126 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
STATE NURSERY INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS 
The regulations of practically all States require that trees, shrubs, and other 
woody plants must be Inspected and certified as free from injurious pests before 
being shipped or otherwise transported. Several States require such a certifi- 
cate for herbaceous plants and bulbs as well. A postal regulation requires that 
a Slate nursery Inspection certificate shall accompany woody plants offered for 
mailing. Prospective shippers should, therefore, also make inquiry of the in- 
spection service of their own State as to any requirements which may be in 
effect before making shipments. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 411 (superseding P. Q. C. A. 284). 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF MEXICO 
August 24, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Mexico has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine 
officials, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant products 
to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant-quarantine inspector in charge of 
Foreign Information Service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from his 
translations of the Federal pest law of November 29', 1924, the Phytosanitary 
Regulations of June 30, 1927 (Reglamento de Policia Sanitaria Agricola), and 
the various decrees and resolutions promulgated under the Federal pest law. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independ- 
ently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be inter- 
preted as legally authoritative. 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF MEXICO 
Basic Legislation 
The Constitution, section I of article 69, and paragraph III of article 27. 
The Federal pest law of November 29, 1924 (Diario Oficial XXVIII, Dec. 10, 
1924). 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Potatoes (Solatium tuberosum L.) : Importation prohibited from Maryland, 
West Virginia, and Pennsylvania on account of the existence of potato wart 
(Synchytrium endobioticum, (Schilb.) Perc.) in those States (Exterior Quaran- 
tine No. 4, decree of June 26, 1927, see p. 15). 
Fresh fruits and vegetables, except root crops such as onions, carrots, turnips, 
beets, etc., when free from soil: Importation prohibited from Africa (the entire 
continent and the islands thereof), Argentina, Australia, Azores, Bermuda, 
Brazil, Canary Islands, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Italy, Malta, 
New Zealand, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria, and Tasmania, to prevent the 
introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wied.) (Exte- 
rior Quarantine No. 5, decree of July 17, 1927, as revised Jan. 27, 1936, effective 
Aug. 18, 1936). 
Rice {Oryza saliva L.) : Importation of seed or paddy rice prohibited from 
all countries except the United States to prevent the introduction of leaf smut 
(Entyloma oryza e Syd.), blight (Oospora oryzetorum Sacc), take-all or foot- 
rot (Ophiobolus cariceti (B. and Br.) Sacc.) (O. graminis Sacc), glume blight 
(Phonin g! ion a rum ml. and Tr.), downy mildew (Sclerospora macrocarpa Sacc), 
and flag smut of wheat (Uroa/stis tritiei Koern.) (Exterior Quarantine No. 
6, decree of May 12. 1927, p. 16). 
