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the car have been tightly closed or adequately screened under the supervision 
of an inspector. 3 
Regulation 6 
Sec. 301.48-6. Restrictions on the movement of nursery and ornamental 
stock. — A. Control of movement. — Nursery and ornamental stock as defined in 
regulation 1 (sec. 301.48-1) shall not be moved or allowed to be moved inter- 
state from the regulated areas to or through any point outside thereof, unless 
a certificate or permit shall have been issued therefor by the inspector except 
as follows : 
(1) The following articles, because of their growth or production, or their 
manufactured or processed condition, are considered innocuous as carriers of 
infestation and are therefore exempt from the requirements of certification: 
(a) (i) True bulbs, corms, and tubers, when dormant, except for storage 
growth, and when free from soil, and (ii) single dahlia tubers or small dahlia 
root divisions when free from stems, cavities, and soil. Dahlia tubers, other 
than single tubers or small root divisions meeting these conditions, require 
certification. 
(b) (i) Cut orchids, (ii) orchid plants, when growing exclusively in Osmunda 
fiber, (Hi) Osmunda fiber, Osmundine, or orchid peat (Osmunda cinnamomea, 
and 0. claytoniana) . 
(c) (i) Floral designs or "set pieces," including wreaths, sprays, casket 
covers, and all formal florists' designs ; bouquets and cut flowers not so pre- 
pared are not exempted; (ii) trailing arbutus, or Mayflower (Epigaea repens), 
when free from soil, and when shipped during the period between October 16 
and June 14, inclusive. 
(d) (i) Herbarium specimens, when dried, pressed, and treated, and when 
so labeled on the outside of each container of such materials, (ii) mushroom 
spawn, in brick, flake, or pure culture form. 
(e) (i) Sheet moss (Oalliergon schriberi and Thuridium recognitum), (ii) 
resurrection plant or bird's-nest moss (Selaginella lepidophylla) , (Hi) sphagnum 
moss, bog moss, or peat moss (Sphagnaceae), (iv) dyed moss, when heat treated 
and appropriately labeled. 
(f) Soil-free, dried roots incapable of propagation, when appropriately 
labeled. 
(2) No restrictions are placed on the interstate movement of nursery and 
ornamental stock imported from foreign countries when reshipped from the 
port of entry in the unopened original container and labeled as to each con- 
tainer with a copy certificate of the country from which it was exported, a 
statement of the general nature and quantity of the contents, the name and 
address of the consignee, and the country and locality where grown. 
(3) No restrictions are placed on the interstate movement of soil-free aquatic 
plants, and of portions of plants without roots and free from soil, except 
that a certificate is required for the movement of cut flowers during the period 
June 15 to October 15, inclusive. 
(4) No certificate or permit will be required for the interstate movement of 
nursery and ornamental stock when transported by a common carrier on a 
through bill of lading either from an area not under regulation through a 
regulated area, or from a regulated area through a nonregulated area to another 
regulated area, except that a certificate is required between June 15 and Oc- 
tober 15 for interstate movement of cut flowers from the main regulated areas 
to the following-named isolated points : Brewer and Waterville, Maine ; Brighton, 
Buffalo, Hornell, Mount Morris, Rochester, and Watertown, and the town of 
Hornellsville, Steuben County, N. Y., or to other regulated parts of Erie, 
Jefferson, and Livingston Counties, N. T. ; Columbus, Coshocton, Mansfield, 
Newark and Toledo, Ohio, or to other regulated parts of Licking and Rich- 
land Counties, Ohio ; Corry and Erie, Pa. ; Burlington, Vt. ; and Charleston 
and Parkersburg, W. Va. No restrictions are placed on the interstate move- 
ment of cut flowers from the above-named isolated points. 
B. Conditions governing the issuance of certificates and permits. — For 
the purpose of certification of nursery and ornamental stock, nurseries, green- 
houses, and other premises concerned in the movement of such stock will be 
classified as follows: 
(5) Class I. — Nurseries, greenhouses, and other premises concerned in the 
movement of nursery and ornamental stock on or within approximately 500 
•See fool note 1, p. 3. 
