192 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
(e) Elm seeds aud plants, including all species of Ulmus from Europe or 
any country where the elm disease {Graphium ulmi) is known to exist. 
{f) Chestnut seeds or plants, including all species of Castanea from North 
America or any other country where the chestnut blight disease (Endothia 
parasitica) is known to exist. 
(g) Any plant packed in soil other than special rooting compost. 
(h) Government Notice No. 510 of September 16, 1927, prohibits also the 
importation of seeds, fruit, stems, roots, or any portion of Opuntia tuna Mill., 
O. ficNs-indica Mill., and O. monacaiitha Haw., and of the seeds of burweed 
(Xanthivm spinosum), Mexican poppy (Argemone mexicana L.), and dodder 
{Cuscuta spp.). 
(2) Departmental importations. — Importation of the following shall be limited 
to introductions made by or under the direct supervision of the Department 
and shall be subject to such precautionary measures, including quarantine, as 
may be prescribed, and shall be subject also to permit under subsection (3) here- 
of having been obtained : 
(a) Grapevines. 
(&) Sugarcane. 
(c) Plants of banana, cocoa, tea, aud coffee. (See reg. 11 (2).) 
(d) Plants cultivated for the production of rubber. 
(e) Citrus trees, budwood, and seeds. (See reg. 11 (1).) 
(f) Cottonseed. (See reg. 11 (8).) 
(g) Lucerne (alfalfa) plants and seed. 
(3) Special permit required. — Importation of the following shall be allowed 
only under special permit from the Department and shall be subject to any 
special precautionary measures which may be deemed necessary or expedient, 
namely : 
(a) Unmanufactured broomcorn derived from Sorghum. (See reg. 11 (3).) 
(&) Unmanufactured cork. 
(c) Coffee seed for propagation. 
id) Tobacco seeds. 
(e) Acorns and chestnut seeds. 
if) Seed cotton and unmanufactured cotton lint, exclusive of cotton batting. 
(See reg. 11 (9).) 
ig) Seeds of maize and barley. (See reg. 11 (4) (5).) 
(h) Tea seed. (See reg. 11 (2).) 
li) Any other plant or plant product whatever, or living portion thereof, 
with the exception of fruit, bulbs, tubers, garden vegetables, seeds, and such 
portions of plants as cannot be propagated, provided that these are not 
specially prohibited or restricted elsewhere under these regulations. (See 
reg. 11 (C) (7).) 
PLANTS AND SEEDS FK0^[ SCHEDULED STATES 
Reg. 9. Sets forth the conditions under which plants and seeds may be 
imported from the Scheduled States of Belgian Congo, Northern Rhodesia, 
and the Union of South Africa. 
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL PERMITS TO IIvrPORT CERTAIN PI^VNTS 
Reg. 10, Applications for special permits to import plants into Southern 
Rhodesia shall be in writing and shall indicate: 
(1) The full name, residence, and postal address of applicant. 
(2) Name and address of ijerson from whom it is proposed to obtain 
the plants. 
(3) Botanical names or the generally accepted popular names and varietal 
names of the plants and the number of each variety it is desired to introduce. 
(4) The method of shipment, whether by mail or otherwise; and if not 
by mail, the port of entry through which the plants are to be introduced. 
(5) The exact locality where it is proposed to grow the plants and whether 
or not it is intended to propagate from them. 
(6) Any other particulars which the Minister may require. 
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR PLANTS IMPORTED UNDER SPECIAL PERMIT 
Reg. ]]. The following conditions shall apply to the granting of special 
permits for the introductioji into Southern Rhodesia, of the plants, etc. desig- 
nated, from overseas and nonscheduled African States : 
