Bach certificate and copy certificate shall give the date of inspection, name 
of the grower or e\i*>rtor, the district or locality and the country where 
grown, and a statement that t lie nursery stock and other plants and seeds 
been Inspected bj a duly authorized official and found, or believed to be, 
from Insect pests and plant dise;iscs. The original certificate shall be 
signed and sealed by, and the copy certificate shall bear the seal and the actual 
or reproduced signature of, a responsible inspection official of the country of 
origin. 
Lists of officials in foreign countries authorized to inspect nursery stoek and 
other plants and seeds, giving their names and official designations, will be 
furnished to collectors of customs through the Secretary of the Treasury. 
ox, or other container or covering of nursery stoek and other 
plants and seeds ottered for entry shall be plainly and correctly marked to 
show the Dumber of the permit, the general nature and quantity of the contents, 
the district or Locality and country where grown, the name and address of the 
ter, and the name and address of the consignee: Provided. That all im- 
portations of plaits authorized under regulation 14 shall be addressed to the 
United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology and Plant 
Quarantine, at the port designated in the permit. In addition to the address, 
as indicated, such shipments shall be marked with the permit number and 
name of the importer. 
All nursery stoek ancf other plants and seeds offered for import must be 
free from sand, soil, or earth, and all plant roots, rhizomes, tubers, etc., must 
be freed by washing or other means from such sand, soil, or earth: Provided, 
That this requirement shall not apply to plants imported from Canada under 
regulation 15: Provided further, That sand, soil, or earth may be employed for 
.eking of bulbs, corms, seeds, and nuts when such sand, soil, or earth has 
been sterilized, or otherwise safeguarded in accordance with the methods pre- 
scribed by the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine and is so certified 
by the duly authorized Inspector of t-he country of origin. The use of such 
sand, soil, or earth as packing for plants other than bulbs, corms, seeds, and 
nuts is not authorized. 
All packing materials employed in connection with importations of nursery 
stock and other plants and seeds are subject to approval as to such use by 
the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Such packing material must 
not previously have been used as packing or otherwise in connection with living 
plants, and except as provided in the preceding paragraph for bulbs, corms, 
and nuts, must be free from sand, soil, or earth, and must be certified 
as meeting these conditions by the duly authorized inspector of the country of 
origin.* 
If a package of nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry 
includes any prohibited article, or if any of the plants have not been freed 
from earth, the entire package may be refused entry- 
Regulation 8. Inspection 
In addition to the inspection at destination by the proper official of a State, 
Territory, or District of the United States, provided for in section 2 of the 
• Quarantine Act of 1012, nursery stock and other plants and seeds im- 
ported under regulations 3 and 15 shall be subject as a condition of entry to 
such preliminary inspect nail be required by the Plant Quarantine and 
Control Administration: Provided, That nursery stock and other plants and 
I under regulations 3 and 15 from countries which do not maintain 
inspection shall not be delivered to the importer or consignee until they have 
examined by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and found to 
be free Prom plant diseases and insect pests, or if infested, capable, in the 
judgment of the Inspector, of being adequately safeguarded by disinfection. 
Regulation 9. Disinfection a condition of entry 
Nm k and other plants and seeds imported under regulations 3 and 
15 shall Ih> subject, as a condition of entry, to such disinfection as shall be 
required by the inspector of the Department of Agriculture. When d'sinfec- 
* For detailed Instructions relative to packlnr materials. Including stprill/.pd soil for 
da, and nuts, s^p B. E. P. Q. — 360. 
