22 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
Kansas City. Mo., Mar. 1, 1937 ; the Montana Standard. Butte, Mont., Mar. 2, 1937 ; the 
Worhi-IIerakl, Omaha, Xebr., Mar. 2, 1937 ; the CJazette. Reno, Nev., Mar. 4, 1937 ; the 
Union, Manchester, X. II., Mar. 2, 1937 ; the News, Newark, X. J., Mar. 1, 1937 ; the Jour- 
nal, Albuquerque, X. Mex., Mar. 3, 1937 ; the Times, Xew York, X. Y., Mar. 2, 1937 ; 
the Observer, Charlotte, X. C, Mar. 2, 1937 ; the Forum, Fargo, X. Dak., Mar. 2, 1937 ; 
the Press. Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1937 ; the Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, Okla., Mar. 4, 
1937 ; the Oregon Journal, Portland, Greg., Mar. 4, 1937 : the Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Mar. 1. 1937 ; the Bulletin. Providence, K. I., Mar. 1, 1937 ; the Xews, Greenville, S. C, 
Mar. 2, 1937 ; the Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., Mar. 2, 1937 ; the Commei-cial 
Appeal. Memphis, Tenu.. Mar. 2, 1937 ; the Chronicle, Houston, Tex., Mar. 2, 1937 ; the 
Tribuno, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 3, 1937 ; the Free Press, Burlington, Vt., Mar. 2, 
1937 ; the Xews Leader, Kicluuond, Va., Mar. 1, 1937 ; the Times. Seattle, Wash., Mar. 4, 
1937; the (Gazette, Charle.ston, W. Va., Mar. 3, 1937: tlie Journal, Milwaukee, Wis., 
Mar. 1, 1937 ; and the Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne, Wyo., Mar. 2, 1937.] 
Instructions to 1*ostmasters 
RIAISIOX OF WHITE-PJ.XE BLISTER QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
[Superseding notices appearing in the January 19SS and April 1035 Supplements to the 
Postal Guide] 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
Washi)wton, March 22, 1987. 
The regulations of Qaaraiitiue No. 63 of the United States Department of 
Agriculture on account of the white-pine blister rust governing the shipment 
of five-leafed pines, currant, and gooseberry plants have been revised, effective 
March 1, 1937, so as to add Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to 
the list of States which have established blister-rust-control areas in which 
both the planting and possession of currant and gooseberry plants are prohibited 
under State authority. 
The regulations pertaining to five-leafed pines have also been revised to 
prohibit their interstate movement when visibly infected with the white-pine 
blister rust unless such trees are shipped in a preservative or are authorized 
and labeled under the provisions of regulation 7. 
Summary 
The infected States and District are designated as Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, 
Maine. Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hamp- 
shire, Xew Jersey, Xew York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ver- 
mont, Virginia, Washingtcm, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of 
Columbia. The careful attention of postmasters is invited to the following 
revised regulations of Quarantine Xo. 63 on account of the white-pine blister 
rust, effective March 1, 1037 : 
Regulation 2. Shipments of Five-Leafed Pines 
(1) Five-leafed pines shall not be moved or allowed to be moved interstate 
from an infected State or District to any point outside thereof, unless a Fed- 
eral pine-sliipping permit has been issued therefor and is attached to the 
out.side of the container, except that, in the case of shipments to or between 
the States of Connecticut, ]Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Xew York, 
lihode Island, and Vermont, a control-area permit secured from the proper 
offictn- of the State of destination (see appendix) may, until further notice, 
be substituted for the Federal pine-shipping permit. The pine-shipping permit 
may specify a destination point or a limited destination area for the shimnent 
and in that event the pines covered thereby shall not be moved or allowed to 
be moved interstate, directly or indirectly, either in the original container or 
otherwise, to destinations other than tbo.se authorized in such permit. 
(2) Five-leafed pines shall not be moved or allowed to be moved interstate 
from any State or District unless there is attached to the outside of thf^ con- 
tainer tiiereof a valid Stnte or District nursery inspection certificate of the 
State or District from which the shipment is made. 
rS) P>ranches and other pnrts of five-leafed pines without roots may be 
shipped interstate from any State or District without restriction under these 
regulations, except that if such articles are visibly infected with the white-pine 
])listor rust, they must eitlier l)e s]iipp(>d in a preservative or be authorized and 
labeled under tiie provisions of regulation 7. 
