INFORMATIONS FOR IMPORTERS OF PLANTS, CUTTINGS 
BULBS, TUBERS, SEEDS AND FRUIT. 
1. Certificate from the original country. 
All sendings of living plants (or living parts of plants), fruit and seeds from abroad (also 
from Holland) to the Dutch East Indies, except the plants, fruit and seeds undermentioned (sub 3), 
must be accompanied by a certificate from the country of origin, in which certificate it is declared 
by the Government expert of that country that the sending is free from diseases and pests. 
For post-parcels the certificate must be attached to the custom-declaration, for letters and 
samples it must be put into the envelope with the letter or sample, for goods it must be sent to 
the importer or his proxy in the harbour where the inspection. 
2. Locality of inspection. 
The contents of all letters, samples and post-parcels, subject to inspection, must be indicated 
clearly and well specified on the letter, the sample, or the custom-declaration. The value must 
also be indicated clearly and well specified. The inscription „Via Tandjong-Priok (Plants)” or 
„Via Medan (Plants)” on the letter, the sample or the post-parcel, which inscription was formerly 
prescribed,* is no longer wanted. 
For plants and seeds (no fruit) subject to inspection and shipped as goods, the shipping 
agencies should be requested to stow these goods together with those for Belawan-Deli, if the goods 
are destined for Belawan-Deli or Sabang or for transshipment in these places, with the exception 
of plants or seeds, destined for the Residency „Westcoast of Sumatra” (Padang etc.). For all 
other plants and seeds, which are subject to inspection (including those for the „Westcoast of 
Sumatra”) the shipping agencies should be requested to stow these goods together with the goods 
to be unloaded at Tandjong Priok. 
Plants and seeds are only inspected in Tandjong-Priok (Batavia) and Belawan-Deli (Medan), 
fruit is also inspected in Semarang, Soerabaja and Makassar. 
3. Exemption from inspection. 
The following plants, fruit and seeds are exempted from inspection and need no certificate 
from the country of origin: 
a. seeds of the vegetables: endive, asparagus, gherkin, eggplant, beet, cabbage, turnip, rape 
and other seeds of the genus Brassica, celery, chicory, cucumber, garden-cress, lettuce, melon, 
parsley, pe-tsai or Chinese turniptop, pumpkin, purslane, leek, radish, rhubarb, scorzonera, 
spinach, tomato, onion, watermelon, carrot, dock; 
b. seeds of the following ornamental plants: Acroclinium, Amarantus, Antirrhinum, Aster, 
Begonia, Calendula, Canna, Celosia, Centaurea, Chrysanthemum, Clarkia, Clerodendron, Coleus, 
Coreopsis, Cosmos, Delphinium, Dianthus, Gaillardia, Gerbera, Helianthus, Impatiens, Lathyrus, 
Myosotis, Nasturtium, Nemesia, Papaver, Petunia, Pentstemon, Phlox, Portulaca, Rudbeckia, 
Salpiglossis, Salvia, Tagetes, Torenia, Tropaeolum, Viola, Verbena, Zinnia; 
c. the following vegetables for consumption: endive, beet, garlic, cabbage, lettuce, sweet potato, 
carrot, pe-tsai or Chinese turniptop, purslane, leek, spinach, teki, garden cress, onion, and dock; 
d. all dry seeds for consumption (as almonds, beans, peas, chestnuts, etc.); 
e. coco-nuts without husk; 
/. all plants and seeds addressed to the Director of Agriculture or to the Institute for Plant diseases. 
It is therefore to be recommended to send separately the seeds, above mentioned, which 
are free and need no certificate, and the seeds and plants which are subject to control and must 
be accompanied by a certificate. On sacks, boxes or envelopes, containing seeds which are free, 
the names of the seeds must be indicated clearly. 
4. Importation of Hevea plants. 
The importation from any country of South America of plants or parts of plants (inclusive 
seeds) of Hevea brasiliensis (Pararubbertree) is prohibited. 
(Issued by the 
Institute for Plantdiseases, Buitenzorg, JAVA, 
May 1925). 
