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HORTICULTUEE 



April 26, 1919 



EXPLANATION OF PROVISIONS FOR ENTRIES OF PLANT 



NOVELTIES AND PROPAGATING STOCK 



UNDER QUARANTINE No. 37 



Regulation 14 of the regulations 

 relative to the importation of nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds has 

 been revised and reissued. In its new 

 form it is essentially an interpretation 

 of the old regulation 14 rather than 

 an enlargement of powers under the 

 quarantine, inasmuch as the regula- 

 tion, as worded in the quarantine as 

 originally issued, was intended to 

 cover exactly what is now more clearly 

 stated in the new regulation. This 

 regulation provides for the importa- 

 tion under a special permit from the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, of limited 

 quantities of otherwise prohibited 

 stock for the purpose of keeping the 

 country supplied with new varieties of 

 plants and stock for propagation pur- 

 poses not available in the United 

 States. This amendment, however, 

 does not apply to a few plants which 

 have been specifically prohibited entry 

 under other quarantines, as, for ex- 

 ample, pines, Ribes and Grossularia 

 from certain countries, and citrus, 

 banana, and bamboo stock. 



The following explanations of regu- 

 lation 14 are given to indicate the 

 limitations under this regulation and 

 the procedure to be followed in mak- 

 ing importations of the two classes of 

 plants specified, namely, new varieties 

 and necessary propagating stock. 



The expression "New Varieties" is 

 understood to mean plant novelties, 

 that is, new horticultural or florieul- 

 tural creations or new discoveries. 



"Necessary Propagating Stock" is 

 understood to mean stock of old or 

 standard varieties imported for the 

 multiplication of the plants in ques- 

 tion as a nursery or florist enterprise 

 as distinguished from importations 

 for immediate or ultimate sale of the 

 stocks actually imported, and such im- 

 portations will be restricted to stocks 

 which are not available in this country 

 in adequate quantities. 



The expression "Limited Quantities" 

 used in regulation 14 is understood to 

 mean with respect both to new varie- 

 ties and to standard stocks, such quan- 

 tities as will supply reasonable needs 

 for the establishment of reproduction 

 plantings which may be thereafter in- 

 dependent of foreign supplies. 



There is no limitation as to the num- 

 ber of permits for different plants or 

 classes of plants under regulation 14 

 which an individual may request, but 



the applications will all be passed upon 

 both as to necessity for the particular 

 importation and as to the quantity 

 adequate for the purpose intended, by 

 experts of the Department, for the in- 

 formation of the Board prior to the 

 issuance of the permits. 



All Importations under regulation 14 

 must be made under special permits 

 through the Office of Foreign Seed and 

 Plant Introduction of the Department 

 of Agriculture but for the use of the 

 individual importer. The importer 

 will be required to meet all entry, 

 transportation and freight-handling 

 charges. The Department will make 

 no charge for inspection and super- 

 vision. The necessary procedure for 

 making such importations is as fol- 

 lows: 



1. The Federal Horticultural Board 

 will supply, on request, an application 

 blank upon which request may be 

 made for a special permit to import. 

 This application embodies an agree- 

 ment on the part of the importer that 

 If the imported material is found on 

 examination by an inspector of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture to be so In- 

 fested or infected with insects or dis- 

 ease that it cannot be adequately safe- 

 guarded, it may be destroyed and such 

 destruction will not be made the basis 

 of a claim against the Department of 

 Agriculture for damages. The applicar 

 tion must be accompanied by a state- 

 ment certifying that the plants to b« 

 imported are novelties or if standard 

 varieties of foreign plants, that stocks 

 in adequate quantities for their propa- 

 gation are not available in this coun- 

 try, and that in either case they are 

 to be imported for the establishment 

 of reproduction plantings and not for 

 immediate or ultimate sale of the 

 stocks actually imported. In excep- 

 tional cases the importation of novel- 

 ties may be made for personal use but 

 not for sale. The application must 

 also give the name and address of the 

 exporter, country and locality where 

 the stock was grown, the name and 

 address of the importer and the name 

 and address of the nursery or other 

 establishment in which the plants are 

 to be reproduced on release. 



2. If the permit is issued, the ap- 

 plicant will be furnished shipping in- 

 structions and shipping tags to be for- 

 warded with his order to the exporter. 

 The plants will, in consequence, be 



addressed in bond to the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Washington, D. C, United 

 States of America, and indorsed, 

 "Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, 

 for (insert name of importer)", and ar- 

 rangements must be made with some 

 responsible agency in Washington for 

 the clearance of the plants when re- 

 ceived through the Custom House at 

 Georgetown, D. C., together with the 

 payment of all charges involved. 



3. Upon clearance through the 

 Georgetown Custom House the mater- 

 ial will be turned over to the Office of 

 Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction 

 by the authorized agent of the import- 

 er, and in the specially equipped in- 

 spection houses and under expert care 

 as to the welfare of the plants, be 

 carefully examined by inspectors of 

 the Federal Horticultural Board. If 

 found free from dangerous insects or 

 diseases, the shipment will be imme- 

 diately and carefully repacked and for- 

 warded by express, charges collect, to 

 the importer. 



4. Cleaning and disinfection will 

 occur for slight infestation, but should 

 the material be found to be so infected 

 or infested with either disease or in- 

 sects that it cannot be so adequately 

 safeguarded, it will either be destroyed, 

 or, when possible and desirable, re- 

 turned to the point of origin. 



Yours very truly, 



C. L. Marl ATT, 

 Chairman of Board. 



QUARANTINE ON ACCOUNT OF 

 BLACK STEM RUST. 



Notice of Quarantine No. 38. 

 (Effective on and after May 1, 1919) 

 The fact has been determined by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, and notice is 

 hereby given, that the common bar- 

 berry (Berberis vulgaris) and its hor- 

 ticultural varieties, as well as other 

 species of Berberis and Mahonia, are 

 capable of harboring the black stem of 

 wheat, oats, barley, rye, and many wild 

 and cultivated grasses. Through the 

 co-operation of the Department of 

 Agriculture with State officials, local 

 organizations, and individuals, suscep- 

 tible species of barberry and Mahonia 

 have been very largely eradicated from 

 the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, 

 Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, South 



