52 SIXTEENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



the nursery stock and other plants and seeds covered by tlie certificate have beeu 

 tlioroughly inspected by him or under bis direction and found, or believed to be, 

 free from injurious plant diseases and insect pests. Nursery stock and otber 

 plants and seeds exported between October 1 and May 31 sball be inspected on 

 or after the Ist of October, and those exported bet\Yeen June 1 and September 30 

 shall be inspected at tbe time of packiug ; provided, tbat for tropical and semi- 

 tropical countries. or for stock grown uuder glass, tbe inspection sball be at 

 time of packing tbroughout the entire year. 



Nursery stock and other plants and seeds from countries which do not 

 maintain inspection shall not be delivered to the importer or consignee until 

 they have been examined by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and 

 found tö be free from plant diseases and insect pests, or, if infested, capable in 

 the judgment of the inspector of being adequately safeguarded by disinfection. 

 All importations under this paragraph must also comply with the disinfection re- 

 quirements of Regulation 9. Nursery stock and other plants and seeds insi>ected as 

 provided herein, which are found to be carrying any plant disease or insect pest, 

 and which. in the judgment of the inspector can not be cleaned by disinfection 

 or treatment, shall be refused entry. All charges for storage, cartage and lalior 

 incideut to inspection and disinfection, other than the Services of the inspector, 

 shall be paid by the importer. 



If a package of nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry 

 includes any prohibited article, the entire package will be refused entry. 



Each case, box or other Container or covering of nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds offered for entry shall be plainly and correctly marked to 

 show the number of the permit, the general nature and quantity of the contents, 

 the district or locality and country where grown, the name and address of the 

 exporter, and the name and address of the consignee. 



Regulation 8. Foreign Certificate of Inspection. Each certificate and copy 

 certificate shall give the date of inspection ; name of the grower or exporter ; 

 the district or locality and the country where grown ; and a Statement that the 

 nursery stock and other plants and seeds have been inspected by a duly authorizetl 

 official and found. or believed to be, free from insect pests and plant diseases. 

 The original certificate shall be signed and sealed by, and the copy certificate 

 shall bear the seal of, a responsible inspection official of the country of origin. 



Lists of officials in foreign countries authorized to inspect nursery stoc-k and 

 other plants and seeds, giving their names and official designations, will be 

 furnished to collectors of customs through the Secretary of the Treasury. 



Regulation 9. Disinfection a Conditlon of Entry. Nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds imported under Regulation 3 shall be subject, as a condition of 

 entry, to such disinfection as shall be required by the inspector of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. When disinfection is required, the nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds involved will lie deliverd to the permittee for disinfection upou 

 the filing with the collector of customs of a bond in the amouut of $5,000.00, or 

 in an amount equal to the invoice value if such value be less than $5,000.00. with 

 approved sureties, the condition of which shall be that the nursery stock and 

 other plants and seeds shall be disinfected under the supervision of an inspector 

 of the Department of Agriculture ; that no case or other Container thereof shall 

 be broken, opened or removed from the port of entry unless and until a written 

 notice is given to such collector by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture 

 that the nursery stock and other plants and seeds have been properly disinfected ; 

 and that the importation shall be redelivered to the collector of customs within 

 forty days from arrival at the port of entry. 



Regulation 10. Notice of Arrival by Permittee. Immediately upon arrival of 

 the nursery stock and other plants and seeds at the port of entry, the permittee 

 shall submit in duplicate notice to the Secretary of Agriculture, through the 



