STATE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT—College Park, Md.

The State Horticultural Law was enacted by the 1898 Session of the
Maryland Legislature (Laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 282). The
law creates the offices of the State Entomologist, State Pathologist and
State Horticulturist. The following articles under Section No. 1 of said
Act will explain briefly the duties of the officers and the scope of the
work of the Department:

That a State Horticultural Department be established for the State
of Maryland; that its purpose is to suppress and eradicate the San Jose
Scale, peach-yellow, pear-blight and other injuriously dangerous insect
pests and plant diseases throughout the State of Maryland.

That the Professor of Entomology, the Professor of Vegetable
Pathology, and the Professor of Horticulture of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College and Experiment Station shall be the State Entomologist,
State Pathologist and State Horticulturist, respectively.

That the said Horticultural Department shall be under the control
of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College and Ex-
periment Station, to whom the officers created under this Act shall be re-
sponsible.

That it shall be the duty of said State Entomologist and State
Pathologist, their assistants and employees, under the control of Trustees
of said College, to seek out and suppress all pernicious insect pests and
contagious diseases hereinbefore mentioned as destructive to horticultural
interests of this State, and conduct experiments when necessary to ac-
complish that end.

The State Entomologist and State Pathologist are also required to
inspect all tree and plant nurseries in the State and issue certificates of
inspection to permit the distribution of each nursery stock.

All matters pertaining to orchard and nursery inspection as well as
cases of infestation or infection by injurious insects or plant diseases
attacking any crop in the State is taken care of so far as means will per-
mit by the members of this Department.

The work of the Department is closely associated with the Horticul-
tural extension work conducted by the Maryland State College of Agri-
culture.

The officers of the Department are as follows:

A. F. Woods. ....................................... .President
T. B. Symons. ........................................ .Director
E. N. Cory. ................................. State Entomologist
O. E. Temple. ................................ .State Pathologist
W. C. Travers. ....................................... Inspector
H. S. McConnell........................... Assistant Entomology