UBRARY STATE PLANT BOARD UNITED STATES DEPARTMEOT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Roeearch AdmJniBtratlon Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quoi'antine Waaliington 25, D. C. B. E. P. Q. 578-9 June 9, 1952 SUMMARY OF STATE NUESERY-STOCK SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINES AND REGULATIONS AI'FECTING INTERSTATE SHIPMENTS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The information contained in this summary was compiled ty Juliet E. Carrington, Division of Plant Quarantines^ from the Revised Rules and Regulations Governing the Movement of Plants and Plant Products Into and Out of the District of Columbia arid has been approved by the plant quaran- tine official of the District, It is issued for the convenience of plant quarantine inspectors, shippers, transportation agents, truckers, and others concerned in the interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other materials subject to District regulation on account of plant pests. The summary for the District of Columhia gives the general require- ments for shipping nursery stock into the District. An appendix furnishes information on post-office requirements for mailing plants, as well as terminal- inspection procedure. The infonnation contained in thin circular is believed to be correct and complete up to the time of preparation, but it is not intended to be used independently of or as a substitute for the original texts of the rules and regulations, and it is not to bo interpreted as legally authori- tative. For detailed information address Division of Plant Quarantines, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. in addition to District requirements, shippers will need to take into consideration applicable plant quarantines of the United States Department of Agriculture. In most instances these qu£irantines regulate the inter- state movement of specified plants, plant products, and other articles from designated regulated areas. However, some of these quarantines regu- late the interstate movement of certain lirticles into designated protected areas. Copies of such quarantines may be obtained from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Washington 25, D. C. Pl.-jnt Quarantine District of Columbia nursery- atock shipping reg_uirementa •-• 2-T.hA ■ . ■■:'r.r^/.:. - ■ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Smnmary of General N'or eery-Stock Shipping Req^ulrements (D. C. Rule a and Regulations, revised effective Apr. 1, I938) Definition a .--( 1 ) Nursery stock: All trees, shrubs, and plants having a persistent woody stem, and parts thereof capable of propagation, except fruit pits and seeds, provided that fore i {71 -grown seeds of woody plants, of palms, of Vicla (vetch, etc.), and of Lathyrus (sweetpeaa, etc.) are de- fined as nursery stock. (2) Herbaceous pfcrennlals, bulbs, and roots; Plants of which roots persist for 2 or more years but which lack persistent woody stems above the ground. This term includes fibrous-rooted perennials, such as strawberry plfuits and phlox; bulbs, such as narcissus and crocus; corms, such as gladiolus; tubers, such as dahlia; fleshy roots, such as peony; rhizomes, such as iris; and such greonhouse-grown plants as ferns, geraniums, orchids, etc. General Shipping Requirements. --Each container of nursery stock moved into the District of Columbia should have attached a valid Inspection certifi- cate of the State, Territory, or country of origin and bo plainly marked with name and address of consignor and consignee and a statement of the nature of the contents. Containers of herbaceous perennials, bulbs, or roots moving into the District should be marked to show nature of contents. Nursery stock and herbaceous plants, bulbs, or roots originating out- side the District shall not be delivered to the consignee by a common car- rier until so authorized by an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Plant Materials Subject to Terminal Inspection The District of Columbia has arranged, under the plant outlined in the appendix, for terminal inspection of the following materials: All florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, end. other plants and plant products in the raw or unmanufactured state, except vegetable and flower seeds and succulent plants, such as tomato, eggplant, pepper, cab- bage, etc. The District of Columbia maintains no plant quarantines affecting in- terstate shipments. The foregoing aumroai-y was reviewed and approved on February I9, 1952, by W. B. Wood, Plant Quarantine Inspector. APPEEDIX Requirements for Mailing Plants and Plant Products Under the postal lav/s and regulations, nursery stock, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, ouds, fruit pits, and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, including straiirherr;/ plants (except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots), may be adjnitted to the mails only when accompanied by a State ;inspection certificate to the effect that the nursery 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 address of the sender, (postal Laws and Regulations 19^0, sec, 595*) Inspection and certification must be done by a plajit quarantine official of the. State of origin. An individual mailing of such plants or plant products, if from uninspected premises, will also be accepted upon examination and certifi- cation by a State plant quarantine official. The address of the District of Columbia plant quarantine official is giv.en in the preceding summary. Terminal Inspection of Mail Shipments of Plants and Plant Products (Act, Mar. 4, 1915, as amended June k, 19 36; Postal Laws and Regijilations 19^0, sec. 59 Establishment of Terminal Inspection, — Any State desiring to operate under the provisions of the terminal inspection law so as to regulate the movement of mail 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 inspectors, 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, which are to be examined. The list, when approved in virhole or in part, will be transmitted to the Postmaster General whereupon postmasters will be informed and instructed. Anyone mailing a parcel containing any plants or plant products ad- dressed to any place within a State maintaining terminal inspection there- of is required, under the law, to have the parcel plainly narkod on the outside to show the nature of the contents. Materials shipped Tinder Federal quarantine certificates issued by the Bureau of Sntomologj/ and Plant Quarantine may be exomptod from terminal inspection at tiie option of the receiving State. Under the provisions of the 193^ amendment to the law, any State may arrange through Federal channels, after approval by the Secretary of Agriculture as indicated above, to regulate or prohibit the movement into (or \idthin) the State of mail shipments of designated plants and plant products the movement of which would constitute a violation of State plant quarantine laws or regulations. Terminal Inspection Proceduro* — Upon arrival in any State maintaining terminal inspection, plants or plant products named on the approved list will be forwarded "by the postmaster at desrtination to the nearest in- spection point. If the plants or plant products arc found, upon inspec- tion to "be free from injurious posts and not in violation of any plant quarantine or regulation of the State of destination or the United States Department of Agriculture, or if disinfosted when they are found infested, 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 he in- fested v.dth injurious pests and cannot "be satisfactorily disinfosted, or are in violation of any plaait quarantine or regulation of the State of destination or the United States Department of Agriculture, the post- master upon notification hy the State inspector vill inform the sender that the parcel v;ill he returned to hin upon his request and at his ex- pense. In default of such request the parcel will he turned over to the State authorities for destruction. Terminal inspection of plants and plant products is nov; maintained by Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Plorida, Hawaii, Idaiio, Minnesota, Mississiijpi, Montana, Oregon, Puerto Sico, Utah, and Washington. Plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection and places v/here terninal-inspoction service is maintained are listed at the end of the summary of the general nursery-stock shipping requirements for each of the above-mentioned States, District, and Territories. Procedure for Paying Forwarding Postage. — Methods of paying forwarding postage are provided to e3cpedite the handling of parcels subject to ter- minal inspection, as follows: ( l) The addressee may have the parcels ad- dressed to himself in care of the State inspector at a designated terminal inspection point in the State of destination and provide the inspector with postage for forwarding the inspected plants; or (2) the addressee may arrange with the sender to place on the parcels a pledge reading, "Forwarding postage guaranteed," v/hereupon the additional postage for forwarding will be collected from the addressee.