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(3) Rose stocks, including Manetti, Rosa multi-flora (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 : Pro- 
vided, 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 im- 
ported under permit or otherwise, except from the countries of North America. 
Central America, and South America, and the West Indies. 
Importations from countries not maintaining inspection of nursery stock, 
other plants and parts of plants, including seeds, the entry of which is permissi- 
ble under this regulation, may be made under permit upon compliance with 
these regulations in limited quantities for public-service purposes only, but this 
limitation 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, 1933, the importation from all foreign countries and 
localities of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other pur- 
poses, 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 {Pyrausta nubilalis) and other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 
Rice. — Quarantine No. 55, effective November 23, 1933 : Forbids, except from 
the Republic of Mexico upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in the 
rules and regulations supplemental thereto, effective November 23, 1933, and 
amended effective August 1, 1934, the importation of seed or paddy rice from all 
foreign countries and localities, and the importation of rice straw and rice 
hulls from all foreign countries and localities, on account of injurious fungous 
diseases of rice, including downy mildew (Sclerospora macrocarpa) , leaf smut 
{Entyloma oryzae), blight (Oospora oryztorum), and glume blotch {Mela- 
nomma 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 August 1, 1933, 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 blackfly. 
Flag smut. — Quarantine No. 59, effective February 1, 1926: Forbids the im- 
portation of all species and varieties of wheat (Triticum spp.) and wheat prod- 
ucts, 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. 
Packing materials. — Quarantine No. 69, effective July 1, 1933, as amended 
effective July 1, 1933: Forbids the entry from all foreign countries and locali- 
ties of the following materials when used as packing for other commodities, 
except in special cases where preparation, processing, or manufacture are 
judged by an inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture to have 
eliminated risk of carrying injurious inspects and plant diseases: Rice straw, 
hulls, and chaff; cotton and cotton products; sugarcane, including bagasse; 
bamboo leaves and small shoots; leaves of plants; forest litter; and soil with 
an appreciable admixture of vegetable matter not therein provided for by 
regulation. All parts of corn and allied plants are likewise prohibited except 
from Mexico and the countries of Central America, the West Indies, and South 
America. This quarantine also brings under restriction, involving inspection 
at will by the Department but requiring no permit or certificate, the following 
when used as packing: Cereal straw, chaff, and hulls (other than rice) ; corn 
and allied plants from Mexico, Central Mexico, the West Indies, and South 
America ; willow twigs from Europe ; grasses, hay, and similar plant mixtures, 
from all countries; and authorized soil packing materials from all countries. 
This quarantine does not cover such widely used packing materials as excelsior, 
paper, sawdust, ground cork, charcoal, and various other materials. 
Dutch elm disease. — Quarantine No. 70, revised, effective January 1, 1935: 
Forbids the importation from Europe, on account of a disease due to the fungus 
