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of inspection to be forwarded to the person to whom they are 

 addressed; but if found to be infected with injurious pests and 

 incapable of satisfactory disinfection, the State mspector shall so 

 notify the postmaster at the place of inspection, who shall promptly 

 notify the sender of said plants or plant products that they will be 

 returned to him upon his request and at his expense, or, in default 

 of such request, that they will be turned over to the State authori- 

 ties for destruction. The act requires all such packages to be 

 plainly marked, so that their contents may be readily ascertained by 

 an inspection of the outside thereof. Whoever fails to so mark said 

 packages shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. Rules 

 and regulations for carrying out the purposes of the above act have 

 been prescribed by the Postmaster General. The State of California, 

 which was particularly active in securing this legislation, was the 

 first one to take advantage of its provisions. At least one other 

 Stat© is contemplating similar action. 



REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE YEAR. 



NEW PLANT QUARANTINES AND RESTRICTING ORDERS. 



The domestic and foreign quarantines, described below, are 

 additional or supplementary to the quarantines reported last year. 



FOREIGN QUARANTINES. 



Foreign potato quarantine. — ^Amendment 5, promulgated 

 November 30, 1914, to (Quarantine No. 11, ehmiaates the Dominion of 

 Canada from the provisions of Quarantine No. 11, and provides for 

 the importation from the Dominion of Canada of potatoes free from 

 potato wart and powdery scab, in accordance with the regulations 

 prescribed under the order of the Secretary of Agriculture of December 

 22, 1913, governing the admission of foreign potatoes under restriction. 



Citrus nursery stock quarantine. — Quarantine No. 19, pro- 

 mulgated December 10, 1914, forbids the introduction into the 

 United States of all citrus nursery stock, including buds, scions, and 

 seeds, from ah foreign countries and localities, to prevent the further 

 introduction into the United States of citrus canker and other 

 dangerous citrus diseases. 



Pine quarantine. — Quarantine No, 20, promulgated March 1, 

 1915, forbids the importation into the United States on and after 

 July 1, 1915, of all pines from all European countries and locahties, 

 to prevent the fm-ther introduction into the United States of the 

 European pine-shoot moth {Evetria huoliana). 



Indian corn quarantine. — Quarantine No. 21, promulgated 

 March 8, 1915, forbids the importation into the United States of aU 

 Indian corn from Java and India, and Oceania except Austraha and 

 New Zealand, to prevent the introduction into the United States of 

 a serious disease of Indian corn known as Sclerospora maydis. 



DOMESTIC QUARANTINES. 



Mediterranean fruit fly and melon fly quarantine. — Amend- 

 ment 1, promulgated April 2, 1915, to Quarantme No. 13, provides 

 for the posting, at designated places, of a circular to be furnished by 



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