3(5 ANM AL im:i'(h: i s oi-- i •i:pak i .mi:.\ i- of a< ;ki( ri/rnii:. vsm 
QiijiniiitiiH's alT«H-tinp: Moxk-au ])lniils and plant products: Finos aggregat- 
ing ^^riJ.ST) Vkvrv imposed by ciistonis otlicials on the Mexican border against 
4'Mi p<'rsons cauglit attempting to smuggle in from Mexico prohibited plants 
and plant products. 
FOREIGN PLANT (QUARANTINES 
TIh- I>ivision of Foieign I'lant CJuarantines is engaged in the enforcement 
of (piarantines and regulatory orders of tlie I)ei)artment ]irohil>iting or restrict- 
ing the entry of various plants and plant products into the United States and, 
in addition, the enforcement of such domestic quarantines as atTect the move- 
ment of plant material between the Territories of Hawaii and Puerto Rico 
and continental United States. During the year 20 foreign plant (luarantines 
and regulatory orders, 8 domestic plant quarantines, and 4 miscellaneous regu- 
latory measures were enforced. 
Plant-quarantine inspectors and collaborators are stationed at the more 
important ports of entry and at points distributing foreign mail and work in 
cl(»se cooperation with employees of the Treasury and Post Ollice Departments. 
Detailed information on t!ie various i)lant (juarantines administered by the 
I'ureau is available in other iniblications. Of i)articular interest in connection 
with foreign j^lant quarantines are the following changes: 
Quarantine No. 5, the Mexican fruitfiy quarantine, which i)rohibited the 
entry into the United States from Mexico of certain known host fruits of the 
Mexican fruitfiy, was lifted, effective December 1. 1930. and the control of 
entry of the fruits in question thereby became subject to the provisions of 
Quarantine No. 5(1 the fruit and vegetable quarantine. The only effect of 
this action is that certain fruits from Mexico formerly prohibited entry may 
now be entered frozen or in a processed state under the i)rovisi(»ii« of Quaran- 
tine No. 56. 
Inflective September 1. 103(5, Quarantines Nos. 7 and 20. which had prohibited 
the entry of five-needle pines, currants, and gooseberries from P^urope. Asia, 
(Canada, and Newfoundland, and other pines from Europe, were lifted. The 
entry of the material formerly covered by these quarantini's automatically be- 
came subject to the restrictions of the Nursery Stock, Plant, and Seed Quaran- 
tine, No. 37. A limited amount of such material was imported under that quar- 
antine, under conditions that would not contribute to the further spread of the 
blister rust in this country. 
Notice was given on July 20, 1936, that, effective August 1, 1936. the entry of 
seeds of Lnthifrust and Vicia would be subject to the restrictit^ns affecting the 
entry of other seeds covered by regulation 3 of lh(^ Nurs(>ry Stock, Plant, and 
Seed (Quarantine. No. 37. Under the provisions of this notice 3.671.709 i>oinids 
of vetch seeds were imported from 6 countries and 1.802 pounds of sweet pea 
seeds from 5 countries. 
On December 15, 1936. the entry of narcissus bulbs became subject to the 
restrictions of regulation 3 of quarantine No. 37. whereas they had been im- 
ported, since January 1. 1926. under the provisions of regulation 14 of the same 
qiiarjintine. The principal effect of this change is to remove the quantity and 
utilization limits which applied to the importations of these Imlbs under the 
l)rovisions of regulation 14. This modification became effective after ihe clo.«Je 
of the cojnmercial imixtrting season and most of the narcissus bulbs, elsewhere 
given as imported, entered under regulation 14. 
Quarantine No. 5^) was amended to provide for the entry of fruits an<l vege- 
tables which have been treated, or ar(> to be treated, under the supervision of 
a plant-(|uarantine inspector of the Department in a maimer deemed ad«'<iuate 
to eliminate any pest risk. This provision applies esiiecially to fr«)7.en fruits 
and vegetables and to fruits and vegetables subject t<» low-temperature 
steiMlizat ion. 
Kffective Decendicr 1, 19:>6, the regulations governing the imi>ortation of i>ota- 
l<K's into the Unitinl States wer«' amended to pr<nide for the entry of potatoes 
from the entire luMthern territory of Haja California. Mexico, through botli 
f'alexico and San Ysidro. and to eliminate the pro\ ision for the mirestricted 
importation of foreign potatoes into the Territory of Hawaii for local use. 
I'revioiisly. entry of i)ot;itoes from P.aja California had been limited to those 
grown in and siiipped from tlie Iniiterial \'alley of the norihern territory of 
