1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 101 
of Agricultural Economics conference room, Extensible Building, Independence 
Avenue and Fourteenth Street SW., Washington, D. C, at 10 a. m., September 
14, 1936, in order that any persons interested in the proposed revocation or 
extension of the quarantine may appear and be heard either in person or by 
attorney. 
[seal] II. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND SEED 
QUARANTINE (NO. 37) 
TREATMENT OF FOREIGN NARCISSUS BULBS AS A CONDITION OF ENTRY 
[Press notice] 
August 1, 1936. 
The announcement on January 14, 1935, of the unlimited entry as to number 
and variety of narcissus bulbs from all countries, effective December 15, 1936, 
provided that all infested bulbs offered for entry will be rejected. External 
examination of narcissus bulbs cannot be relied upon to determine their free- 
dom from infestation by the bulb eelworm, Anguillulina Mpsaci. In order to 
prevent the distribution within the United States of foreign narcissus bulbs 
infested with eelworm and at the same time provide for unlimited entry as 
to number and variety, Lee A. Strong, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, announces 
that, under the provisions of regulation no. 9 of Nursery Stock, Plant, and 
Seed Quarantine No. 37, plant quarantine inspectors will require that all im- 
ported narcissus bulbs be given the latest approved treatment as a condition 
of entry. 
B. E. P. Q. 412. 
(On Dec. 15, 1936, this circular will supersede all previous circulars of this 
series on the specific subject of the entry of foreign narcissus bulbs.) 
INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE IMPORTERS REGARDING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN 
NARCISSUS BULBS ON AND AFTER DECEMBER 15, 1936 
September 16, 1936. 
Importations of narcissus bulbs on and after December 15, 1936. may be 
made upon compliance with the requirements of Nursery Stock, Plant, and 
Seed Quarantine No. 37, under permit issued in accordance with the provisions 
of regulation 3 of that quarantine. 
In an announcement by the Department dated August 1, 1936, it was stated 
that external examination of narcissus bulbs cannot be relied upon to deter- 
mine their freedom from infestation by the bulb eelworm, Anguillulina dii)*<i<i. 
In order to prevent the distribution within the United States of foreign 
narcissus bulbs infested with the bulb eelworm and at the same time to 
provide for unlimited entry as to number and variety, it was further an- 
nounced that under the provisions of regulation 9 of Nursery Stock, Plant, 
and Seed Quarantine No. 37, plant quarantine inspectors will require all im- 
ported narcissus bulbs to be given the latest approved treatment as a condition 
of entry. 
Those in interest are informed that the plant quarantine inspector will con- 
strue the term "latest approved treatment" to consist of soaking the bulbs 
in water at a temperature of 70° to 80° F., preferably 75°, for a period of 2 
hours, after which the bulbs are to be held in hot water until all the bulbs 
have reached a temperature of 110° to 111° F. throughout. The bulbs are 
then to be held in hot water at a temperature of not less than 110° F. for 
a period of 4 hours. As a precautionary measure to check the subsequent 
dissemination of diseases such as basal rot, a pint of formalin may be added 
for each 35 'gallons of water, but the addition of the disinfectant is optional 
with the importer. 
Treatment may be given at the port of first arrival or at any point designated 
in the permit, but the permittee will be required to have available at such place 
of treatment the services of a treating plant capable of treating the importa- 
