45 BUREAU OF KXTOMOLOOY AM) PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
(c) Bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, roots, and other siiblerraiioan parts of flowering 
and ornamental plants for private persons. 
(d) Any kind of live plants in pots or otherwise packed in .soil; soil alone 
intended for plants. 
(r) Citrus planting and grafting material infected with citrus canker from 
the following countries : Australia, Hawaii, India, Indo-China, Malayan Islands, 
Siam. Philippines. Formosa, Ceylon, Union of South Africa, Java, Japan, and 
the State of Louisiana, United States of America. 
(f) Citrus fruits from the above-named countries into Georgia, Soviet Social- 
ist Republic (including Abkhazian and Adzarian). Azerbaidjan, Turkoman, 
Tadjik, Uzbek, Soviet Socialist Republic, and Azov — Black Sea district. 
if/) Any kind of fruit into any port of the Black Sea shore of Georgia, Soviet 
Socialist Republic, Abkhazia, Adzaristan, Crimea, Soviet Socialist Republic and 
Azov — Black Sea district, and into all points of the Lenkoran district of Azer- 
baidjan, Soviet Socialist Republic, from Iran. 
(/i) Melons and other cucurbitaceous fruits into Pacific ports of the far 
eastern section on account of the prevalence, in Japan and in the groups of 
islands in the Pacific, of the melon fly {Bactrocera cucurhitac Coq. ), and in the 
realm of Turkmensk. Uzbensk, Armiensk, and Gruzinsk, Soviet Socialist Re- 
public (including Abchazsk and Adjarsk, S. S. R. ). Ukraine. Soviet Socialist 
Republic, and Crimea. Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, on account of the 
prevalence of the fruitfly {Mijiopardalis pnrdaUna Big.) in the countries of 
southwest Asia. 
(/) Seeds of cotton and other si>ecies of the family Malvaceae: also all kinds 
of collections of the same in the form of live plants, fruiting organs, etc., 
regardless of their origin and destination, on account of the possibility of 
introducing with them the larvae of the pink boUworm Pectinopliora f/ossypieUa 
Saund. and other destructive insects and diseases of cotton. 
Note. — Exceptions to the proltibitions. — The All-L'nion Institttte of Plant In- 
dustry of the AU-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences in the name of Lenin 
and the Principal Administration of Subtropical Plant Breeding, People's Com- 
missariat of Agriculture. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, are exempt from 
the above prohibition. They may be permitted to import for the purpose of 
scientific experiments the materials mentioned in article 13 (by ordering, 
through scientific expeditions, foreign firms, correspondents, by way of ex- 
change, gifts, etc. ) . However, the following requirements must be observed : 
{a) In case of the receipt of such materials on advance orders, a quarantine 
permit must be obtained from the Bureati of Quarantines of the People's Com- 
missariat of Agriculture, Union of Soviet Socialist Reptiblics. 
(6) If material is received by way of exchange, gifts, etc., the release of such 
material will be allowed in accordance with article 6, section (b). 
(c) During the use of the above-mentioned materials for scientific purposes, 
quarantine measures (means of disinfection, retention in quarantine green- 
houses and nurseries, etc.) will be established in each instance by the Bureau 
of Foreign and Domestic Quarantines of the People's Commissariat of Agri- 
culture, or by its authorized Quarantine Insi^ection Service. 
Art. 14. The right to order from abroad seed and propagating material 
(enumerated in sections (a), (&), (c) of article 2. relating to fruits, berries, 
and forest and other ornamental plants) is granted to scientific Institutions of 
the Union (specializing institutions, botanical gardens, etc.) only through the 
AU-Union Institute of Plant Industry of the AU-Union Academy of Agricul- 
tural Sciences in the name of Lenin (for farm, fruit, berry, and technical 
industries) and through the botanical institute of the AU-Union Academy of 
Sciences (for forest and ornamental industries). 
Note. — The receipt of such materials in the form of unlicensed parcel-post 
packages is accomplished in accordance with section (&) of article 6. 
AUTHORIZED PORTS OF ENTRY 
Art. 15. The following restrictions on points of entry into the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics of shipments of material subject to quarantine apply 
to all institutions, organizations, and individuals, whether such shipments are 
procured on the basis of licenses issued by the People's Commissariat of For- 
eign Trade. Union of Soviet Socialist Repu])lics, or without license. Likewise, 
these restrictions apply to all shipments of foreign origin in transit through 
the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 
