AMERICAN 



NURSERY 



RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CARRY- 

 ING OUT PLANT QUARANTINE ACT 



Regulation 1 — Short Title of the Act 



The act ''To regulate the importation of 

 nurserj^ stock and other plants and plant 

 products; to enable the Secretary of Afri- 

 culture to establish and maintain quaran- 

 tine 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, 1913, shall be known and referred to as 

 "The Plant Quarantine Act.' 



Regulations 2 — Definitions 



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 propagation, except field, vegetable, and 

 flower seeds, bedding plants, and other her- 

 baceous plants, bulbs, and roots. 



The following classes of plants are in- 

 cluded in nurser^^ stock as defined above: 

 Fruit trees, fruit-tree stocks, nut trees, 

 grapevines, bush fruits, roses, rose stocks, 

 forest and ornamental trees and shrubs 

 (both deciduous and evergreen), field- 

 grown florists' stock, cuttings, scions, or 

 seedlings, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit 

 and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other 

 plants and plant products for propagation 

 not otherwise listed, except as noted above. 



All woody plants and parts thereof for 

 propagation or planting are included with- 

 in 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. 



"Herbaceous plants' are plants which per- 

 ish annually down to (sometimes includ- 

 ing) the root: that is, soft, succulent plants. 

 Regulation 3 — Applications for Permits for 

 Importantion of Nursery Stock 



Persons contemplating the importation to 



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