1936] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 183 
Sugarbeet and mangold plants (Beta vulgaris L.) : Importation into England 
and Wales prohibited from any source, except under the conditions of a license 
issued by the Minister or by an inspector, to prevent the introduction of virus 
diseases. (Importation of Hants (amendment) Order, Dec. 10, 1935. The 
similar Order of Jan. 6, 1936, of the Department of Agriculture of Scotland, 
imposes the same prohibition with respect to Scotland, p. 11.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
All living plants and parts thereof (except seeds) for planting, except those 
which are prohibited entry, as indicated above: Phytosanitary certificate in 
prescribed form, issued by competent authority of country of origin, must 
accompany each shipment. (Art. 4 and Second Schedule, Importation of 
Plants Order of 1933, see pp. 8 and 9.) 
Potatoes from countries other than Canada, the United States, and France: 
Phytosanitary certificate in prescribed form, issued by competent authority of 
country of origin, must accompany each shipment. (Art. 4 and Second Sched- 
ule, Importation of Plants Order of 1933. See pp. 8 and 9.) 
Raw vegetables from European France: Certificate in prescribed form issued 
by the Services d'Inspection Phytopathologique required with each shipment 
between April 8 and October 14 of any year. (Art. 5 and Third and Sixth 
Schedules, Importation of Plants Order of 1933.) 
Plants and potatoes, raw vegetables and cider apples grown in Belgium: 
A Colorado potato beetle certificate in one of two forms is required to accom- 
pany living plants, potatoes, raw vegetables, and cider apples imported from 
Belgium. Flower bulbs, cucumbers, and mushrooms are exempted from this 
requirement and this exemption is extended to such produce from France. The 
requirement applies to raw vegetables and cider apples only during the period 
April 21 to October 14 in any year. Certificates of origin will no longer be 
required for cucumbers and mushrooms grown in countries other than France 
and Belgium. (Importation of Plants (amendment) Order of Apr. 3, 1936, 
applicable to England and Wales; Importation of Plants (Scotland) (amend- 
ment) No. 2 Order of Apr. 7, 1936, applicable to Scotland.) 
Cider apples from any European country except France : Certificate of origin, 
issued by competent authority of country of origin, must accompany each ship- 
ment between April 8 and October 14 of any year. (Art. 6 (1). Importation 
of Plants Order of 1933.) 
Cider apples from European France : Certificate in prescribed form issued by 
the Service d'Inspection Phytopathologique required with each shipment be- 
tween April 8 and October 14 of any year. (Art. 6 (2) and Third and Sixth 
Schedules, Importation of Plants Order of 1933.) 
Raw apples grown in the United States : Grade certificate signed by a duly 
authorized inspector of the Federal Department of Agriculture in the form set 
out in the Fourth Schedule. (Art. 6, Importation of Plants Order of 1933. pp. 
$ and 10.) 
Plants and potatoes grown in Belgium : The certificate required by article 4 
of the Importation of Plants Order of 1933, as amended, is required in one of 
two forms with each shipment of living plants, potatoes, raw vegetables, and 
cider apples from Belgium as a precaution against the introduction of the 
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say). Flower bulbs, cu- 
cumbers, and mushrooms are exempted from this requirement; it applies to raw 
vegetables and cider apples only from April 21 to October 14 of any year. 
(Importation of Plants (amendment) Order of April 3, 1936. The similar 
Order of April 17, 1936, applies the same restrictions to the importation of the 
above-named products into Scotland.) 
IMPORTATION UNRESTRICTED 
Seeds: The First Schedule excepts seeds from the provisions of article 
4 of Importation of Plants Order of 1933. (See p. 9.) 
Suggestions to Certifying Inspectors 
Under date of August 1935 a joint memorandum in the following sense was 
issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, England ; the Department 
of Agriculture, Scotland ; and the Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland : 
