448 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mexican fruits. — Quarantine No. 5. as amended: Prohibits tlie importation of 

 oranges, sweet limes, grapefruit, mangoes, acliras sapotes. peaclies. guavas. and 

 plums from the Ilepuhlic of Mexico, on account of the Mexican fruit tly. 



Firr-lenfcd piuc-s. Rihcs, and Grnssnlaria. — Quarantine No. 7, as amended: 

 Prohibits the importation from each and every country of Europe and Asia, and 

 from the Domjuion of Canada and Newfoundland, of all tive-leafed pines and all 

 species and vaHeties of the genera Uihcs and Gros'^uJaria, on account of the 

 white-pine blistei' rust. 



('ottoii .srrr/ a)id rntlonsccd Inilh'i. — Quarantine No. S. as amended: ProhDiits 

 the imporlation from any foreign locality and country, excepting only the local- 

 ity of the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California. Mexico, of cotton 

 seed (including seed cotton) of all species and varieties, and cottonseed hulls, 

 on account of the pink boUworm. Cotton and cotton seed fi'om the Imperial 

 Valley may be entered under permit and regidation. 



Seeds of (irncddo or allifiator pear. — Quarantine No. 12; Prohibits the impor- 

 tation from Mexico and the countries of Central America of the seeds of the 

 avocado or alligator pear, on account of the av(4cado weevil. 



Svfjar eaiie. — Quarantine No. 15: Prohibits the importation from all foreign 

 countries of living canes of sugar cane or <'uttings or parts thereof, on account 

 of certain injurious insects and fungus diseases. There are n<i restrictions on 

 the entry of such materials into Hawaii and Porto Rico. 



Citrps nnrscrji stock. — Quarantine No. 19: Prohibits the impoi-tation from all 

 foreign localities and countries of all citrus nursery stock, including buds, 

 scions, and seeds, on account of the citrus canker and other dangerous citrus 

 diseases. The term " citrus," as used in this (luai-antine, includes all plants 

 belonging to the subfiflmily or tribe Citrnta-. 



European pines. — Quarantine No. 20: Prohibits, on account of the European 

 pine-shoot moth (Evetria huoliana), the importation from all European coun- 

 tries and lo(^aliti<^s of all pines not already excluded by Quarantine No. 7. 



Indian com or maize and related plants. — Quarantine No. 24, as amended: 

 Prohibits the importation from southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, Indo- 

 China, and China), Malayan Archipelago. Australia. New Zealand. Oceania, 

 Philippine Islands. Formosa, Japan, and adjacent islands, in the i-aw or un- 

 manufactured 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 

 {Eiu'hlacna), .fob's tears {Croix), I'oh/toca, Chionachue. and Sclerachne, on 

 account of the downy mildews and Phiisoderma diseases of Indian corn, except 

 tl.at Indian corn or maize may be imported on compliance with the conditions 

 pre.scribed 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 

 fiew 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 citrus canker, except that oranges of the mandarin class 

 (including satsuma and tangerine varieties) may be imported on compliance 

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

 culture. 



Su-eet potato and yam. — Quarantine No. 29: Prohibits the importation for 

 any puri)ose of any variet.v of sweet potatoes or yams (Inipoinoea hutatas and 

 Dioseorea spp.) from all foreign countries and localities, on account of th« 

 sweet-potato weevils (Cylas spp.) and the sweet-potato scarabee {Euscepes 

 hatatae.) 



Banana plants. — Quarantine No. 31: Prohibits the importation for any pur- 

 pose of any species or yai-iety of banana plants {Musa spp.). from all foreign 

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

 sordidus). . 



OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS. 



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

 T'nited States was specifically provided for in the plant cjuanintine 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 below has been brought under such regulation : 



Nursery stock. — Nursery stock is entered under regulations requiring a per- 

 mit, foreign certification' and marking, reporting arrival and distribution, and 

 inspection at destination. The term " nursery stock " includes all field-grown 



