64 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
annual plants, cut flowers, or decorative plant material (such as branches and 
Christmas trees) ; (2) seeds, except certain foreign-grown seeds as defined in 
paragraph (a) of regulation 1; nor of (3) other plants and plant products not 
included in the definitions in paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 1. The 
requirements as to delivery of plant materials are stated in paragraphs (o) 
and (d) of regulation 3. 
shipments into the district of columbia 
Regulation 3. Requirements Relating to Nursery Stock and Other Plants 
and Plant Products 
(a) Certification and marking of nursery stock. — No nursery stock as defined 
in regulation 1 shall be moved into the District of Columbia unless a valid cer- 
tificate signed by the State nursery or horticultural inspector of the State or 
Territory or country from which the stock is shipped is attached to the outside- 
of each package or other container. Each package or other container shall in 
addition be plainly marked with the names and addresses of the consignor and 
consignee, and with a statement showing the nature of the contents. 
(b) Marking of herbaceous perennials, bulbs, or roots. — No herbaceous peren- 
nial plants, bulbs, or roots, as defined in regulation 1, shall be moved into the 
District of Columbia unless the container thereof is plainly marked with the 
names and addresses of the consignor and consignee and with a statement show- 
ing the nature of the contents. 6 
(c) Delivery of plants and plant products. — No nursery stock, herbaceous 
plants, bulbs, or roots, originating outside of the District of Columbia shall be 
delivered to the consignee in the District of Columbia by a common carrier or 
other person until such delivery is authorized by an inspector of the Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
(d) All nursery stock and herbaceous perennial plants, bulbs, and roots, 
annual plants, decorative plant material, and other plants and plant products, 
whether restricted or unrestricted, addressed to the United States Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, shall be delivered only at the Plant Inspec- 
tion House of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (Twelfth Street 
and Constitution Avenue NW.). 
Regulation 4. Shipments Which Fail To Comply With Regulations 
Plants and plant products shipped into the District of Columbia, which are 
found to be infected or infested with any plant pest or disease, or which have 
not been moved in full compliance with these regulations, may be disposed of 
as authorized in the Plant Quarantine Act. 
shipments out of the district of columbia 
Regulation 5. Certification of Nursery Stock and Herbaceous Perennial 
Plants, Bulbs, and Roots 
(a) No nursery stock, or herbaceous perennial plants, bulbs, or roots, as 
defined in regulation 1, shall be moved out of the District of Columbia unless a 
certificate or permit has been issued therefor by the Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine. Each package or other container of such plants, bulbs, or 
roots shall have such a certificate or permit attached to the outside thereof. 
(6) A certificate or permit may be issued for the movement out of the Dis- 
trict of Columbia of the nursery stock covered by this regulation, when it has 
been examined by an inspector and found apparently free from dangerous plant 
diseases and insects and when such shipment is found to comply in full with 
all Federal quarantine regulations. 
(c) Nursery stock, herbaceous perennial plants, bulbs, or roots, to be 
shipped out of the District of Columbia must be presented at the Plant Inspec- 
tion House of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (Twelfth Street 
and Constitution Avenue NW.) for inspection at the time of shipment unless 
otherwise authorized by an inspector. 
• Herbaceous plants of foreign origin must be marked in accordance with the provisions 
of Federal Quarantine No. 37 (Nursery Stock, Plants, and Seeds). 
