50 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



On and after June 1, 1919, and until furtlier notice, by virtue of said Act of 

 Congress approved August 20, 1912, the importation of nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds from the above named and all other foreign countries and 

 localities, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental hereto, is 

 prohibited. 



This quarantine shall not apply to nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 covered by special quarantines and other restrictive Orders now in force. a list 

 of which is given in Appendix A of the rules and regulations supplemental hereto, 

 nor to the importation by the United States Department of Agriculture of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds for experimental or scientific purposes. 



Done in the District of Columbia this ISth day of November, 1918. 



Witness my band and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



D. F. HOUSTON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



Rules and Regulations Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37 Governing 

 the Importation of Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Seeds In to the 

 United States. 



(Effective on and after June 1, 1919, and superseding the regulations heretofore issued 

 governing the importation of nursery stock.) 



Regulation 1. Definition. The words "nursery stock and other plants and 

 seeds" are used throughout these rules and regulations in the same seuse as in 

 Notice of Quarantine No. .37. 



Ruglation 2. Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Seeds for Which Permit Is 

 Not Required. The following classes of nursery stock and other plants and seeds, 

 not including, however, the particular nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 named in Appendix A. which are governed by special quarantines and other 

 restrictive Orders now in force. nor such as may hereafter be made the subject 

 of special quarantines, may be imported without permit or other compliance with 

 these regulations : 



(1) Fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plant products imported for 

 medicinal, food or manufacturing purposes. 



(2) Field, vegetable and flower seeds. 



Regulation 3. Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Seeds for Which Permit Is 

 Required. The following nursery stock and other plants and seeds, not including, 

 however, those named in Appendix A, which are governed by special quarantines 

 and other restrictive Orders now in force, nor such as may hereafter be made 

 the subject of special quarantines, when free from sand, soll or earth, may be 

 imported from countries which maintain inspection (see Appendix C), under 

 permit upon compliance with these regulations, but, where a particular purpose 

 is specified, for that purpose and no other : 



(1) Lily bulbs, lily of the valley, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips and crocus. 



(2) Stocks, cuttings, scions and buds, of fruits for propagation. 



(3) Rose Stocks for propagation, including Manetti, Multiflora, Brier Rose 

 and Rosa Rugosa. 



(4) Nuts, including palm seeds, for propagation. 



(5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental and shade trees, seeds of deciduous 

 and evergreen ornamental shrubs and seeds of hardy perennial plants. 



Importations of nursery stock and other plants and seeds specified in this 

 regulation, from countries not maintaining inspection, may be made under permit 

 upon compliance \vith these regulations in limited quantities for experimental 

 purposes only, but this limitation shall not apply to tree seeds. 



