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NEW PLANT QUARANTINES. 



The domestic and foreign qiuirantines described below are addi- 

 tional or supplementary to the quarantines previously established : 



FOREIGN QUAKANTINES. 



White-pine blister rust quarantine. — Amendment No. 2 to 

 Notice of Quarantine No. 7, promulgated April 21, 1917, forbids the 

 importation into the United States from each and every country of 

 Europe and Asia of all species and varieties of currant and goose- 

 berry plants {Rihes and Grossularia) ^ known to be intermediate 

 host plants, to prevent the further introduction into the United 

 States of the white-pine blister rust. 



Cotton seed quarantine. — Amendment No. 3 to Notice of Quar- 

 antine No. 8, promulgated November 4, 1916, revokes amendments 

 1 and 2 to Notice of Quarantine No. 8, which amendments per- 

 mitted the importation of cotton seed (including seed cotton) and 

 cottonseed hulls from the States of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Coa- 

 huila, Durango. and Chihuahua, Mexico, for manufacturing pur- 

 poses. This action was taken on account of the discovery of the 

 occurrence of the pink boUworm in the Laguna district of Mexico. 



Amendment No. 4 to Notice of Quarantine No. 8, promulgated 

 March 7, 1917, effective on and after July 1, 1917, makes provision 

 for the importation of cotton seed, seed cotton, and cottonseed hulls 

 from the locality of the Imperial Valley in the State of Lower Cali- 

 fornia, Mexico, under permit from the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 inspection at the port of entry. As a further condition of such entry 

 effective quarantine measures must be maintained by Mexico pre- 

 venting the entry into Lower California of cotton seed, seed cotton, 

 cottonseed hulls, and lint cotton, baled or unbaled, grown in other 

 parts of Mexico or in foreign countries other than the United States. 



Indian corn quarantine. — Amendment No. 1 to Notice of Quar- 

 antine No. 24, promulgated March 1, 1917, effective on and after 

 April 1, 1917, makes provision for the importation of Indian corn 

 or maize from Japan and Manchuria under permit and in accord- 

 ance with the other requirements of the regulations, including steri- 

 lization of the corn at the port of entry as a condition of entry. 



Amendment No. 2 to Notice of Quarantine No. 24, promulgated 

 April 23, 1917, provides for the importation of Indian corn or maize 

 from the other countries covered by Notice of Quarantine No, 24, 

 namely, southeastern Asia (including India, Siam, Indo-China, and 

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

 Philippine Islands, and Formosa, under the same regulations. 



Citrus fruit quarantine. — Notice of Quarantine No. 28, pro- 

 mulgated June 27, 1917, effective on and after August 1, 1917, pro- 

 hibits the importation into the United States 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, excepting only oranges 



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