1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 185 
May 15, 1933. 
P.Q.C.A. — 289, supplement no. 1 
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
INTO ITALY 
IMPORTATION PROHIBITED OF PLANTS AND FRUITS OF CACTI AND OF PLANTS, AND 
PARTS THEREOF, OF CERTAIN CONIFERS 
The Italian ministerial order of December 20, 1932, effective March 1, 1933, 
prohibits the importation into, and transit through, Italy, of the following: 
(a) Plants and fruits of cacti from any country whatever, on account of the 
danger of introducing insects, fungi, or bacteria injurious to prickly pear 
(Opuntia ficus indiea). 
(b) Plants and parts of plants of conifers of the genera Abies, Picea, Pinus, 
Pseudotsuga, and Tsuga. 
The importation of plants and parts of plants belonging to other genera of 
conifers is permitted if the shipment is accompanied by a certificate issued 
by the plant protection service of the country of origin in the Italian or French 
language, affirming that the said plants and parts thereof, and the locality in 
which they were grown, are free from injurious diseases and pests, and 
especially from Rhabdocline pseudotsugae. The same certificate must also 
indicate the origin of the goods and the names of the species included in the 
shipment, and all necessary data for identifying the shipment. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
May 15, 1933. 
B.P.Q.— 302, revised. 
SUMMARY OF THE PLANT-QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
GERMANY 
A revision of circular P.Q.C.A. — 302 has become necessary because the 
original San Jose scale decrees of the German Republic have been superseded 
by the decree of November 3, 1931, and its regulatory order of November 26, 
1*931, restricting or prohibiting the importation of plants from the United States, 
among other countries, to prevent the introduction of San Jose scale, and 
providing for the entry of fresh fruits from the United States if found free 
from San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus) and from the apple maggot or 
fruit fly (Rhagoletis pomonella) . 
This revised summary of the plant quarantine restrictions of the German 
Republic has been prepared by Harry B. Shaw, plant quarantine inspector, 
Bureau of Plant Quarantine, from his translations of the original texts, 
and reviewed by the German Ministry of Nourishment and Agriculture, for the 
information of nurserymen, plant-quarantine officials, and others interested 
in the exportation of plants and plant products from the United States to 
Germany. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to be correct and 
complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used in- 
dependently of, nor as a substitute for. the original texts ; and it i< not to be 
interpreted as legally authoritative. The German texts should be consulted. 
Lee A. Strong. 
Chief. Bureau of Plant Quarantine. 
SUMMARY OF THE PLANT-QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
GERMANY 
OBJECTS OF GERMAN PLANT-QUARANTINE DECREES 
The plant quarantine restrictions of the Republic of Germany are designed 
to prevent the introduction into and distribution in Germany of phylloxera 
i Phylloxera vastatrix), San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus), apple maggot 
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