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LEGISLATION. 



Service and Regulatory Announcements, October -November 1918. — 



U.S. Deft. Agric., Washington, D.C., Federal Hortic. Board, 

 no. 57, 7th January 1919. 



Under a quarantine notice no. 37, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 declares that on and after 1st June 1919 and until further notice 

 the importation of nursery stock and other plants and seeds into the 

 United States from any country is prohibited, except as provided in 

 the rules and regulations supplemental to the notice. In accordance 

 with these regulations, no permit is required for the importation of 

 fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other plant products imported for 

 medicinal, food or manufacturing purposes, nor for field, vegetable 

 and flower seeds. The following nursery stock and other plants and 

 seeds not including those governed by special quarantines and other 

 restrictive orders now in force may be imported from countries that 

 maintain inspection under permit upon compliance v, ith the regulations, 

 but where a particular purpose is specified, for that purpose and no 

 other : (1) lily bulbs, »Uly of the valley, narcissus, hyacinths, tulips 

 and crocus ; (2) stocks, cuttings, scions and buds of fruits for 

 propagation; (3) rose stocks for propagation, including manetti, 

 multiflora, brier rose, and Rosa rugosa ;• (4) nuts, including palm seeds, 

 for prc/pagation ; (5) seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental and shade 

 trees, seeds of deciduous and evergreen ornamental shrubs and seeds 

 of hardy pereimial plants. Importations of nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds specified in this regulation, from countries not 

 maintaining inspection, may be made in hmited quantities for experi- 

 mental purposes only, under permit upon compliance with these 

 regulations, but this limitation shall not apply to tree seeds. 



Application must be made to the Federal Horticultural Board for a 

 permit for importation of nursery stock and other plants and seeds. 

 Delivery in bond pending receipt of permit will be allowed for 

 shipments from countries maintaining inspection. Permits will be 

 issued upon approval by the Secretary of Agriculture and will be valid 

 imtil revoked, unless otherwise specified. Inspection, certification and 

 marking are conditions necessary for entry. Nursery stock and other 

 plants and seeds from countries that do not maintain inspection shall 

 not be delivered to the importer or consignee until they have been 

 examined by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and found 

 to be either free from infestation or capable of being adequately 

 guarded by disinfection. All importations under these regulations 

 shall be subject as a condition of entry to such disinfection as shall be 

 required by the inspector of the Department of Agriculture. The 

 permittee shall give notice of arrival and notice of shipment of his 

 consignment to the Secretary of Agriculture. Any consignment of 

 nursery stock and other plants and seeds not inspected must be clearly 

 marked to show the nature and quantity of the contents, name and 

 address of the consignee, and the country and locality where grown. 



In a series of appendices are given a list of plants and plant products 

 that are governed by special quarantines and other restrictive orders, 

 a copy of forms required by the foregoing regulations, and a list of 

 the countries that have provided for inspection and certification in 

 conformity with the requirements of the Plant Quarantine Act of 

 20th August 1912. 



