~J Qu original certificate, and unless each container bears a copy certificate issued by a duly authorized official of the country from which it is exported, stating that the nursery stock and other plants and seeds covered by the certificate have been thoroughly inspected by him or under his direction at the time of packing, and found, or believed to be, free from injurious plant diseases and insect pasts. Each certificate and copy certificate shall give the date of inspection, name of the grower or exporter, the district or locality and the country where grown, and a statement that the nursery stock and other plants and seeds have been inspected by a duly authorized official and found, or believed to be, free from insect pests and plant diseases. The original certificate shall be signed and sealed by, and the copy certificate shall bear the seal and the actual or reproduced signature of, a responsible inspection official for the country of origin. Lists of officials in foreign countries authorized to inspect nursery stock and other plants and seeds, giving their names and official designations, will be furnished to collectors of customs through the Secretary of the Treasury. Each case, box, or other container or covering of nursery stock and other plant and seeds offered for entry shall be plainly and correctly marked to show the number of the permit, the general natṛre 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. Witness my hand and the seal of the United States Department of Agriculture. *For detailed instructions relative to packing materials, including sterilized soil for bulbs and corms, see HB-132, revised June 8, 1921. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FEDERAL HORTICULTURAL BOARD MODIFICATION OF NURSERY STOCK, PLANT, AND SEED QUARANTINE REGULATIONS Amendment No. 1 of Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37 ['Effective on and after July 1, 1924] Under authority conferred by the plant quarantine act of August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315), as amended by the act of Congress approved March 4, 1917 (39 Stat. 1134, 1165), it is ordered that Regulation 15 of the Revised Rules and Regulations Supplemental to Notice of Quarantine No. 37, governing the importation of nursery stock, plants, and seeds into the United States, which became effective April 5, 1923, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Regulation 15. Permits for the importation of nursery stock and other plants and seeds from countries contiguous to the United States. When it is deemed by the Secretary of Agriculture that the importation from countries contiguous to the United States of any class or classes of nursery stock and other plants and seeds the entry of which is not provided for under Regulations 2 and 3 will not be attended by serious risk to the agriculture, horticulture, or floriculture of the United States, permits may be issued, on application, authorizing the entry of such nursery stock and other plants and seeds under such safeguards as may be prescribed in the permits: Provided, That importations under this regulation shall be limited to specific classes of nursery stock and other plants and seeds which can be considered as peculiar to or standard productions of such contiguous countries, and not mere reproductions of imported stock from other foreign countries: Provided further, That this shall not apply to nursery stock and other plants and seeds governed by special quarantines and other restrictive orders, other than Quarantine 37, now in force, nor to such as may hereafter be made the subject of special quarantines: Provided further, That in addition to the certificate required by Regulation 7, the invoice covering nursery stock and other plants and seeds offered for entry under this regulation must be accompanied by a certifi 2729-24 |