32 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
B. E. P. Q. 405, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 
March 3, 1937. 
entry of single christmas trees authorized 
According to a notification of the Minister of Nourishment and Agriculture 
(K. Z. Bl. No. 88, Oct. 21, 1936, p. 362), the provisions of the decree of June 3, 
1930 (see pp. 11 and 12 of B. E. P. Q. 405, Importation of Coniferous Plants 
Restricted) are not applicable to the importation of single Christmas trees 
without balls of earth or to branches of conifers, insofar as those products are 
intended as gifts or accompany shipments intended as gifts and not for 
industrial purposes. 
The decree of October 26, 1936, revokes and supersedes that of February 28, 
1929. on the prohibition of the importation of pine and spruce seeds, as amended 
by that of September 13, 1929. 
Consequently, the two paragraphs on page 13 of B. E. P. Q. 405 under the 
caption "Importation of Pine and Spruce Seeds Prohibited'' are to be stricken 
out and replaced by the following : 
IMPORTATION OF SEEDS OF CONIFEROUS TREES PROHIBITED 
[Decree of Oct. 26, 1936] 
Article 1. The importation of seeds and seed-bearing cones of coniferous 
trees indigenous to Germany, with the exception of those of Swiss stone pine 
{Pinus cemhra L.), is prohibited. 
Art. 2. The through transit of the above-named products is permitted under 
customs supervision. 
CUT FLOWERS OF CARNATIONS 
The ministerial decree of September 21. 1936 (R. G. Bl. I, p. S3) modifies 
previous regulations on the importation of cut flowers of carnations hy prohibit- 
ing their importation into Germany from March 15 to November 15, instead of 
from March 15 to November 30, as hitherto. The date should be changed 
accordingly in the corresponding item in the summary on page 2 and in the 
text on page 13 of Circular B. E. P. Q. 405. 
The heading of the item of the summary on page 2 of B. E. P. Q. 405. "Seeds 
of Scotch pine {Finns si/Ircstris L.). and Norway spruce (Picea e.rcelsa Link.)" 
is to be replaced by the heading "Seeds and seed-bearing cones of conifers 
indigenous to Germany, except those of Pinus ceml)ra L." 
Lee a. Strong, 
Chief. Bureau of Entomolof/y and Plant Qnaraniine. 
B. E. P. Q. 416, Supplement No. 1. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN 
January 8, 1937. 
Article 5 of the Importation of Plants Order of .June 7, 1933, as amended by 
the Order of June 30, 1934 (see p. 8, B. E. P. Q. 416), should read as follows: 
"Article 5 (1) refers to raw vegetables grown in European France. 
"(2) The landing in England and Wales between the 8th day of April and 
the 14th day of Octol)er in any year of any raw vegetables not grown in 
European France is hereby prohibited unless each consignment is accompanied 
by a certificate of origin visaed by a competent authority in the country of 
origin, stating the country and place where the produce was grown. The 
certificates proscribed in this article shall be delivered to an oflficer of Customs 
and Excise at the same time as and together with the entry relating to the 
consignment." 
. The following additional paragraph should be inserted under the caption 
'•Importation Restricted" after the parai^raph on "Raw vegetables from 
European France" (see p. 4, B. E. P. Q. 416). 
