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SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 43 
the same time an increasing tendency is noted toward the use of the mails 
for authorized importations. 
A convenient means was established several years ago for the orderly entry 
under permit of restricted plant material by mail when provision exists for 
entry by this means. Special mailing tags are provided for the material under 
permit, and these tags are to be transmitted to the sender. Instructions in 
four languages for -ending the packages accompany the tags. Packages ad- 
dressed by these tags are routed direct to the inspection station indicated on 
them and! alter the material has passed inspection, are released to go forward 
to destination without the payment of additional postage. 
Packages containing restricted plant material not sent forward in this man- 
ner are liable to In' returned to the country of origin. However, to accord 
a more sympathetic treatment toward the addressee who has a package con- 
taining material of this character addressed to him hut who has no permit 
for the entry or whose sender did not follow the instructions and use a special 
mailing tag. an opportunity will he given the addressee to apply for a permit 
to import such of the material as may he enterable by mail. Should the 
addressee fail to take advantage of this opportunity, disposition will he made 
of the package in accordance with existing postal, customs, and plant quaran- 
tine regulations covering the procedure. 
Persons importing seeds of woody perennial plants are cautioned to apply 
for and receive a permit and mail tags and. in turn, supply the sender with 
these tags, if they are planning to import such seeds by mail. Field, vegetable, 
and flower seeds, when free from soil, unless prohibited or restricted entry 
by special quarantines, do not require a permit for importation. Flower seeds 
are defined as seeds of annual, biennial, or even perennial flowering plants, 
which are essentially herbaceous, namely, plants which perish annually down 
to, and sometimes including, the roots. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS 
Notice of Quaraxtixe 37, Nursery Stock, Plaxt. axd Sked Qitarantixe, With 
Revised Rules and Regulations (T. D. 44600, as Amexded by T. D. 47515, 
Superseded) (T. D. 48257) 
Treasury Departmext, 
Office of the Commissioxer of Customs, 
Washington, I). C, April 17, 1936. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: 
Notice of Quarantine 37, with revised rules and regulations applicable to 
nursery stock, plants, and seeds from certain foreign countries, has been re- 
printed by the United States Department of Agriculture as of January 1936, so 
as to include amendment 2 (T. D. 47515). It also includes footnote corrections 
and brings the appendices up to date. 
Copies of the reprinted Notice of Quarantine will be sent to all collectors of 
customs for their information and guidance. 
The number of this Treasury decision should be noted as a marginal reference 
for article 559 (a) of the Customs Regulations of 1931. 
James H. Moyle. 
Commissioner of Customs. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
B. E. P. Q. 394 (Supersedes P. Q. C. A. 274) 
LIST OF TRUE BULBS, CORMS, AND TUBERS 
(Exempted under regulation 6, see. A (1), Quarantine No. 48) 
June 1. 1936. 
The accompanying list of bulbs, corms, and tubers is issued for the information 
of inspectors of the Bureau who are assigned to the enforcemenl of the regula- 
tions of the Japanese beetle quarantine. It is believed that the information will 
