184 BUREAU OF PLANT QUARANTINE [April-June 
All postmasters are, therefore, informed that packages containing any plants 
or plant products addressed to places in the isiand (A' Puerto Rico may be 
accepted for mailing only when plainly marked so that the contents may be 
readily ascertained by an inspection of the outside thereof. The law makes 
the failure so to mark such parcels an offense punishable by a fine of not more 
than $100. 
Postmasters within the island of Puerto Rico shall he governed strictly by 
the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, 5, G, and 7, section 596, Postal Laws and. 
Regulations, in the treatment of all packages addressed for delivery at their 
offices containing any of the plants or plant products above described as subject 
to terminal inspection. 
Inspection service is maintained at San Juan only. 
Owing to the perishable character of plants and plant products, the packages 
containing such matter must be given prompt attention. 
Any failure of compliance with the foregoing instructions or with the provi- 
sions of section 596, Postal Laws and Regulations, coming to the attention of 
any postmaster should be reported to the Third Assistant Postmaster General, 
Division of Classification. 
C. B. ElLENBERGER, 
Third Assistant Postmaster General. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
B.P.Q.— 351 (superseding H.B.— 212) April 12. 1933. 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MOVEMENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
THROUGH THE MAILS 
The following regulations have been establish d by rhe Post Office Depart- 
ment, in conference with the Department of Agriculture, to govern the move- 
ment through the mails of the plant material named (Postal Guide 1932, 
pp. 17-19). 
"Plants and plant products, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, 
shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of 
fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for 
propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other 
herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots, may be admitted to the mails only when 
accompanied with a certificate from a State or Government inspector to the 
effect that the nursery or premises from which such stock is shipped has been 
inspected within a year and found free from injurious insects and plant 
diseases, and the parcel containing such stock is plainly marked to show the 
nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender (sec. [595 (2)], 
Postal Laws and Regulations). 
"Terminal inspection of plants and plant products addressed to Arizona, 
Arkansas. California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, 
[Louisiana], Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, and Washington 
is required. (See sec. [59(3] Postal Laws and Regulations, and instructions in 
the supplements to Postal Guide.) All parcels addressed to the States named 
must be plainly marked on the outside to show the exact nature of their 
contents. 
''Plant quarantines. — When the United States Department of Agriculture, 
under authority of the Plant Quarantine Act, quarantines any State or area on 
account of a plant disease or insect infestation, the mailing of plants or plant 
products from such State or area is subject to the restrictions imposed by such 
order." 
Full information regarding any or all plant quarantines may be secured by 
addressing the Bureau of Plant Quarantine, Washington, D.C. The correspond- 
ent should state the nature of the material which it is expected to move, and 
the points from and to which it is to be sent. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
