74 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-Marob 
be shipped into or through Hungary only on compliance with the following 
conditions and only through designated customs offices: 
((/) The articles mentioned must be carefully packed in such a manner as to 
make the necessary inspection possible. 
ih) The shipment must be accompanied by a shipper's declaration which 
indicates : 
1. That the contents of the shipment are wholly from his establishment; 
2. The final destination and name and address of consignee; 
3. Whether or not the plants in the shipment have soil on their roots : and 
4. Bears the authenticated signature of the shipper. 
PHYLI.OXERA CERTIFICATE REQUIRED 
(c) There must also be attached to the shipment a certificate issued by a 
competent authority of the country of origin affirming that the shipment orig- 
inated in a locality or in ground in which there are no grapevines, and that no 
grapevines exist within a radius of 20 meters or are separated by a barrier 
which prevents the penetration of phylloxera to the roots of the grapevines. 
Finally, if phylloxera-infested grapevines had been present in the ground, that 
the vines had been completely eradicated and the phylloxera destroyed by 
repeated applications of poison and supervision for three years. 
(d) If the shipper proves that he is registered as a nurseryman whose estab- 
lishment is free from phylloxera in the country of origin of the plants, and if 
this can be verified by the Hungarian customs, the customs office in charge may 
levy the duty without requiring further evidence. (Tliis paragraph was added 
by Decree No. 111504/1928.) 
Should the freedom of the shipment from plant pests be in doubt, or if it be 
subject to special orders, such a shipment is to be examined for the presence of 
phylloxera by an expert sent by the Minister in response to a request by 
telegraph. 
Precautions Against San .Jose Scale 
ENTRY of infested PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS PROHIBITED 
Art. 7. The importation into or transit through Hungary is prohibited of 
living plants, scions, cuttings, and fresh parts of all kinds of plants, including 
fresh deciduous fruits and wastes thereof, and of barrels, cases, and other 
articles which have served as packing for such plants and parts thereof, which 
originate in America and Australia, if inspection at the customs i^ort of entry 
discloses the presence of San Jose scale on the products themselves or on the 
articles used as packing. Entry is restricted to specially designated customs 
offices. 
Potatoes From America and Australia 
Art. S. Potatoes, potato peelings, and other potato wastes, also sacks, cases, 
leaves, and other articles which have served as packing or to store such pota- 
toes and potato wastes that originate in America and Australia are to be han- 
dled as above (art. 7). However, the Colorado beetle restrictions constitute a 
practical embargo against potatoes from the United States, except those from 
California and Nevada. 
Potatoes intended for food, propagation, or industrial purposes, originating in 
countries other than those above mentioned, may enter only when a representa- 
tive of the Royal Hungarian Plant Protection Service has found the required 
phytosanitary certificate in order and. through a special inspection, that the 
shipment meets all the plant quarantine requirements. 
Potatoes may be imported only through customs ports of entry authorized from 
the standpoint of veterinary control. 
Cut Flowers, Seeds, Bums, and Deciduous Fruits 
Art. 0. Cut flowers, seeds, bulbs (even though rooted, if free from soil), 
deciduous fruit of any kind (except wine grapes), "fruits of the south", 
kitchen greens, vegetables, and other raw plant jiroducts for use as necessities 
or luxuries, as well as other raw plant material and wastes, may enter through 
any customs office for importntion into or transit through Hungary without 
