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Table 27. — Summary of plants and plant products offered for inspection in the 
District of Columbia, fiscal year 1937 
Material inspected 
For- 
eign 
Domes- 
fin 
Fumi- 
gated 
Other- 
wise 
treated 
Infested 
with 
insects 
with 
dis- 
eases 
Lots of seeds (departmental) 
8,137 
9, 776 
6, 944 
1, 150 
656 
172 
Plants, cuttings, bulbs, roots, rhizomes, etc. (depart- 
11, 121 
150,495 
3, 158 
3, 051 
1 250 
I 183 
Miscellaneous unclassified material, other than plants 
and seeds (departmental) 
300 
365 
88 
11 
7 
7 
Shipments of plants under regulation 14, quarantine 
No. 37 (commercial) 
2, 409 
405 
152 
571 
485 
Shipments of plants and plant products under regula- 
tions 3 and 15, quarantine No. 37 (commercial) 
1,260 
214 
111 
148 
26 
Containers of domestic plants other than departmental 
(mail, express, freight, and truck) 
11,707 
1 
6 
13 
4 
Shipments of plants by private individuals 
5, 351 
15 
28 
55 
14 
Interceptions of plants and plant products at Wash- 
ington, D. C 
1,497 
3 
35 
72 
96 
Interceptions of plants and plant products referred to 
Washington, D.C 
1,495 
1 
112 
996 
111 
4 
Parcels of cotton samples referred to Washington, D. C. 
25, 319 
25, 319 
» Lots. 
INSPECTION OF PLANT-INTRODUCTION AND PROPAGATING GARDENS 
The Bureau is charged with the responsibility of inspecting plant material 
at the plant-introduction gardens maintained by the Bureau of Plant Industry 
where plant introductions are observed and are propagated for distribution. 
Plant material distributed from the plant-introduction garden at Coconut Grove, 
Fla., was inspected by State officials cooperating with this Bureau. Plant 
material shipped from the Chico, Calif., gardens was inspected jointly by an 
inspector of the Bureau and an entomologist from the California State De- 
partment of Agriculture. Material distributed from the District of Columbia 
and Savannah, Ga., was inspected by inspectors of the Bureau. A summary 
of the inspections of these plant distributions appears in table 28. 
Table 28. — Plants, hudsticks, cuttings, tubers, roots, and shipments of seeds 
examined for distribution from plant introduction and propagating gardens, 
fiscal year 1931 
Station 
Plants 
Bud- 
sticks, 
cuttings, 
tubers, 
and roots 
Ship- 
ments 
of seeds 
Station 
Plants 
Bud- 
sticks, 
cuttings, 
tubers, 
and roots 
Ship- 
ments 
of seeds 
Bell, Md.. 
29, 840 
8, 337 
5, 633 

1, 025 
721 
1, 271 

3 
66 
28 

Savannah, Ga 
1, 554 
8, 037 
677 
10, 185 
4 
23. 939 
Chico, Cahf 
Coconut Grove, Fla.. 
Mandan, N. Dak.i.. 
Washington, D. C-.. 
Total 
53, 401 
13, 879 
24,040 
> Owing to drought no shipments were made. 
INTERCEPTIONS OF PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS 
The inspection of ships, vehicles, cargo, baggage, ships' stores, and quarters, 
and foreign mail at the maritime and Mexican-border ports resulted in the 
interception of large quantities of prohibited and restricted plant material. 
Many of these interceptions were found to harbor insect pests and plant dis- 
eases ; many others, while showing no infestation or infection, must be con- 
sidered potentially dangerous, since they are known hosts of posts in the 
country of origin. In classifying the interceptions, those made at bridges, 
ferries, and crossings at the Mexican and Canadian border ports have all been 
considered as having been taken from baggage. 
