58 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROCEEDINGS, 1912. 



Section 5 : "That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

 determine that the unrestricted importation of any plants, fruits, vege- 

 tables, roots, bulbs, seeds or other plant products not included by the 

 term "nursery stock" as defined in section six of this act may result 

 in the entry into the United States or any of its territories or districts of 

 injurious plant diseases or insect pests he shall promulgate his deter- 

 mination, specifying the class of plants and plant products the importa- 

 tion of which shall be restricted and the country and locality where they 

 are grown, and thereafter, and until such promulgation is withdrawn, 

 such plants and plant products imported or offered for import into the 

 United States or any of its territories or districts shall be subject to all 

 the provisions of the foregoing sections of this Act ; provided that before 

 the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate his determination that 

 the unrestricted importation of any plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, 

 bulbs, seeds, or other plant products not included by the term "nursery 

 stock" shall include all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, 

 the United States or any of its territories or districts of injurious plant 

 diseases or insect pests, he shall, after due notice, give a public hearing, 

 under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, at which hearing 

 any interested party may appear and be heard, either in person or by 

 attorney." 



Section 6. "That for the purpose of this Act the term "nursery 

 stock" shall include all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, 

 cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and 

 ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for 

 propagation, except field vegetables and flower seeds, bedding plants, 

 and other herbaceous plants, bulbs and roots." 



Section 7 : "That whenever, in order to prevent the introduction 

 into the United States of any tree, plant or fruit disease or of any 

 injurious insect, new to or not theretofore widely prevalent or distributed 

 within and throughout the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture 

 shall determine that it is necessary to forbid the importation into the 

 United States of any class of nursery stock, or of any other class of 

 plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products from 

 a country or locality where such disease or insect infestation exists, he 

 shall promulgate such determination, specifying the country and locality, 

 and the class of nursery stock or other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, 

 roots, bulbs, seeds, or other plant products which in his opinion should 

 be excluded. Following the promulgation of such determination by 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, and until the withdrawal of the said 

 promulgation by him, the importation of the class of nursery stock or 

 of other class of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, or 



