THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Vermont. —Nurseries are inspected annually. Nursery stock 
shipped into the State shall be accompanied by a certificate of inspection 
and the name and post-office address of the consignor and consignee. 
M. B. Cummings, State Nursery Inspector, Burlington, Vt. 
Virginia.— Before selling nursery stock, it is necessary to procure 
from the auditor of public accounts, Richmond, V'rginia, a certificate of 
registration for which the fee is $20 for principal^, duplicates for agents 
use free. Send certified check or draft for $20 drawn or indorsed pay¬ 
able to the Treasurer of Virginia. (Personal checks 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. Price, 
Acting State Entomologist, Blacksburg, Va. 
Washington. —No person, firm or corporation shall engage or con¬ 
tinue in the business of selling as agent, solicitor or otherwise within the 
State or importing nursery stock without first having obtained a license. 
Nursery license fee is $5 per year; nursery agent’s license fee is $i per 
year; nursery bond is $1,000 to be renewed annually. Every person, 
firm or corporation licensed to do business in this State must notify the 
Commissioner of Agriculture of his intention to ship nursery stock giv¬ 
ing the names and addresses of the persons, firms or corporations to 
whom the shipments are made. A copy of the notice shall also be sent 
the Inspector of the district in which the point of destination is located. 
For full information address F. A. Huntley, Commissioner Horticulture, 
Olympia, Wash. 
West Virginia. —The State Crop Pest Commission has power to 
provide quarantine regulations concerning the transportation 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 State Auditor a certificate of 
registration, the annual fee for which is $5. All nursery stock entering 
the State must be accompanied by a certificate of inspection and also by 
an official permit tag obtained from the State Entomologist. Duplicate 
certificates of inspection should be filed. W. E. Rumsey, State Ento¬ 
mologist, Morgantown, W. Va. 
Wisconsin. —All persons, firms or corporations shipping nursery 
stock into the State are required to file a duplicate certificate of inspec¬ 
tion, and secure a State license at the cost of $5, if selling at retail or 
through agents. Each shipment must bear certificate tags which shall 
be attached to each package, box or carload lot. Tiaisportation com¬ 
panies are forbidden to deliver nursery stock unless accompanied by 
valid certificate tags. All agents selling nursery stock within the State 
must be supplied with an agent’s duplicate license at the cost of $i 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. Professor J. G. Sanders, Ento¬ 
mologist and Chief Nursery Inspector, College of Agriculture, Madison, 
Wis. 
Wyoming. —Any person or firm wishing to do business in this State 
must first obtain a license. Licenses are issued on application for a 
period terminating on July i of the next succeeding inspection year 
(approximately two years). All applications must be accompanied by 
the license fee of $25, a bond in the sum of $500, conditioned that the 
principal will faithfully obey the law of the State, and by a certified 
certificate of inspection from an authorized inspector in the State frqm 
which shipments are to be made. On receipt of these the secretary of 
the State Board issues authorized shipping tags at cost.. Nursery stock 
may not'^enter the State and transportation companies may not deliver 
^ unless such tag be attached to each and every box, bundle or bale. 
Before making shipments secure copy of the law from the secretary of 
the State Board of Horticulture, Professor Aven Nelson, Laramie, 
Wyoming. 
Canada. —No nursery stock shall be imported that is infested with 
any of the following insect pests or diseases: San Jos6 scale, brown-tail 
moth, gypsy moth, woolly aphis. West India peach scale, potato canker, 
gooseberry mildew, internal and external parasitic diseases of potato, 
branch canker and blister rust of white pine. Nursery stock shall be 
imported only through the ports and during the periods mentioned: 
Vancouver, B. C., from October i to May i; Niagara Falls, Ont., from 
October i to May 15; Winnipeg, Man., and St. John, N.B., from March 
15 to May 15, and from October 7 to December 7; Windsor, Ont., and 
St. Johns, Que., from March 15 to May 15, and from September 26 to 
December 7. 
Importations by mail shall be subjected to the same regulations. 
The port by which it is intended that the nursery stock shall enter shall 
be clearly stated on each package and notice of shipment must be sent 
to the Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa. European nursery stock and 
certain other classes of vegetation may in the case of certain ports be 
allowed to proceed and shall be inspected at point of destination, but 
must not be unpacked except in the presence of the inspector. Copies 
of the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock into 
Canada may be obtained from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion 
Entomologist, Ottawa, Canada, to whom all inquiries should bead- 
dressed. 
(Regulations for shipment of nursery stock into Canada are to be 
revised about October i, 1913.) 
COMMENTS ON THE NEW TARIFF 
The new Tariff Bill has passed the House and Senate and 
is likely to become law by the affixing of the President’s 
signature in the near future. The Tariff as it now reads is 
quite acceptable to nurserymen and allied interests, duties 
on a specific basis have been maintained and the few duty 
reductions are moderate. 
Undoubtedly the best feature of the new Tariff is the 
elimination of the absurdities, errors in classification and 
indefiniteness that has existed in Tariffs for the past 25 years 
and which were a joy to lawyers—but a source of constant 
irritation and expense to importers; in fact it appears as if 
the Tariff were made not only by the lawyers—but for the 
lawyers. 
As an example of this we need only say that up to a 
month ago the duty on all classes of Bulbs were definite 
and satisfactory—mostly on a specific basis; at the last 
moment a few additional lines were added to the schedule 
wording; “provided that all mature mother flowering bulbs 
imported exclusively for propagating purposes shall be ad¬ 
mitted free of duty.’’ A blind man can see that this addition 
upsets the entire Bulb schedule and makes each item subject 
to litigation, because the United States Appraisers cannot 
tell the difference in what is intended for propagating or 
forcing purposes. 
The balance of the Tariff is clear and specific. Ever¬ 
green Seedlings are now clearly defined as “Coniferous 
Evergreen Seedlings, 3 years old or less’’ and are free of duty. 
Rosa Rugosa grown from seed, 3 years old or less are now 
dutiable at $1.00 per 1000 unquestionably. Now no one 
will be obliged to pay $40.00 per 100 as “Roses’’ on seedlings 
bought at $4.00 per 1000—as under former Tariffs. 
Pear, Apple and Quince stocks, also St. Julian Plum are 
reduced from $2.00 to $1.00 per 1000. Myrobolan, Maz- 
zard and Mahaleb Seedlings, also Manetti and Multifiora 
Rose Stocks remain dutiable at $1.00 per 1000; Roses 
remain dutiable at 4c each; general nursery stock has been 
reduced from 2 5 per cent to 15 per cent advalorum. Herbace¬ 
ous Paeonies and Iris remain dutiable at $10.00 per 1000. 
The advantage to nursery interests in the new Tariff is 
not so much the slight changes in duty, as that the rate of 
duty is now definite—the same at all United States ports of 
entry. 
Yours truly, 
James McHutchison. 
THE NEW TARIFF AT A GLANCE 
McHutchison & Co., 17 Murray Street, New York, is dis¬ 
tributing among the trade neat little hangers that give the 
New Tariff at a glance. 
