44 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
also be useful to shippers within the regulated areas. Regulation 6, section 
A ( 1 ) , under Quarantine No. 48, reads as follows : 
"True bulbs, conns, and tubers, when dormant, except for storage growth, and 
when free from soil, are exempt from the requirement of certification, except 
that this exemption does not apply to dahlia tubers." 
The key letter in parentheses before each name indicates whether the variety 
in question is a true bulb, conn, or tuber, (B) standing for true bulb, (O) for 
conn, and (T) for tuber. Plant roots of a bulbous nature not given on this list 
are, in most cases, fleshy rhizomes and are therefore not exempt from certifi- 
cation. (C) Acidanthera, (T) Alstrocmcria, (B) Amaryllis, (C) Amorpho- 
phallus (devilstongue), (B) Anemone (bulbous), (C) Antholyza, (C) Babiana, 
(T) Begonia (tuberous-rooted), (T) Boussingaultia (Madeira vine), (C) Bro- 
diaea, (B) BtUboooditm, (C) Calochortus (Mariposa lily or globe-tulip), (B) 
Camassia (wild hyacinth), (B) Chionodoxa (Glory-of-the-Snow), (B) Colchi- 
cum (autumn crocus), (T) Colocasia {Caladium esculentum and fancy-leaved 
varieties), (B) Cooperia (evening-star and rainlily), (B) Crinum, (C) Crocus, 
(C) Cyclamen, (C) Dierama, (T) Cinnamon vine (Dioscorea batatas), (T) 
Era ntli is (winter aconite), (B) Eryfhronium (troutlily or dog's-tooth violet), 
(B) Eucharis (amazonlily), (C) Freesia, (B) Fritillaria (fritillary), (B) 
Gaknitlius (snowdrop), (B) Galtonia (Hyacmthus candwans) (summer hya- 
cinth), (C) Gladiolus, (T) Gloxinia (see Sinningia), (B) Hippeastruni 
(house-amaryllis), (B) Hyacinthus (hyacinth, Dutch and Roman), (B) 
Hymenocallis (spiderlily), (B) Iris, bulbous (Dutch, Spanish, and English), 
(B) Ismene (see Hymcnoeallis), (B) Ixia, (B) Ixiolirivn, (B) Lachenalia 
(cape-cowslip), (B) Lapeyrousia (Anomatheca), (B) Leucojum (snowflake), 
(B) Lilium (lily bulbs, imported and domestic), (B) Lycoris (cluster- 
amaryllis), (B) Milla (Mexican star), (B) Muscari (grape and feathered 
hyacinths). (B) Narcissus (daffodil, jonquil), (B) Nerine, (B) Omit hog alum 
(Star-of -Bethlehem). (B) Oxalis, (B) Pancratium, (B) Polianthes (tuberose), 
<B) Puschkinia, (T) Ranunculus, (B) Scilla (squill, star hyacinth), (T) 
Sinningia speciosa (gloxinia), (C) Spara.ris (wandflower), (B) Sprekelia 
(St. James lily), (B) Sterribergia, (B) Tigridia (tiger flower or shellflower), 
(C) Tritonia (Monthretia) . (B) Tulipa (tulip), (B) Vallota (scarboro-lily), 
(B) Watsonia (buglelily), (T) Zantedeschia (Richardia) (calla, white, yellow, 
spotted; arum-lily), and (B) Zephyranthes (zephyrlily). 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 395 
LIST OF ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
June 1, 1936. 
In accordance with the proviso in Notice of Quarantine No. 48, as revised, 
effective March 16, 1936, the following articles, the interstate movement of 
which is not considered to constitute a risk of Japanese beetle dissemination, 
are exempted from the restrictions of the regulations of this quarantine : 
Balsam pillows, when composed of balsam needles only. 
Cut orchids. 
Dyed moss and dyed sand, when heat treated, and when so labeled on the 
outside of each container of such materials. 
Floral designs or "set pieces", including wreaths, sprays, casket covers, and 
all formal florists* designs other than bouquets and cut flowers. 
Greensand or greensand marl, when treated and so labeled on the outside 
of each container of such materials. 
Herbarium specimens, when dried, pressed, and treated, and when so labeled 
on the outside of each container of such materials. 
Imported peat, when shipped in the unopened original container and labeled 
as to each container with the country of origin. 
Manure, peat, compost, or humus, when dehydrated and either shredded, 
ground, pulverized, or compressed, and when so labeled on the outside of 
each commercial container of such materials. 
Orchid plants, when growing exclusively in Osmunda fiber. 
Mush loom spawn, in brick, flake, or pure culture form. 
