YEAR BOOK 



.'Regulation 3 — Applications for Permits for 

 Importation of Nursery Stock 



Persons contemplating the importation of 

 nursery stock shall first make application to 

 the Federal Horticultural Board for a per- 

 mit stating in the application the name and 

 address of the exporter, the country and lo- 

 cality where grown, the port of entry, and 

 t]ie name and address of the importer in the 

 Uniled States to whom the permit should be 

 sent. 



Applications for permits should be made 

 in advance of the shipment of the nursery 

 stock, but if, through no fault of the import- 

 ' er, stock should arrive before the issue of a 

 permit the stock will be held in customs 

 custody at the risk and expense of the im- 

 porter for a period not exceeding 20 days 

 pending the issue of a permit. 



Applications may be made by telegraph, 

 in which case the information required 

 above must be given. 



The port of entry is the port where the 

 stock is cleared from customs and the duty 

 paid, and is therefore not necessarily the 

 port of arrival. 



Seeds and plants not included in "nursery 

 stock," as defined in regulation 2 and not 

 under specific quarantine, may be imported 

 without permit or compliance with other 

 provisions of the plant quarantine act. 



Permits are not required for nursery stock 

 entering the United States for immediate 

 transportation in bond to foreign countries. 



Permits for nursery stock entering the 

 United States for immediate transportation 

 to interior points in bond are required only 

 at port of entry. 



Two forms of application are provided: 

 (1) For importation of nursery stock from- 

 countries which maintain nursery stock in- 

 spection in accordance with regulations 6 

 and 7; and (2) for importation from coun- 

 tries which do not maintain nursery stock 

 inspection in accordance with regulations 

 6 and 7. 



No statement of quantity to be imported 

 need be made in the application. 



Except as to pines, a statement as to the 



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