148 BUBEAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept. 
(1) Bulbs, conns, or root stocks (pips) of the following genera : LiUiim (lily), 
Convallaria (lily-of-the-valley), Hyaointhua (hyacinth), Tulipa (tulip), and 
Crocus; and, until further notice, Cltionodo.ca (glory-of-the-snow), Galanthus 
( snowdrop). Scilla (squill), Fritillaria, Muscari (grape-hyacinth), Ixia. and 
Eranthis (winter aconite) ; and, on and after December 15, 1936, Narcissus 
(daffodil and jonquil). 
(2) Cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits or nuts: Provided, That cuttings, 
scions, and buds of fruits or nuts may be imported from Asia, Japan, Philippine 
islands, and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) under the provi- 
sions of regulation 14 only. (Stocks of fruits or nuts may not be imported, 
under permit or otherwise.) 
(3) Rose stocks including Manetti, Rosa multiflora (brier rose), and R. 
rugosa. 
(4) Nuts, including palm seeds for growing purposes: Provided, That such 
nuts or seeds shall be free from pulp. 
(5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental, and shade trees, seeds of deciduous 
and evergreen ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial plants: Pro- 
vided, That such seeds shall be free from pulp: Provided further, That citrus 
seeds may be imported only through specified ports subject to disinfection as 
provided in regulation 9: Provided further, That mango seeds may not be im- 
ported under permit or otherwise, except from the countries of North America, 
Central America, and South America, and the West Indies. 
Importations from countries not maintaining inspection of nursery stock, 
other plants and parts of plants, including seeds, the entry of which is permissi- 
ble under this regulation, may be made under permit upon compliance with 
these regulations in limited quantities for public-service purposes only, but this 
limitation shall not apply to tree seeds. 
European corn borer. — Quarantine No. 41, revised, effective June 1, 1926 : 
Forbids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised effective March 1, 1933, the importation from all foreign countries and 
localities of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other pur- 
poses, in the raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn or maize, broomcorn, 
sweet sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugarcane, pearl 
millet, napier grass, teosinte, and Job's tears, on account of the European corn 
borer {Pyrausta nubilalis) and other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 
Rice. — Quarantine No. 55, revised, effective November 23, 1933: Forbids the 
importation of seed or paddy rice from all foreign countries and localities ex- 
cept the Republic of Mexico, and forbids the importation of rice straw and rice 
hulls from all foreign countries and localities, and seed or paddy rice from the 
Republic of Mexico, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemen- 
tal thereto, amended effective August 1, 1934. on account of injurious fungous 
diseases of rice, including downy mildew {Sclerospora maorocarpa) , leaf smut 
(Entyloma oryzae), blight (Oospora oryztorum) , and glume blotch {Melanomm-a 
glumarum) , as well as dangerous insect pests. 
Fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 56, effective November 1, 1923: For- 
bids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective December 1, 1936, the importation of fruits and vegetables not 
already the subject of special quarantines or other restrictive orders, and of 
plants or portions of plants used as packing material in connection with ship- 
ments of such fruits and vegetables from all foreign countries and localities other 
than the Dominion of Canada, on account of injurious insects, including fruit 
and melon flies (Trypetidae). Includes and supersedes Quarantine No. 49 on 
account of the citrus blackfiy. 
Flag smut. — Quarantine No. 59, effective February 1, 1926: Forbids the 
importation of all species and varieties of wheat (Triticum spp.) and wheat 
products, unless so milled or so processed as to have destroyed all flag-smut 
.-pores, from India, Japan, China, Australia, Union of South Africa, Italy, and 
Spain. 
Packing malcrinls. — Quarantine No. 69. effective July 1, 1933. as amended, 
effective July 1, 1933: Forbids the entry from all foreign countries and locali- 
ties of the following materials when used as packing for other commodities, 
except in s] tecial cases where preparation, processing, or manufacture are 
judged by an inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture to have 
eliminated risk of carrying injurious insects and plant diseases: Rice straw, 
hulls, and chaff; cotton and cotton products; sugarcane, including bagasse; 
bamboo leaves and small shoots: Leaves of plants; forest litter: and soil with 
an appreciable admixture of vegetable matter not therein provided for by regu- 
