DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY 855 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



18. '' The importation of all nursery stock, including trees, shrubs, plants, 

 vines, grapes, scions, cuttings, or buds, through the mail is prohibrted, except- 

 ing greenhouse-grown florists' stock, cut flowers, herbaceous perennials, and 

 bedding plants, which will be admitted provided that a detailed statement of 

 the contents is attached to such parcels." This regulation is to take effect on 

 and after the 1st day of March, 1914. The words " Importations by mail shall 

 be subject to the same regulations " in regulation 3, line 14, are struck out. 



February 14, 1914. — In order to permit the entry of European nursery stock 

 through the port of St. John, N.B., during the whole of the winter, as the regula- 

 tions did not permit such entry during the period December 8 to March 14, section 6 

 was amended to read as follows — 



6. " Nurserj^ stock, not including such stock as is exempt under section 8 

 of these regulations, originating in Europe, shall be imported only through the 

 ports and with the exception of St. John, N.B., during the periods specified 

 under section 3 for stock requiring fumigation, with the addition of the ports 

 of Halifax, N.S., Sherbrooke, Que., and Montreal, Que., through which ports 

 and also the port of St. John, N.B., such European stock may enter from Sep- 

 tember 15 to May 15. Such European nursery stock, and such other impoxted 

 vegetation as the minister may determine, entering Canada, shall "bo exempt 

 from fumigation, but shall be inspected either at the port of entry or at its 

 destination to which it may be allowed to proceed, but in the latter case it must 

 not be unpacked except in the presence of an inspector." 



March 7, 1914. — Owing to the repeated discovery of potatoes imported from Cali- 

 fornia into British Columbia which were infested with the Potato Tuber Moth 

 (Phthoriniaea operculeUa Zett.), to which reference is made later in this report, this 

 insect was scheduled under section 12 of the regulations, and section 13 was amended 

 to include the state of California among those states and countries from which the 

 importation of potatoes is prohibited. 



New Plant Quarantine or Fumigation Stations. 



The natural growth of the country results in an increase in the quantity of fruit 

 and shade trees, ornamental and other shrubs and plants imported into Canada. To 

 mot this increase and to facilitate the importation of such natural products, increased 

 accommodation is being provided for the fumigation and inspection of imported 

 nursery stock. 



St. John, N.B. — At St. Jolm, N.B., a new fumigation and inspection station has 

 been constructed adjoining the Eastern Steamship Company's wharf. It consists of 

 a large fumigation chamber measuring 25 feet long, 10 feet wide and 8 feet high, an 

 inspection and packing room, a small fumigation chamber of 100 cuibic feet capacity, 

 and an office. 



Niagara Falls, Ont. — In order to provide increased accommodation at Niagara 

 Falls, Ont., through which port most of the nursery stock for Ontario enters, an addi- 

 tional station has recently been erected at Montrose, on the Michigan Central Railroad. 

 This building, which measures about 45 feet square, contains two large fumigation 

 chambers, each 20 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 8 feet high, a small fumigation chamber 

 of 100 cubic feet capacity, and an offico. In addition, provision is made to permit 

 the inspection of plants. 



North Portal, Sash. — Previous to 1913, all shipments of nursery stock destined to 

 points in the prairie provinces entered via Winnipeg, which was the port of entry, and 

 were fumigated there. The increase in the amount of nursery stock imported into the 



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