UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
BUREAU OE ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
Washington 25, D. C. 
May 18, I9U9 
LIBRARY 
B. e.p. q. 573-2$ STATE PLANT BOARD 
SUMMARY OE STATE NURSERY- STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT 
QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AFEECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS 
MISSOURI 
The information contained in this summary was compiled from material 
received from the plant quarantine official of Missouri and has "been ap- 
proved by him. It is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine in- 
spectors, shippers, transportation agents, truckers, and others concerned 
in the interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other materials 
subject to State regulation on account of plant pests. 
The summary for Missouri gives the general requirements for shipping 
nursery stock into that State, as well as digests of the State plant quar- 
antines and regulations affecting interstate shipments. An appendix fur- 
nishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants as well 
as terminal-inspection procedure. This summary does not include digests 
of nursery*- stock or plant- quarantine requirements relating to the movement 
of plants entirely within the State. 
The information contained in this circular is believed to b3 correct 
and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be 
used independently of, Or as a substitute for, the original texts of the 
regulations and quarantines, and it is not to be interpreted as legally 
authoritative. For detailed information address the State Entomologist, 
State Department of Agriculture, Jefferson City, Missouri. 
In addition to State requirements, shippers will need to take into 
consideration applicable plant quarantines of the United States Department 
of Agriculture, In most instances these quarantines regulate the inter- 
state movement of specified plants, plant products, and other articles 
from designated regulated areas,. However, some of these quarantines 
regulate the movement of certain articles into designated protected areas. 
Cop:es of such quarantines may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine, Washington 25, D. C. 
Plant Quarantine 
