22 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-March 
not previously have been used as packing or otherwise in connection with living 
plants, and except as provided in the preceding paragraph for bulbs, corms, 
seeds, and nuts, must be free from sand, soil, or earth, and must be certified 
as meeting these conditions by the duly authorized inspector of the country of 
origin. 6 
If a package of nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry 
includes any prohibited article, or if any of the plants have not been freed 
from earth, the entire package may be refused entry. 
Regulation 8. Inspection 
In addition to the inspection at destination by the- proper official of a State, 
Territory, or District of the United States, provided for in section 2 of the 
Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, nursery stock and other plants and seeds im- 
ported under regulations 3 and 1 5 shall be subject as a condition of entry to 
such preliminary inspection as shall be required by the Plant Quarantine and 
Control Administration : Provided, That nursery stock and other plants and 
seeds imported under regulations 3 and 15 from countries which do not maintain 
inspection shall not be delivered to the importer or consignee until they have 
been examined by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and found to 
be free from plant diseases and insect pests, or if infested, capable, in the 
judgment of the inspector, of being adequately safeguarded by disinfection. 
Regulation 9. Disinfection a Condition of Entry 
Nursery stock and other plants and seeds imported under regulations 3 and 
15 shall be subject, as a condition of entry, to such disinfection as shall be 
required by the inspector of the Department of Agriculture. When disinfec- 
tion is required, the nursery stock and other plants and seeds involved will 
be delivered to the permittee for disinfection upon the filing with the collector 
of customs of a bond in the amount of $5,000, or in an amount equal to the 
invoice value if such value be less than $5,000, but in no case to be less than 
$100, with approved sureties, the condition of which shall be that the nursery 
stock and other plants and seeds shall be disinfected under the supervision 
of an inspector of the Department of Agriculture; that no case or other con- 
tainer thereof shall be broken, opened, or removed from the port of entry unless 
and until a written notice is given to such collector by an inspector of the 
Department of Agriculture that the nursery stock and other plants and seeds 
have been properly disinfected; and that the importation shall be redelivered 
to the collector of customs within 40 days from arrival at the port of entry. 
All charges incident to inspection and disinfection, other than the services of 
the inspector, shall be paid by the importer. 
Regulation' 10. Notice of Arrival by Permittee 
Immediately upon arrival of the nursery stock and other plants and seeds 
at the port of entry, the permittee shall submit in duplicate notice to the Secre- 
tary of Agriculture, through the collector of customs, on forms provided for 
that purpose, stating the number of the permit, date of entry, name of ship or 
vessel, the country and locality where grown, name of the foreign shipper, 
number of cases and marks and numbers on cases, the general nature and quan- 
tity of the nursery stock and other plants and seeds, the port of entry, and the 
name of the importer or broker at the port of entry. 
Regulation 11. Notice of Shipment by Permittee 
After entry of the nursery stock and other plants and seeds and before 
removal from the port of entry for each separate shipment or consignment 
thereof the permittee shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture in duplicate, on 
forms provided for that purpose, stating the number of the permit, the date 
of entry, the port of entry, the customs entry number, name and address of the 
consignee to whom it is proposed to forward the shipment, the general nature 
and quantity of the nursery stock and other plants and seeds, the number of 
cases or other containers included in the shipment, and the case or container 
6 For detailed instructions relative to packing materials, including sterilized soil for 
bulbs, corms, seeds, and nuts, see B. E. P. Q. — 3(50. 
