284 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
Ministry of Agriculture on seeds whose Importation into and exportation from Fin- 
land are to be prohibited or restricted. 
Articles 2 and 3 pertain to entry procedure. 
SAMPLES TO BE TAKEN FOR ANALTSIS 
Art. 4. Whoever intends to sell, to import into Finland, or to export from Fin- 
land seeds that are restricted by a decision of the Ministry of Agriculture, must 
withdraw samples of them in the prescribed manner and send them to the Seed 
'Control Institute for examination. 
UNFIT SEEDS TO BE REEXPORTED 
Akt. 5. Seeds which, on the examination mentioned in article 3, are found unfit 
ior introduction into commerce must be sent abroad again within 3 months of 
their entry into Finland, if the Ministry of Agriculture does not otherwise order. 
CLO\'ER AND PLANT SEEDS MUST BE COLORED 
Art. 6. Seeds of clover {Trifolium), alfalfa (Medicago), sand clover (Anr 
thyllis), sweetclover (MeUlotus) , trefoil (Lotus), and seeds of all species of plants 
whose origin, in the opinion of the Ministry of Agriculture, is of significance to 
the welfare of crops, must be stained with a solution of eosin before being intro- 
duced into commerce. 
Staining must be effected by injecting red coloring matter (eosin) dissolved in 
denatured alcohol in several places in each sack. The strength of the eosin 
solution must be 0.8 percent (8 gm of eosin to 1 liter of denatured alcohol). 
Articles 7 and 8 provide for the annual publication of the minimal requirements 
concerning purity, germinability, and content of weed seeds and for the determina- 
tion of the selling period. 
CONTAINEHS MUST BE MARKED "FOREIGN SEEDS" 
Art. 9. Imported seeds whose origin, in the opinion of the Department of Agri- 
culture, is of significance to the welfare of crops, must be provided with containers 
on which the words "Utlandskt fro" (foreign seeds) are clearly and permanently 
marked. 
Lee a. Steoitg, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 426, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA 
November 2, 1937. 
Amended Regulations Governing Importation of Potatoes 
[Decree No. 115748 of October 4, 1937] 
Artictle 1. Articles 55 to 59 of decree No. 83732 of June 3, 1936, promulgating 
regulations under law No. 4084 (see pp. 21 and 22, B. E. P. Q. 426) are amended 
to read as follows : 
"certification oil potatoes 
"Art. 55. Every shipment of potatoes introduced into Argentina, besides 
meeting the general conditions established by these regulations, shall be ac- 
<;ompanied by the following certificates : 
"Seed potatoes : Certificate of healthy origin and phytosanitary shipping 
certificate (inspection certificate). In the first, it is necessary to affirm, be- 
sides what is prescribed in article 8, that the crops from which the tubers 
proceed are found free from potato wart (Synchytrium endoMoticum 
(Schilb.) Perc.) ; potato tuber worm (Gnorimoschema opcrculclla Zell.) ; 
.: Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say); and 'virus dis- 
eases', allowing a tolerance up to 2 percent for the last. 
v'f; "Potatoes for consumption : Phytosanitary shipping certificate. 
