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HOBTICULTUSAIi BOABD SULES. 



TO Carry Out New Law. 



The law commonly known as the 

 plant quarantine law, printed in full 

 in The Review for August 1, made it 

 the duty of the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture to appoint what is to be known 

 as the Federal Horticultural Board, to 

 be charged with the administration of 

 the law. 



As such board the Secretary ap- 

 pointed: W. A. Orton, acting chair- 

 man; Peter Bisset, A. F. Burges, George 

 B. Sudworth. 



The board has, under date of Septem- 

 ber 25, issued its rules and regulations 

 for carrying out the quarantine act, as 

 follows: 



Regulation 1. Short Title of the Act. 



The act "To regulate the importa- 

 tion of nursery stock and other plants 

 and plant products; to enable the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture to establish and 

 maintain quarantine districts for plant 

 diseases and insect pests; to permit and 

 regulate the movement of fruits, plants 

 and vegetables therefrom, and for other 

 purposes," approved August 20, 1912, 

 shall be known and referred to as " The 

 Plant Quarantine Act, August 20, 

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Begnlation 2. Definition. 



For the purpose of this act the term 

 "nursery stock" includes 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 propa- 

 gation, except field, vegetable, and 

 flower seeds, bedding plants, and other 

 herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots. 



All woody plants and parts thereof 

 for propagation or planting are in- 

 cluded within the term "nursery 

 stock" as used in this act. 



"Field-grown florists' stock" is all 

 florists' stock which is usually grown 

 outside of greenhouses for all or part 

 of the year, such as azaleas, bay trees, 

 araucarias, box, etc. 



Regulation 3. Applications for Permits. 



Persons contemplating the importa- 

 tion by mail, express, freight, or other 

 form of transportation, of nursery stock 

 as defined in this act from any part of 

 the world will first make application to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture for a per- 

 mit, stating in the application the gen- 

 eral nature and quantity of the nur- 

 sery stock, the district or locality where 

 grown, the name and address of the ex- 

 porter, together with the name and ad- 

 dress of the importer in the United 

 States, and the proposed port of entry. 



By "general nature" is meant the 

 class 91 type of stocks, as fruit trees, 



fruit-tree stocks, etc., as specified in 

 the official form of permit. 



Applications for permits should be 

 made in advance of the shipment of the 

 nursery stock, but if through no fault 

 of the importer stock shall arrive be- 

 fore the issue of a permit the stock 

 will be held in customs custody at the 

 risk and expense of the importer for a 

 period not exceeding ten days pending 

 the issue of a permit. 



Applications for permits should con- 

 tain the following information: 



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Regulation 4. Delivery in Bond. 



If the required permit be not at hand 

 at the time of the arrival of the nur- 

 sery stock, the latter may be delivered 

 to the importer, consignee, or agent for 

 the proper care thereof upon the filing 

 of a voluntary bond with approved 

 sureties in double the invoice value of 

 the property (the amount of the bond 

 in no case to be less than $10), condi- 

 tioned upon the redelivery thereof to 

 the collector within ten days from the 

 date of arrival and providing that the 

 same shall not be removed from the 

 port of arrival within such period or 

 until the presentation of the proper per- 

 mit; or, if the importer, consignee, or 

 agent shall so elect, the goods may be 

 retained in the custody of the officer of 

 the customs pending the issuance of the 

 permit, wholly at the expense of the 

 importer. 



Regulation 5. Permits for Entry. 



On approval by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture of an application for the 

 importation of nursery stock from 



countries which maintain nursery stock 

 inspection a permit will be issued in 

 triplicate. One copy of the permit will 

 be furnished to the applicant, one copy 

 will be mailed to the collector at the 

 port of entry, and the third filed with 

 the application. Permits will expire on 

 the 30th day of June of the year follow- 

 ing the date of issue. They will be in 

 the following form: 



PERMIT TO IMPORT NURSERY BTOCK. 



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To the Collector of Customs: 



Sir: Yon nro hereby authorized, so far as the 

 Jurlsdictlou of the Department of Agriculture Is 

 concerned, to permit the Importaticm under "The 

 Plant Quarantine Act, Angust 20, 1912," of the 

 nursery stock specified In the application of 



dated described herein, provided 



each shipment Is accompanied by the certificate 

 of inspection and the shipper's declaration cer- 

 tified by an American consular officer In con- 

 formity with the rules and regulations made for 

 the enforcement of the act. 



[Here follows a list similar to the list In the 

 application for a permit, showing quantity and 

 general nature.] 

 Name and address of exporter 



Name and address of importer '. 



Respectfully, 



JAMBS WILSON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Countersigned : 



Dxecutiye Officer. 

 Permits for the entry of nursery 

 stock from countries which do not main- 

 tain official nursery stock inspection 

 will be addressed to the collector of 

 customs in the following form: 

 To the Collector of Customs: 



You are hereby authorized, so far as the juris- 

 diction of the Department of Agriculture is con- 

 cerned, to permit the importation under "The 

 Plant Quarantine Act, August 20, 1912," of the 

 nursery stock specified in the application of 



dated , described herein, only 



upon receipt of notice in writing from an in- 

 spector of the Department of Agriculture that ' 

 the nursery stock has been inspected by him or 

 under his direction at the port of arrival and was 

 found or believed to be free from injurious plant 

 disease and insect pests. 



(See Regi:lation 6 for the ports at which entry 

 of nursery stock from countries having no official 

 system of nursery inspection is allowed.) 



Regulation 6. Entry of Nursery Stock. 



Entry of nursery stock will not be 

 allowed unless accompanied by a cer- 

 tificate issued by a duly authorized of- 

 ficial of the country from which it is 

 shipped, stating that it has been thor- 

 oughly inspected by him or under his 

 direction and was found, or believed 

 to be, free from injurious plant diseases 

 and insect pests: Provided, That for 

 stock to be shipped between October 1 

 and May 31 such inspection shall be 

 made on or after the 1st Of October 

 and for stock shipped during the grow- 

 ing season inspection shall be made not 

 more than 30 days prior to date of 

 shipment: Provided further. That until 

 July 1, 1913, the usual inspection cer- 

 tificate covering the previous growing 

 season will be accepted: And provided 

 further. That when the country fro'm 

 which any nursery stock is shipped 

 maintains no official inspection, articles 

 for which a permit has been issued wiU 

 be admitted only through the ports of 

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