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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
more trees, which were thrown out. The owner would not 
agree to the notification of his customers, as in Case x, and a 
certificate to cover the contents of each box was issued after a 
list to whom the stock was intended to be shipped was furn¬ 
ished. Other cases were treated similarly. 
Case 3.—In this case the nursery was located in a section 
where practically all the orchards were infested and the fruit 
interest was sufficiently great to demand all the stock grown in 
the nursery. The certificate issued set forth the facts, viz,: 
that San Jose scale was found in a portion of the nursery and 
that proper steps had been taken to eliminate it. Under this 
certificate practically all the stock was disposed of at market 
prices. 
FUMIGATION REQUIREMENTS. 
In Pennsylvania Mr. Hamilton required under affidavit the 
attachment of a statement of fumigation to each shipment. 
In Florida Mr. Gossard required a thorough cleaning up by 
destruction of trees actually infested and the fumigation of 
the remainder. 
In Illinois Mr. Forbes did not require the fumigation of the 
entire stock when scale was found in an isolated portion of 
the nursery, unless the indications were that there had been a 
general spread of the scale. However, fumigation was re¬ 
quired for the infested portions, or for the entire stock when 
the infestation was general. 
In New Jersey Mr. Smith required the fumigation of the 
entire stock when scale was found in the nursery, but under no 
circumstances did he allow shipments of stock from infested 
nurseries to go outside the state. However, he did not restrict 
the sale of such stock within the state. 
In Ohio Mr. Burgess’ method was to destroy all infested 
stock and require the fumigation of such as was dangerously 
near. 
In Massachusetts Mr, Fernald gave the owner the option of 
fumigation or destroying the infested stock, and in cases of 
general infestation a fumigation affidavit was required. 
SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS. 
Mr. Fernald then offered the following resolution : 
“Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting nursery 
stock fumigated according to accepted requirements should be 
considered as satisfactory as stock sold under certificates of 
inspection only.” 
Mr. Phillips thought that the adoption of this resolution 
might give fumigation a stronger endorsement than it deserved 
unless it was intended that inspection should always be coupled 
with it. He related an instance in which a bundle of infested 
stock was placed at the back end of a fumigating house oppo¬ 
site the point where the gas was generated. The house was 
then filled and charged, with the result that the scales came 
through unharmed. Mr. Scott wished to know if the resolu¬ 
tion carried the meaning that fumigation should take the place 
of inspection. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Fernald explainsd that 
the resolution was not to be so construed. After very little 
further discussion the resolution was adopted without a dis- 
sentsng vote, and the session then adjourned to re-assemble 
immediately after the adjournment of the Section on Ento¬ 
mology of the A. A. A. & E. S. on the 8th. 
October 8, 1992, 12 M. 
After calling the meeting to order, the chairman asked if it 
were desirable to continue the organization ; whereupon Mr. 
Smith stated that in his opinion no organization of entomalo- 
gists was accomplishing so mucd as this one, and that the 
work had only begun. He moved that the association meet 
next year at the same time and place as the A. A. A. C. & E. S. 
The motion was carried, and Mr. Fernald nominated Mr. 
Forbes chairmen for next year. Mr. Forbes was unanimously 
re-elected. He accepted on condition that a vice-chairman b e 
elected, so that in case of his forced absence from the meet¬ 
ing the chair would be filled. Mr. Smith was put in nomina¬ 
tion and elected vice-chairman. 
The chairman then read a letter from Mr. Atwood of New 
York giving a statement of the practice in that state with 
reference to the topics under discussion at this meeting. 
Topic 8.—“ Statements by Members of their Recent Ex¬ 
perience and Observations with respect to the Relative Practi¬ 
cal Values of Insecticides for the San Jose Scale.” This topic 
was treated by Mr. Smith in a paper before the Section on 
Entomology, the discussion of which was continued by the 
Horticultural Inspectors after the adjournment of that section. 
Mr. Fernald then reported some experiments which he re¬ 
cently made in Massachusetts, and which represented the 
most extensive work against the San Jose scale ever done in 
New England. The discussions were participated in by 
nearly every one present, were quite lengthy, and tended to 
show that the petroleum oils, whale-oil soap and lime-salt- 
sulphur wash constituted the standard remedies for the San 
Jose scale in orchards. 
The meeting then adjourned, and the discussion of this 
topic was to have been continued at a proposed afternoon ses¬ 
sion which, however, was not held. The adjournment was 
therefore final. W. M. Scott, Secretary. 
AT RICHMOND, VA. 
W. T. Hood & Co., Richmond, Va., write : “ We have 
been on a rush for the last four weeks with our shipments of 
sales made by agents. We had a good share of rain during 
August and September which caused our peach trees to make 
a very heavy second growth and they were not in condition to 
dig until very late ; and then it was a hard chop to strip the 
leaves off. Our sales are nearly all made for fall shipment and 
we are nearly cleaned up of all fruits. We had a fine season 
for digging and packing and if cold weather holds off a few 
days longer our agents will have had one of the best fall 
seasons for delivering that they ever had. We think that 
collections are going to be better than usual from outlook now. 
®bituar\>. 
Thomas Wentworth Bowman, after a lingering and painful illness, 
entered into rest at his home, 1669 Main s<reet East, Rochester, N. Y., 
Saturday evening November 29 th, 1902 , aged 64 years. 
Louis Yalere Lefebvre died at his home in France, Oct. 17 th, aged 90 
years. Seventy-five years ago he entered the employ of Vilmorin 
Andrieux & Co. and became the managing member, working with the 
grandfather, father and mother of Henry DeVilmorin, who died in 
1899 at the age of 56 . Mr. Lefebvre retired from the firm in 1863 , and 
devoted his time to fine arts. 
Prof. George Husmann, well known as a pomologist and a writer on 
viticulture, died at Napa, Cal., Nov 6th, aged 75 years. He was at 
the head of the department of pomology and forestry in the University 
of Missouri for three years. He was a contributor to many periodicals, 
mce published the Viticultural Journal and was the author of several 
books on viticulture and horticulture, among them “ American Grap- 
Gowing and Wine Making.” 
