1932] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 87 
The map or chart showing the location of the imported stock, formerly required 
of all permittees, will hereafter be required only in those instances where the 
representative of the Bureau of Plant Quarantine experiences such difficulty in 
locating the imported plants as to make necessary the use of a map or chart in 
subsequent inspection. 
Final release of plant material imported under special permit is contingent 
upon its freedom from infestation and infection as shown by inspections of the 
growing plants. (See paragraph 7 on page 4 of the application form No. 207 
and on page 1 of the special permit.) 
In addition to the general requirement of freedom from infestation and/or 
infection by serious plant pests certain propagational requirements must be 
satisfied before the imported plants and the increase therefrom will be released. 
These requirements are given in paragraph 8 on page 4 of the application form 
No. 207 and on page 1 of the special permit. For convenience this paragraph 
is quoted herewith: 
"(8) Plants imported for propagation shall be utilized for that purpose under 
approved horticultural methods so as to give, at as early a date as practicable, 
the maximum production of new plants, thus making it unnecessary to continue 
the importation of such plants with attendant pest risk, and they shall not be 
subject to release, except when propagation has been accomplished to the satis- 
faction of the department. Contingent upon their freedom from infestation 
and infection (see paragraph 7), plants imported for propagation purposes and/or 
the increase from them, unless otherwise specified in the permit, may be released 
after two years, subject to the production of increase and to the retention of 
propagation stock adequate, in the opinion of the bureau, for the permittee's 
future needs: Provided, That plants produced from imported buds, scions, or 
cuttings may be released without restriction or, if so specified in the permit, 
after one inspection: Provided further, That additional plants produced from 
imported plants of the types propagated by buds, scions, cuttings, or layers may 
be distributed without restriction (see B. P. Q. — 341). A release signed by an 
authorized representative of the bureau shall be obtained by the permittee 
before distributing any of the imported plants or their increase, except as provided 
in this paragraph." 
Examples of the application of these general provisions for release of imported 
material are given below: 
Aglaonema and Dracaena. — Plants produced from sections of imported stems are 
released without restriction. 
Astilbe, Dahlia, Delphinium, Iris (rhizomatous), Paaonia and most other plants 
propagated by division will be released at the end of the 2-year period provided 
adequate increase has been produced. 
Note. — Dahlia plants produced from cuttings from imported tubers are 
released without restrictions. 
Acer, Azalea, Conifers, Magnolia, Rhododendron, Rosa, and other plants propa- 
gated by buds, scions, cuttings, or layers. Imported plants of these types may 
be released after two years, provided adequate increase has been produced, or 
as soon thereafter as the increase has been obtained. Plants produced from 
imported buds, scions, or cuttings may be released without restriction or, if 
so specified in the permit, after one inspection. 
Note. — Such material should be imported in the form of buds, scions, or 
cuttings, whenever practicable. 
Imported Gladiolus, Iris (bulbous), Narcissus and other corms and bulbs and 
cormels, bulblets, and splits and/or all increase therefrom should be retained 
until released. 
Anyone who is in doubt as to the release requirements for any material should 
request the desired information from the Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
Note. — The distribution of any plants imported under special permit and/or 
increase therefrom, whether or not such plants are subject to any of the restric- 
tions stated herein, is subject to any quarantines or regulations, either Federal or 
State, which may govern the interstate or intrastate movement of such material. 
