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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
found elsewhere. Some of these trees represent the ov ners 
a money investment of several hundred dollars. 
Oiu* experience with the pecan is conclusive evidence to 
me that improvement comes to us along lines of long estab¬ 
lished type, and not by mixing up types far removed. In 
my illustration of seed selection by the first settlers in the 
East and our old coast residents or campers, we have over¬ 
whelming evidence of the working of a power far beyond our 
grasp. Great nature is ever encouraging us to better effort 
and care of her gifts, and seems to delight at rare intervals in 
surprising us with gifts far beyond expectation. Human 
life-work devoted to horticultural research deserves all the 
honor and praise we give it. But behind all we see in this 
lesson of Pecan development in which man took no conscious 
part, beyond planting the seed, a reminder that nearly 
all oirr fruits and seeds of first merit that have stood the test 
of time came to us in the same way. 
Think of it as you may we are, at the present, more 
indebted to chance developments in our gardens, fields, fence 
rows and waste places for improvements, in nuts and fruits 
than we are to the best efforts of scientific man. In other 
words: To God, be all the praises for his countless gifts! 
A SUMMARY OF STATE INSPECTION LAWS 
By Courtesy of Calvin J. Huson, Commissioner Department of Agriculture, New York. 
Prepared by George G. Atwood 
Alabama. —A signed copy of the inspection certificate issued to the 
applicant must be filed with the State Horticulturist and money sent 
to pay for the license and tags needed. A tag must be placed on each 
order delivered. ■ One tag on box does not cover individual orders 
therein. No one is allowed to receive a package of nursery stock unless 
a tag is attached. 
Every nursery or nurseries, dealer or dealers in Alabama and all out¬ 
side of State nursery or nurseries doing business in Alabama shall be 
required to take out a license before a certificate of inspection is granted. 
The license shall be of two kinds: one regular nurseryman and dealer’s 
license and an agent’s license, the agent’s license to be obtained only 
through the principal, who must hold a regular nurseryman’s or dealer’s 
license. The license fee for each nurser}man’s or dealer’s license shall 
be $10. The fee for each agent’s license shall be $1. All license fees to 
be paid before the license is granted. This rule to take effect on July 15, 
1913- 
Address all communications to State Horticulturist, Auburn, 
Alabama. 
Arizona. —Dr. A. W. Morrill, State Entomologist of Arizona, 
Arizona Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture, Phoenix, Arizona. 
Arkansas. —Shipments of nursery stock into the State must be 
accompanied by a copy of the valid certificate of inspection, a copy of 
the valid permit issued to the nurseryman by the State Entomologist 
of this State and must bear the name and address of the consignor and 
consignee with a statement of the contents of the shipment; all ship¬ 
ments not so labeled or tagged must be refused for shipment by the 
carrier. Carriers bringing into the State shipments of nursery stock 
which originated in foreign countries or foreign possessions 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, Acting State Entomologist, Fayetteville, Ark. 
California. —Shipments of nursery stock into Cahfomia are held 
by the transportation companies until inspected by State quarantine 
guardians. All packages must be marked with the name and address 
of the shipper, name of the consignor and name of the place where the 
stock is grown. All nursery stock infested with pests not existing in 
California will be immediately sent out of the State or destroyed at the 
option of the owner and at his expense. Peach, apricot and almond 
trees coming from districts where yellow and rosette are known to exist 
shall be refused entry and shall be destroyed ore returned to the shipper. 
Notices of shipment of nursery stock to California should be sent to the 
horticultural quarantine officer, Room 11, Ferry Building, San Francisco, 
Cal., and to the State quarantine guardians at the point of destination. 
Frederick Maskew, Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer, Room ii. Ferry 
Building, San Francisco, Cal, 
Colorado. —^The State Entomologist has general supervision of the 
inspection of nurseries and orchards to prevent the introduction 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 inspection. 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 government officer an(J that said contents 
appear free from aU 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 ship¬ 
ment to consignee, notify the State Entomologist of the facts, giving 
name and address 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 inspection 
and if infested the treatment of the stock. No person, firm, or corpora¬ 
tion 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 danger¬ 
ous pests the State Entomologist may at his discretion order it treated. 
Any person 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 transportation companies until it can be 
inspected. Wesley Webb, Secretary, State Board of Agriculture, 
Dover, Del. 
Florida. —All shipments into the State shall have attaehed to each 
package a certificate stating that the contents have been stripped of 
foHage and fumigated as per rules and regulations. All persons selling 
nursery stock without the State shall f)ay a fee of $5 per annum and 
register with the inspector of nursery stock, file a certificate of inspection 
and receive permission to sell nursery stock in the State. It is declared 
unlawful to knowingly sell or transport any infested or infected nursery 
stock in the State. Rules and regulations may be obtained by address¬ 
ing E. W. Berger, 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 fumigated in accordance with 
directions furnished them, must be filed in the office of the State Ento¬ 
mologist. Official tags of the Georgia State Board of Entomology will be 
