REPORT OF STATE HORTICULTURIST. 79 



GENERAI, REGULATIONS. 



(i) Every car, box, bale, or other container of plants and 

 plant products of which inspection is required by these regula- 

 tions shall be plainly marked with the name and address of the 

 consignor and the name and address of the consignee, and shall 

 bear a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture and found to 

 be free from moth infestation. 



(2) Carload and other bulk shipments of plants and plant 

 products for which inspection is required by these regulations 

 shall not be transported or offered for transportation interstate 

 by cars, boats, and other vehicles, unless each shipment is ac- 

 companied by a certificate showing that the plants and plant 

 products have been inspected by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture and pronounced to be free from moth infesta- 

 tion. The inspection certificate shall accompany the waybills, 

 conductors' manifests, memoranda, or bills of lading pertaining 

 to such shipments made by cars or boats, 



(3) Certificates of inspection will issue only for plants and 

 plant products which have been actually inspected by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, and the use of such certifi- 

 cates in connection with plants and plant products which have 

 not been so inspected is prohibited. 



(4) Where inspection and certification are required by 

 these regulations, inspection and certification by an inspector 

 or other agent of the Federal Horticultural Board are meant, 

 and such inspection and certification will be furnished without 

 the payment of fees or charges of any nature. 



(^5) Plants and plant products, of which the interstate 

 movement is prohibited or restricted by these regulations and 

 which are grown outside the areas quarantined for the gipsy 

 moth or the brown-tail moth, may be shipped interstate from 

 points within the quarantined areas to points outside the quar- 

 antined areas under permit from, the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Permits will issue only for plants and plant products which are 

 not infested with the gipsy moth or brown-tail moth and trans- 

 portation companies shall not accept or move interstate from 

 within the quarantined areas such plants and plant products 

 grown outside the quarantined areas, unless each shipment is 



