of work done, any preceding conference, and this augurs well for the effectiveness of work during the current season. It seems to me that this institute work, reaching as it does all parts of the State, and carrying with it as it does in its investigations and discussions invaluable information on the subject of horticulture as well as agriculture, ought to receive by the members of the Society, ardent support by attendance and in the discussion, wherever its sessions are within reasonable distance from their respective homes. WORK IN HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE WISE AND INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT OF PROF. JAMES TROOP. The work in the Horticultural Department has kept pace with that in the other departments. A year ago last September, Prof. Wm. Stuart was transferred from the Botanical Department, and made Associate Horticulturist of the Experiment Station. The work of the Experiment Station was then divided, Professor Stuart taking the work in vegetable gardening and Professor Troop the work in fruit growing. Unfortunately for Purdue the trustees of the University of Vermont thought they needed Professor Stuart more than we did, and so, at the beginning of last September, he severed his connection with Purdue and accepted the position of Professor of Horticulture in that institution. This leaves the work in this department for the present entirely in the hands of Professor Troop, who, in addition to the work in horticulture of both University and Experiment Station, is also carrying the Entomological work of both of these departments. We realize that this is too much for any one man to carry, and hope that in the near future we may be able to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Professor Stuart. The experiment work of the year, as already indicated, has been along two lines. During the winter some valuable results were obtained in the forcing of melons, cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes, in the greenhouse. During the past summer extensive experiments were carried on with melons and other vegetables in the open field; also testing the relative merits of different insecticides and fungicides in the orchard, the value of leguminous plants, especially soy beans and cow peas, as a source of nitrogen for the orchard, whole and piece root grafting, varietal tests of small fruits, etc. The number of students receiving instruction along horticultural lines, during the past year, has been sixty-eight. This has included work in pomology, landscape gardening, vegetable gardening, floriculture, economic botany and economic entomology, all of which have been taught by Professor Troop. The new and magnificent Agricultural Hall (which I do not thing any kindred hall in the United States excels) is already proving to be a drawing card. Students are turning their attention that way. Four large, well-lighted rooms in this building are for the exclusive use of the students in horticulture, and it is safe to say that as soon as this building is equipped with the necessary apparatus, which is being furnished as rapidly as circumstances will permit, there will be no more attractive place in the University than this. In conclusion, I will say that the utmost harmony exists among the trustees, faculty and students and that if Purdue shall receive the aid she is entitled to from the State through its future Legislatures, it will become one of Indiana's greatest boons. Mr. Zion: Does your report show the number of students in Purdue University from outside the State? Mr. Johnson: No sir. Mr. Zion: That would be a valuable part of the report. No doubt the taxpayers will be asked for a further appropriation and this information will be valuable. It strikes me that it is only right that the tax should be greater on the noncitizen of the State. I am decidedly in favor of this report showing the number of students attending Purdue University who are nonresidents of the State of Indiana. If the taxes are increased on the residents of the State, we should take care to see that they are also increased on the nonresidents. Mr. Johnson: Doubtless this information can be obtained at the University, and if the Society wishes to have it inserted in the report I shall take steps to secure it and insert it. On motion Mr. Johnson was instructed to obtain this information and insert it in his report. Mr. Hale: I have followed the reading of the report closely, but it is not clear to my mind whether the number of students in the Agricultural Department is given. Mr. Johnson: No; the total number of students in all departments was given. Mr. Kingsbury: I suggest that that also be incorporated in the report. The number of both agricultural and horticultural students should be given. Mr. Johnson: Professor Troop is here; perhaps he can give you now the information you wish. Mr. Troop: I can not give the exact figures from memory, but they can be had from the University. Mr. Johnson: I want to say, in addition to the report, that if the people of Indiana, especially the boys and young men, could see the new Agricultural Building and the facilities for acquiring an agricultural and horticultural education, I think the number of students in those departments would largely increase. It is certainly the finest building for the purpose I have ever seen. I know that young men and young women who have any disposition to master the two sciences of agriculture and horticulture, if they could see the new buildings at Purdue University, would want to go there. REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, 1902. PROF. JAMES TROOP. I suppose most of the members of this Society know that the State Entomologist is really a child of this Society, and consequently his report to this Society is fitting at this time. I suppose, too, that most of the members understand the provisions of the law that was passed by the Legislature four years ago. The main purpose of the nursery inspection law, as orginally passed, was (1) to prevent the further introduction of injurous insects and fungus diseases, notably the San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comstock), which has caused so many thousands of dollars of damage to the orchards of the State by having been introduced upon nursery stock, and (2) to prevent the further spread of these pests by providing some means of eradicating them from localities where they had already become established. In order to accomplish the first result the law requires all nursery stock which is shipped into this State from other States to be accompanied by a certificate bearing the signature of the State or Government Entomologist and stating that said nursery stock has been duly inspected according to law. And, as a further precaution, all nurserymen within the State are required to attach a similar certificate to stock sent out from their respective nurseries. In the second place it is made the duty of the State Entomologist to inspect all nurseries in the State, at least once each year, and also to inspect infested orchards, or those thought to be infested with San Jose scale, etc., prescribe remedies for their treatment, and see that these remedies are properly administered. It is also manifestly his duty to investigate all other outbreaks of injurious insects as they may occur from time to time, and to assist whenever and wherever possible in hold ing them in check. As the San Jose scale had become well established in several localities in the State before the law was passed, the problem of eradication of this insect has been the most serious one with which we have had to deal. NURSERY INSPECTION. My corps of assistants for the past year has been the same as last (1901), except Mr. J. Clyde Marquis, a student of entomology in Purdue University, was appointed in the place of Taylor Fouts, resigned. During the inspection period, which extends from June 1 to October 1, we have inspected 160 nurseries, which are distributed over fifty-eight counties, extending from the Ohio river to the Michigan line. All except one were found to be apparently free from all dangerously injurious insects or plant diseases and have been granted certificates. The one excepted is located in an infested district with San Jose scale all around it, and a few infested trees were found in it. For this reason a certificate was withheld. SCALE-INFESTED LOCALITIES. Last year I reported the San Jose scale as having been found in twenty-four counties. To these Montgomery has been added, making twenty-five counties in which the scale has been found to date. Of these only four are considered at all serious. These are Marion, Switzerland, Washington and Vanderburgh. Nine of the originally infested counties are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, practically free from the scale. This has been brought about, in some cases, by adopting heroic measures, that of cutting down and burning, but I am satisfied that the end has justified the means. Only two infested localities have been found in Marion County outside the city of Indianapolis, and these have been practically cleaned up, but the city itself has been very seriously infested. The source of this infestation is not known to me, except that the trees were bought from a traveling agent representing some foreign nursery. Owing to the limited amount of means at my disposal, I was unable to do justice to this place single-handed, but by enlisting the co-operation of the City Forester and Superintendent of Parks, Mr. J. Clyde Power, we have succeeded in accomplishing a large amount of work along this line. A most systematic search was made in every part of West Indianapolis, where the scale was most abundant and both verbal and written notices given to the property owners to remove or spray such trees as were infested with the scale. In addition to this Mr. Power placed a competent man in the field with a spray pump and a supply of petroleum with instructions to cut and |