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The fluorescence excitation spectrum of methyl salicylate in a free-jet environment has been obtained. Over 100 individual peaks have been observed in a $1500cm-1$ interval; several prominent progressions have been identified. This study represents the first observation of the detailed vibrational structure of this $\pi -\pi \ast$ transition. The 0-0 band at $30052cm-1$ has a linewidth of $-2cm-1$, other features are similarly sharp, although some of the high-energy bands are considerably broader. Besides the sharp features, we have also observed the onset of an underlying continuum about $700cm-1$ above the origin, providing support for the existence of a fast nonradiative decay process similar to ``channel three’’ in benzene above a certain threshold energy. The emission spectra for several different excitation energies have also been obtained and compared.