June 26, 1909. 



HORTICULTURE 



897 



der in the minutest ratio he felt that 

 a minimum percentage should be fa- 

 vored such as will uot exclude com- 

 mercially valuable seed in years when 

 a sufficient supply cannot be obtained 

 in this country. The European screen- 

 ings should be excluded from this 

 country. In regard to prohibited 

 seeds a reasonable margin of tolerance 

 should be shown. As to germination 

 hard and fast rules should uot be 

 adopted. The methods of testing for 

 germination are so variable and the 

 results of tests vary so much in va- 

 rious hands that it is really unreason- 

 able to try to enforce a criminal law, 

 the punishment based on such evi- 

 dence as can be possible with regard 

 to germination of seeds. Seeds that 

 are above a certain minimum standard 

 should not have to be labelled, for 

 v.hile there are laws against burglary 

 the seedsman should not have to be 

 compelled to tag himself as uot a bur- 

 glar. He deprecated the fact that much 

 of the legislation seemed to be class 

 in its nature in that it endeavored to 

 except the farmer from the operation 

 of the same law that was sought to be 

 enforced as against the seedsman. 

 Chas. N. Page's report commented on 

 the large amount of crude and ill-con- 

 sidered legislation that has been at- 

 tempted, and gave an exhaustive re- 

 view of the present condition of seed 

 legislation in the various states. In 

 many of the states legislation so dras- 

 tic had been attempted that its effect 

 would have been not only to knock all 

 the seedsmen out ot business but to 

 absolutely render unsalable all the 

 seeds produced in the states affected. 

 In conclusion, he said that the Ameri- 

 can Seed Trade Association do not ob- 

 ject to any reasonable sane national or 

 state legislation affecting seeds. The 

 Committee recommended that a com- 

 mittee of three be appointed to con- 

 fer with a similar committee from the 

 National Association of State Seed 

 Analysts to agree if possible on the 

 draft of a uniform state seed law to 

 take the place of the many objection- 

 able laws which now exist. This rec- 

 ommendation was concur! ed in, and 

 also the recommendation by President 

 AVoodruif that in future statutory 

 enactments separate provisions be in- 

 serted governing the sale of vegetable 

 and flower seeds from those covering 

 the sale of grass, clover and field seeds. 

 C. F. Wood, of the Committee on 

 Weights and Measures, read a letter 

 from F. Reichman and D. C. Palmer, 

 Sub-committee of the Nat'l Conference 

 of Weights and Measures, and same 

 was filed without action at this time. 

 The application of Linnaeus Allen to 

 continue the membership of C. L. Allen, 

 deceased, was favorably reported by 

 the membership committee and con- 

 curred in. 



National Association of Seed Analysts. 



In the absence of the author Mr. F. 

 C. Woodruff read the paper by the 

 president of the National Organization 

 of Seed Analysts, E. H. Jenkins, set- 

 ting forth purposes and scope of his 

 organization, to improve and unify 

 present methods ot seed testing and 

 to work for more uniform and satis- 

 factory laws regulating the sale of 

 agiicultural seeds. This work is be- 

 ing forced upon the attention ot agri- 

 cultural stations of the country by the 



logic (if events and from the side of 

 the retail purchaser, and follows as a 

 consequence of other kinds of control 

 work xvhich state institutions are do- 

 ing. Determinations as to species as la- 

 beled, whether relatively light or heavy, 

 what percentage of foreign matter 

 contained and percentage of pure seed 

 callable of germinating are obviously 

 of greatest value to the buyer. The 

 results to be accomplished are similar 

 in nature to what has been done in 

 the past twent.v-five years by the As- 

 sociation of Official Agricultural Chem- 

 ists in securing accuracy and unifoi' 

 miiy in fertilizers, etc. The associa- 

 tion will w'elcome any facts or sugges- 

 tions from American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation membership, and expresses 

 cordial relations with them, and in uo 

 sense is the organization hostile to 

 producers or dealers, but aims to fos- 

 ter fair trade and legitimate competi- 

 tion. 



In the absence of the author Secre- 

 tary Kendel read the paper on Seed 

 Legislation by Prof. Pammel. and on 

 motion of Mr. C. F. Wood a special 

 vote of tlianks to Messrs Jenkins and 

 Pamiiiel was adopted, and 2,000 copies 

 of Prot. Pammel's paper were ordered 

 printed for distribution. 



Irrigation of the East. 



