1932] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 37 
ANNOUNCEMENT RELATING TO NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND 
SEED QUARANTINE (NO. 37) 
MODIFICATION OF NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND SEED QUARANTINE 
REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
Several changes in regulation 3 which are considered to be desirable at this 
time are here summarized. 
(1) Up to the present only two species of the genus Fritillaria have been 
permitted entry under this regulation. It is now proposed to admit all species 
of this genus, and the wording of paragraph (1) has been changed to embody 
this liberalization of the restrictions. 
(2) With the revocation of quarantine No. 44, governing the entrance of 
stocks, cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits from oriental countries and localities, 
effective July 1, 1932, such nursery stocks and other plant parts for propagation 
now come automatically under the provisions of quarantine No. 37. A proviso 
in regulation 3 is thus necessary to arrange for a continuance of the entrance 
of these materials, other than stocks, under regulation 14 ; otherwise under the 
terms of the present regulation oriental fruit cuttings, scions, and buds would 
have freer entry than seems desirable. The proviso which takes care of this 
feature appears in paragraph (2). 
(3) The last revision of this regulation was made previous to the date set 
for the total exclusion of fruit and nut stocks. Paragraph (2) is now restated 
to accord with the situation at the time of this revision in regard to the restric- 
tions on fruit and nut stocks. 
(4) A proviso in paragraph (5) is introduced to indicate clearly the status 
of citrus seeds, which, released from a prohibited status under quarantine 
No. 19 by revision of that quarantine, effective July 1, 1932, now fall naturally 
under the provisions of quarantine No. 37, and therefore come into the category 
of materials covered in paragraph (5). 
Under the restrictions herein provided, citrus seeds may now enter this 
country under permit, through specified ports, if free from pulp, and subject 
to disinfection under departmental supervision. 
(5) Under the present regulation mango seeds are prohibited entry from all 
countries, on account of the danger of introducing on them the mango weevil 
(Stemophetus mangiferae) . Since the best information now attainable indi- 
cates that this insect is restricted to the lands bordering the Indian Ocean and 
the islands of the Pacific and has not been recorded from any country of 
North America, Central America, or South America, or the West Indies, this 
prohibition has been modified to permit entry of mango seeds therefrom. 
(6) Provision is made by an added clause of this regulation to permit certain 
materials now enterable under quarantine No. 56 for consumption purposes 
(largely edible roots), to be permitted entry also for propagation. 
In regulation 7 a single change has been made in paragraph 5 to waive the 
requirement of freedom from sand, soil, or earth in connection with plants 
grown in Canada and imported under the provisions of regulation 15. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. 
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO 
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 37 
(Approved June 22, 1932; effective July 1, 1932) 
Under authority conferred by the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 
(37 Stat. 315), it is ordered that regulations 3 and 7 of the revised rules and 
regulations supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37, on account of certain 
injurious insects and fungous diseases, which were promulgated December 17, 
1930, be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as follows : 
