(52 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June- 
Parcels containing any variety of five-leaved pines, or currant or gooseberry 
plants, or parts thereof, which may be offered for mailing shall be plainly marked 
with the name and address of the sender and a statement showing the contents 
and shall bear the control-area permit, when required, securely attached to the 
outside. 
This notice modifies instructions appearing on pages 24, 25, and 26 of the 
April 1937 Supplement to the Postal Guide. 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PLANT 
REGULATIONS 
April 29, 1938. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PLANT REGULATIONS MODIFIED 
(Press notice) 
The Secretary of Agriculture has announced a revision of the rules and 
regulations governing the movement of plants and plant products into and out 
of the District of Columbia, effective April 30, 1938. 
Shippers will find few changes in the shipping requirements. The definition 
of nursery stock is clarified to show that it includes woody plants and parts 
capable of propagation (except domestic-grown seeds and fruit pits), foreign- 
grown seeds of woody plants, of palms, of Vicia (vetch, etc.), and of Lathyrus 
(sweet peas, etc.). As heretofore, an inspection certificate is required in ship- 
ping nursery stock, herbaceous perennials, bulbs, and roots from the District of 
Columbia to points outside. 
In shipping into the District of Columbia this certificate is required for 
nursery stock, and labeling as to contents is required for nursery stock, her- 
baceous perennial plants, bulbs, and roots. 
REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS AND 
PLANT PRODUCTS INTO AND OUT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
Inteodttctoky Note 
The supply of the last revised edition of the plant regulations relating to 
the District of Columbia having become exhausted, advantage is taken of 
the necessity for a reprint of simplifying the form and wording of the regula- 
tions without material change in shipping requirements. The definition of 
nursery stock as stated in paragraph (a) of regulation 1 is clarified. The list 
of domestic plant quarantines formerly published in the appendix is eliminated, 
since up-to-date copies of such quarantines are always available from this 
Bureau. 
Summary 
shipments into the district of columbia 
Woody plants and foreign seeds. — A valid nursery-inspection certificate of 
the State, Territory, or country of origin must be attached to the outside of 
each container of woody plants or parts thereof capable of propagation (except 
domestic-grown seeds and fruit pits), shipped into the District of Columbia, 
and the container must be marked to show the nature of the contents. Such 
certification and marking are also required for foreign-grown seeds of woody 
plants, of palms, of Vicia (vetch, etc.), and of Lathy rus (sweet peas, etc.). 
Herbaceous plants. — The container of each shipment of herbaceous peren- 
nials (including strawberry plants), bulbs, and roots, consigned to the District 
of Columbia must be marked to show the nature of the contents. (Herbaceous 
plants from foreign countries must meet the certification and marking require- 
ments of Federal plant quarantine No. 37.) 
