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 ■  LIBRARY        AGRICULTUBAL  ?j:S?^CH  ADMINISTPATIOw 
 
 STATE  PLANT  BOMW-^^^     tsittoi-iology  aito  ?zki72  qn-jLOTiiiB 
 
 Washington  25,  D.  C. 
 
 Au^st  17.  19^9 
 
 B.S.P.Q.  578-6 
 
 SUMJIARY  0?  STATE  msHRY-STOCZ  SHI^PIITG  EEQUIRSf^ITTS  .JTD  PLAITT 
 QUAEr'iNTINE  AlvD  ESGULATIOITS  APiTCTIIIG  lilTERSTATE  SHIPMiDZ'TS 
 
 COLORADO 
 
 The  infomation  contained  in  this  sumnar--  was  compiled  fron  naterial 
 received  from  the  plant  quarantine  official  of  Colorado  and  hr^.s  "been  arv- 
 proved  by  him.     It  is  issued  for  the  convenience  of  plant  quarantine  in- 
 spectors, shipper s.trnnspor tat ion  agents,  truckers,  and  others  concorned 
 in  the  interstate  movement  of  plants,  plant  products,  ?.nd  other  mr.torials 
 subject  to  State  regulation  on  account  of  plant  pests. 
 
 The  suninary  for  Colorado  gives  the  f^enoral  requirements  for  shipping 
 nurserv  stock  into  that  State,  as  well  as  digests  of  the  State  plant  quar- 
 antines and  regulations  affecting  interstate  shipments.    An  appendix  fur- 
 nishes infomation  on  pont-office  requirements  for  mailing  plants  as  woD.l 
 as  teri.dnal-inspcction  procedure.    This  surxnarj'  docs  not  include  ligestr. 
 of  nursery-stock  or  plant-qur.rar.tine  requirements  re.lcting  to  the  aovcmcnt 
 of  plants  entirely  within  the  State. 
 
 The  information  contained  in  this  circular  is  "belie^'-ed  to  b3  correct 
 and  complete  up  to  the  time  of  proprration,  but  it  is  not  intender"  tn  bo 
 used  independently  of  or  as  a  substitut::  for  the  original  texts  of  tlio 
 regulations  and  qunranti no s  and  it  is  not  to  be  interpreted  as  legally 
 authoritative.    For  detailed  inforriation  address  the  Chief,  Division  of 
 Plant  Industry,  20  St'^te  liuscum,  Denver  2,  Colorado. 
 
 In  addition  to  Stato  recuircnents,  shippers  will  need  to  take,  i-:to 
 consideration  applicable  plant  quarantines  of  the  United  States  Department 
 of  Agriculture.     In  most  instances  those  quarantines  regvdatc  the  inter- 
 state movement  of  specified  plants,  plant  products,  o.nd  other  articles 
 from.  desi::natcd  regulated  areas.    However,  somo  of  these  quarantine's  regu- 
 late the  interstate  movement  of  certain  articles  into  designated  protected 
 areas.    Copies  of  such  quarantines  may  be  obtained  frrn  the  3\irea\i  of 
 Sntor.ology  and  Plant        ran  tine,  Washirigtcn  25,  D,  C.  ^ 
 
 Acting  Chief.  ^tc3x\  of  ISntonoZo^r/  and 
 
Colorado  nursery-stock 
 shipping  requirements 
 
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 C0L0EAIX3 
 
 ^ugimary  of  General  Nursery-Stock  Shipping  Heqiurements 
 (state  Entomologist  Act,  1937i  Sec, 11;  Proclamation  ITo.  1, 
 
 revised  J!>.xi  1^,  I9U2) 
 
 Definition  of  Nursery  Stock, -~'"Plant  products,  nursery  and  greenhouse 
 
 stock,  decorative  greens,  and  cut  flowers," 
 
 General  Shipping  Heq^iircments,— Sach  shipment  or  lot  of  nurserystock 
 moving  into  Colorado  must  be  plainly  marked  with  the  naines  and- addresses 
 of  shipper  and  consignee  and  the  general  naiiure  of  the  contents  and  bear 
 a  valid  inspection  certificate  of  the  IState  of  origin, 
 
