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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Legislation 
FOR UNIFORM LEGISLATION IN REGARD TO INSECTI¬ 
CIDES 
As you have already been advised, the proposed Pure 
Insecticide and Fungicide bill which has been up before 
Congress for the past two years has passed and been 
approved by the President, and is now known as the 
“Insecticide Act of 1910.’’ This measure goes into effect 
the first of January, 1911, regulating the standards of 
insecticides and fungicides in so far as Interstate Commerce 
is concerned. 
A few of the States have legislation covering all insecti¬ 
cides and fungicides; several of the States have legisla¬ 
tion covering only one or two insecticides, such as Paris 
Green. 
Inasmuch as there is a national measure, there does not 
seem to be much call for any further State legislation, yet 
we learn that a few of the States are contemplating taking 
some such action. Therefore, we urge upon all supporters 
of the national measure to bend their best efforts, in case 
their State is contemplating any such legislation, to have 
said State adopt the national measure. 
It is just as imperative in the case of this bill, as it was 
with the Pure Food and Drugs Act, that there will be 
uniform legislation throughout the country. 
We also urge upon those living in States having some 
insecticide and fungicide control measure in force at the 
present time, to endeavor to have the present measure so 
amended as to conform with the National Act. 
The Committee wishes to express its appreciation of the 
aid given by the state members of its advisory board, by 
the agricultural press, and others who interested them¬ 
selves toward securing the passage of the bill. 
Trusting that we may have the same hearty co-operation 
along the line outlined above as we did in promoting the 
passage of the National Bill, we remain 
Yours very truly, 
Executive Committee, 
E. D. Sanderson, Chairman. 
NEW YORK NURSERY SHIPPING LAWS 
Albany, September 1, 1910. 
To Nurserymen in the State of New York: 
We are sending you by accompanying^mail our Bulletin 
No. 20, relative to the inspection, certification and trans¬ 
portation of nursery stock. The law requires that— 
1. No shipments shall be made unless accompanied by a 
copy of a valid certificate of inspection signed by the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture. 
2. No nursery stock shall be sold or shipped under a 
certificate unless the stock was raised in the nursery for or to 
which the certificate was issued, or until such stock has 
been duly inspected. 
3. All nursery stock received from outside the state 
must be held unopened until authority is given to open by 
the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agents. All such 
stock is subject to inspection. 
4. Notice must be sent promptly of the receipt of all 
imported shipments. 
Bulletin No. 20 gives a copy of the orders of the Com¬ 
missioner of Agriculture as provided by law and also much 
other information of use to shippers to other states and 
Canada. 
Please acknowledge this communication and the receipt 
of Bulletin No. 20. 
Yours very truly, 
Geo. G. Atwood, 
Chief, Bureau of Horticulture. 
IMPORTATION OF MEXICAN CITRUS TREES 
PROHIBITED 
According to the Los Angeles Express no permits to ship 
citrus fruit trees from Mexico to California will be given, 
in accordance with a brief communication received by the 
country horticultural commission from the deputy com¬ 
missioner who went to Tampico recently to inspect some 
stock which the owners were desirous of importing. 
For some time nursery stock from Mexico has been under 
the ban of the California authorities because of the danger 
of bringing in the Morales worm, white fly and other pests 
into that section, and importations have been absolutely 
prohibited. As a result, nurserymen in that part of the 
state are unable to supply the great demand for citrus stock 
and the price of trees has increased in the last few months 
to an almost prohibitive figure. 
In certain parts of Mexico conditions are said to be 
particularly favorable for producing citrus stock and parties 
in Covina recently applied to the authorities for permission 
to import several thousand trees from Tampico, Mexico. 
It was argued that stock grown in such an out-of-the-way 
place was not likely to be infested with insect pests, and if 
the stock was shipped it would tend to relieve the scarcity 
in California and be of benefit to the growers. No reason 
was given in the communication why permission was 
refused, but it is supposed the trees were found to be 
infected. 
EVERGREEN SEEDLINGS—A CUSTOMS DECISION 
N.P.—Nursery stock—Unsupported. 
Board of United States General Appraisers, New York— 
July 25, 1910. 
In the matter of protest 41313 269 Irving Rouse against 
the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the 
port of Rochester. 
Before Board No. 3 
Waite, General Appraiser: 
The protestants herein claim that certain items appear¬ 
ing on the invoices are evergreen seedlings, and should be 
admitted free of duty under paragraph 668, tariff act of 
1909. They have been assessed under paragraph 264 
providing for “stocks, cuttings and seedlings of all. 
ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and 
