THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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of Georgia must bear the official tag of the Georgia State Board 
of Entomology and also a duplicate certificate of inspection of 
the state from which the shipment is made. There is a strict 
quarantine against all citrus stock from Florida, Alabama, Miss¬ 
issippi, Louisiana and Texas except on special certificate from 
Chief Inspectors of those states. Prof. E. Lee Worsham, State 
Entomologist, Atlanta, Ga. 
IDAHO.—No person, firm, or corporation shall import or sell 
nursery stock without first applying to the State Board of Horti¬ 
cultural Inspection and filing a bond in the sum of $5,000 and 
securing annual license upon payment of $10. Shipments into 
the state should bear a copy of an official certificate of fumiga¬ 
tion emanating from the place where the stock was grown. All 
shipments into the state must bear a label showing the name of 
the shipper, the locality where grown and variety of nursery 
stock. All nursery stock, fruit trees, or horticultural plants sold 
or delivered by principal or agents shall be true to name and 
variety as represented. All nursery stock shipped into this state, 
whether bearing certificate of inspection or not, must be inspect¬ 
ed again upon its arrival, the consignee paying for such inspec¬ 
tion. Every nursery firm doing business in this state must pay 
annually $1 additional for each agent who represents them. 
The state of Idaho has established a quarantine against the 
State Entomologist, Ames, Iowa. 
states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachussetts, Connecti¬ 
cut, New York, and Pennsylvania, and forbids the shipment from 
these states of any five-leaved pines, currants, or gooseberries 
into the state of Idaho. Guy Graham, State Horticultural Inspec¬ 
tor, Boise, Idaho. 
ILLINOIS.—State nurseries are inspected and certified not 
later than October 1. An inspection certificate shall be valid for 
one year from date of inspection. The State Entomologist is 
authorized to revoke a certificate if he finds it is being used in 
violation of the law. He is also required to furnish all Illinois 
nurserymen with a list of state and government inspectors whose 
certificates may be received as equivalent to his own, and the 
nurserymen receiving stock under such certificates is authorized 
to substitute for them the Illinois certificate of inspection. Each 
dealer in nursery stock who has no nursery of his own and each 
agent for a nursery located outside of Illinois is required to fur¬ 
nish to the State Entomologist annually a sworn statement show¬ 
ing that the stock in which he deals has been duly inspected, and 
to submit for approval a copy of the certificate of inspection, and 
to attach a copy of such certificate if approved, to every parcel 
of nursery stock delivered. Nursery stock shipped into the state 
must bear a certificate of inspection attached to each car, box, 
bale, bundle, or package. Dr. S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist; 
P. A. Glenn, Chief Inspector, Urbana, Ill. 
INDIANA.—All nurseries are inspected between June 1 and 
October 1 and at such other times as the head of the inspection 
department may consider advisable. Stock sent into or within 
the state must be plainly labeled with the name of the consignor 
and the consignee and must bear a certificate signed by a state 
or government official showing that the inclosed stock has been 
inspected and found free from injurious insects and plant dis¬ 
eases. All foreign-grown stock must be inspected upon arrival at 
its destination in Indiana. All dealers and agents engaged in 
selling or soliciting orders for nursery stock in the state of Indi¬ 
ana must take out a license which is issued by the State Ento¬ 
mologist. All nursery firms or other persons whose place of bus¬ 
iness is outside the state of Indiana and who ship nursery stock 
into Indiana are required to file with the State Entomologist a 
copy of their valid certificate of inspection and procure a license, 
which is good for one year from the date of issue. The fee for 
license is $1 in all cases. Frank N. Wallace, State Entomologist, 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
IOWA.—State nurseries are inspected at owner’s request or if 
supposed to be infested with dangerous injurious insects or plant 
disease, and nurserymen are prohibited from selling or shipping 
without inspection. Shipments into the state must be accompan¬ 
ied by a cetificate of apparent freedom from injurious insects or 
plant disease. A copy of inspection certificate must be filed with 
and approved by the State Entomologist. R. L. Webster, Acting 
KANSAS.—Nurseries are inspected annually between June 15 
and November 1. Certificates are valid until the first day of the 
following June. No nursery stock shall be brought into the state 
nor offered for sale within the state without having been properly 
inspected as shown by an accompanying certificate. State Ento¬ 
mological Commission, Topeka, Kan.; Prof. Geo. A. Dean, Ento¬ 
mologist, Manhattan, Kan.; Prof. S. J. Hunter, Entomologist, 
Lawrence, Kan. 
KENTUCKY.—Nurseries are inspected annually. Every pack¬ 
age of nursery stock shipped into the state must have a copy of 
a certificate of inspection attached and bear on the label a list of 
the contents. Duplicate certificates of inspection may be filed 
with the State Entomologist. Prof. H. Garman, State Entomolo¬ 
gist, Lexington, Ky. 