 Ano""  shipment  of  plant  material  that  is  found,  or  deemed  liable,  to 
 carry  pests  or  is  in  violation  of  any  Colorado  or  Fedei*al  cuaraiitine  may 
 he  sent  out  of  the  State  or  destroyed  immediately  at  the  expense  of  the 
 ov/ner. 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quaran,tinos 
 
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 Summary  of  State  Plant  Qioaraiiti nos 
 
 Colorado  Potato  Beetle 
 (Qiiarantine  Orier  "C"  effective  Nov.  1,  1939) 
 
 Tomato  and  pepper  plants  will  not  be  adip.itted  to  the  noninfested 
 
 counties  of  Colorado  from  any  State,  other  than  California  and  Fevada., 
 
 unless  p^compfljaied  "by  certification  of  the  State  of  ori^^in  that  thoy 
 
 originated  in  a  county  free  of  Colorado  potato  "beetle.    A  c^py  of  the 
 
 certificate  aust  be  mailed  at  ticie  cf  shipment  to  the  Division  of  Plant 
 
 Industry,  Tenver, 
 
 Noninfested  counties  in  Colorado 
 
 Alamosa  Delta  La  Plata  Mor.tezxna 
 
 Archuleta  Sagle  Lake  Montrose 
 
 Chaffee  G-arfieid  Mesa  Onray 
 
 Cone jo s  &unnison  Mineral  Pitkin 
 
 Costilla  Hinsdale  Moffat  Houtt 
 
 Rio  B].anco 
 Bio  'j-rande 
 Saguache 
 Sar.  Juan 
 San  Miguel 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quarantinos 
 
 Europoo-ix  Corn  Borer 
 (Quarantine  Order  "P",  revised  Apr.  1,  15^3) 
 
 ^egulr.tod  products^  —  Stalks,  cars,  cobs,  or  otiior  parts  or  debris  of  corn, 
 or  brooncorn,  sor£,hiu,is,  or  Sudan  grass  ( except  clean  seed  sad  shGllci  grain); 
 cut  flov/erc.  or  entire  plants  of  aster,  ch2:^'"santiie!n"ujn,  dalilia,  and  gladiolus 
 ( except  bnlbs,  corms,  and  tubers  without  stems)}  lina  or  f^reen  shell  ■'■»eans 
 (crrnbcrr:/-  or  horticultural)   in  the  pod;  beets  vrith  tops;  and  rhubarb. 
 
 Oonditions  i;-;overninf;  shipment.. — -^-e.^alated  products  from  the  infested  areas 
 will  be  adTjitted  into  Colorado  only  v/hen  accompanied  ^jy  certification  by 
 the  State  of  origin  or  by  a  Federal  official  that  sv.ch  material  has  been 
 inspected  and  found  free  from  the  borer,  or  manufactured  or  processed  in 
 E'ach  nanr.er  as  to  eliminate  risk  of  carrying  the  borer. 
 
 Infested  areas 
 
 Connecticut  Massachusetts  Pennsylvania 
 
 Delaware  Michigan  Rhode  Island 
 
 Illinr^is  ITew  Hacp shire  Yermont 
 
 Indiana  I\iew  Jersey  Tirginia 
 
 Kentucky  New  York  West  Tir/^inia 
 
 Maine  l^orth  Carolina  Wisconsin 
 
 Maryland  Ohio 
 
 loua:  Counties  of  Cedar,  Clayton,  Clinton,  Delaware,  Des  Hoines, 
 
 Axbuquc,  Henry,  Jackson,  Jefzerson,  Johnson,  Jones,  ICeokiik, 
 
 Lee,  Linn,  Louisa,  Mudcatino,   Scott,  Van  Euren,  V/apello, 
 ¥a  shin  ti- tor- 
 
 Mi  s  sou  ri  : 
 
 Counties  of  Audrain,  Clark,  FraiJclin,  Jefferson,  Knox,  Lewis, 
 Lincoln,  Marion,  Monroe,  Montgomery,  Pike,  Halls,  ^aint  Chvarles, 
 Saint  Louis,  Scotland,  Shelby,  Warren. 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quarantines 
 
