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tliougli catalnpfued l).y nurserymen, are not extensively propagated in 

 tlie Union. 



Permits for ornamental plants ot the vine family, and for 

 ornamentals ot the same genns as g-oosoherries (NIhes) are given only 

 under the sixMiiil conditions that lule for vines and currants respec- 

 tively. 



Permits are not given in tlie absence of tlie varietal names if the 

 application embraces more than ten plants of the same general name; 

 and the granting of a permit or permits for an aggregate of ten plants 

 of the same general name without vaiietal names being given, prevents 

 the issue of any further permit for ])hinls of that kind to the same 

 party in the same year. 



If the choice of varieties be left to the supplier and the obtaining 

 of the permit consequently have to be deferred until the plants are 

 dispatched, it is advisable that the supplier be specially cautioned to 

 have the varieties itemized on the invoices, and to have the plants 

 correspondingly labelled. 



Permits: Fruit-tree Stocks, Palms, and Herbaceous Plants. — In 



accordajice with the special provision of the gazetted regulations, 

 permits are given to admit of the introduction of any number of the 

 admissible rooted stocks for Inidding or grafting, namely, almond, 

 year, plum, cherri/, and any nund)er of (/rnaniental palm.^, and such 

 tiorists' plants as violets, carnations, clirysantheinmiis, (jcraniunis, 

 pelargoniums, fuchsias, orchids, and ferns. The provision with 

 respect to florists' plants is construed to mean that permits shall also 

 be given for any number of any kind of herhaceous or soft and succu- 

 lent stem/med plant that is not debarred by any other provision of the 

 legulations, including that provision debarring i)lants ordinarily 

 laised from seed. 



l^y " herbaceous " plants are meant ])erennials that die to the 

 "round every year, and also annuals and biennials; and by " soft 

 and succulent stemmed " plants only such as never acquire a woody 

 stem, as for example the mesenihryanthemums, eupliorbias, crassulas, 

 and cacti, and the many rjreenliouse and outdoor tender plants that 

 answer tht^ description. 



Applications for Permits. — An application for a permit i;iust be in 

 writing lo the Division of Entomology, and state, in addition to any 

 other particulars that the Department may ask for, (a) the full name, 

 residence, and postal address of the applicant; (/>) the name and 

 address of the person from whom it is proposed to obtain the plants; 

 (c) the botanical names or the generally accepted ijopulai' names of 

 the plants, and the number of each kind; and also the varietal names 

 and the nujnber of each variety in the case of all plants for wliich 

 permits are only given for limited numbers; (d) the channel of intro- 

 duction, \\hether by post or otherwise, and if not by post, the port of 

 entiy at wliich the introduction is contemplated. 



A permit will always be given in response to an ajjplication with 

 respect to plants that have arrived in South Africa, provided one would 

 have been given had the ai)j)l ication for it Ixhmi made prior to tlieii' 

 having been disjiatchcd from ov(Msea ; but to ()b\iatc axoidable deten- 

 tion of the j)lants on arrival, and to obviate the exclusion of any by 

 reason of it not being possible to grant a permit for them, it is always 

 advisable to make sure of a permit before an order is placed. 



