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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 
Nursery Topics Discussed at Second Annual Meeting at Atlanta, 
Ga. — Passed Resolutions that Nurserymen Should Not Be 
Required to Pay Expense of Ordinary Inspection of 
Nursery Stock—Conditions in Various States— 
Proceedings in Detail. 
Through the courtesy of President S. A. Forbes and Secre¬ 
tary W. M. Scott, of the Association of American Horticul¬ 
tural Inspectors, we are enabled to present to our readers the 
full proceedings of the second annual meeting of that associa¬ 
tion, at Atlanta, Ga., October 6, 7 and 8, 1902 : 
The opening session was called to order in the Kimball 
House, October 6th, at 7:30 P. M., by the chairman, S. A. 
Forbes, of Illinois. Mr. Scott, of Georgia, was chosen sec¬ 
retary for the Atlanta meeting. 
The following inspectors and entomologists were present at 
the meeting. 
Florida, H. A. Gossard ; Georgia, W. M. Scott, W. F. Fiske 
and J. C. Bridwell ; Illinois, S. A. Forbes ; Massachusetts, 
H. T. Fernald ; New Jersey, John B. Smith ; New York, M. 
Y. Slingerland and H. V. Lowe ; Ohio, A. F. Burgess ; Penn¬ 
sylvania John Hamilton, George C. Butz and E. E. Engle ; 
South Carolina, Chas. B. Chambliss ; Virginia, J. L. Phillips. 
On motion of Mr. Gossard, it was voted to take up the top¬ 
ics suggested by the chairman in the order given. 
The chairman suggested the advisability of a committee to 
formulate conclusions from the discussions, whereupon Mr. 
Smith suggested that the secretary or a member could per- 
orm this office by offering a resolution at the conclusion of 
the discussions upon each topic. The latter plan was adopted. 
On motion of Mr. Smith it was voted to have a morning 
session the following day (Oct. 7) as Horticultural Inspectors, 
and in the afternoon of that day to meet as entomologists with 
the Section on Entomology, A. A. A. C. & E. S., under the 
officers of that body. 
NURSERY INTERESTS. 
The first topic on the list—“Interstate Comity with Respect 
to the Certification of Nurseries ”—was then taken up. The 
discussion of this topic was participated in by Messrs. Forbes^ 
Smith, Burgess, Hamilton, Gossard, Fernald, Phillips and 
Scott. The tendency of the discussion is expressed in the 
following resolution by Mr. Smith, which was adopted without 
a dissenting vote : 
“ Resolved, That the examining or certifying officer of each 
state accept at its face value the statements made in certificates 
duly granted under the laws of other states, so far as the laws 
of his own state admit, unless information at hand creates a 
reasonable doubt as to the regularity of the certificate or its 
application.” 
Topic 2.— “Exchange of Communication with Reference 
to Receipt of Diseased Nursery Stock Originating in Other 
States.” The discussion of this topic was brief, as all present 
appeared to be of the same mind, viz : 
“That the inspectors of the several states should freely and 
frankly exchange communications with regard to nursery in¬ 
festation, and that each should notify every other of such 
infestation and attempts at evasion of the laws as might, from 
time to time, come to his notice.” Resolution by the secretary 
unanimously adopted. The session then adjourned until 
morning. 
INTER-STATE CO-OPERATION. 
October 7 , 9 a. m. —The meeting was called to order by the 
chairman, and the third topic was discussed. 
Topic 3.—“ Interstate Co-operation for the Control of Hor¬ 
ticultural Pests whose Area of Distribution Extends Across 
State Lines.” In the discussion of this topic several cases 
were cited in which it was shown that co-operation was neces¬ 
sary to produce the desired results. This question was dis¬ 
posed of by the adoption of the following resolution offered 
by Mr. Fernald : 
“ Resolved, That interstate co-operation for the control of 
horticultural pests whose area of distribution extends across 
state lines is most desirable, and should be as complete as the 
laws of the states concerned will permit, and that in the treat¬ 
ment of any particular pest preference should be given to such 
cases.” 
Topic 4.—“ Is it Desirable that Nurserymen should Pay any 
Part or All of the Expenses of Nursery Inspection Required 
by Law, either Direct or as a Fee for a Certificate ? ” Mr. 
Smith and o hers thought that nurserymen should not pay a 
fee for or bear the expense of the ordinary inspection, but in 
cases where extra inspections were made for the special benefit 
ol the owner he should pay the expenses thereof. Mr. Fer¬ 
nald agreed, but thought that the nurseryman should be re¬ 
quired to take out a license at a small fee as a matter of record 
in the office of the inspector. Mr. Butz thought it advisable 
to charge a small fee for tree to tree examinations in cases of 
infestation, if the owner of the infested nursery desired it. 
Mr. Smith’s plan was to advise the owner to clean up his 
nursery before the inspection is made. Mr. Hamilton thought 
that in justice to the nurseryman no charge should be made 
for the inspection. Mr. Burgess thought it inconsistent to 
make free inspections of nursery stock and charge fees for the 
inspection of other commodities, such as oil and fertilizers. 
NURSERYMEN SHOULD NOT PAY. 
The discussion was concluded by the adoption of the fol¬ 
lowing resolution by Mr. Smith : 
“ Resolved, That it is the sense of this body that the nur¬ 
serymen should not be required to pay the expense of the 
ordinary inspection of nursery stock.” 
Topic 5.—“Is it Desirable that the Entire Cost of Insecti¬ 
cide or Fungicide Measures Required by Law should be Borne 
by the Owner of the Affected Property ? ” In the discussion 
of this topic the consensus of opinion was that the state should 
not bear the cost of the treatment of private premises and the 
following resolution by the secretary was adopted : 
“ Resolved, That the entire cost of insecticide or fungicide 
measures required by law should be borne by the owner of the 
affected property.” 
Topic 6 was passed over for later consideration. 
Topic 7.—“ Lists, Reported by Members, of Nursery Pests 
in their States whose Continued Presence will Prevent the 
Certification of Nursery.” Mr. Smith’s practice in New 
Jersey was to withhold certificate from nurserymen whose 
premises were found infested with San Jose scale, at least until 
all infestation was eliminated ; stock actually infested with 
Black Knot was not certified ; Yellows could not be detected 
on nursery stock, and was hardly considered as a factor in the 
the inspection ; Crown Gall was inspected for, so far as possi¬ 
ble, after the stock was dug and visibly diseased plants dis¬ 
carded : stock badly infested with Woolly Aphis was destroyed; 
