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Crocus; and, until further notice, Chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow) , Galanthus 
(snowdrop), Scilla (squill), Fritillaria, Muscari (grape-hyacinth), Ixia, and 
Eranthis (winter aconite). 
(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 provisions 
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: Provided, 
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 imported under 
permit or otherwise, except from the countries of North America, Central America, 
and South America, and the West Indies, and that elm (Ulmus spp.) seeds may 
not be imported from Europe under permit or otherwise. 
Importations from countries not maintaining inspection of nursery stock, 
other plants and parts of plants, including seeds, the entry of which is permissible 
under this regulation, may be made under permit upon compliance with these 
regulations in limited quantities for public-service purposes only, but this limita- 
tion 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, 1927, and amended, effective August 15, 1927, 16 the 
importation from all foreign countries and localities of the stalk and all other 
parts, whether used for packing or other purposes, 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 (Pyrausla nubilalis) and 
other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 
Seed or paddy rice. — Quarantine No. 55, effective September 1, 1923: 18 Forbids, 
except from the Republic of Mexico upon compliance with the conditions pre- 
scribed in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, effective September 1, 
1923, 18 the importation of seed or paddy rice from all foreign countries and locali- 
ties, on account of injurious fungous diseases of rice, including downy mildew 
(Sclerospora macrocarpa) , leaf smut (Entyloma oryzae), blight (Oospora oryztorum), 
and glume blotch (Melanomma 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, 
amended effective July 15, 1932, 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 black fly. 
Flag smut. — Quarantine No. 59, effective February 1, 1926: Forbids the im- 
portation 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 spores, from 
India, Japan, China, Australia, Union of South Africa, Italy, and Spain. 
OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS 
The regulation of the entry of nursery stock from foreign countries into the 
United States was specifically provided for in the plant quarantine act. The 
act further provides for the similar regulation of any other class of plants or 
plant products when the need therefor shall be determined. The entry of the 
plants and plant products listed below has been brought' under such regulation: 
Nursery stock. — The conditions governing the entry of nursery stock and 
other plants and seeds from all foreign countries and localities are indicated 
above under "Foreign quarantines." (See Quarantine No. 37, revised.) 
11 Subsequently revised effective Mar. 1, 1933. 
M Subsequently revised effective July 1, 1933. 
