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Dloscorca spp.) fi-om all foreiga countries and localities, ou account of tlie 

 sweet potato weevil? (Cylas spp.) and the sweet potato scarabee {Euscepes 

 'batatae). 



Banana 2)Jan<s.— Quarantine No. 31: Prohibits the importation for any pur- 

 pose of an J' species or variety of banana plants {Musa spp.), or portions 

 thereof, from all foreign countries and localities, ou account of the banana root 

 borer (Cosmopolites sordidus). 



Bamhoo. — Quarantine No. 34: Prohibits the importation for any purpose of 

 any variety of bamboo seed, plants, or cuttings thereof capable of propagation, 

 including all genera and species of the tribe Bamhuseae, from all foreign coun- 

 tries and localities, on account of dangerous plant diseases, including the bam- 

 boo smut (Vstilago shiraiana). This quarantine order does not apply to bam- 

 boo timber consisting of the mature dried culms or canes which are imported 

 for fishing rods, furniture making, or other purposes, or to any kind of article 

 manufactui-ed from bamboo, or to bamboo shoots cooked or otherwise preserved. 



Nursenj stocJc, plants, and seeds. — Quarantine No. 37, as amended, with regu- 

 lations (effective on and after Juno 1, 1919) : Prohibits the importation of 

 nursery stock and other plants and seeds from aU foreign countries and locali- 

 ties on account of certain injurious insects and fungous diseases, except as pro- 

 vided in the regulations. Under this quarantine the follov/ing plants and plant 

 products may be imported without restriction : Fruits, vegetables, cereals, and 

 other plant products imported for medicinal, food, or manufacturing purposes, 

 and field, vegetable, and flower seeds. The entry of the following plants is 

 permitted under permit : Lily bulbs, lily of the valley, narcissus, hyacinths, ' 

 tulips, and crocus ; stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits ; rose stocks, 

 including manetti, multiflora, brier rose, and rosa rugosa ; nuts, including ^ahn 

 seeds; seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental, and shade trees; seeds of deciduous 

 and evergreen ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial plants. 



Provision is also made for the issuance of special permits under safeguards 

 to be prescribed in such permits for the entry in limited quantities of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds not covei-ed in the preceding lists for the 

 purpose of keeping the country supplied with new varieties and necessary 

 propagating stock. 



Flag smut and take-all. — Quarantine No. 39, with regulations (effective on 

 and after August 15, 1919) : Prohibits the importation of seed or paddy rice 

 from Australia, India, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, 

 Ireland, and Brazil on account of two dangerous plant diseases known as flag 

 smut (Vrocystis tritici) and take-all {Ophiobolus (jraniinis). Wheat, oats, 

 barley, and rye ma.y be imported from the countries named only on compliance 

 witli the conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. 



OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS. 



The regulation of the entry of nursery stock from foreign countries into the 

 United States was specifically provided for in the plant-quarantine act. The act 

 further provides for the similar regulation of any other class of plants or plant 

 products when the need therefor shall be determined. The entry of the plants 

 and plant products listed belovv- has been brought under such regulation : 



Nursery stock. — The conditions governing the entry of nursery stock and 

 other plants and seeds from all foreign countries and localities are indicated 

 above under "Foreign quarantines." (See Quarantine No. 37.) 



Irish potatoes. — The importation of Irish potatoes is prohibited altogether 

 from the countries enumerated in the potato quarantine. Potatoes may be ad- 

 mitted from other foreign countries in accordance with the order of December 

 22. 1913, brin.ging the entry of potatoes under restriction on account of injurious 

 potato diseases and insect pests. The following countries have qualified for 

 the importation of potatoes inider the regulations issued under .said order : Den- 

 mark, Holland, Belgium, Cuba, Bermuda, and the Dominion of Canada. The 

 regulations issued under this order have been amended so as to permit, free of 

 any restrictions whatsoever under the plant-quarantine act, the importation 

 of "potatoes from any foreign country into the Territorie.s of Porto Rico and 

 Hawaii for local use only and from the Dominion of Canada and Bermuda into 

 the United States or any of its Territories or Districts. 



Avocado, or aUif/ator pear. — The order of February 27, 1914, prohibits the 

 importation from Mexico and the countries of Central America of the fruits of 

 the avocado, or alligator pear, except under permit and in accordance with the 



