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pests and plant diseases. The original certificate shall be signed and sealed by, 
and the copy certificate shall bear the seal and the actual or reproduced signature 
of, a responsible inspection official of the country of origin. 
Lists of officials in foreign countries authorized to inspect nursery stock and 
other plants and seeds, giving their names and official designations, will be fur- 
nished to collectors of customs through the Secretary of the Treasury. 
Each case, box, or other container or covering of nursery stock and other 
plants and seeds offered for entry shall be plainly and correctly marked to show 
the number of the permit, the general nature and quantity of the contents, the 
district or locality and country where grown, the name and address of the ex- 
porter, and the name and address of the consignee : Provided, That all importa- 
tions of plants authorized under regulation 14 shall be addressed to the United 
States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
at the port designated in the permit. In addition to the address, as indicated, 
such shipments shall be marked with the permit number and name of the 
importer. 
All nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for import must be free 
from sand, soil, or earth, and all plant roots, rhizomes, tubers, etc., must be freed 
by washing or other means from such sand, soil, or earth : Provided, That this 
requirement shall not apply to plants imported from Canada under regulation 
15 : Provided further, That sand, soil, or earth may be employed for the packing 
of bulbs, corms, seeds, and nuts when such sand, soil, or earth has been sterilized 
or otherwise safeguarded in accordance with the methods prescribed by the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and is so certified by the duly 
authorized inspector of the country of origin. The use of such sand, soil, or 
earth as packing for plants other than bulbs, corms, seeds, and nuts is not 
authorized. 
All packing materials employed in connection with importations of nursery 
stock and other plants and seeds are subject to approval as to such use by the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Such packing material must not 
previously have been used as packing or otherwise in connection with living 
plants, and except as provided in the preceding paragraph for bulbs, conns, seeds, 
and nuts, must be free from sand, soil, or earth, and must be certified as meeting 
these conditions by the duly authorized inspector of the country of origin. 1 
If a package of nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry 
includes any prohibited article, or if any of the plants have not been freed from 
earth, the entire package may be refused entry. 
This amendment shall be effective on and after January 14, 1935, and shall on 
that date supersede amendment no. 1 which became effective July 1, 1932. 
Done at the city of Washington this 14th day of January 1935. 
Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
[seal] H. A. Wallace, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Instructions to Collectors of Customs 
nursery stock, plant, and seed quarantine regulations modrfied so as to 
permit the entry of narcissus bulbs on and after december 15, 1936 
(T. D. 47515) 
Treasury Department, 
Office of the Commissioner of Customs, 
Washington, D. C, February 7, 1935. 
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned: 
The appended copy of amendment 2 to revised rules and regulations supple- 
mental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37, issued by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
effective January 14, 1935, is published for the information and guidance of 
customs officers and others concerned. 
James H. Moyle, 
Commissioner of Customs. 
(Then follows the full text of the amendment.) 
1 For detailed instructions relative to packing materials, including sterilized soil for 
bulbs and corms, see B. E. P. Q.-369. 
