RESTRICTED ENTRY OF PLANTS 



TO PROTECT AMERICAN CROPS 



No Plants Completely Excluded by New Quarantine — U. S. Department of 



Agriculture Explains Reasons for Far-Reaching Regulations 



Which Go into Effect June 1, 1919. 



WASHINGTON. D. C— The ef- 

 fective date (June 1, 1919) of 

 Plant Quarantine No. Zl will 

 mark the operation of new 

 and strict regulations governing the im- 

 portation into the United States of 

 plants and plant products. The quaran- 

 tine order has been promulgated by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture to check so far 

 as possible the introduction of more 

 dangerous crop enemies. Experts of 

 the Department of Agriculture estimate 

 that the losses caused by the pests al- 

 ready introduced, for the most part 

 through the agency of imported plants, 

 aggregate half a million dollars an- 

 nually. 



Important provisions of the new 

 quarantine are as follows : 



"Requires permits and compliance 

 with regulations for importation of lily 

 bulbs, lily-of-the-valley, narcissus, hya- 

 cinths, tulips, and crocus ; stocks, cut- 

 tings, scions, and buds, of fruits for 

 propagation ; rose stocks for propaga- 

 tion, including Manetti, Multiflora, Brier 

 Rose, and Rosa Rugosa ; nuts, including 

 palm seeds, for propagation ; seeds of 

 fruit, forest, ornamental, and shade 

 trees, seeds of deciduous and evergreen 

 ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy 

 perennial plants. 



"Leaves unrestricted, except in spe- 

 cial cases, importation of fruits, vege- 

 tables, cereals, and other plant products 

 imported for medicinal, food or manu- 

 facturing purposes; and field, vegetable, 

 and flower seeds. 



"Excludes, except as noted in next 

 paragraph, all other classes of plants 

 for propagation, including fruit trees, 

 grapevines, bush fruits, grafted and 

 budded roses, forest, ornamental and 

 deciduous trees, ornamental and decidu- 

 ous shrubs, pine trees of all kinds. 



broad-leaved evergreens (such as aza- 

 leas and rhododendrons), and a long 

 list of plant material commonly known 

 as florists' stock. 



"Excluded plants may still be im- 

 ported through the agency of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, in limited 

 quantities to supply the country with 

 novelties and necessary propagating 

 stock, such entry being safeguarded by 

 the highly-developed inspection and 

 quarantine service which has been or- 

 ganized by the department." 



The conditions of entry of these va- 

 rious classes of plants and plant prod- 

 ucts are given in the regulations under 

 the quarantine. A news letter giving 

 more detailed explanation of the con- 

 ditions governing importations still per- 

 mitted, shortly will be sent by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture to all horticul- 

 tural, nursery and florist trade journals. 



Quarantine No. 37 represents years 

 of careful consideration given to the 

 subject by the experts of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and of the several 

 States, and of the interests concerned, 

 followed by a public hearing, and sub- 

 sequent further investigation and con- 

 sultation with the principal nurserymen 

 and florists of this country. The quar- 

 antine, therefore, embodies the best 

 judgment of the plant experts of the 

 department, and of the several states, 

 concurred in by most of the interests 

 engaged in actual plant production. It 

 voices the belief that the policy of prac- 

 tical exclusion of all stock not abso- 

 lutely essential to the horticultural, 

 floricultural and forestry needs of the 

 United States is the only one that 

 will give adequate protection against 

 additional introductions of dangerous 

 plant diseases and insects. — U' . S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



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