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insects, pests or diseases, to which this Act apphes, shall be imported into Canada 

 except as hereinafter provided. 



3. Nursery stock, including all trees, shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, scions, cut- 

 tings or buds which are not hereinafter exempted, entering Canada shall be imported 

 only through the ports and during the periods respectively hereinafter mentioned, 

 that is to say: 



Vancouver, B. C, from October 1 to May 1. 



Niagara Falls, Ont., from October 1 to May 15. 



Winnipeg, Man., and St. John, N. B., from March 15 to May 15, and from October 

 7 to December 7. 



Windsor, Ont., and St. Johns, P. Q., from March 15 to May 15, and from Septem- 

 ber 26 to December 7. 



At these points of entry the importations shall be fumigated in the fumigation 

 houses provided for that purpose, and a certificate of fumigation will be issued, with- 

 out which no stock may be taken out of bond. 



Importations by mail shall be subject to the same regulations. 



All nursery stock originating in Japan or in any one of the states of Vermont, 

 New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, six of the 

 United States of America, shall, after fumigation, be subject to inspection as pro- 

 vided by Section 6 of these Regulations. 



Provided, however, that the following vegetation and florist's stock shall be exempt 

 from fumigation and may be imported at any season of the year and through any 

 port without inspection : 



(a) Greenhouse-grown plants, including roses in foliage which have been grown 

 in pots up to three inches in diameter but not larger. A certificate that the plants 

 have been grown under glass must accompany the invoice and shall be signed by the 

 consignor. 



(6) Herbaceous perennials (the stems of which die down in winter), such as per- 

 ennial phlox, peonies, sunflowers, etc. 



(c) Herbaceous bedding plants (such as geraniums, verbenas, pansies, etc.) 



(rf) Bulbs and tubers (such as hyacinths, lilies, narcissi and other true bulbs and 

 also the tubers of dahlias, irises, etc.) 



(e) Cottonwood or Necklace Poplar {Populus deltoides) when shipped from and 

 grown in Dakota or Minnesota, two of the United States of America. 



4. The port by which it is intended that the nursery stock shall enter shall be 

 clearly stated on each package and all shipments made in accordance with these 

 regulations will be entirely at the risk of the shippers or consignees, the Govern- 

 ment assuming no responsibility whatever. 



5. All persons importing nursery stock, except such as is exempt from fumigation 

 or inspection under Section 3 of these Regulations, shall give notice to the Dominion 

 Entomologist, Experimental Farm, Ottawa, within five days of dispatching the order 

 for the same, and they shall again notify the Dominion Entomologist on the arrival 

 of the shipment in Canada. 



Notice shall also be given to the Dominion Entomologist by all transportation 

 companies, Custom House Brokers or other persons importing or bringing into 

 Canada nursery stock that is subject to inspection as hereinafter provided, imme- 

 diately such a consignment is received by them. Such notice shall include the name 

 of the consignor and the consignee, the points of origin and destination, the name of 

 the company carrying the nursery stock, as well as the nature, quantity and origin 

 of the same. 



6. Nursery stock, not including such stock as is exempt under Section 3 of these 

 Regulations, originating in Europe, shall be imported only through the ports and 



