February, '13] marlatt: federal plant quaraxtlxe 141 



Bananas and pineapples may be admitted to the mails in Hawaii for transmission 

 to any other State, Territory, or District of the United States, only when accompanied 

 with a certificate from a Territorial or Government inspector to the eflfect that they 

 have been inspected and found free from the Mediterranean fruit fly. 



Frank H. Hitchcock, 



Postmaster General. 



This order is accompanied by a reprint in full of the notice of quar- 

 antine No. 2 (domestic) relating to the Mediterranean fruit fly, pro- 

 mulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture, September 28, 1912. 



The following order relates to the gipsy and brown-tail moth 

 quarantine : 



ORDER OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL 



Restrictions on the Mailing of Certain Trees and Plants 



Office of the Postmaster General, 



Washington, Nov. 27, 1912. 

 Order No. 6674. 



Coniferous trees, or parts of trees, and decorative plants, of the area quarantined 

 for the gipsy moth, referred to in Quarantme Order No. 4, issued by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, on November 13, 1912, under authority of the Act of August 20, 1912, 

 known as the Plant Quarantine Act, may be accepted for mailing only when for trans- 

 mission within such quarantined area, and when they do not exceed the limit of weight 

 prescribed by law for fourth-class matter. 



Forest plant products, field-grown plants, and plant products for propagation, of 

 the area quarantined for the gipsy moth, and the deciduous trees or shrubs, and parts 

 thereof, of the area quarantined for the brown-tail moth, on the movement of which 

 restrictions are placed by the Quarantine Order of the Secretarj^ of Agriculture, may 

 be accepted for mailing to any point outside the quarantined area only when accom- 

 panied with a certificate of a representative of the Department of Agriculture to the 

 effect that they have been inspected and found free from the gipsy moth and brown- 

 tail moth, respectively, and do not exceed the limit of weight prescribed by law for 

 fourth-class matter. 



Frank H. Hitchcock, 

 Postmaster General. 



This order is accompanied by a reprint in full of quarantine No. 

 4 (domestic), with regulations in relation to the gypsy and brown-tail 

 moth promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 13, 1912. 



The following two orders relate to the use of the mails for the ship- 

 ment of domestic nursery stock. The first of these orders (No. 6675) 

 is an amendment of an older order (No. 6613) to bring it into conform- 

 ity with the wording of the Federal Plant Quarantine Act as to defi- 

 nition of nursery stock. It also provides that the parcel shall be 

 plainly marked to show the nature of the contents and the name and 

 address of the sender. The second of these orders (No. 6696) makes 

 it possible for the proper state ofiicial to be advised of the arrival 

 and delivery of all mail parcels of nursery stock. 