Capt. Burnett Landreth of Philadel- 

 phia read a paper on the application 

 of irrigation to old eastern farms, and 

 presented some of the difficulties that 

 might conlront the establishment of 

 such at first because of riparian rights 

 of fanneis who would object to the 

 water from any small stream being 

 diverted by iarmers above who might 

 undertake to irrigate their own farms; 

 therefoie, farmers in the east will be 

 dei;endent for such irrigation upon 

 wells driven on their own farms un- 

 less tliey reside upon the banks of 

 large rivers from which they can draw 

 wjter without objection. He then 

 presented the following resolution, 

 which was adopted unanimously: 



While the American Seed Trade As- 

 sociation heartily approves of the 

 promotion by the United States Gov- 

 ernment of irrigation practices in the 

 New West, the association is as firmly 

 inipressed with the belief that there 

 is pressing room for some federal pro- 

 motion of irrigation practices in the 

 Old East ; consequently I move that 

 there be appointed a committee of 

 three to urge upon the Secretary of 

 Agriculture of the I'nited States and 

 the Agricultural Committees of the 

 Senate and House such congressional 

 legislatioi] as will establish a national 

 irrignlion station near the city of 

 Washington where may be assembled 

 runipj, irrigating machinery and all 

 appliances so that working processes 

 may be shown as adapted to Eastern 

 cou'litions. 



The convention adjourned until 

 Wednesday morning, the evening be- 

 ing occupied with social pleasures, 

 concert and dance. 



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ST. LOUIS NEWS. 

 The Henry Shaw Banquet. 



The members of the St Louis Flor- 

 ists' Club have all been extended an 

 invitation to attend the Henry Shaw 

 banquet given to gardeners, fioiists 

 and nurserymen at noon, Thursday, 

 July 1st, to take place in the open air 

 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Thig 

 is the first time that this yearly ban- 

 quet is given at the garden and in the 

 open. Secretary Bentzen of the Flor- 

 ists' Club was asked by Prof. Wm. 

 Trelcase to notify each member ot the 

 club, which he has done and it is 

 hoped that the entire membership, 

 which numbers nearly one hundred, 

 will respond and spend a pleasant af- 

 ternoon at the home of the late Henry 

 Shaw, who in his will provided for 

 these social entertainments yearly. 



Personal. 



A. W. Murray has moved from his 

 old location, 3032 Eastern avenue, to 

 Union and Page Boulevards. 



John F. Quinn, who for many years 

 was on Grand and Finney avenues, 

 has moved around the corner to SeCT 

 Finney avenue. 



Miss Margaret Klickenkern and Miss 

 Adele Brix, both daughters of well- 

 known St. Louis florists, were mar- 

 ried recently. Both husbands are out- 

 side of the trade. 



Visitors in town last week were T. 

 E. Waters, representing the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., Chicago; Mr. Guy M. Key- 

 burn, Chicago and F. H. Macke, trav- 

 eling salesman for the Chicago Tin 

 Foil Mfg. Co. 



Walter Retzer, late vice-president 

 of the St. Louis Seed Co., who re- 

 signed his position to take charge of 

 a railroad in South America, has 

 changed his mind about leaving St. 

 Louis and has taken a position with 

 Grimm & Gorley on Cass avenue. 



ROCHESTER PERSONAL AND 

 NEWS NOTES. 



Salter Bios, are contemplating re- 

 building several of their houses. 



H. Salmon, a newcomer at Mt. Hope 

 Cemetery contemplates building a 30x 

 150 ft. house. King construction. 



F. Thoman is going to Europe 

 for an extended trip through Holland 

 and Belgium, to visit growers there. 



J. B. Keller's Sous are having their 

 store remodelled and, when completed, 

 they will have a first-class floral em- 

 porium. 



The firm of Crooke Co. are building 

 a propagating house, King construc- 

 tion, on Mt. Hope. The grower here 

 is F. Scoffleld. 



A number of new roses are being 

 tried out by Mr. Ogston, gardener at 

 the Kimball estate. A visit to this 

 place Is certainly of great interest to 

 any florist. 



Bay City, Mich. — The firm of 

 Schweeis & Potratz Floral Co. has 

 dissolved and the business will be 

 conducted hereafter by Carl B. 

 Schweers. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



Sandusky, O. — D. R. White has taken 

 the Central Greenhouses and is re- 

 modeling and improving them. 



Erie, Pa. — R. Olsowski has bought 

 the greenhouses of John Stelle, but 

 will raise flowers in the place of vege- 

 tables. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — The sons and 

 daughter of Alfred Pahud have leased 

 his greenhouses and propose to incor- 

 porate and carry on the business with 

 Charles Pahud as manager. 



