B.E.P-Q.. 533. Revised Effective March 1, 19^5 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 07 AGRICULTURE 
 
 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
 
 BUREAU Of ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
 
 DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES 
 
 JAPANESE BEETLE QUARANTINE REGULATIONS MODIFIED 
 
 Introductory note. — This revision of the adaini strati ve instructions 
 (B.I. P.O.. 533) makes no change in the list of articles that are exempted froa 
 Japanese Dee tie certification. The revision is solely for the purpose of bringing 
 the citation of authority into line with the appropriate proviso in the current 
 revision of the quarantine. 
 
 I 301*^8 Administrative Instructions: articles exempt from certification . 
 Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief of the Bureau of Entomology end 
 Plant Quarantine "by the second proviso of the Japanese beetle quarantine (10 FR 
 1951. s 301. Ug), the following articles, the interstate movement of which is not 
 considered to constitute a risk of Japanese beetle dissemination, are hereby 
 exempted from the requirements of the regulations of that quarantine. 
 
 Nursery stock ; Under this classification, the following articles are hereby 
 exempted: 
 
 True bulbs, corns, and tubers, when dormant, except for storage growth, 
 and when free from soil. 
 
 cut>£|« HfiV-<. a tnhflru or anall dahlia root-di visions when free from 
 stems, cavities, and soil. 
 
 (Dahlia tubers, other than single tubers or small root-divisions 
 meeting these conditions, require certification.) 
 
 Orchid plants when growing exclusively in Osaunda fiber. 
 
 Trailing arbutus or Mayflower ( Epigaea repens) . when free from soil. 
 
 Moss and clubmoss, ground-pine or running-pine, when free from soil. 
 
 Soil-free aquatic plants* 
 
 Soil-free sweetpotato draws. 
 
 Soil-free plant cuttings without roots. 
 
 Soil-free rooted cuttings, which, at the time of shipment, have not de- 
 veloped a root system sufficient to conceal larvae of the Japanese 
 beetle. 
 
 Cut flowers : Under this classification, cut orchids are hereby exempted. 
 
 These instructions shall be effective March 1, 19^5. end shall thereafter 
 remain in effect until further modified or revoked. 
 
 (Sec. g, 39 Stat. 1165, ^ Stat. 250; 7 U-S.C 19**0 ed. l6l; 10 TH 1951 
 s 301. Ug.) 
 
 Done at Washington, D. C, this 10th day of February 19*15. 
 
 AVERT S. HOYT 
 Acting Chief, Bureau of Entomology and 
 Plant Quarantine 
 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 
 
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