QUARANTINE AND OTHER OFFICIAL 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO BLACK STEM RUST QUARANTINE 
(NO. 38) 
BLACK STEM RUST QUARANTINE REVISED 
[Press notice] 
August 9, 1937. 
A revision of the Black Stem Rust Quarantine (No. 38) and regulations sup- 
plemental thereto, effective September 1, 1937, was announced today by the 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
The revision adds the States of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 
Virginia to the list of States designated as protected in Notice of Quarantine 
No. 38, as revised effective August 1, 1931. 
Under the revision effective September 1, 1937, the interstate movement of all 
barberry and mahonia plants except the Japanese barberry {Berberis thunhergii) 
and its rust-resistant varieties, into or between the States of Missouri, Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as into or between the States of Colo- 
rado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North 
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, which were previously 
designated as protected States, is restricted. 
Nurseries which desire to ship immune species of Berberis and Mahonia into 
the protected States must submit application to the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine, Washington, D. C, for permits. Inspection of the nurseries 
involved may be denied if such applications are not received prior to June 1 
(September 1 for the present calendar year) covering shipments proposed to be 
made during the next fiscal year. The Federal fiscal year begins on July 1 of 
each year. 
REVISION OF BLACK STEM RUST QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
An important change in the following revision of the black stem rust quaran- 
tine is the addition of the States of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 
Virginia to the list of States previously designated as protected. 
Under paragraph A of regulation 3 persons intending to move barberry or 
mahonia plants other than Berberis thunbergii or its rust-resistant varieties 
into the protected States, shall make application to the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, Washington, D. C, not later than June 1 (September 1 
for this calendar year). Applications covering shipment proposed to be made 
during the next fiscal year may be denied if inspection by the Department before 
the close of the active growing season cannot be arranged. 
SUMMARY 
Unless a permit has been issued by the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, these regulations as now revised prohibit the movement of Berberis or 
Mahonia plants, except Berberis thunbergii and its rust-resistant varieties, into 
or between the States of Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, 
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. For further details see 
regulation 2. 
Persons intending to move Berberis or Mahonia plants (except Berberis thun- 
bergii or any of its rust-resistant varieties) shall make application for a permit 
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