 Oriontal  ?ruit  Moth 
 (Quarantine  Order  "S" ,  revised  Jan,  1,  I9U6) 
 
 Regulated  articles, — All  varieties,  including  the  flowering  forms,  of 
 almond,  apjole,  r'.pricot,  cherry,  chokechorry,  hawthorn  (Crataegus  spp, ) , 
 nectarine,  peach,  pear,  plum,  and  qiiince  trees  '^.nd  parts  thereof,  in- 
 cluding the  fresh  fruits,  grown  in  or  shipped  from  the  infested  terri- 
 tory, and  used  containers  of  such  fruits. 
 
 Fursery  stock;  conditions  governing  shipment, — Limited  quantities  of 
 "budwood  or  scions  of  the  aboire-naned  trees,  except  chokecherry  and 
 hawthorn,  will  "be  admitted  into  the  designated  protected  areas  of  Colorado 
 during  the  period  iTovember  1  to  April  1  under  permit  from  the  Chief, 
 Division  of  Plant  Industrj--,     Persons  moicin-;  application  for  such  permit 
 should  state  (l)   the  name  and  address  of  the  shipper,  (2)   the  locality 
 where  the  hudwood  or  scions  were  grown,  (3)   the  quantity  and.  kind  of 
 such  stock  to  he  shipped,  and  Q})   the  importer  in  Colorado  to  whom,  the 
 permit  is  to  be  sent. 
 
 Bare-rooted  trees  of  the  above-named  kinds,  except  hawthorn,  will  be 
 admitted  into  the  protected  areas  of  Colorado  during  the  period  November 
 1  to  June  1  when  fumigated  according  to  Approved  methods  and  so 
 certified.     The  trees  must  be  protected  from  post-funigation  infes- 
 tation, their  indentity  maintained,  and  the  packing  material  of  such 
 nature  and  so  safeguarded  as  to  prevent  carrying  the  pest. 
 
 fHimigation  of  fruits. — Fresh  fruits  af  all  the  regulated  plants  will  be 
 admitted  to  the  protected  areas  of  Colorado  only  when  fumigated  according 
 to  approved  methods  d'siring  the  period  May  1  to  October  yi  a-nd  so  certified, 
 except  that  fruit  fumigated  prior  to  October  yi  a-nd  subsequently  placed  in 
 cold  storage  m.py  be  certified,  if  protected,  and  indentity  maintained. 
 
 Contadners  and  ti"licks»T'~Used  containers  from  infested  or  unidentified 
 areas  may  net  enter  the  protected  areas  of  Colorado  unless  they  have  been 
 fumigated  as  prescribed  and  sc.  certified.     Trucks  or  other  vechicles  enter- 
 ing the  protected  areas  of  Colorado  must  be  free  of  oriental  fru.it  moth 
 or  be  thoroughly  cleaned. 
 
 Certificates. — Each  shipment  of  regulated  articles  from,  the  infested  ter- 
 ritory'" to  the  pr'' ttected  areas  of  Colorad.o  must  be  accompanied  by  the  re- 
 quired fumigation  certificate  of  t  .e  State  of  origin,  giving  details  of 
 treatment,  number  and  contents  of  shipment,  and  n^^-Vies  and  s-ddressos  of 
 consignee  -""^nd  consignor,  and  certifying;  that  shipment  was  not  e:<posed  to 
 post- fumigation  infestation.    A  copy  of  such  certificate  riUst  be  sent  to 
 the  Chief,  Division  of  Plant  Industry,  Denver. 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quarantines 
 
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 Qyiental  Fruit  Moth  (Cont.) 
 
