3 will be given early publication. 
Tower, who has been detailed for seven weeks to assist in the fumigation 
in Boston, has returned to Washington. 
: Yothers has returned to his headquarters at Orlando, Florida, after a 
trip of inspection of the lime orchards on some of the principal Florida keys. 


























DECIDUOUS-FRUIT INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 
A. L. Quaintance, In Charge. 
A. T. Speare made a short trip to Hagerstown and Smithsburg, Md., in connection 
6rvations on a fungus disease of EKulecanium nigrofasciatum. 
A, Cushman, engaged in investigations of parasites of deciduous fruit in- 
AS returned to his field headquarters at North East, Pa., where he will con- 
8 studies of ge pel aba a parasites of the grape berry moth and other 
a Baker has been were orchards in the vicinity of Crozet, Staunton and 
ster, Va., making observations on certain apple aphids, especially Aphis 
Lae Fitch. 
*, N. BH. McIndoo spent about two weeks at Winchester, Va., making observations 
ffect on bees of spraying orchards. He also spent some time in the general 
of Fennville, Mich., in similar work. 
p, A..L. Quaintance yisited Sandusky, Ohio, where a conference was held with 
a... A. Gossard and W. H. Goodwin, of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 
8rs. Dwight Isely and H. G. Ingerson, of this Bureau, in connection with 
iguration of grape berry moth investigations in Northern Ohio. 
FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD. 
GC. L. Marlatt, Chairman. 
(In Cooperation with the Bureau of Entomology.) 
‘The fumigation of imported cotton is now proceeding in Boston and San Francisco 
Bihoroughl; satisfactory manner, In the use of a substance as poisonous as hy- 
lic-acid gas in such huge quantities, there is necessarily risk unless thorough- 
recautions are constantly taken. The existence of such risk has been two or 
imes demonstrated already in the work.at Boston, with no serious consequences, 
', Other than the temporary disabling of workmen. In every instance, however, 
@ accidents have resulted from carelessness and disregard of precautionary mea- 
which have been specifically insisted upon. It is believed that this experi- 
will control any further tendency to carelessness on the part of the workmen 
erned, The investigation of the fumigated cotton by the experts of the Federal 
sicultural Board, and of the Bureau of Chemistry, of this Department, has shown 
t after an acration of a day or two the fumes of the gas have practically entirely 
peer es, and no further danger from fumigated cotton is possible. 
ing the month the following quarantines have been promulgated: 
Fevice of Quarantine No. 24, on "Corn Dieee ees Notice of Quarantine No. 25, 
p Moth and Brown-Tail Moth Quarantine." 
1 corn disease quarantine prohibits the importation, in the raw or unmanufac-— 
tate, from southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, Indo-China and China), 
| el nea Australia, New Zealand, Oceana, Philippine Islands, Mepis: 

