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Formosa, Japan, and adjacent islands, in the raw or unmanufactured state, of seed 

 and all other portions of Indian corn or maize {Zea mays L.), and the closely related 

 plants, including all species of Teosinte (Euchlaena), Job's tears (Coix), Polytoca, 

 Chionachne, and Sclerackne, on account of the downy mildews and Physoderma diseases 

 of Indian corn, except that Indian corn or maize may be imported under penult 

 and upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. 



Citrus fruit. — Quarantine No. 28: Prohibits the importation from eastern and 

 southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, Indo-China, and China), the Malayan 

 Archipelago, the Philippine Islands, Oceania (except Australia, Tasmania, and 

 New Zealand), Japan (including Formosa and other islands adjacent to Japan), and 

 the Union of South Africa, of all species and varieties of citrus fruits, on account of 

 the citrus canker, except that oranges of the mandarin class (including satsuma and 

 tangerine varieties) may be imported under permit and upon compliance with the 

 conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



Sweet potato and yam. — Quaratine No. 29: Prohibits the importation for any purpose 

 of any variety of sweet potatoes or yams (Tpomnea baiatas and Dioscorea spp.) from all 

 foreign countries and localities, on account of the sweet-potato weevils {Cylas spp.) 

 and .the sweet-potato scarabee (Eusccpes batatae). 



Banana plants. — Quarantine Xo. 31: Prohibits the importation for any purpose 

 of any species or variety of banana plants (Musa spp.), or portions thereof, from all 

 foreign countries and localities, on account of the banana-root borer (Cosmopolites 

 sordidus). No restrictions are placed on the importation of the fruit of the banana. 



Bamboo. — 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 Bambuseae, from all foreign countries and localities, 

 on account of dangerous plant diseases, including the bamboo smut ( Ustilago 

 shiraiana). This (luarantiue order does not apply to bamboo timber consisting of the 

 mature dried culms or c anes which are imported for fishing rods, furniture making, or 

 other piu-poses, or to any kind of article manufactured from bamboo or to bamboo 

 shoots cooked or otherwir-e preserved. 



Nursery stock, plants, and seeds. — Quarantine No. 37. with regulations, re\'ised: 

 Proliibits the importation of nursery stock and other plants and seeds from all foreign 

 countries and localities, on account of certain injurious insects and fungous diseases, 

 except as provided in the regulations. Under this quarantine the following plants 

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

 and other plant products imported for medicinal, food, or manufacturing piirposee 

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

 under permit: Lily bulbs, lily of the ^ alley, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips, and crocus; 

 stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits; rose stocks, including manetti. multiflora, 

 brier rose, and rosa rugosa; nuts, including palm seeds, seeds of fruit,f orest, 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 covered 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: Prohibits the importa- 

 tion 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 ( Urocystis tritici) and take-all (Ophiobolus graminis). Wheat, oate, 

 barley, and rye may be imported from the countries named only under permit and 

 upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the regulations of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. 



European corn borer. — Quarantine No. 41, with regulations, revised: Prohibits the 

 importation of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other purposes, 

 in the raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn or maize, broom corn, sweet 

 sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugar cane, pearl millet, napier 

 grass, teosinte, and Job's tears, from all foreign countries and localities, except as 

 provided in the rules and resulations supplemental thereto, on account of the European 

 corn borer {Pyraus'a nubihlis) and other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 



Mexican corn.— Quarantine No. 42. with regulations: Prohibits the importation 

 of Indian corn or maize from Mexico, except as pro\T.ded in the rules and regulations 

 supplemental thereto, on account of the contamination of such com with cotton seed 

 more or less infested with the pink bollworm. 



Slocks, cuttings, saons. and buds of fruits. — Quarantine No. 44: Prohibits the im- 

 portation of stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits from Asia, -Japan, Philippine 



