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florists' stock, trees, slirubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and 

 other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or slirubs, and other plants and plant 

 products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding 

 plants, and otlier herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots. 



lri.<<li potatoes. — The importation of Irish potatoes is prohibited altogether from 

 the countries enumerated in the potato quarantine. Potatoes may be admitted 

 from other foreign countries in accordance with the order of December 22, 1913, 

 bringing the entry of potatoes under restriction on account of injurious potato 

 diseases and in.sect pests. The following countries have qualified for the impor- 

 tation of potatoes under the regulations issued under said order: Denmark. Hol- 

 land, Belgium, Cuba, Bermuda, and the Dominion of Canada. The regulations 

 issued under this order have been amended so as to permit, free of any restric- 

 tions whiitsoever under the ])l;iiit quar.nitine ;ict. Ilie imi)ort:iti<Mi of potatoes 

 from any foreign counti-y into the Territories 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 alligator pcar.-^The order of February 27, 1914. prohibits the im- 

 portation 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 other 

 provisions of the regulations issued under said oi-der on account of the avocado 

 weevil. Entry is permitted only through the port of New York and is limited to 

 the large, thick-skinned variety of the avocado. The importation of the small, 

 purple, thin-skinned variety of the fruit of the avocado and of avocado nursery 

 stock under 18 months of age is prohibited. 



Cotton. — The order of April 27, 1915, prohibits the Importation of cotton from 

 all foreign countries and localities, except under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account of 

 injurious iusectj, including the pink bollworm. Thes» regulations apply in 

 part to cotton grown in and imported from the Imperial Valley, in the State of 

 Lower California, in Mexico. 



Corn. — The order of Miirch 1. 1017 (AnuMulment No. 1. with Regulations, to 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 24), prohibits tlie importation of ludiaj corn or maize 

 in the raw or immanufactured state from the countries and localities listed in 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 24, except under permit and in accordance with the 

 other provisions of the regulations issued under said order, on account of in- 

 jurious disea.ses of Indian corn. 



Cottonseed products. — The order of .Tune 23, 1917. prohibits the importaliou 

 of cottonseed cake, meal, and all other cottonseed products, except oil, from all 

 foreign countries, and a second order of .Tune 23, 1917. prohibits the importa- 

 tion of cottonseed oil from Mexico except under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under said orders, on account of 

 injurous insects, including the pink bollworm. 



Citrus fruits. — The order of .Tune 27, 1917 (Notice of Quarantine No. 28, with 

 Regulations), prohibits the importation from the countries and localities listed 

 therein of all species and varieties of citrus fruits, excepting only oranges of 

 the mandarin class (including satsuma and tangerine varieties), on account of 

 the citrus-canker disease. Oranges of the mandarin class (including satsuma 

 and tangerine varieties) may be imported under permit and in accordance with 

 the other provisions of the regulations issued under said order. 