LOUISIANA.—Each package, parcel, box, bundle, or bale of 
nursery sock shipped or moved into Louisiana for delivery in this 
state from any state or country must be prominently labeled with 
a copy of a valid and unexpired certificate of inspection from the 
authorized nursery inspector of the state or county where the 
nursery stock was grown, and must also be prominently labeled 
\\ ith a copy of a valid and unexpired certificate from the entomol¬ 
ogist of Louisiana. Written authorization and special certificate 
tags must be secured from the entomologist for each shipment of 
citrus nursery stock to be shipped into Louisiana for delivery in 
the state. 
A fee of $5 must be paid for a permit to ship nursery stock 
into Louisiana, and a copy of nursery inspection certificate from 
the authorized nursery inspector of the state or country in which 
the stock was grown must accompany the request for a permit to 
sell nursery stock in the state. 
Orders for certificate tags to be used on shipments for delivery 
in Louisiana must be placed with the etomologist and money for 
tags must accompany the order. Up to 1,000 tags, delivered by 
insured parcel post, the price will be $1.55 for the first 100 tags, 
and 40 cents for each additional hundred. Orders of over 1,000 
tags will be shipped by express, collect, at $1.50 for the first hun¬ 
dred and 35 cents for each additional hundred. 
Address all communications to J. B. Garrett, Entomologist, 
Baton Rouge, La. 
MAINE.—All nursery stock shipped into the state shall bear 
on each box or package a certificate that the contents have been 
inspected. The State Horticulturist has power to inspect at point 
of destination all stock entering the state. No person, excepting 
growers, shall carry on the business of selling nursery stock or 
soliciting purchases without first obtaining a license. The license 
fee shall be $5 per annum. The license shall be issued in the 
name of the dealer, salesman, or agent, as the case may be. C. 
L. Wilkins, Horticulturist, Department of Agriculture, Augusta, 
Me. 
MARYLAND.—Nurseries are inspected at least once in six 
months. All nursery stock subject to attack of insect pests must 
be fumigated. Shipments into the state must be labeled with the 
name of consignor and consignee and each package bear a certifi¬ 
cate of inspection. Duplicate certificates should be filed with the 
State Entomologist. Dr. T. B. Symons, State Entomologist; Prof. 
C. E. Temple, State Pathologist, College Park, Md. 
MASSACHUSETTS.—Nurseries in the state are inspected 
annually. Agents or other persons, excepting growers, who de¬ 
sire to sell nursery stock in the state shall make application to 
and receive from the State Nursery Inspector an agent’s license, 
and shall file with the State Nursery Inspector names and ad¬ 
dresses of all prsons or nurseries from whom they purchase 
stocK. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation 
to sell, deliver, or ship into the state any nursery stock unless 
such person, firm, or corporation holds a grower’s certificate or 
an agent’s license, and a copy of such certificate or license must 
accompany each car, box, or package delivered or shipped. 
The State Nursery Inspector shall have power to inspect at its 
point of destination all nursery stock coming into the state, and 
should such stock be found to be infestedwith injurious insects or 
plant diseases he may cause it to be destroyed, treated, or re¬ 
turned to the consignor at the consignor’s expense. Dr. H. T. 
. Fernald, State Nursery Inspector, Amherst, Mass. 
MICHIGAN.—Nurseries are subject to inspection; infested 
trees must be destroyed, and all stock subject to the attack of 
the San Jose scale, which has been grown within a half mile of 
where this scale has been found within two years, must be fumiga¬ 
ted with hydrocyanic acid gas. Shipments into the state must 
bear on every package, plainly labeled, the name of the consign¬ 
or and consignee, statement of contents, and a certificate show- 
ins' that the contents have been inspected by a state or govern¬ 
ment officer; and, if of species subject to the attack of San Jose 
scale, must be fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas. Certificates 
of fumigation must also be attached, together with a copy of the 
certificate of inspecion. This applies to individual orders when 
several are contained in the same shipment. All nurserymen, 
whether residents of Michigan or other states, who wish to grow 
or sell stock within te state must apply to the State Inspector of 
Nurseries on or before August 1 of each year for a license, for 
which the fee is $5. A bond for $1,000 must also be filed. Certifi¬ 
cates of inspection must be filed with the State Inspector of Nur¬ 
series before any stock is shipped into the state. Prof. L. R. 
Taft, State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards, East T/ansing, 
Mich. 
MINNESOTA.—Inspection, annual and compulsory. Inspec¬ 
tion may be oftener if it seems desirable. 
Shipments into the state must be accompanied by a certificate 
of inspection. 
Carrying companies accepting stock not so tagged are respon¬ 
sible and liable to prosecution. 
