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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Inspector of tlie state in which the shipment originates. A fee 
of $5 is required for issuance of permit to ship into the state. 
Agents or dealers operating in Texas for nurserymen outside of 
the state, must procure proper credentials, as agents, from their 
nurseries; on a form furnished and approved by the Commission¬ 
er of Agriculture, and each agent or dealer must be prepared to 
present such credentials at all times. 
Dealers are classed as nurserymen and are required to take out 
permit. Greenhouses and greenhouse plants are included for in¬ 
spection by the Texas law and all State Inspectors should advise 
their nurserymen, florists, or owners of greenhouses that they 
must have a Texas certificate before they can make shipments in¬ 
to the state. Ed. E. Ayers, Chief Inspector, Houston, Texas. 
UNITED STATES.—All persons who intend to import trees 
or plants from any foreign country should first apply for, and 
receive, a permit from the Federal Horticultural Board, U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., under the Plant 
Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912. 
A permit should be applied for in advance. This permit 
should preferably be taken out by the person who is to receive 
the goods at the final destination. A broker or commission mer¬ 
chant may take out a permit in his own name, if he imports for 
his own account, or he may act as agent for and take out the 
permit in the name of the actual purchaser. The importer must 
see that each package on arrival at the port of entry bears the 
proper certificate of foreign inspection. He must also see that 
each package is marked in accordance with Section 3 of the act. 
As a matter of convenience, this marking should contain also 
the additional information called in Section 4, to avoid the 
trouble of re-marking before the goods can be delivered for 
interstate shipment. The certificate of inspection must be, and 
the marking preferably should be, on the goods befbre they 
leave the foreign port. 
On the arrival of the stock, and before shipping or removing 
it from the port of entry, he must advise the Secretary of Ag¬ 
riculture and the proper state inspectors in accordance with 
Section 2 and Regulation 8. He must see that each container is 
marked in accordance with Section 4; that is, in addition to the 
information in the label of entry, each container must bear the 
name and address of the consignee at destination, where the 
stock is to be inspected by the state, territorial, or district 
official. 
Any person receiving imported nursery stock and reshipping 
it, interstate, before it has been inspected by a duly authorized 
state, territorial, or district inspector or officer, is required, 
prior to making such reshipment, to notify the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the duly authorized inspector or other officer of 
the state, territory, or district, to which the nursery stock is to 
be reshipped, giving the number of cases, the bale numbers and 
marks, the quantity and kind of nursery stock, and the name 
and address of the consignee. If possible, the permit number 
under which the stock was imported, and the name and address 
of the foreign shipper should also be given. 
Failure to meet the requirements of the law, as outlined 
above, subjects importers or persons making interstate ship¬ 
ments to the penalties fixed in Section 10 of the act. 
A pamphlet entitled, “Rules and Regulations under the Plant 
Quarantine Act: General, Including Nursery Stock,” containing 
the regulations governing the importation of nursery stock into 
the United States and the text of the Plant Quarantine Act of 
August 20, 1912, as amended March 4, 1913, may be obtained on 
application to the United States Department of Agriculture, 
Federal Horticultural Board, Washington, D. C. 
NURSERY STOCK BY MAIL 
The following is a copy of order 6313 of Postmaster-General, 
dated May 29, 1912, amending paragraph 8, section 496 of postal 
laws and regulations, to read as follows: 
Nursery stock, including florists’ stock, trees, shrubs, plants, 
vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, bulbs and roots (which may 
carry injurious insects), may be admitted to the mails only 
when accompanied by a certificate from a state or government 
inspector to the effect that the nursery from which said nursery 
stock is shipped as within a year heen inspected and found free 
from injurious insects. 
