Principal AGinciTLTtrRAL Acts and Regulations. 355 



M itli tlie j)hiiit, piovidiii^' the same kind ot plant can be 

 obtained elsewlieie. If ^^lanied, any siudi })ei!nit is liable 

 to be made couditional ou the exercise o£ special precau- 

 tions. 



A peimit will not l)e honoured as applical)le to any pa.rticnlar 

 plant ot a kind of wliic h unlimited numbers nuiy not be introduced, 

 unless tile plant beai's a label cori(\spondinp- with the name given in 

 the yx'rmil, or nnless it is otlierwise satisfactorily identified as a plant 

 of the particular kind oi- the jjaiticular variety as the case may be. 

 lu^■oice entries alone aie not acceptable as evidence that i)lants are of 

 various vaiieties, unless bona fide varietal names are o>iven and it be 

 practicable for tlie inspector to connect these names willi tlie ])articulai- 

 plants to which it is cbiimed tliat each refers. 



Permits: Trees, Roses, and Fruit-bearing Plants. — rermits b r 



I'yc't.s-, /■()'<(•■■<, and friii l-hcarnn/ plants, in addition to l)ein<^' limited with 

 respect to the nundicr of the plants, aie stiictly limited to varieties 

 not listed by nurserymen in the Union and procurable fiom them at 

 or below the ordinary price for recent novelties of their class, unless 

 convincing" evidence is adduced to show that the strain of the variety 

 procurable in the TTnion is an inferior one or untrue to type. 



A variety is considei-ed " listed " if it is listed in tli(> latest cata- 

 logue of three nuiserynuui who })ropag'ate plants of its kind in 

 quantity; and it is considered " procurable " if the nurseryjnen can 

 supply it at onc»\ or will book or have boolaMl foi' fulhlmeut Avithin 

 a yeai' oi'ders for it on any stock', and if the price does not m the case 

 of a rose exceed five shillings a plant, oi' in the case of a deciduous 

 iruit (-xceed seven shillings and sixpence, or in the case ot a citrus 

 fruit 1i-ee exceed ten shillings and siv])ence- 



A ])ermit will not lie given foi' any variety of oa/, tree {Querci/x) 

 or iiJtinc tree { /'hittiii us) for f(Nir .in introduction mig'ht bring' a pest 

 that ^\•oul(l seriously detract fioin the juesent value of these kinds of 

 trees. A iiermit would be given foi budded or g'rafted varieties of 

 other trees providing that su( h \arieties were not procurable in the 

 country and were not of piohibittMl kinds. 



Fruit-bearing' i)lants include i/r(tpe cnws, hlackberri/, raspheii y, 

 currant, fjooschcrrij, and stra irhcrrjj plants, banana and pineapple 

 plants, passion fruit plants, /late palms, etc. 



Permits to introduce ifrape rnies, eurrani or ipnisehr rr;i plants, 

 iralnul or elieslnul trees, from anywhere, or to introduce stone fruit 

 trees (peach, iilum, etc.). or jxnne fruit trees (apple, pear, etc.), from 

 North America, are made conditional on the ])lants being' cut back 

 severely and submitted, without ex])eiise to the Government, at Cape- 

 town or l*retoria, for sjiecial inspection and special disinfection. 

 Peimits to admit grape vines for a large area in the south-west of 

 the Cape Province and into the district of Graaft-Peinet are also made 

 subject to the observance of the iirecautions specified above for sug'ar- 

 canes, etc. 



Permits: Shrubs and Woody Climbing Plants. — Permits to intro- 

 duce ornaineiil:il shruhs, 1 iicl ud I ng '/:'//('(/<, rluxlmlend rons, eanielhas, 

 Ji 1/(1 ran(/eas, s/iiraeas, lilacs, and olcanilers, and tor climbing' plants, 

 including cleinulis, hnj imnias, passi floras, wisterias, honeysuckles, 

 jasuiinu ins, and solan u ins, are g'ranted on the same conditions that 

 applj^ to trees and roses, except that they are given for varieties whicli, 



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