298 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
under license granted by the governor, to prevent the introduction of mosaic 
or yellow mottling disease. 
Banana plants and parts thereof (Musa spp.) : Importation prohibited except 
under license granted by the governor, from Bahamas, Bermuda, British 
Guiana, Central America, Dutch Guiana, and any island or place in the West 
Indies except Barbados and the other islands of the Leeward Islands Colony, 
ro prevent the introduction of Panama wilt disease (Fusarium cuoense E. F. 
Sin. I. 
Citrus plants, rooted: Importation prohibited from Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, 
Dominican Republic, and the United States of America, unless under license 
granted by the governor, and also unless accompanied by a certificate signed 
by a responsible inspecting officer stating that the district from which such 
plants originate has not been affected by. or has been free for the preceding 
i! years from citrus canker (Bacterium citri (Hasse) Doidge). 
Lime plants and parts thereof (Citrus; atirantifolia Swingle): Importation 
prohibited from British Guiana, Dominica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and Trinidad, 
unless under license granted by the governor, to prevent the introduction of 
withertip (Colletotrichttm gloeosporioides Penz.). 
Lime fruits: Importation prohibited from Dominica and St. Kitts. except 
under license granted by the governor, to prevent the introduction of 
withertip (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz.). 
Cottonseed, cotton lint, and seed cotton, and all packages, coverings, bags, 
or other articles or things which have been used as packages, coverings, or 
bags for cottonseed, cotton lint, and seed cotton: Importation prohibited from 
all countries unless under license granted by the governor, to prevent the 
introduction of the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saund. ). 
Sprouted coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.) : Importation prohibited from Grenada, 
St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, to prevent the introduction of the red ring disease 
{Aphelenchoides cocophilus (Cobb) Goodey). 
B. E. P. Q. 420. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF FINLAND 
November 23, 1936. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic of 
Finland 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 the 
texts of the Plant Protection Law and Regulations of June 5, 1925, and subse- 
quent decisions, and reviewed by the Ministry of Agriculture of that Republic. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of. nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief. Bureau of Entomology ami Plant Quarantine. 
plant-quarantine import restrictions, republic of finland 
Basic Legislation 
[Plant Protection Law of June 5, 1925] 
This law defines "plant pest*' as any animal or plant organism that, in any 
stage of development, immediately or later causes, or may cause, serious injury 
to wild or cultivated plants of economic importance grown in Finland, or the 
products thereof. 
It prescribes by decree, which plant pests or plants that spread infection or 
arc liable to become infected thereby, shall be affected by the measures incor- 
porated in this law. 
