HQ BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [July-Sept 
Stellaria media Cyrill Chickweed _•_„ 200 
Tagetes spp Marigolds 5 
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq... Chinese bur.. 10 
Ulex europaeus L Furze or gorse 5 
Urospermum picroides F. W. Schmidt— 50 
Urtica spp — Settles... 10 
Veratrum viride Ait American hellebore _ 10 
Verbascum spp _ Mulleins 100 
Verbena bonariensis L Purple top, vervain 50 
Verbena supina L Trailing vervain 100 
Watsonia meriana Mill.. Merian's buglelily 5 
Zygadenus venenosus S. Wats Death camomile. 5 
B. E. P. Q. 477, Superseding Memorandum to Chief Inspectors, September 1, 1931. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA 
August 15, 1938. 
This summary of the plant-quarantine import restrictions of the Republic 
of Colombia has been prepared for the information of nurserymen, plant-quar- 
antine inspectors, and others interested in the exportation of plants and plant 
products to that country. 
It was prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector in charge of 
foreign information service, Division of Foreign Plant Quarantines, from the 
original texts of the respective Colombian decrees, and reviewed by the phyto- 
pathological section of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of Colombia. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and com- 
plete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used inde- 
pendently of, nor as a substitute for, the original texts, and it is not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA 
Basic Legislation 
Article 37 of law No. 74, of November 30, 1936, determines that the Govern- 
ment shall regulate matters relating to the phytosanitary protection of agri- 
culture and livestock through provisions which shall have the character of 
public control and hygiene which are obligatory, subject to penalties estab- 
lished by the Government. 
Summary 
importation prohibited 
Coffee (Coffea spp.) plants, roots, and seeds, as well as those of other Rubi- 
aceae and related plants of whatever origin : Importation prohibited to prevent 
the introduction of coffee rust (Eemileia vastatrix B. and Br.). (Decree No. 
1172, July 10, 1934.) 
Sacks, used : Importation prohibited to prevent the introduction of coffee rust 
(Hemileia vastatrix B. and Br.). (Instructions of Ministry of Industries to 
customs officials. Commerce Reports September 14, 1931, No. 37, p. 690; decree 
No. 2850, November 17, 1936.) 
IMPORTATION RESTRICTED 
Trees, plants, bulbs, fruits, seeds, banana slips, unmanufactured plant prod- 
ucts, or parts thereof: Must be accompanied by a certificate issued by an au- 
thorized official of the country of origin, duly visaed by the consul of Colombia 
or of a friendly nation, affirming the freedom of those products from pests and 
diseases harmful to agriculture. (Decree No. 1128 of July 1, 1931, p. 2.) 
Sugarcane seed (Saccharum officinarum L.) : May be imported by the Min- 
istry of Agriculture or by the experimental farms of the Department under 
authorization of the said Ministry, but only from the Bureau of Plant Indus- 
try, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, the Insular Ex- 
periment Station of Puerto Rico, or the Agronomic Station, Santiago de las 
Vegas, Cuba, and if accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 
