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with rose stocks for propagation. All nuts, including 

 palm seeds, will be admitted, as well as seeds of 

 fruit, forest, ornamental, and shade trees, together 

 with seeds of deciduous and evergreen ornamental 

 shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial plants. 



v PLANTS EXCLUDED. 



The groups that will be automatically excluded, 

 include such things as budded and grafted fruit trees; 

 grape vines; bush fruits; forest and ornamental de- 

 ciduous trees; ornamental deciduous shrubs; conif- 

 erous trees, including pines; evergreen trees and 

 shrubs, including the broad leaf types; and a consid- 

 erable list of what is commonly known as field-grown 

 florist's stock. 



ADMISSION OP NEW AND RARE PLANTS AND NOVELTIES. 



The Board makes provision for the Importation, 

 through the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion in the Department of Agriculture, of new plants, 

 seeds, bulbs, etc., for experimental and scientific 

 purposes and for propagation in this country. The 

 Board also makes provision for the importation in lim- 

 ited numbers of novelties from all parts of the world 

 under safeguards that will assure their freedom from 

 dangerous diseases and insects. 



The machinery for this work is already organized 

 in the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction; 

 and, while it will not be practicable to undertake 

 large commercial importations for private firms, it 

 will be within the province of the Off ice to handle the 

 necessary limited shipments of novelties that may be 

 brought in for propagation here. While lily bulbs, 

 narcissus, hyacinths, and related bulbs, fruit stocks, 

 and rose stocks will be admitted under regulations, 

 it will doubtless be the policy of the Federal Horti- 

 cultural Board to exclude these plant materials when 

 it would seem assured that the commercial needs of 

 the country can be met by home grown supplies. 



THE PROBLEM OF STOCKS. 



The Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction 

 is primarily interested in the broader constructive 

 problems of stock production in this country, and in 

 the securing of types of stocks for the principal 



