THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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NOTICE OF QUARANTINE NO. 10, 
with regulations 
Gipsy Moth and Brown-tail Moth 
The fact has been determined by the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture, and notice is hereby given, that two injurious insects, 
new to and not heretofore widely distributed within and 
throughout the United States, exist in parts of the following 
States, to wit: The gipsy moth (Porthetria dispar), in the 
States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and 
Rhode Island; and the brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysor- 
rhcea), in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, and Rhode Island. 
Now, therefore, I, David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture., under the authority conferred by section 8 of the 
act approved August 20, 1912, known as “The Plant Quaran¬ 
tine Act,” do hereby quarantine the area hereinafter 
described as infested by the brown-tail moth and the area 
hereafter described as infested by the gipsy moth, and, by 
this Notice of Quarantine No. 10, do order that (i) Coniferous 
trees such as spruce, fir, hemlock, pine, juniper (cedar) and 
arbor-vitas (white cedar), known and described as “Christmas 
trees,” and parts thereof, and decorative plants such as holly 
and laurel, known and described as “Christmas greens or 
greenery,” and (2) forest plant products, including logs, 
tan bark, posts, poles, railroad ties, cordwood, and lumber, 
and field-grown florist’s stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, 
and other plants and plant products for planting or propaga¬ 
tion, excepting fruit pits, seeds of fruit, and ornamental 
trees and shrubs, field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding 
plants, and other herbaceous plants and roots, shall not be 
moved or allowed to move interstate from any point in the 
areas herein quarantined to any point not located in said 
quarantined areas in manner or method or under conditions 
other than those prescribed in the rules and regulations 
hereinafter made and amendments thereto. 
The following towns and all the territory between said 
towns and the Atlantic Ocean are quarantined for the brown- 
tail moth, namely: Lubec, Perry, Robbinston, Charlotte, 
Cooper, Plantation XIX, Wesley, Plantations XXXI and 
XXX, Devereaux, Plantations XXVIII, XXXIII, and • 
XXXII, Milford, Alton, La Grange, Medford, Omeville, 
Atkinson, Dover, Sangerville, Parkman, Wellington, Bright¬ 
on, Solon, Embden, New Portland, Freeman, Salem,Phillips, 
Berlin No. 6, Byron, Andover, N.-Surp., and Grafton, Maine, 
Cambridge, Dummer, Stark, and Northumberland, New 
Hampshire; Guildhall, Granby, Victory, Burke, Sutton, 
Sheffield, Wheelock, Stannard, Walden, Cabot, Marshfield, 
Plainfield, Barre, Williamstown, Brookfield, Randolph, 
Bethel, Stockbridge, Barnard, Pomfret, Woodstock, Reading, 
Cavendish, Chester, Grafton, Townshend, Newfane, Marl¬ 
boro, and Halifax, Vermont; Colrain, Shelburne, Conway, 
WilHamsburg, Westhampton, Southampton, Westfield, and 
Southwick, Massachusetts; Suffield, Windsor Locks, Wind¬ 
sor, Bloomfield, West Hartford, Hartford, East Hartford, 
Manchester, Bolton, Coventry, Windham, Franklin, Bozrah, 
Norwich, Preston, North Stonington, and Stonington, 
Connecticut. 
The following towns and all the territory between said 
towns and the Atlantic Ocean are quarantined for the gipsy 
moth, namely: Lincolnville, Belmont, Searsmont, Mont- 
ville, Knox, Brooks, Unity, Troy, Albion, China, Vassal- 
borough, Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, West Gardiner, 
Winthrop, Monmouth, Leeds, Turner, Minot, Oxford, 
Otisfield, Casco, Sebago, Hiram, and Brownfield, Maine; 
Conway, Madison, Tamworth, Sandwich, Thornton, Ells¬ 
worth, Rumney, Groton, Alexandria, Danbury, Springfield, 
Sunapee, Goshen, Washington, Stoddard, Sullivan, Keene, 
Swanzey, and Winchester, New Hampshire; Warwick, 
Orange, New Salem, Petersham, Barre, New Braintree, 
Northfield, Spencer, Charlton, Oxford, and Douglas, Massa¬ 
chusetts; Bnrrillville, Glocester, Johnston, Cranston, War¬ 
wick North Kingstown, Portsmouth, and Bristol, Rhode 
Island; Somerset, Fall Rriver, and Westport, Massachusetts. 
The towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont, Surry, 
Penobscot, Blue Hill, Sedgwick, Deer Isle, Vinal Haven, 
North Haven, Islesborough, Searsport, Stockton Springs, 
Frankfort, andWinterport, Maine;, are also infested and are 
also quarantined for the gipsy moth. 
Gipsy-moth Regulations 
Coniferous trees, such as spruce, fir, hemlock, pine, 
juniper (cedar), and arbor-vit« (white cedar), known and 
described as “Christmas trees,” and parts• thereof, and 
decorative plants, of the area quarantined for the gipsy 
moth, such as holly and laurel, known and described as 
“Christmas greens or greenery,” shall not be Proved or 
allowed to move interstate to points outside the quarantined 
area. 
Forest plant products, including logs, tan bark, posts, 
poles, railroad ties, cordwood, and lumber, and field-grown 
florists’ stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and other plants 
and plant products for planting or propagation, of the area 
quarantined for the gipsy moth, excepting fruit pits, seeds 
of fruit, and ornamental trees and shrubs, field, vegetable, 
and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous 
plants and roots shall not be moved or allowed to move inter¬ 
state to any point outside the quarantined area unless and 
until such plants and plant products have been inspected 
by the United States Department of Agriculture and pro¬ 
nounced free from the gipsy moth. 
Brown-tail Moth Regulations 
Deciduous trees or shrubs of the area quarantined for 
the brown-tail moth, or such parts thereof as bear leaves, 
including all deciduous field-grown florists’ stock, vines, 
cuttings, grafts, and scions, but excepting forest plant 
products, such as logs, tan bark, posts, poles, railroad ties, 
cordwood, and lumber, shall not be moved or allowed to 
move interstate to points outside the quarantined area 
unless and until such plants and plant products have been 
