202 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
MISSISSIPPI STATE PLANT QUARANTINE 
SWmTPOTATO WEEVIL 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washington, April 7, 10S7. 
Under plant quarantines and regulations issued by the State of Mississippi 
on account of the sweetpotato weevil, the shipment into that State of certain 
plants and plant materials known to be hosts of tJiis pest is subject to certain 
requirements, or entirely prohibited. 
The shipment into Mississippi of sweetpotatoes ; sxoeet potato plants, vines, 
cuttings, draws, and slips; morning glory plants or parts thereof is entirely 
prohibited from the States of Florida and Louisiana ; the southern part of 
Mohilc County, Ala.; Camden, Decatur, and Glynn Counties, Ga.; and 
all of the State of Texas except the cou)tties of Cass, Bowie, Morris, Camp, 
Titus, Red River, Franklin, Hopkins, Delta, and Lamar. The articles named 
may be accepted at points outside such area for shipment into Mississippi 
only when accompanied with a permit certificate tag obtained by the shipper 
from the State plant board, State College, Miss. 
> Postmasters are, therefore, requested to observe the foregoing prohibi- 
tions and restrictions when such plants and plant materials are presented 
for mailing and also invite the attention of mailers thereto. This is in 
accordance with the law embodied in paragraph 2, amended section 596, 
Postal Laws and Regulations. 
Postmasters at places in Mississippi where State inspection of plants and 
plant products is maintained under the Terminal Inspection Act should 
take the action prescribed by amended paragraph 4 (b), section 596, Postal 
Laws and Regulations, if parcels sent to such offices for terminal inspection 
are found to be in violation of these plant-quarantine laws or regulations. 
Roy M. North, 
Acting Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MONTANA STATE PLANT QUARANTINES 
cherry fruit fly and black locust borer 
Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Washi7igion, April S, 1937. 
Under plant quarantines and regulations issued by the State of Montana, 
on account of the cherry fruit fly and the black locust borer, the shipment 
into that State of certain plants and plant materials known to be hosts of 
these pests is subject to certain requirements, or entirely prohibited. 
The shipment into Montana of the fresh fruit of the cherry, and boxes or 
packages which have contained fresh cherries, is entirely prohibited from 
the following quarantined areas : 
In Idaho The counties of Benewah and Latah. 
In Oregon The counties of Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane. Lincoln, 
Linn. Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Union, Washington, 
and Yamhill. 
In Washington The counties of Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jeffer- 
son, King, Kitsap. Lewis. Mason, Pacific. Pierce, San Juan. Skag?t, 
Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Whatcom, and 
Whitman. 
Fresh fruit of the cherry may be accepted in other counties in the States 
of Idaho. Oregon, and Washington for shipment into Montana only w^hen 
accompanied with the prescribed certificate of the State of origin. 
The shipment into Montana of black locust plants or untreated black 
locust products is entirely prohibited from the following quarantined areas : 
The State of Washington. 
All of the United States east of the 6astern boundaries of the States 
of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. 
Postmasters are, therefore, requested to observe the foregoing prohibi- 
tions and restrictions when such plants and plant materials are presented 
for mailing, and also invite the attention of mailers thereto. This is in 
