1035] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 81 
B. E. P. Q.-386. (Supersedes P. Q. C. A.-313.) 
November 26, 1935. 
LIST OF ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
GYPSY MOTH AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH QUARANTINE 
In accordance with the proviso in Notice of Quarantine No. 45, as revised 
effective November 4, 1935, the following articles, the interstate movement of 
which is not considered to constitute a risk of moth dissemination, are exempted 
from the restrictions of the regulations of this quarantine: 
Banana stalks, when crushed, dried, and shredded. 
Cable reels, when newly manufactured and empty. 
Clubmoss (sometimes called "ground pine") (Lycopodium spp.). 
Evergreen smilax (Smilax lanceolata). 
Fuchsia (Fuchsia spp.). 
Galax (Galax aphylla). 
Geranium (Pelargonium spp.). 
Heliotrope (Heliotr opium spp.). 
Jerusalem-cherry (Solatium capsicastrum, S. pseudocapsicum, S. hendersoni.) 
Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens, Viscum album, etc.). 
Oregon huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum). 
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens). 
Strawberry plants (Fragaria spp.). 
Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). 
Verbena (Verbena spp.). 
Wintergreen (Gavltheria spp., Pyrola spp.). 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS RELATING TO JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE 
(NO. 48) 
October 14, 1935. 
HEARING ON JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE SET FOR NOVEMBER 16 
(Press notice) 
A full discussion of the Japanese beetle control problem is expected at a Wash- 
ington hearing called by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace for November 16. 
State officials, nurserymen, truck growers, florists, garden clubs and gardeners, 
golf clubs, park officials, and any others interested in any phase of Japanese 
beetle control are invited to the hearing. Federal officials will outline the situa- 
tion as revealed by recent scouting. 
The hearing, as announced by Secretary Wallace, will consider the advisability 
of either revoking the Japanese beetle quarantine or extending it to all or parts 
of the States in which Japanese beetles have recently been found, namely, Illinois, 
Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina. The 
hearing will be before the officials of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quar- 
antine in the auditorium of the National Museum, Constitution Avenue at Tenth 
Street NW., at 10 a. m. 
The relatively large number of Japanese beetles taken in traps in these States 
during the past season indicates the necessity for a hearing which will afford 
interested persons an opportunity to discuss all phases of the control program 
and the possible advisability of modifying or revoking the quarantine. 
The purpose of this quarantine has been to retard the spread of the Japanese 
beetle and prevent the establishment of new centers of infestation. Meanwhile 
investigation of methods of control, the dissemination of information as to such 
methods, and the introduction of parasites have been under way. The hearing 
is, therefore, called to consider (1) whether these investigations and other activi- 
ties have reached such a stage that the Federal quarantine restrictions should 
now be removed; (2) whether the continued spread of the Japanese beetle by 
flight and other means has been so extensive and persistent as to render undesir- 
able and inexpedient further expenditures by the Federal Government in at- 
tempting to retard distribution of the pest in interstate commerce; (3) whether 
the advantages of maintaining the Federal quarantine restrictions justify the 
cost of administration and the expense to the shippers of complying with the 
