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BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
[Oct.-Dec. 
injurious insects and fungous diseases. Under this quarantine the following 
plant products may be imported without restriction when free, from sand, soil, 
or earth, unless covered by special quarantine or other restrictive orders : Plant 
products capable of propagation imported for medicinal, food, or manufacturing 
purposes, and field, vegetable, and flower seeds, except seeds of Lathyrus and 
Vicia. Cut flowers from the Dominion of Canada are also allowed entry with- 
out permit. The entry of the following nursery stock and other plants and seeds 
is permitted under permit: 
Under regulation 3 : 
(1) Bulbs, corms, or root stocks (pips) of the following genera : Lilium (lily), 
Convallaria (lily-of-the-valley), Hyacinthus (hyacinth), Tulipa (tulip), Crocus, 
Narcissus (daffodil and jonquil), Begonia, and Gloxinia; and, until further 
notice, Chionodoxa (glory-of-the-snow) , Galanthus (snowdrop), Scilla (squill), 
FritiUaria, Muscari (grape-hyacinth), Ixia, and Eranthis (winter aconite). 
(2) Cuttings, scions, and buds of fruits or nuts: Provided, That cuttings, 
scions, and buds of fruits or nuts may be imported from Asia, Japan, Philippine 
Islands, and Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) under the provi- 
sions of regulation 14 only. (Stocks of fruits or nuts may not be imported, 
under permit or otherwise.) 
(3) Rose stocks, including Manetti, Rosa multi-flora (brier rose), and R. 
rugosa. 
(4) Nuts, including palm seeds for growing purposes: Provided, That such 
nuts or seeds shall be free from pulp. 
(5) Seeds of fruit, forest, ornamental, and shade trees, seeds of deciduous 
and evergreen ornamental shrubs, and seeds of hardy perennial plants: Pro- 
vided, That such seeds shall be free from pulp : Provided further, That citrus 
seeds may be imported only through specified ports subject to disinfection as 
provided in regulation 9 : Provided further. That mango seeds may not be im- 
ported under permit or otherwise, except from the countries of North America, 
Central America, and South America, and the West Indies. 
Importations from countries not maintaining inspection of nursery stock, 
other plants and parts of plants, including seeds, the entry of which is permis- 
sible under this regulation, may be made under permit upon compliance with 
these regulations in limited quantities for public-service purposes only, but this 
limitation shall not apply to tree seeds. 
(6) Materials permitted entry under Quarantine No. 56 for consumption pur- 
poses are authorized entry under this regulation for propagation. 
Under regulation 14 : Provision exists in this regulation for the entry of 
most kinds of plants that are not covered by other regulations of this quaran- 
tine or by other quarantines. 
Under regulation 15 : Provision exists for the entry in unlimited quantities of 
most kinds of plants which can be considered as peculiar to or standard produc- 
tions of the Dominion of Canada, as opposed to stock imported into the 
Dominion from foreign countries and held or grown on there for later sale. 
European corn borer. — Quarantine No. 41, revised, effective June 1, 1926: 
Forbids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised effective March 1, 1933, the importation from all foreign countries and 
localities of the stalk and all other parts, whether used for packing or other pur- 
poses, in the raw or unmanufactured state, of Indian corn or maize, broomcorn, 
sweet sorghums, grain sorghums, Sudan grass, Johnson grass, sugarcane, pearl 
millet, napier grass, teosinte, and jobs-tears, on account of the European corn 
borer (Pyrausta nubilalis) and other dangerous insects and plant diseases. 
Rice. — Quarantine No. 55, revised, effective November 23, 1933: Forbids the 
importation of seed or paddy rice from all foreign countries and localities ex- 
cept the Republic of Mexico, and forbids the importation of rice straw and rice 
hulls from all foreign countries and localities, and seed or paddy rice from the 
Republic of Mexico, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemen- 
tal thereto, effective July 1, 1933, as amended effective August 1, 1934, on 
account of injurious fungous "diseases of rice, including downy mildew (Scle?'o- 
spora macrocarpa), leaf smut (Entyloma oryzac), blight (Oospora oryztorum), 
and glume blotch (Melanomma glumarum) , as well as dangerous insect pests. 
Fruits and vegetables. — Quarantine No. 56 effective November 1, 1923: For- 
bids, except as provided in the rules and regulations supplemental thereto, 
revised, effective December 1, 1936, as amended effective February 27, 1940, the 
importation of fruits and vegetables, except as restricted, as to certain countries 