 Infested  territory 
 
 Alabarr.a 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 Arkanjsas 
 
 Iowa 
 
 l^ebraska 
 
 Bhode  Island 
 
 California 
 
 Kansas 
 
 Hew  Ka^ap shire 
 
 South  Carolina 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Kentucky 
 
 Uew  Jersey 
 
 ■Tennessee 
 
 Delaware 
 
 Loui  si ana 
 
 IvTew  York 
 
 Texas 
 
 District  of  Columbia 
 
 Maryland 
 
 !Morth  Carolina 
 
 Utah 
 
 Florida 
 
 Massachusetts 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Tir^inia 
 
 Georgia 
 
 Michigan 
 
 Oklalioma 
 
 WaPihin.^ton 
 
 Idalio 
 
 Mississippi 
 
 Oregon 
 
 West  Virginia 
 
 Illinois 
 
 Colorado:    Entire  State  except  the  counties  of  Delta,  Fremont,  Garfield, 
 Larimer,  MesA'».  Montezuma,  ifontrose 
 
 Protected  areas  of  Colorado;    Entire  counties  of  Delta,  Fremont,  Garfield 
 Larimer,  Mesa,  Montezuma,  Montrose 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quarantines 
 
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 r     Peach  Mosaic 
 (Quarantine  Order  ITo.  1,  revised  May  1,  I9U2) 
 
 Restricted  products. — Almond,  apricot,  nectarine,  peach,  plum,  and  prune 
 trees,  rootstock,  grafts,  buds,  or  other  parts  thereof  capable  of  propa- 
 gation,, except  fruit  pits. 
 
 Conditions  governing  shipment, — Transportation  of  the  restircted  articles 
 from  any  regulated  area  into,  x^ithin,  or  from  Colorado  is  permitted  only 
 when  there  is  attached  to  each  shipment  a  valid  peach-mosaic  inspection 
 certificate  of  the  State  of  origin,  bearing  the  name  and  address  of  the 
 shipper. 
 
 Conditions  of  certification.  —  Certificates  r.iay  be  issued  on  condition 
 that  all  diseased  trees  o.re  reuovcd  from  the  environs  of  nurseries  and 
 budwood  sources  for  a  radius  of  1  m.ile  by  or  before  May  1^,  provided  that 
 certificates  will  not  be  issued  for  1  year  following  the  finding  of  mosaic 
 infection  either  in  or  immediately  adjacent  to  a  nursery  block  or  budwood 
 orchard.     The  an.nual  inspection  of  host  trees  within  such  1-mile  radius  is 
 required.    All  budvrood  secured  in  or  shipped  from  a  regulated  area  must  be 
 cut  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  and  be  covered  by  a  specia.l 
 certificate. 
 
 These  restrictions  do  not  apply  to  shipments  to  the  U.  S.  Department 
 of  Agriculture  or  to  recognized  State  institutions  for  experimental  or 
 scientific  purposes  except  that  a  permit  is  required  for  movement  into 
 the  Sti.-.te  of  such  articles. 
 
 Regulated  areaA 
 
 Arizona: 
 
 California: 
 
 Colorado : 
 New  Mexico : 
 
 Oklahoma: 
 Texas: 
 
 Utah: 
 
 Counties  of  Apache,  Cochise,  Coconino,  3-raha.m,  Maricopa, 
 Fina,  Santa  Cruz,  Yavapai 
 
 Counties  of  Imperial,  Los  .'In^'les,  Orange,  Riverside, 
 San  BetaiaidiJpci,  San  Diego 
 
 Counties  of  Delta,  G-arfield,  Mesa,  Montezujna 
 Counties  of  Bernalillo,  Done,  Ana,  Lincoln,  Otero,  Hio  Arriba, 
 Sandoval,  Sa,nta  Fe,   Sierra,  Socorro,  Taos,  Valencia 
 Counties  of  Bryan  a,nd  Johnston 
 
 Counties  of  Bowie,  Brown,  Callahan,  Cherokee,  Comanche, 
 Cookev'  Dallas,  Denton,  3astland,.  7]llis,  31  Paso,  Srath, 
 Tannin,  Fisher,  Floyd,  G-rayson,  G-regg,  Hopkins,  Hudspeth, 
 Johnson,  Jones,  Mills,  Palo  Pinto,  Parker,  Runnels,  Rusk, 
 San  Saba,  Smith,  Tarrant,  Taylor,  iTilbarger 
 Counties  of  G-rand,  Salt  Lake,  San  Juan,  Utah,  VJashington 
 
