The inspection of nursery stock has been made even more rigid than
before. Not only has it been required that every individual tree
should be inspected by a competent employee of this Commission, but in
shipping it has been required also that every individual tree should be
tagged. A copy of the revised regulations governing the inspection and
shipment of nursery stock is appended to this report, which shows the
form of tags required to be attached both to individual trees and to
bundles of trees. The fact that several of the most serious infections
in the State have been caused heretofore by the planting of diseased
nursery stock in new localities is sufficient reason for so rigid an
inspection.