128 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec. 
of entry, all shipments will be examined by inspectors of the Bureau of Ento- 
mology and Plant Quarantine and this examination will include the cutting of 
suspicious-looking bulbs when necessary to determine their freedom from in- 
festation by the bulb nematode. Any shipments found to be infested will be 
given the latest approved treatment or rejected. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
WALLACE PERMITS IMPORTATION OF INCREASED NUMBERS OF BEGONIA AND 
GLOXINIA TUBERS 
[Press notice] 
December 1, 1938. 
Federal regulations governing the entry into the United States of begonia and 
gloxinia tubers from foreign countries, which now permit entry only in limited 
numbers, will be changed to permit entry in unlimited numbers, effective De- 
cember 1, 1939, Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace announced today. 
Since the effective date of Nursery Stock, Plant, and Seed Quarantine No. 37, 
June 1, 1919, this material has been allowed entry in limited quantities and for 
certain purposes only. 
Inspection of importations of this material discloses no known justifiable 
biological reason for the continuation of these restrictions. Accordingly, entry of 
these tubers has been placed under the restrictions of regulation 3 of Quar- 
antine No. 37, which imposes no limitations on quantities that may be im- 
ported or on their utilization after entry although still requiring entry under 
permit and inspection. 
The 1-year interval between the date of signing the order changing the present 
restrictions and the date it becomes operative is allowed for those adjustments 
which may become necessary because of this action. 
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN BEGONIA AND GLOXINIA TUBERS MODIFIED 
December 1, 1938. 
A study of the results of the inspection of begonia and gloxinia tubers im- 
ported in limited quantities since June 1, 1919, the effective date of the Nursery 
Stock, Plant, and Seed Quarantine No. 37, indicates that the known pest risk 
incident to their importation does not justify the continuance of the limitations 
as to quantity and utilization now governing their entry. 
Since careful inspection has not evidenced a biological basis for the present 
restrictions, begonia and gloxinia tubers may be imported, on and after De- 
cember 1, 1939, under the provisions of regulation 3 of Quarantine No. 37. as 
amended, effective December 1, 1938, without limitation as to quantity and 
utilization. This postponement, for approximately 1 year, of the operation of 
this amendment, as it affects these tubers, is made for the purpose of allowing 
the adjustments which may become necessary as a result of the removal of 
such limitations. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
MODIFICATION OF NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND SEED QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
The only change involved in this revision of regulation 3 of the regulations 
supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37 is to make provision for the entry 
of begonia and gloxinia tubers on and after December 1, 1939, without limita- 
tion as to quantity or use. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology aud Plant Quarantine. 
