1933] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 297 
rious insects and plant diseases: Rice straw, hulls, and chaff; cotton and 
cotton products; sugarcane, including bagasse; bamboo leaves and small shoots; 
leaves of plants ; forest litter ; and soil with an appreciable admixture of 
vegetable matter not therein provided tor by regulation. All parts of corn and 
allied plants are likewise prohibited except from Mexico and the countries of 
Central America, the West Indies, and South America. This quarantine also 
brings under restriction, involving inspection at will by the Department but 
requiring no permit or certificate, the following when used as packing : Cereal 
straw, chaff, and hulls (other than rice) ; corn and allied plants from Mexico, 
Central America, the West Indies, and South America ; willow twigs from 
Europe ; grasses, hay, and similar plant mixtures, from all countries ; and 
authorized soil packing materials from all countries. This quarantine does 
not cover such widely used packing materials as excelsior, paper, sawdust, 
ground cork, charcoal, and various other materials. 
Dutch elm disease. — Quarantine No. 70, effective October 21, 1933: Forbids 
the importation from Europe, on account of a disease due to the fungus 
Oraphium ulnii, of seeds, leaves, plants, cuttings, and scions of elm or 
related plants, defined to include all genera of the family Ulmaceae; logs, 
lumber, timber, or veneer of such plants if bark is present on them ; and crates, 
boxes, barrels, packing cases, and other containers and other articles manu- 
factured in whole or in part from the wood of elm or related plants if not 
free from bark. The quarantine likewise provides for the importation under 
permit of elm logs from Europe if free from bark and insects, to be treated by 
heat at the time of entry and otherwise safeguarded. 
OTHER RESTRICTIVE ORDERS 
The regulation of the entry of nursery stock from foreign countries into the 
United States was specifically provided for in the Plant Quarantine Act. The 
act further provides for the similar regulation of any other class of plants or 
plant products when the need therefor shall be determined. The entry of the 
plants and plant products listed below has been brought under such regulation : 
Nursery stock. — The conditions governing the entry of nursery stock and 
other plants and seeds from all foreign countries and localities are indicated 
above under "Foreign quarantines." (See Quarantine No. 37, revised.) 
Potatoes. — The importation of potatoes is forbidden altogether from the 
countries enumerated in the potato quarantine. Potatoes may be admitted from 
other foreign countries under permit and in accordance with the provisions of 
the regulations issued under order of December 22, 1913, bringing the entry of 
potatoes under restriction on account of injurious potato diseases and insect 
pests. Importation of potatoes is now authorized from the following countries : 
The Dominion of Canada, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Estonia, and 
Spain ; also from the States of Chihuahua and Sonora and the Imperial Valley 
of Lower California, Mexico. The revised regulations issued under this order, 
effective March 1, 1922, were amended effective August 1, 1930, so as to permit, 
free of any restriction whatsoever under the plant quarantine act, the importa- 
tion of potatoes from any foreign country into the Territory of Hawaii for local 
use only, and from the Dominion of Canada into the United States or any of its 
Territories or Districts. 
Cotton. — The order of April 27, 1915, and the rules and regulations issued 
thereunder, revised effective February 24, 1923, amended effective May 1, 1924, 
and December 15, 1924, restrict the importation of cotton from all foreign 
countries and localities, on account of injurious insects, including the pink 
bollworm. These regulations apply in part to cotton grown in and imported 
from the Imperial Valley, in the State of Lower California, Mexico. 
Cottonseed products. — The order of June 23, 1917, and the rules and regula- 
tions issued thereunder, effective July 16, 1917, amended effective August 7, 1925, 
restrict the importation of cottonseed cake, meal, and all other cottonseed 
products, except oil, from all foreign countries ; and a second order of June 23, 
1917, and the regulations issued thereunder, restrict the importation of cotton- 
seed oil from Mexico on account of injurious insects, including the pink 
bollworm. 
Plant safeguard regulations. — These rules and regulations, revised effective 
December 1, 1932, provide safeguards for the landing or unloading for transfer 
and transportation and exportation in bond of restricted or prohibited plants 
and plant products when it is determined that such entry can be made without 
