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seeds, except particular nursery stock, plants and seeds, which are 

 governed by special c_[uarantines and other restrictive orders now 

 in force, may be imported without permit : 



(1) Fruits, vegetables, cereals and other plant products im- 

 ported for medicinal, food or manufacturing purposes. 



(2) Field, vegetable and flower seeds. 



The following nursery stock and other plants and seeds, bar- 

 ring those governed by special quarantines and other restrictive 

 orders now in force, when free from sand, soil or earth, may be 

 imported from countries which maintain inspection, under permit 

 upon compliance with these regulations, but, where a particular 

 purpose is specified, for that purpose ancT no other : 



(1) Lily bulbs, lily of the valley, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips 

 and crocus. 



(2) Stocks, cuttings, scions and buds, of fruits for propaga- 

 tion. 



(3) Rose stocks for propagation, including Manetti, Multi- 

 flora, Brier Rose and Rosa Rugosa. 



(4) Nuts, including palm seeds, for propagation. 



(5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental and shade trees, seeds 

 of deciduous and evergreen ornamental shrubs and seeds of hardy 

 perennial plants. 



A post-office order dated May 27, 1913, as amended December 

 16, 1913, prohibits the importation by mail of all growing or liv- 

 ing plants, seeds and other plant products for propagation except 

 field vegetable and flower seeds. 



If a package of nursery stock and other plants and seeds of- 

 fered for entry includes any prohibited article, the entire package 

 zvill be refused entry. 



Edw. M. Ehrhorn, 

 Chief Plant Inspector and Collaborator of Federal 

 Horticultural Board. 



Past Year's Activities 



REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF 



AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY FOR THE 



FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1919. 



By the separation of the Marketing Division which the Legis- 

 lature, in special session, made effective on July 1, 1918, this 

 Board operated for the benefit of the Territory during the past 

 fiscal year on four lines — forestry, entomology, plant inspection, 

 and animal industrv. 



FORESTRY 



In the work of forest protection, one of the two main activities 

 of this Division, a turning point was passed by the completion of 



