tion, statistics and the results of such investigations at such times
and in such manner as to it shall seem best adapted to the efficient
dissemination thereof; and except where such powers and duties are
by law conferred or laid upon other boards, commissions or officials,
the State Board of Agriculture shall have general supervision, direc-
tion and control of the herein recited matters, and generally of all
mutters in any way affecting or relating to the fostering protection
and development of the agricultural interests of the State, including
the encouragement of desirable immigration thereto, with power and
authority to issue rules and regulations in respect thereof not in con-
flict with the Constitution and Laws of the State or the United States,
which shall have the force and effect of law, and all violations of
which shall be punished as misdemeanors are punished at common law;
and where such powers and duties are by law conferred or laid on
other governmental agencies may co-operate in the execution and per-
formance thereof, and when so co-operating each shall be vested with
such authority as is now or may hereafter by law be conferred on the
other. The powers and duties herein recited shall be in addition to
and not in limitation of any power and duties which now are or here-
after may be conferred or laid upon said board,"

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 289).
The law creates the offices of the State Entomologist, State Patholo-
gist and State Horticulturist. The following articles under Section
No. I 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 University of
Maryland 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 Regents of the University of Maryland and Experi-
ment 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
Regents of said University to seek out and suppress all pernicious insect
pests and contagious diseases hereinbefore mentioned as destructive to
horticultural interests of the State, and conduct experiments when
necessary to accomplish 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 such nursery stock.

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