Colora'.o  pl-nt 
 q^iiaran  tines 
 
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 Potato  IHiber  Moth 
 (Quarantine  Order  "D",  rev^sed  Apr.  25,  l^hl) 
 
 Each  shipin;-nt  of  potatoes  from  the  infested  area  into  Colorado  must 
 he  accompanied  hi'  State-of-origin  certification  at  the  point  of  origin 
 that  (l)   the  district  of  origin  is  apparently  moth-free  as  determined  "by 
 checking  hy  light-traps  and  field  inspections,  or  "by  other  satisfactory 
 means,  and  inspection  of  the  potatoes  when  readj''  for  shipment  revealed 
 no  infestation,  or  (2)  the  potatoes  were  fiimigated  "by  one  of  the  pre- 
 scrihcd  methods.     Such  certificates  must  state  dates  of  inspection  or 
 treatment,   shipping  point,  numher  of  containers  in  shipment,  car  or  truck 
 name  and  number,  and  names  and  addresses  of  shipper  and  consignee.  A 
 copy  of  such  certificate  must  he  mailed  to  the  Chief,  Division  of  Plant 
 Indus tr;:,',  Denver. 
 
 Carriers  are  required  to  report  the  arrival  of  potatoes  grown  in 
 the  infested  area  and  to  hold  them  for  inspection  and  release. 
 
 This  quarantine  does  not  apply  to  shipments  of  potatoes  moving 
 throu',-h  Colorado  or  held  at  Colorado  points  awaiting  diversion,  reconsign- 
 ment,  or  other  instructions. 
 Infested  area 
 
 California  Hawaii  Utah 
 
 Florida  Texas  Virginia 
 
Coloradn  plant 
 quarantines 
 
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 vynptomle 3s  Carriors  cf  Peach  liosaic 
 (C^arantinu  ^rde^'  a,  exfectivp  ^ct.  15,  19^6) 
 
 Regtricted  varieties. — Horticioj.tural  varieties  of  perch  (j^runus  persica) 
 as  follows;    Alexander,  Altrn  Cling,  Belle  of  G-eorgia,  Carmen,  Char.ipion, 
 CramSwl,  Dewey,  G-reenshoro ,  Guinn,  Grange  Clin=;,  Redhird  Cling  (Early- 
 Wheeler),  Rochester,  Seodling,  Victor;  and  any  other  variety  th-t  nay  he 
 found  to  "be  a  sy^tomlesr  carrier  of  peach  mosaic. 
 
 Conditions  governing  shipment. — Transportation  of  the  restricted  varieties 
 from  any  regulpted  area  into  or  -//itnin  the  protected  area  in  Colorado  is 
 prohibited.    All  fruit  -iireos,  except  prohibited  varieties,  must  have  a  tag 
 attached  stating  the  known  hortlcultiural  variety  of  the  nur'^ery  rtock,  the 
 point  of  origin,  and  the  nejie  .-^nd  address  of  the  shipoer. 
 
 These  restrictions  do  not  apply  to  shioraents  to  the  U«  S.  Department 
 of  Agriculture  or  to  recognized  State  instit-'.xticns  for  experimental  or 
 scientific  pirposos,  except  that  a  special  permit       required  for  entry 
 into  the  protected  area  of  such  articles. 
 
 Regulated  areas. — All  States  and  District?  of  the  United  States 
 Protected  area  in  Colorado:     Counties  of  Delta,  G-arfield,  Mesa,  Montezuma, 
 Montrose 
 
Colorado  plant 
 quarantines 
 
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 Western  Celery  Mosaic 
 (Quarantine  Order  "H",  effective  FeT).  1,  19^8; 
 as  amended  effective  Feb.  15,  I9I+9) 
 
 Restricted  articles. — Celery  plants  or  parts  thereof  for  propagation. 
 Condi tiona^overning  shipment  , — Transportation  of  the  restricted  articles 
 from  California  (infested  area)  into  Colorado  is  permitted  only  vhen  there 
 is  securely  attached  to  the  oultside  of  each  shipment  a  valid  inspection 
 certificate  of  the  State  of  origin,  "beering  the  name  and  address  of  the 
 consignor  and  stating  that  the  celery  plants  were  grown  in  a  district 
 known  to  be  free  from  Western  celery  mosaic  and  that  an  "on  the  spot"  in- 
 spection revealed  such  plants  to  be  mosaic-free.    A  copj-  of  such  certifi- 
 cate must  be  mailed  to  the  Chief,  Division  of  Plr.nt  Industry,  Denver. 
 
