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the Federal Horticutural Board for a per- 

 mit stating in the application the name and 

 address of the exporter, the country and 

 locality where grown, the port of entry, 

 and the name and address of the importer 

 in the United 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 im- 

 porter, stock should arrive before the issue 

 of a permit the stock will be held in cus- 

 toms custody at the rick and expense of 

 the importer 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 v/here 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 ''nur- 

 sery stock," as defined in regulation 2 and 

 not under specific quarantine, may be im- 

 ported without permit or compliance with 

 other provisions of the plant quarantine 

 act. 



Permits are not required for nursery 

 stock entering the United States for imme- 

 diate 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 

 inspection 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 

 nature of nursery stock to be imported is 



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