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ducts of any grower or exporter who has 

 knowingly shipped into the United States 

 any nursery stock, or other plants or plant 

 products, the importation of which is for- 

 bidden by the Secretary of Agriculture un- 

 der the authority conferred by section 7 of 

 the plant quarantine act. 



Regulation 6 — Entry of Nursery Stock 

 Entry of nursery stock from countries 

 which maintain nursery stock inspection 

 will not be allowed unless the invoice is 

 accompanied by an original certificate, and 

 unless each container bears a copy certi- 

 ficate, issued by a duly authorized official 

 of the country from which it is exported, 

 stating that the nuresry stock covered by 

 the certificate has been thoroughly inspect- 

 ed by him or under his direction and found 

 or is believed to be, free from injurious 

 plant diseases and insect pests. Nursery 

 stock exported between October 1 and May 

 31 shall be inspected on or about the 1st 

 of October, and stock exported between 

 June 1 and September 30 shall be inspected 

 at the time of packing. 



Nursery stock from countries which do 

 not maintain stock inspection will be ad- 

 mitted into the United S ates only for ex- 

 perimental purposes and in limited quan- 

 tities under special permit through ports 

 designated therein. (See regulation 5.) 

 Such nursery stock shall not be delivered 

 to the importer or consignee until it has 

 been examined by an inspector of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture and found to be 

 free from plant disease and insect pest: 

 Provided, hower, that nursery stock which, 

 in the judgment of the P'ederal Horticultur- 

 al Board, can be cleaned by disinfection or 

 other treament may be delivered to the im- 

 porter, consignee, or agent for the proper 

 care and treatment 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 $20 nor less than $1 per plant in 

 case of date palms and date-palm offshoots), 

 conditioned upon the redelivery thereof to 

 the collector of customs within 40 days from 



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