 Shipments  of  celery  plants  originating  in  any  area  not  listed  as  in- 
 fested and  moving  into  Colorado  must  bear  a  certificate  of  the  State  of 
 origin  stating,  "Celery  plants  grown  in  an  area  not  know  to  be  infected 
 with  Western  celery  mosaic." 
 
 Carriers  are  required  to  report  the  arrival  of  celery  shipments  and 
 to  hold  them  for  inspection  and  release. 
 Infested  area. — California  n 
 Regulated  area, — ^All  States  of  the  United  States 
 
 The  foregoing  summary  was  checked  and  approved  on  June  2U,  19^9 » 
 by  F.  Herbert  G-ates,  Chief,  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry, 
 
APP3FDIX 
 
 Requirements  for  Mailin,^  Plants  and  Plant  Products 
 
 Under  the  postal  laws  and  r'^-^ulations ,  nursery  stock,   inclur'in^^  all 
 field-^rown  .florists'  stock,  trees,  shrubs,  vines,  cuttings,  §;rafts, 
 scions,  buds,  fruit  pits,  and  other  seeds  of  fruit  and  ornamentp.l  trees 
 or  shrubs,  and  other  plants  and  plant  products  for  propagation,  includin<^ 
 strawberry  plants  ( except  field,  veget^ible,  and  flower  seeds,  beddin;^ 
 plants  and  other  herbaceous  plants,  bulbs,  and  roots),  may  bo  admitted  to 
 the  mails  only  when  accompanied  by  a  State  inspection  certificate  to  the 
 effect  that  the  nurserj/^  or  premises  from  which  such  stock  is  shipped  has 
 been  inspected  within  a  year  and  found  free  from  injurious  insects  and 
 plant  diseases.    Parcels  containing  such  nursery  stock  must  be  plainly 
 marked  to  show  the  nature  of  the  contents  and  the  name  and  aidress  of 
 the  sender,     (Postal  Laws  and  Regulations  19^0,  sec.  595.)  Inspection 
 and  certification  must  be  done  by  a  plr.nt  quarantine  official  of  the  State 
 or  origin.    An  individual  mailing  of  such  planl^  or  plant  products,  if 
 from  uninspected  premises,  will  also  be  accepted  upon  examination  and  cer- 
 tification by  a  Stf^te  plant  quarantine  official.    The  address  of  the 
 Colorado  plant  quarantine  official  is  given  in  the  preceding  summary. 
 
 Terminal  Inspection  of  Mail  Shipments  of  Plants  and  Plant  Products 
 (Act  Mar.  h,  I915,  as  amended  June  U,  193^;  Postal  Laws 
 and  Regulations  19^0,  sec.  59^) 
 
 Establishment  of  Terminal  InsDection. — ^Any  State  desiring  to  operate  under 
 the  provisions  of  the  terminal  inspection  law  so  as  to  regulate  the  move- 
 ment of  mall  shipments  of  plants  and  plant  products  into  (or  within)  the 
 State  may,  after  having  provided  therefor  at  State  expense  and  having 
 designated  one  or  more  places  where  inspection  will  be  maintained,  arrange 
 to  have  such  mail  shipments  turned  over  to  State  plant  quarantine  inspec- 
 tors for  examination  at  designated  inspection  points.    Application  will  be 
 made  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  submitting  a  list  of  plants  and 
 plant  products  and  the  plant  pests  transmitted  thereby,  v;hich  are  to  be 
 exam.ined.     The  list,  vrhen  approved  in  whole  or  in  part,  will  be  transnit- 
 ted  to  the  Postmaster  G-eneral  whereupon  postmasters  will  be  informed  and 
 instructed. 
 
