72 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Oct.-Dec 
State, unless a permit shall have been issued therefor by the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, except that no restrictions are placed by these regula- 
tions on the interstate movement either of Japanese barberry (Berberis thun- 
bergii) or any of its horticultural varieties, or of cuttings (without roots) of 
Mahonia shipped for decorative purposes and not for propagation." (See 
Amendment No. 1, reg. 2-a.) 
The protected States referred to below under groups A and B are the 13 bar- 
berry-eradication States named in regulation 2-a, quoted above. Barberry and 
Mahonia plants other than those listed in such groups may not be shipped inter- 
state into any of the protected States. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
A BARBERRIES WHICH MAY BE SHIPPED INTERSTATE WITHOUT PERMIT OR 
RESTRICTION 
Permits are not required for any interstate movement of Berberis thunbergii 
or of the rust-immune varieties thereof under the regulations of the black stem 
rust quarantine, revised. The varieties so far as tested by the Department 
are as follows: Berberis thunbergii, B. thunbergii atropurpurea, B. thunbergii maxi- 
mowiczii, B. thunbergii minor, B. thunbergii pluriflora, and B. thunbergii pluri- 
flora erecta. 
Mahonia cuttings without roots may be shipped for decorative purposes with- 
out permit or other restriction. Permits are, however, required if they are 
intended for propagation. 
B BARBERRIES IMMUNE OR SUFFICIENTLY RESISTANT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE 
SPRING WHEAT AREA 
Permits are required under the regulations of the black stem rust quarantine 
for interstate movement of the following species or varieties into any protected 
State, and for such movement from any protected State into any other protected 
State. Application for such permit should be addressed to the Division of 
Domestic Plant Quarantines, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 
United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Berberis aemulans, B. aquifolium (Mahonia), B. beaniana, B. buxifolia, 
B. candidula, B. chenaultii (hybrid), B. circumserrata, B. concinna, B. darwinii, 
B. dictyophylla var. albicaulis, B. diversifolia, B. edgeworthiana, B. gagnepainii, 
B. gilgiana, B. julianae, B. koreana, B. mentorensis, B. nervosa (Mahonia), B. 
ottawensis (hybrid), B. potanini, B. repens (Mahonia), B. sargentiana, B. san- 
guinea, B. stenophylla (hybrid), B. triacanthophora, and B. verruculosa. 
C BARBERRIES SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK OF BLACK STEM RUST AND NOT PER- 
MITTED TO BE SHIPPED INTO THE PROTECTED STATES 
Barberry and Mahonia plants of species and varieties not listed above in 
groups A and B are prohibited shipment into the protected States or from any 
protected State to any other protected State, and permits will not be issued for 
such shipment. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL 
MOTH QUARANTINE (NO. 45) 
REVISION OF QUARANTINE AND REGULATIONS 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 
The following revision of the gypsy moth and brown-tail moth quarantine pro- 
vides for exemption of certain products by administrative instructions issued by 
the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, when in his judg- 
ment the nature of the growth or production, or the manufacture or processing 
of such products, is such that their interstate movement is not considered to 
constitute danger of spread of infestation. 
The regulations have also been revised to require that persons to whom certifi- 
cates are issued shall report, at the time of shipment, all consignments to points 
outside the regulated area. 
