THE NATIONAL NURvSERYMAN 
193 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Office of the Secretary 
FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD 
ILANT QUARANTINE DECISION NO. 1 
The Federal Horticultural Board recommends that Regulation 6 of 
the Rules and Regulations for carrying cut the Plant Quarantine Act, 
published in Circular No. 41, Revised, Office of the Secretary, be 
amended by the addition in the first paragraph of a proviso reading 
as follows: 
Provided, however, d'hat nursery stock which can be cleaned by 
disinfection or treatment may be delivered to the importer, consignee, 
or agent for the proper care and treatment thereof, upon the filing of a 
v’oluntary bond, with approved sureties, double to the invoice value 
of the property (the amount of the bond in no case to be less than $20 
or less than ^i per plant in case of date palms and date-palm offshoots, 
conditioned upon the delivery thereof to the collector of customs 40 
days from the date of arrival, and provided that the same shall not be 
removed from the port of entry until a written notice is given to the 
collector of customs by the inspector of the Department of Agriculture 
that the nursery stock in question has been properly treated. 
Regulation 6, as amended, shall become and be effective on and after 
April I, 1913, and the regulation in full shall read as follows: 
Regulation 6, Entry of Nursery Stock 
(Section i) 
On and after July i, 1913, entry of nursery' stock will not be allowed 
unless the invoice is accompanied by the original certificate and unless 
each container bears a copy certificate, issued by a duly authorized 
official of the country from which it is shipped, stating that the nursery 
stock covered by these certificates has been thoroughly inspected by 
him or under his direction and was found, or believed to be, free from 
injurious plant diseases and insect pests: Provided, That for stock to be 
shipped between October i and May 31 such inspection shall be made on 
or after the ist of October and for stock shipped during the growing 
season inspection shall be made at the time of packing: Providing 
further. That on and after July i, 1913, nursery stock from countries 
which do not maintain official nursery stock inspection will be admitted 
into the United States only for experimental purposes and in limited 
quantities. For such importations a special permit will be required. 
(See Reg. 5.) Applications for such permits should be addressed, in 
writing, to the Federal Horticultural Board, specifying the amount and 
kinds of nursery stock which it is intended to import. Any such ship¬ 
ments will be allowed to enter only through a port which the Secretary 
of Agriculture will designate in the permit. Such nursery stock shall 
not be delivered to the importer or consignee until it has been examined 
by an inspector of the Department of Agriculture and found to be free 
from plant diseases and insect pests: Provided, however. That nursery 
stock which can be cleaned by disinfection or treatment may be delivered 
to the importer, consignee, or agent for the proper care and treatment 
thereof, upon the filing of a voluntary bond, with approved sureties, 
double to the invoice value of the property (the amount of the bond in 
no case to be less than $20 or less than ^i per plant in case of date palms 
and date-palm offshoots) conditioned upon the delivery thereof to the 
collector of customs 40 days from the date of arrival, and provided that 
the same shall not be removed from the port of entry until a written 
notice is given to the collector of customs by the inspector ot the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture that the nursery stock in question has been properly 
treated. 
Prior to July i, 1913, it will not be required that the original certifi¬ 
cate of inspection accompany the invoice, but each container of imported 
nursery stock must bear a copy of the certificate of inspection in the form 
authorized by the responsible inspection official of the country of origin. 
Prior to July i, 1913, nursery stock from countries which maintain 
no official nursery-stock inspection will be admitted into the United 
States only through the ports of New York, San Francisco, Seattle, 
Jacksonville, New Orleans, Honolulu, and San Juan after examination 
by inspectors of the Department of Agriculture at the port of entry, if 
found to be free from plant diseases and insect pests. 
Collectors of customs will be notified from time to time, through the 
Secretary of the Treasury, of the countries which maintain official 
nursery stock inspection. 
Entry will not be allowed unless the case, box, or other container 
or covering is plainly and correctly marked to show the number of 
permit, the general nature and quantity of the contents, the district 
or locality and country where grown, the name and address of the 
exporter, and the name and address of the consignee. 
Nursery stock offered for entry without compliance with these 
regulations will be refused admission. Nursery stock, inspected as 
provided herein, which is found to be carrying dangerous insects or 
plant diseases may be treated or destroyed, as circumstances require. 
When a package of imported nursery stock includes any prohibited 
species, the entire package will be refused entry and treated or destroyed 
as circumstances may require. 
All charges for storage, cartage, and labor incident to inspection, 
other than the services of inspectors, .shall be paid by the owner or 
consignee. 
C. L. Marlatt, 
W. A. Orton, 
Peter Bisset, 
Geo. B. Sudworth, 
W. D. Hunter. 
Federal Horticultural Boards 
Approved: 
James Wil.son, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
Washington, D. C., March i, 1913. 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Office of the Secretary 
federal horticultural board 
PLANT QUARANTINE DECISION NO. 2 
The Federal Horticultural Board recommends that regulation 5 of 
the rules and regulations for carrying out the plant quarantine act 
published in Circular No. 41, Revised, Office of the Secretary, be 
amended by the addition of the following: 
Permits for the entry of nursery stock or other plants and plant 
products of any grower or exporter may be refused, and existing permit, 
may be canceled, on proof that such grower or exporter has knowingls 
shipped into the United States any nursery stock, or other plants and 
plant products, the importation of which is forbidden by the Secretary 
of Agriculture under the authority conferred by section 7 of this act. 
Regulation 5, as amended, shall become and be effective on and after 
April 15, 1913, and the regulation in full shall read as follows: 
Regulation 5. Permits for Entry of Nursery Stock 
(Section i) 
On approval by the Secretary of Agriculture of an application for the 
importation of nursery stock from countries which maintain nursery 
stock inspection a permit will be issued in triplicate. One copy of the 
permit will be furnished to the applicant, one copy will be mailed to the 
collector at the port of entry, and the third filed with the application. 
Permits will expire on the 30th day of June of the year following the date 
of issue. They will be in the following form; 
This permit expires June 10, 191—. No. — 
united states department of agriculture, 
federal horticultur.al bo.ard, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
PERMIT TO IMPORT NURSERY STOCK 
., I 9 I-- 
To the Collector of Customs: 
Sir: You are hereby authorized, so far as the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Agriculture is concerned, to permit the importation under 
“The Plant Quarantine Act, August 20, 1912,” of the nursery stock 
specified in the application of —. dated . . . described herein, pro¬ 
vided each shipment is accompanied by the certificate of inspection and 
the shipper’s declaration certified by an American consular officer in 
conformity with the rules and regulations made for the enforcement of 
the act. 
Quantity General Nature 
.Fruit trees. 
.PTuit tree stocks. 
.Grape vines. 
.Bush fruits. 
.Roses. 
.Rose stocks. 
.Forest and ornamental deciduous trees. 
...Ornamental deciduous shrubs. 
.Coniferous trees other than pines. 
.Pines—species. 
.Evergreen trees other than conifers. 
.Evergreen shrubs other than conifers. 
