36 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Jan.-Marcb 
PLANTS NOT LIMITED IN NUMBER 
4. Ornamental palms and florists' plants, such as violets, carnations, chrysan- 
themums, geraniums, pelargoniums, fuchsias, orchids, and ferns, shall not be 
subject to any limitation in regard to the number of such plants that may be 
introduced into the Union. 
Note. — All trees and other hardwood plants and fruit-bearing plants are fumigated 
with hydrocyanic acid gas before importation is permitted. Herbaceous plants and 
ornamental palms are fumigated only when insect pests are present for which such 
treatment is deemed necessary. Grapevines are also disinfected in a solution of copper 
sulphate. All species of Ribes, Gastanea, and Juglans are cut back and disinfected in a 
2-percent solution of copper sulphate. Treatments are to be affected without expense 
to the Government at Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, or other approved center. 
PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PLANT 
QUARANTINE ACT 
According to reports received by the Bureau during the period January 1 to 
March 31, 1938, penalties have recently been imposed by tbe proper Federal 
authorities for violations of the Plant Quarantine Act, as follows : 
GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE 
In the case of the United States v. James Kookoolis, New Haven, Conn., in 
the interstate transportation of several bundles of laurel from a point in the 
quarantined area to a point outside thereof, without inspection and certification 
the defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere and was fined $25. 
JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
Iii the case of the United States v. Hugo Kind, of the Shady Lawn Nursery, 
Hammonton, N. J., in the interstate shipment of six lots of nursery and green- 
house stock from the regulated area to points outside thereof, the defendant 
pleaded guilty and was fined $100. 
In the case of the United States v. Harry Latere, Woodside, Del., in the 
interstate transportation of a truckload of cantaloups from Woodside, Del., to 
Rochester, N. Y., without inspection and certification, the defendant pleaded 
guilty and was fined $25. 
QUARANTINES AFFECTING MEXICAN PRODUCTS 
In the case of the United States versus the persons listed below, for attempting 
to smuggle in contraband plant material, the penalties indicated were imposed 
by the United States customs officials at the following ports : 
Name 
Port 
Contraband 
Penalty 
Brownsville, Tex 
do 
2 guavas 
$1 
2 oranges 
Eagle Pass, Tex 
1 avocado 
do .' 
do 
do 
do 
El Paso, Tex 
4 pieces sugarcane 
.. do 
18 guavas .. 
Epitacio Molina 
Hidalgo, Tex 
Laredo, Tex 
do 
1 cherimova 
4 plants 
2 oranges 
Mrs. Chas. Brulottz. - 
__do 
6 stalks sugarcane. .. 
do 
.. do 
Mrs. Latilda Hernandez 
5 plants 
do 
.. do 
10 plants 
Mrs. Dometilla de Arazon . 
1 guava 
Juan Calerillo 
.. do 
2 apples and 4 guavas 
do 
do 
do 
do 
M, B. Guess 
Epigmenis Tuna 
Mrs. Cecilia Ribion 
2 maypops, 2 sapotes, 1 tangerine, 
1 plant. 
15 sweet limes, 4 oranges, 6 guavas. 
5 oranges, 1 tangerine 
Mrs. E. E. Miller 
do 
2 oranges. 
Alfonso Alonson. ... 
do 
do 
do .. 
3 grapefruit 
Mrs. Jess Wort. . 
24 oranges 
7 plants 
E. C. Waller 
do 
30 oranges and 18 tangerines 
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