THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants and roots; 

 provided, that this list of plants shall not apply to plants shipped 

 under the certificate of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 for propagation in the Plant Introduction and Field Station of the 

 Department at Chieo, California." 



Postmasters withiii the State of California shall be governed strictly 

 by the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6, section 478], Postal 

 Laws and Regulations, in the treatment of all packages addressed for 

 delivery at their offices containing any plants or plant products above 

 described as subject to terminal inspection. 



The place to which a postmaster in the State of California shall 

 send for inspection, after receiving the required postage therefor, under 

 the provisions of section 478|, Postal Laws and Regulations, a package 

 containing plants or plant products subject to terminal inspection is 

 the one in the list below which is nearest to his office: 



Owing to the perishable character of plants and plant products the 

 packages containing such matter must be given prompt attention. 



Any failure of compliance with the foregoing instructions, or with 

 the provisions of section 478:|, Postal Laws and Regulations, coming 

 to the attention of any postmaster should be reported to the Third 

 Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Classification. 



A. M. DOCKERY, 



Third Assistant Postmaster General. 



