146 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April- June 
3. For clover and alfalfa seeds; flaxseed, linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) ; 
forest trees and yoim^^ potato plants: The country of production when known. 
4. For sainfoin {OnohrifcJiin I'idfira) : The percentage of pimpernel seeds 
{Pimpinclla saxifruf/a) if it exceeds T) ])ercent of the weight. 
f). For heet seed (Beta i'ul;niris L.) the moisture content in percentages 
if it exceeds 15 percent ; the percentage of germinability expressed in per- 
centage of the seedballs and not of the germs per 100 seedballs. 
(). For mixtures of grass, grass and clover, or clover seeds for pastures : Con- 
cerns internal procedure. 
7. For other plants : The minister is authorized to regulate the sale of other 
young plants, and especially to require an indication of the exact character of 
grafted or budded stoclvs. 
ENTRY OF OBJECTIONABLE SEEDS MAY BE PnOHIIUTED 
If tlie importati(m of certain seeds offers a serious danger to agriculture, 
the minister is authorized to prohibit their importation, or according to his 
judgment, to subject their importation to such guaranties as he may deem 
proper. 
TABLE OF NORMS 
Purity and GcrminahUity of Imported Seeds 
I. CEREALS 
Germi- 
nability 
Avena sativa L., oats 
Hordeum spp., barley 
Secale cereale L., rye 
Triticum spp., wheat 
7ea mays L., corn, maize 
Fagopyrum esculentum Moensch=Polygonum fagopyrum, buckwheat 
94 
90 
95 
95 
95 
93 
96 
93 
93 
90 
93 
70 
II. GRASSES 
Alopecurus pratensis L., meadow foxtail 
Anthoxanthum odorntum L., sweet vernal grass 
Agrostis spp., bentgrass 
Arrhenatherum elatius L., tall oatgrass 
Cynosurus cristatus L., crested dogtail 
Dadylis glomerata L., orchard grass 
Festuca {pratensis) elatior L., meadow fescue 
Festuca ovina L., sheep fescue 
Festuca rubra L., red fescue 
IIolcus lanatus L., velvet grass 
Lolium perenne L., perennial ryegrass 
Loliinn perenne var. pacyi, Pacey's ryegrass-.. 
Lolium {italicum) multiflorum Lam., Italian ryegrass 
Lolium multiflorum var. veslerivoldicum, Westerwold ryegrass 
Phleum pratense L., timothy 
Poa pratensis L., Kentucky bluegrass -- 
Poa trivialis L., rough bluegrass 
Trisetum flavescens (L.) Beauv., golden trisetum 
60 
65 
90 
60 
85 
75 
79 
75 
80 
70 
85 
70 
92 
75 
80 
75 
82 
65 
72 
70 
94 
80 
94 
80 
94 
80 
94 
80 
92 
80 
80 
70 
83 
75 
67 
60 
III. LEGUMES 
Anthyllis vulncraria L., sandclover 
Vicia faba var. equina L.=Faba vulgaris, horsebean 
Medicngn sati"a L., alfalfa, lucerne 
Aledicago Inpulina L., yellow trefoil... 
Lotus corniculatus L., hirdsfoot trefoil 
Onobrychis (sativa) viciaefolia Scop., sainfoin 
Ornitkopus satit us Brot., serradella 
Pisum sativum var. arvense (L.) Poir, field pea 
Lvpinus (alba) skinneri Lindl., white lupine 
Lupinus luteus L., European yellow lupine 
Lvpinus varius L., annual lupine... 
Trifolium hybridum L., alsike clover 
Trifolium pratense L., red clover. 
TrifrAium repens L., white clover 
Trifolium incarnatum L., crimson clover 
Vicia spp., vetches 
93 
80 
95 
90 
93 
80 
80 
93 
94 
75 
95 
70 
91 
75 
94 
90 
94 
80 
94 
80 
94 
80 
93 
80 
92 
82 
94 
90 
93 
85 
92 
90 
