6g BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
the State of California to which plants and plant products subject to terminal 
inspection may be sent by postmasters for inspection under the provisions of 
section 596, Postal Laws and Regulations : Alameda, Alvarado, Berkeley, Center- 
ville, Hayward, Irvington, Livermore, Mission San Jose, Mount Eden, Newark, 
Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Sunol. 
Ramsey S. Black, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
B. E. P. Q. 379, Supplement No. 2. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL 
Apeil 5, 1938. 
certificate not required for processed plant products 
[Order of February 10, 1938; Diario Oficial, February 17, 1938] 
Article 1. The certificate of origin and plant health for imported plants or 
parts of plants that have been processed, dried, manufactured, or which have 
undergone any treatment that devitalizes them, may, in the terms of the said 
regulations, be dispensed with. 
subject to inspection on arrival 
Art. 2. The products included in the preceding article are subject to inspection 
on arrival in ports where phytosanitary inspection is provided for, and will be 
released by the customs only by authorization of the . technical expert of the 
phytosanitary service. 
The required inspection of products recognized as being incapable of harboring 
parasites may, at the discretion of the director, phytosanitary service, be dis- 
pensed with. 
The order of February 10, 1938, amplifies paragraph (c) of article 5 of decree 
No. 24114 of April 12, 1934 (see p. 5 of B. E. P. Q. 379). 
Avery S. Hoyt, 
Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
B. E. P. Q. 403, Supplement No. 3. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF FRANCE 
June 8, 1938. 
bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes regarded as plants 
The French decree of March 8, 1932, prohibits the entry into and transit through 
France of living plants, and living parts of plants (trees, shrubs, nursery prod- 
ucts, cuttings, and other parts of plants) * * * originating in or proceeding 
from the United States of America, as a precaution against the introduction of 
San Jose scale (see p. 6, B. E. P. Q. 403). 
Uncertainty existed as to whether this prohibition was applicable to bulbs, 
corms, tubers, and rhizomes, therefore the question was submitted to the French 
Ministry of Agriculture. The said Ministry states that the prohibition does 
^PPly to bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