 Anyone  mailing  a  p-^rcel  containing  any  plants  or  plant  products  ad- 
 dressed to  any  place  within  6.  State  maintaining  terminal  inspection  thereof 
 is  required,  under  the  law,   to  have  the  parcel  plainly  narked  on  the  out- 
 side to  show  the  nature  of  the  contents.    Materials  shipped  under  Federal 
 quarantine  certificates  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  entomology  and  Plant 
 Qp.arantine  may  be  exempted  from  terminal  inspection  at  the  option  of  the 
 receiving  State, 
 
Under  the  provisions  of  the  1936  amendment  to  the  law,  any  State  may- 
 arrange  through  Federal  channels,  after  approval  "by  the  Secretary  of 
 Agriculture  as  indicated  ahove,  to  regulate  or  prohibit  the  movement  into 
 (or  within)  the  State  of  mail  shipments  of  designated  plants  and  plant 
 products  the  movement  of  ^vhich  would  confetitut©  a  violation  of  State 
 plant  quarantine  laws  or  regulations. 
 
 Terminal  Inspection  ProcediSpe, — Upon  arrival  in  any  State  maintaining- 
 terminal  inspection,  plants  or  plant  products  named  on  the  approved  list 
 will  "be  forwarded  "by  the  postmaster  at  destination  to  the  nearest  in- 
 spection point.     If  the  plants  or  plant  products  are  found,  upon  inspec- 
 tion, to  "be  free  from  injurious  pests  and  not  in  violation  of  any  j)lant 
 quarantine  or  regulation  of  the  State  of  destination  or  the  United  States 
 Department  of  Agriculture,  or  if  disinfested  when  they  rre  found  infr.srted, 
 such  plants  or  plant  products  will  then  be  forwarded  by  the  postmaster  at 
 the  point  of  inspection  to  the  addressee  upon  payment  of  postage. 
 
 If  plants  or  plant  products,  upon  inspection,  are  found  to  "be  infes- 
 ted with  injurious  pests  rnd  cannot  be  satisfactorily  disinfested,  or  a,re 
 in  violation  of  any  plant  quarantine  or  regulation  of  the  State  of  desti- 
 nation or  the  United  States  Department  of  A;:^riculture,  the  postmaster 
 upon  notification  by  the  State  inspector  will  inform  the  sender  that  the 
 parcel  will  be  returned  to  him  upon  his  request  and  at  his  expense.  In 
 default  of  such  request  the  parcel  will  be  turned  over  to  the  State 
 authorities  for  destruction.  ' 
 
 Tonninal  inspection  of  plants  and  plrnt  products  is  now  maintained 
 by  Arizona,  Arkansas,  California,  District  of  Columbia,  Florida,  Hawaii, 
 Idaho,  Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Hontana,  Oregon,  Puerto  Hico,  Utah,  and 
 Washington.    Plant  and  pirnt  products  subject  to  terminal  inspection  and 
 places  where  terminal-inspection  service  is  m.aintained  are  listed  at  the 
 end  of  the  sumjn^ry  of  the  general  nursery-stock  shipping  requirements  for 
 each  of  the  above-mentioned  States,  District,  and  Territories. 
 
 Procedure  for  Paying  Forwarding  Postnge. — Methods  of  paying  forwarding 
 postage  are  provided  to  expedite  the  handling  of  parce^ls  subject  to  ter- 
 minal inspection,  as  follows:     (1)     The  addressee  may  have  the  parcels 
 addressed  to  himself  in  care  of  the  State  inspector  at  a  desi:;n?ted 
 terminal-inspection  point  in  the  State  of  destination  and  provide  the  in- 
 spector with  postage  for  forwarding  the  inspected  plants;  or  (2)  the  ad- 
 dressee may  arrange  with  the  sender  to  place  on  the  parcels  a  pledge 
 reading, "Forwarding  postage  guaranteed,"  whereupon  the  additional  postage 
 for  forwarding  will  be  collected  from  the  addressee.