UTAH..—No person shall engage in the business of selling or 
importing nursery stock without having first obtained a license 
to do business in the state. Any person may obtain a license 
from the State Horticultural Commission upon the payment of a 
fee of $2.50 annually and by filing with the State Horticultural 
Commission a bond in the sum of $500. Each salesman or agent 
must hold an authorization from the firm he represents, giving 
his name and the name and address of the person he represents, 
together wfith a license number of his principal. A copy of the 
certificate of inspection must be attached to each shipment. All 
nursery stock will be quarantined on arrival and, if deemed nec¬ 
essary, disinfected or destroyed at the cost of the owner. J. Ed¬ 
ward Taylor, State Horticultural Inspector, Salt Lake City, 
Utah. 
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 consig¬ 
nor 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, Vir¬ 
ginia, a certificate of registration for which the fee is $20 for 
principals; duplicates for agents’ use free. Send certified check 
or draft for $20 drawn or indorsed payable to the Treasurer of 
Virginia. (Personal check 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. 
Schoene, State Entomologist, Blacksburg, Va. 
WASHINGTON.—No person shall sell or distribute nursery 
stock or solicit for sale without first obtaining a license to con¬ 
duct business in the state. All licenses expire July 1. The li¬ 
cense fee for nurserymen and tree dealers is $5, and for agents 
$1. Nurserymen and tree dealers must execute a bond in the 
sum of $1,000 to cover compliance with the state laws in that the 
nursery stock covered by said license be true to name and 
variety. 
The state is divided into ten horticultural districts and an in¬ 
spector-at-large is in charge of each district. All shippers of 
nursery stock into the state must give notice of their intention to 
ship by notifying the inspector-at-large into whose distract the 
shipment is made, and sending a copy to T. O. Morrison, Assis¬ 
tant Commissioner of Agriculture, Division of Horticulture, 
Olympia, Washington. 
WEST VIRGINIA.—The Commissioner of Agriculture has 
power to provide quarantine regulations concerning the trans¬ 
portation 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 Commissioner of Agriculture a certificate of registra¬ 
tion, 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 W. E. Rumsey, 
State Entomologist, Morgantown, W. Va. 
WISCONSIN.—All persons, firms, or corporations shipping 
nursery stock into the state are required to file a duplicate cer¬ 
tificate of inspection, and secure a state license, if selling at re¬ 
tail or through agents. Each shipment must bear certificate 
tags, which shall be attached to each package, box, or carload lot. 
Transportation companies 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 certificate, 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. No fees are charged. 
QUARANTINE NOTICE 
THE WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST 
The existence of the dangerous imported disease of white pine 
trees known as the White Pine Blister Rust ( Perridennium 
strobi Kleb.), in several of our eastern states has been confirmed 
by Federal authorities: In addition to the known infected 
areas, other localities are suspected of harboring the disease. 
Believing that the white pine trees of Wisconsin would be en¬ 
dangered by the shipment of white pine trees into the state from 
outside sources, an absolute quarantine is hereby established, 
prohibiting the shipment into this state of any of the following 
species of pines or their horticultural varieties, viz., white pine 
(Finns strobus L.), western white pine ( P. monticola Dougl.), sugar 
pine (r. lambartiana Dougl.), stone or cembrian pine (P. cembra 
L.), and Bhotan or Himalayan pine (P. excelsa). 
Hereafter and until further notice, by virtue of Chapter 413, 
Laws of 1915, shipment into Wisconsin from any source of the 
species of pine and their varieties hereinbefore named is pro¬ 
hibited. State Entomologist Madison, Wis. 
WYOMING.—Licenses are issued on application for a period 
terminating on July 1 of the next succeeding inspection year 
(approximately two years). Applications should be accompanied 
by the license fee of $25, and by a cerified certificate of inspec¬ 
tion from an authorized inspector in the state from which ship¬ 
ments are to be made. On receipt of these the Secretary of the 
State Board issues authorized shipping tags at cost. Transpor¬ 
tation companies may not deliver unless such tags be attached 
to each shipment. A copy of the law may be secured from the 
Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, Prof. Aven Nelson, 
Laramie, Wyo. 
CANADA.—No nursery stock shall be imported that is infest- 
