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Plant Import Regulations. 



[JULY, 



such as cuttings, roots, tubers, bulbs, seeds or fruit, otherwise 

 than by post, or through one of the following seaports, namely : 

 Beira, Lourenco Marques, Durban, East London, Port 

 Elizabeth, Mossell Bay and Cape Town, save by special authority 

 from the Secretary for Agriculture. 



Among articles forbidden entry are any eucalyptus, acacia 

 or coniferous plant, or any living portion thereof, with the 

 exception of seed ; any stone fruit tree or any living portion 

 thereof, which was grown in any portion of North America 

 in which either of the diseases known as Peach Yellows or Peach 

 Rosette exists ; also fresh grapes and live peach stones. 



All stocks are prohibited, except pear, plum, apricot, cherry, 

 mango, persimmon and apple accepted by the Secretary for 

 Agriculture as being resistant to the attack of Woolly Aphis 

 (Schizoneura lanigerd) . 



Other clauses deal with grape vines, sugar canes, trees and 

 fruit bearing plants, &c, and the introduction of plants by 

 special permission. 



An explanatory memorandum on the Proclamation is pub- 

 lished in The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope 

 (January, 1907), which may be seen at the Offices of the Board. 



Argentina. — The Board are informed through the Foreign 

 Office that bulbs, tubers and roots imported into Argentina 

 are subject to the regulations contained in a Decree of August, 

 1902, which requires (Article 9) that bulbs and stems shall 

 be stripped of all their scales and dead coverings as well 

 as of earth, and undergo an antiseptic washing before 

 they can be admitted. Tubers and roots are only to be 

 admitted when they are free from earth and are recognized 

 as being in a healthy condition, otherwise they must be 

 washed or be submitted to the action of antiseptic vapour. 

 The importer must apply on a printed form to the Head of 

 the Agricultural Bureau, Buenos Ayres, for the articles to be 

 inspected and must furnish particulars of country of origin 

 and other details. Certificates issued in the country of ex- 

 portation to the effect that the tubers, &c, are free from 

 disease are not now required by the regulations, but it may 

 tend to facilitate the passing of consignments through the 

 Custom House if the tubers are accompanied by such certifi- 

 cates vised by an Argentine Consul. 



