The Quarterly Bulletin of the State Plant Board of Florida, Volumes 1-4

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State Plant Board of Florida, 1917

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Page 99 - Jefferson Lafayette Lake Lee Leon Levy Liberty Madison Manatee Marion Martin Monroe Nassau Okaloosa Okeechobee Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pasco Pinellas Polk Putnam St.
Page 145 - Any person affected by any rule or regulation made or notice given, pursuant to this Act, may have a review thereof by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of having such rule, regulation or notice modified, suspended, or withdrawn.
Page 154 - That for the purpose of this act the term " nursery stock " shall include all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots.
Page 155 - ... the postmaster at the place of inspection to be forwarded to the person to whom they are addressed ; but if found to be infected with injurious pests and incapable of satisfactory disinfection the State inspector shall so notify the postmaster at the place of inspection, who shall promptly notify the sender of said plants or plant products that they will be returned to him upon his request and at his expense, or in default of such request that they will be turned over to the State authorities...
Page 7 - ... (Plate III, Figs. 7, 8 and 9; Plate V, Fig. 3.) The shape is oval, broader posteriorly, and hemispherical. The cuticle varies in color from light or dark red to black, with the median stripe lighter and with small clear areas, each of which contains a very small dot. There are also a few small setae scattered on the dorsal surface. Length, 3-4 mm. ; width, 2.6 mm. The antenna has six segments, the third, which is the longest, having three setae. The anal plate is nine-sixteenths as broad as long,...
Page 155 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to deposit in the United States mails any package containing any plant or plant product addressed to any place within a state maintaining inspection thereof, as herein defined, without plainly marking the package so that its contents may be readily ascertained by an inspection of the outside thereof. Whoever shall fail to so mark said packages shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. (c) The postmaster general is hereby authorized...
Page 156 - On receipt of the parcel at the post office of inspection the postmaster shall deliver it to the proper State official, and if such official shall return it to him marked to show that it has been inspected and passed, the postmaster shall affix to the parcel the postage furnished for returning it to the post office of address and promptly transmit it to that office.
Page 154 - Plants and plant products, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation (except field, vegetable, and flower seeds) , bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots, may be admitted to the mails only when accompanied...
Page 154 - All florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products in the raw or unmanufactured state, except vegetable and flower seeds...
Page 155 - State may submit to the Secretary of Agriculture a list of plants and plant products and the plant pests transmitted...

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