20 CIRCULAR NO. 129, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



Hereafter and until further notice, by virtue of said section 7 of the act of Congress 

 approved August 20, 1912, the importation for all purposes of the species and their 

 horticultural varieties from the countries named is prohibited. 



Done at Washington this 16th day of September, 1912. 



Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 



[seal.] Willet M. Hays, 



Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 



Circular No. 41 of the Office of the Secretary of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, entitled "Rules and Regulations for 

 Carrying Out the Plant Quarantine Act," gives the rules and regu- 

 lations adopted for carrying out the provisions of the act. 



It is known that smce the passage of the Plant Quarantine Act 

 shipments of some of these quarantmed species of pme have been 

 received in this country under false names. It should be remem- 

 bered that the penalty for violating the act is a maximum fine of 

 $500 or imprisonment not exceedmg one year. 



[Cir. 129] 



