, box, or or carload lot. Transportation companies are forbid¬ 
den to deliver nursery stock unless accompanied by valid certi¬ 
ficate tags. All agents selling nursery stock within the state 
must be supplied with an agent’s duplicate certificate, which shall 
bear the same number and date as that of the principal. Wilful 
misrepresentation of quality or variety of stock offered for sale 
shall constitute a punishable misdemeanor. No fees are charged. 
QUARANTINE NOTICE 
The White Pine Blister Rust — —■. 
The existence of the dangerous imported disease of white pine 
trees known as the White Pine Blister Rust {Feridennunn strobi 
Kleb.) in several of our eastern states has been confirmed by 
Federal authorities. In addition to the known infected areas, 
other localities are suspected of harboring the disease. 
Believing that the white pine trees of Wisconsin would be en¬ 
dangered by the shipment of white pine trees into the state from 
outside sources, an absolute quarantine is hereby established, 
prohibiting the shipment into this state of any of the folloyving 
species of pines or their horticultural varieties, viz., white pine 
(Idiui.s strohioi L.), western white pine (P. monticaJd Dough), sugar 
pine (P. Idinhertiaiia Dough), stone or cembrian pine (P. cemhra 
L.), and Bhotan or Himalayan pine (P. exceUd). 
Hereafter and until further notice, by virtue of Chapter 413 
Laws of 1915, shipment into Wisconsin from any source of the 
species of pine and their varieties hereinbefore named is pro--- 
hibited. 
(Signed June 1, 1916.) E. D. BALL, 
Ft ate Fntoui olou ist, 
Madison, Wis. 
WYOMING. —Licenses are issued on application for a period 
terminating on July 1 of the next succeeding inspection year 
(approximately two years). Applications should be accom¬ 
panied by the license fee of $25, and by a certified certificate of 
inspection from an authorized inspector in the state from which- 
shipments are to be made. On receipt of these the Secretary of 
the State Board issues authorized shipping tags at cost. Trans¬ 
portation companies may not deliver unless such tag be attached 
to each shipment. A copy of the law may be secured from the 
Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, Prof. Aven Nelson, 
Laramie, Wyoming. 
CANADA. —Nursery stock shall be imported only through the 
ports and during the periods mentioned: Vancouver, B. C., from 
Oct. 1st to May 1st; Niagara Falls, Ont., from Oct. 1st to May 15; 
Winnipeg, Man., North Portal, Sask., and St. John, N. B., from 
March 15th to May 15th and from October 7th to December 7th; 
Windsor, Out., and St. Johns, Que., from March 15th to May 15th, 
and from September 26th to December 7th; Truro, N. S., and 
Digby, N. S., for nursery stock destined to points in the prov¬ 
ince of Nova Scotia only; frtmi March 15th to May 15th and 
October 7th to December 7th. The port through which the ship¬ 
ment is made shall be clearly stated on each package and notice 
of shipment must be made to the Dominion Entomologist at 
Ottawa. 
Nursery stock shipped into Canada is fumigated at the port of 
entry. As greenhouse plants, herbaceous perennials and bed- 
