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(f) Bulbs and conns: Bulb— an enlarged subterranean bud with fleshy scales 
or coats (for example, tulips, Spanish iris) : Corm — an enlarged fleshy base 
of a stem, bulb-like but solid (for example, gladiolus, cyclamen, crocus). 
(g) Plant roots, rhizomes, tubers: Plant roots — the more or less fibrous roots 
of any plant (for example, fruit seedlings, ornamentals, lily of the valley pips) ; 
rhizomes — a root stock or subterranean stem, usually fleshy and rooted at the 
nodes (for example, German iris, Aspidistra) ; tuber — a thickened, fleshy sub- 
terranean branch having numerous buds or eyes (for example, potatoes). 
(70 New varieties: A new variety is understood to mean a novelty, i. e., a 
new plant, variety, strain, type, or form, either recognized by the trade as such 
or so listed or described in catalogs, trade journals, or other publications, or 
duly and properly certified as such by the originator or introducer. 
(i) Necessary propagating stock: Stock of old or standard varieties not 
available in this country and imported for the multiplication of the plants in 
question as a nursery or florist enterprise as distinguished from importations for 
the immediate or ultimate sale of the stocks actually imported. 
(j) Limited quantities: As used in regulation 14 "limited quantities" is 
understood to mean such quantities as will supply any reasonable need for the 
establishment of commercial reproduction plantings or as may be necessary for 
the experimental, educational, or scientific purpose intended. 
Regulation 2. Plant Products and Seeds fob Which Peemit Is Not Required 
Plant products capable of propagation, imported for medicinal, food, or manu- 
facturing purposes, and field, vegetable, and flower seeds, except such products 
and seeds as are governed by special quarantines and other restrictive orders 
now in force and such as may hereafter be made the subject of special quaran- 
tines or restrictive orders, 2 may be imported without permit or other compliance 
with these regulations, when free from sand, soil, or earth : Provided, That any 
such articles may be made subject to entry only under permit and on compli- 
ance with the safeguards to be prescribed therein when it shall be determined 
by the Secretary of Agriculture that their entry for the purpose indicated may 
involve a risk of the introduction into the United States of injurious insect 
pests or fungous diseases. Such determination with respect to any such articles 
shall become effective after due notice. 
Regulation 3. Nursery Stock, Other Plants and Parts of Plants, 
Including Seeds, for Which a Permit Is Required 
(As revised Jan. 14, 1935; effective Jan. 14, 1935) 
The following nursery stock, other plants and parts of plants, including seeds, 
not including, however, such other plants and parts of plants as are named in 
appendix A, which are governed by special quarantines and other restrictive 
orders now in force, nor such as may hereafter be made the subject of special 
quarantines, may be imported, without limitation as to quantity or use, from 
countries which maintain inspection (appendix B), under permit upon com- 
pliance with these regulations: 
(1) Bulbs, corms, or root stocks (pips) of the following genera: Lilium 
(lily), Convallaria (lily-of-the-valley), Hyaeinthus (hyacinth), Tulipa (tulip), 
and Crocus; and, until further notice, Chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow), Oalan- 
thus (snowdrop), Scilla (squill), Fritillaria, Muscai-i (grape-hyacinth), Ixia, 
and ErantJiis (winter aconite) ; and, on and after December 15, 1936, Narcissus 
(daffodil and jonquil). 
(2) Cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits or nuts: Provided, That cuttings, 
scions, and buds of fruits or nuts may be imported from Asia, Japan, Philip- 
pine Islands, and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) under the 
provisions of regulation 14 only. (Stocks of fruits or nuts may not be 
imported, under permit or otherwise.) 
(3) Rose stocks, including Manetti, Rosa multiflora (brier rose), and R. 
i^ugosa. 
2 See appendix A to the Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemental to Notice of 
Quarantine No. 37 for list of such quarantines and restrictive orders. In addition to the 
quarantines and restrictive orders listed, a notice issued May 8, 1930. specifies that all 
species of Aglaonema may be imported on and after June 1, 1930, only under the provi- 
sions of regulation 14. 
