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sery stock of five-leaved pines or currants. A quaran¬ 
tine against the relatively limited trallic in this stock is, 
therefore, believed to be a necessary precaution. 
The importance of protecting the white pine forests 
from the blister rust may be inferred from the fact that 
in New England, New York and Pennsylvania alone there 
are still 15 billion feet of mature white pine valued at not 
less than $75,000,000, and in the Lake States, 12 billion 
feet valued at $96,000,000. 
In addition there is the vast white and sugar pine for¬ 
ests of the west to be considered as well as the immense 
areas suitable for planting which a spread of the disease 
would prevent.” 
Yet in spite of these large interests it is only just to the 
nurserymen, there should be no doubt of the efficacy of 
the proposed quarantine before it is put into effect. 
That the genus Ribes carries the disease is not suf¬ 
ficient. It should be established beyond question, there 
is disease in the nurseries to be carried, also that the 
birds and wind and other vehicles do not carry the dis¬ 
ease. 
A quarantine is useless unless effective. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 
ASSOCIATION OF OFFICIAL HORTICULTURAL 
INSPECTORS 
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Society of Hor¬ 
ticultural Inspectors was held in Columbus, Ohio, De¬ 
cember 28th and 29th, and was called to order by the 
Chairman, W. E. Rumsey. 
Program 
Tuesday, December 28, 1915, 8.00 P. M. 
1. Address of the Chairman: “Control of the Cedar 
Rust in West Virginia,” by Professor W. E. Rumsey, 
Morgantown, W. Va. 
2. “Foreign Pests Recently Established in New Jer¬ 
sey,” by Harry R. Weiss, New Brunswick, N. J. 
3. “Imported Insect Pests Collected on Imported Nur¬ 
sery Stock in 1915,” by E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. 
4. “The Uniform Horticultural Inspection Law,” by 
J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis. 
5. “Report of the Legislative Committee of the Na¬ 
tional Nurserymen’s Association,” by J. H. Dayton, 
Painesville, Ohio. 
Wednesday, December 29, 1915, 10.00 A. M. 
6. “Remarks on Inspection Facilities in the District 
of Columbia,” by E. R. Sasscer, Washington, D. C. Illus¬ 
trated. 
7. “Vacuum Fumigation and Its Application to the 
Control of Insects Affecting Plants and Plant Products,” 
by E. R. Sasscer, Washington. D. C. Illustrated. 
8. “The Betterment of Pathological Inspection,’ by R. 
Kent Beattie, Washington, D. C. 
9. “Nursery Inspection in Florida,” by F. M. O’Byrne, 
Gainesville, Fla. 
10. “Co-operation in the Establishment of State Quar¬ 
antines,” by J. Edward Taylor, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
11. “The Ohio Inspection System,” by N. E. Shaw, 
Columbus, Ohio. Illustrated. 
Mr. J. II. Dayton, of the Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines¬ 
ville, Ohio, was present by invitation, as a member of the 
Legislative Committee of the American Association of 
Nurserymen. He reported that his association had ap¬ 
proved and accepted the “Uniform Inspection” Bill, at the 
annual meeting held in Detroit last June, and spoke of 
his gratification of the close relations and co-operation of 
the two bodies which had been brought about through 
the work of the joint committees, which had prepared the 
bill and hoped and believed that this friendly feeling 
would continue to exist many years. 
Prof. W. J. Schoene, Blacksnurg, Virginia, was elected 
Chairman for 1916, and Prof. J. G. Sanders, Madison, 
Wisconsin, was re-elected Secretary. 
In his address Prof. Rumsey dwelt at some length on 
the losses occasioned by the "cedar rust” on the apple 
crop in West Virginia and outlined the steps taken lor 
controlling the situation. 
The destruction of cedars over a large area was one of 
the precautions taken. It has been decided that the 
clearance ot such trees within a mile of commercial or¬ 
chards would prevent the spread of the disease to the 
orchard. 
Mr. Weiss’ paper spoke of the many species of insects 
which have been recently introduced and become estab¬ 
lished in New Jersey. In commenting on the paper Dr. 
lleadlee recommended drastic action to prevent repeti¬ 
tion of these conditions and offered the following reso¬ 
lution, which was adopted, and forwarded to the Federal 
Horticultural Board. 
RESOLUTION:— 
“That it is the sense oi this body that the federal 
quarantine be strengthened and that an absolute 
quarantine be placed on all plants imported with 
soil about the roots, except such as are introduced 
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for experi¬ 
ment and those to be held in quarantine for a reason¬ 
able period.” 
In a paper read by Mr. Sasscer he called attention to the 
increased amount of imported nursery stock, and stated 
that he had found thereon a number of dangerous insects. 
It was believed by Mr. Sasscer that the “European ear¬ 
wig” and the “European mole cricket” which have be¬ 
come established in some of the eastern states, had been 
introduced in soil which came about the roots of im¬ 
ported plants. 
Much interest was created by Mr. Sasscer’s paper on 
vacuum fumigation. He stated that important results 
had been secured in fumigating tightly packed bales of 
cotton with cyanide gas by this process. (Readers of 
the National Nurseryman will be greatly interested in 
later details of this method of fumigation as experiments 
are now being made in fumigating nursery stock with a 
view of adopting it for the fumigation of all foreign nur¬ 
sery stock at the port of entry—Editor). 
Mr. Shaw’s address which was illustrated with a 
series of very fine lantern slides, gave in detail, the sys¬ 
tem of inspection of nurseries in Ohio, and the method 
used in fumigating infested stock. Pictures ol a num¬ 
ber of styles of fumigation houses were shown. 
The United Forestry Company, Niverville, Columbia, 
County, N. Y., use more or less fruit and ornamental 
stock, and would be glad if nurserymen having same to 
ofi'cr would send their catalogues and price lists. 
