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sery 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. 



The following classes of plants are in- 

 cluded in nursery stock as defined above: 

 Fruit trees, fruit-tree stocks, nut trees, 

 grape-vines, 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 or- 

 namental 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 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. 



"Herbaceous plants* are plants which 

 perish annually down to (sometimes includ- 

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



In the case of pines the specific names 

 must be given in the application for permit 

 to import. The importation of all five-leafed 

 pines is prohibited from all European and 

 Asiatic countries. (Quarantine No. 7, May 

 21, 1913). 



Seeds and herbaceous plants not included 

 in "nursery stock" as defined above and not 

 under specific quarantine, may be imported 

 without permit or compliance with ather 

 provisions of the Plant Quarantine Act. 



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 not required in this application, but full 

 information must be given in the notices 

 required by Regulation 8 immediately upon 

 entry of nursery stock and before such 

 stock is removed or shipped from port of 

 entry. 



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