60 B. C. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROCEEDINGS, 1912. 



regardless of the use for which the same is intended, from anj' quaran- 

 tined state or territory, or district of the United States, or quarantined 

 portion thereof, into or through any other state or territory or district, 

 in manner or method or under conditions other than those prescribed 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture." 



Under authority of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture for the 

 United States has quarantined large sections of the States of Maine, 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode 

 Island. This quarantine embraces coniferous trees, such as spruce, fir, 

 hemlock, pine, juniper, cedar, arbor vitas, and decorative plants, such 

 as holly and laurel ; forest plant products, such as logs, tan-bark, posts, 

 poles, railroad ties, cordwood and lumber, and all field-grown florists' 

 stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings and other plant products for planting 

 or propagation, and these shall not be moved or allowed to be moved, 

 inter-state, or to any point outside the quarantined area, until such 

 plants and plant products have been inspected by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and pronounced free from the Gypsy 

 Moth. Every crate, box, bale or other bundle of plant products, of 

 which inspection is required by these regulations, shall be plainly marked 

 with the name and address of the consignor, and shall bear a certificate 

 showing that the contents have been inspected by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Carload or other bulk shipments of plants and plant products, for 

 which inspection is required, shall not be transported or offered for 

 transportation inter-state, by cars, boats or other vehicles, unless each 

 shipment is accompanied by a certificate showing that the plants and 

 plant products have been inspected by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, and pronounced to be free from moth infestation. Cer- 

 tificates of inspection will be issued only for plants and plant products 

 which have been actually inspected by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



On November 25th, 1912, until further notice, by virtue of said 

 Section 8 of the Act of Congress, approved August 20th, 1912, it shall 

 be unlawful to move in inter-state commerce, any of the above described 

 plants or plant products from the areas herein quarantined, except in 

 accordance with these regulations and amendments thereto. 



On September 20th, 1912, the Secretary of Agriculture issued a 

 quarantine against the plant disease known as "Potato Wart," "Potato 

 Canker," "Black Scab" and so forth, prohibiting the importation into 

 the United States of potatoes from Newfoundland, the Islands of St. 

 Pierre and Miquelon, Great Britain, including England, Scotland, 



