the State Board of Agriculture shall have general supervision, direc-
tion and control of the herein recited matters, and generally of all
matters 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 Entomolgist, 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
responsible.

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 de-
structive to horticultural interests of the State, and conduct experi-
ments 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 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 permit by the members of this Department.

The State Entomologist has been designated the Inspector of
Apiaries and directed to conduct such inspection of Apiaries, and such
investigations and disseminate such information as may seem best
to promote the beekeeping industry in Maryland.