90 -VNNL'AL REPORTS OF I H:rA U l.M 1 :N T (>F A< i UK ILTUIiK. 1937 
CAIHIO INSPFXIION 
All importations of plants and plant products subject to plant-quarantine 
restrictions are inspected at the port of entry or the port of tirst arrival. A 
record of the number of such importations, by ports, api)ears in table l!4. 
T-vnix 2t. — IJisiircticm of shipments of plants and plant products offered for 
entrjf, fiscal year 1937 
Ship- 
ments 
inspect- 
ed and 
entered 
under 
permit 
Number 
322 
208 
300 
2, 027 
1,072 
1,120 
590 
149 
123 
3 
503 
79 
526 
4,315 
206 
7 
408 
Ship- 
ments 
refused 
entry 
Number 



1 

5 

1 
4 

12 






Port 
Ship- 
I ments 
I inspect- 
ed and 
entered 
under 
permit 
Honolulu < 
Houston.. 
Jacksonville 
Key West < 
Laredo 
Mercedes 
Miami < 
Mobile 
Naco 
New Orleans... 
Newport News. 
New York 
Noeales 
Norfolk 
Pensacola * 
Philadelphia. -- 
Nu mber 
557 
186 
188 
210 
3,229 
17 
1, 120 
207 
8 
2,503 
2 
14. 389 
4,869 
203 
3 
678 
Ship- 
ments 
refused 
entry 
Number 

3 




4 
1 

2 

71 
4 
1 


Port 
Ship. 
ments ck:«^ 
under ^^^^ 
permit 
Port .\.rthur.-.- 
Port Huron «... 
Portland 
Presidio 
Puerto Rico 
(all ports) 
Roma 
San Dieco * 
San Francisco 
San Pedro < 
San Ysidro 
Savannah 
Seattle 
Tampa * 
Total. 
Number 
6 
75 
134 
13 
628 
1 
5 
814 
564 
76 
30 
705 
1.008 
44. 3W 
Number 


2 



1 
17 



1 

130 
' Includes entries made at Sumas. 
* Includes entries made at Niagara Falls. 
* Work handled by inspectors stationed at Mobile. 
* Collaborators stationed at these ports. 
In addition to the importations credited to the Mexican-border ports, there 
were several thousand importations of permitted fruits and vegetables which 
were so small that no duty was assessed by customs and no record of them 
kept. All of these small importations, however, were carefully inspected before 
being released. 
At certain ports considerable time was devoted to the inspection of miscel- 
laneous cargoes to determine their true status. Many inspections were also 
made of jiacking material used with various commodities, to determine com- 
pliance with quarantine Xo. 69. Some time was also devoted to the suixrvision 
of the cleaning of shipments contaminated with objectionable material such 
as soil. 
The inspections recorded in table 24 cover plants and plant products Imiwrted 
under the i)rovisions of plant (juarantines and regulations as follows : 
Regulation 8 of quarantine No. 37: ins.GSl.lf)!) bulbs, conns, and rootstocks. 
including Coniallaria, Crocus, Htfacinthus, and Lilium : n.'_'27 fruit and nut 
cuttings, scions, and budsticks: 0.374,790 ro.se stocks: Sr>.SoO iKninds and 2.142 
small mail packages of tree and shrub seeds; 3.071.701) pounds of vetch seed: 
367,228 i)ounds of onion sets; 99 test tubes of orchid .seedlings; and 347 i>ounds 
of miscellaneous ])roi)agat iug material. 
Regulation 14 of (|uarantine No. 37: 0.148.044 bulbs and corms. including 
].884.0.~.3 Gladiolus, 3.38!i.l!)3 /;•/.<*. and (;13.!U)2 yarcissus: 'AWM plants, bud 
sticks, and cuttings of a ligneous nature (mostly woody ornamentals), includ- 
ing 10,6.31 ro.'^es : 13.0r>8 dahlia roots; 4r>.98r) orchid plants: 30.ri7r) cactus plants 
and cuttings; and 305.117 miscellaneous plants, cuttings, etc.. not otherwi.se 
counted. 
Regulation 15 of quarantine No. 37: 155.177 bulbs and corms. including 
154,583 (iladiolus; 435.39<> trees and shrubs, including 17.978 roses; 5.aS6 dahlia 
roots; 30 s(iuare yards of sod; and 44.0-18 plants, cuttings, etc.. not otherwi.se 
<'ounted. Through cooiH'ration of the customs otficers statiomnl at iwrts of 
«'ntry along tlu' Canadian bonier and of the Division of Foreign Pests Suppres- 
slfm. Department of Agricultiire of the Dominion of Canada, entry of material 
