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HORTICULTURE 



June 23, 1917 



SEED TRADE 



nil— I HI SflU) TRADE ASSOaATION 



OffloM'*— PrMldeat. Kliby B. White. 

 Detroit, meh.; First Vlce-Presldait, F. 

 W. BolsUuio, Washington, D. C: 8ec- 

 oDd Vbjo-Prwldent, lu 1» Olds, Madl- 

 •OB. Wis.; 8«cr»tary-Tre««nreT, O. K. 

 Kcndel. Cleveland. O. — Oonrjotloa at 

 Detroit, June 16. 1911. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



Address o£ President Kirby B. White at 

 the Annual Convention, Detroit, Mich., 

 June 19, 1017. 



The thirty-fifth annual convention of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 comes at the close of one of the most 

 eventful years in the history of the 

 seed business. It comes also at the 

 beginning of a year that may be even 

 more fateful for us as seedsmen and 

 citizens. It is therefore with a feeling 

 of solemnity and unusual responsibil- 

 ity that I address you. 



It is natural that as we reconvene 

 our thoughts should first turn to the 

 vacant places in our ranks. Mr. W. C. 

 Langbridge, Mr. Walter P. Stokes, Mr. 

 John A. Salzer and Mr. H. K. White 

 are missed by their many friends. 

 The appropriate committee will pre- 

 pare resolutions formally voicing the 

 feeling of the Association regarding 

 our loss. 



Legislation. 



The material affairs of the Associa- 

 tion have on the whole prospered. We 

 have suffered comparatively little from 

 the attacks of legislators. An unusual- 

 ly large crop of unusually stupid bills 

 (the exact number is 118) has received 

 the attention of our state correspon- 

 dents and under the able direction of 

 the attorney and the legislative com- 

 mittee they have as a rule been satis- 

 factorily met. If any laxness has ap- 

 peared it has not been at headquar- 

 ters. The trend of the year has been 

 toward centralizing more than ever 

 before the responsibility for directing 

 the Association's legislative defense. 

 The task has grown to such propor- 

 tions that it takes up too much time 

 for any seedsman to administer its de- 

 tails. The Association ought never 

 again to impose upon anyone the vol- 

 ume of work it gave to. Mr. Scarlett 

 and Mr. Boyles. Therefore, upon our 

 attorney and his assistants should be 

 placed increasingly each year this 

 great burden. 



In this connection I desire to say 

 that my opportunity as an official to 

 observe the work of the attorney's 

 office has impressed upon me the en- 

 largement of the duties he has been 

 called upon to assume. From a small 

 beginning our needs have grown to re- 

 quire not merely the occasional atten- 

 tion of a lawyer in general practice 

 but the direction of a specialist and 

 trained assistants, all of whom give 

 their time to the needs of seedsmen 

 and nurserymen. The function per- 

 formed by our attorney is most im- 

 portant and should continue to expand. 

 Every year's experience adds to his 

 value and to the volume of the work 



it is found desirable to give him. I 

 recommend that Curtis Nye Smith be 

 retained in this position. 



."^s time has developed the complexi- 

 ties of seed control it is gratifying to 

 see how nearly those that administer 

 and those who work under seed laws 

 have approached a common ideal and 

 common opinions as to what consti- 

 tutes legitimate seed legislation. I 

 hope and believe that before this con- 

 vention ends the convention of the 

 Official Seed Analysts, sitting in De- 

 troit this week, will have aligned that 

 association with us in vigorous sup- 

 port of the Uniform State Bill. 



Voluntary Labeling. 



The action of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture in requesting seedsmen to 

 mark seeds of field and forage crops 

 as to purity and viability has met with 

 almost universal compliance. It will 

 be observed that this practice of vol- 

 untary marking is in effect the same 

 as the European system of voluntary 

 control. There is no criminal liability 



BEDDING PLANTS 



RICARD, POITEVINE and S. A. XITT 



GERANIUMS, SVa-in. pots, $6.00 per 1(h). 

 SWEET .ALYSSUM, iVi-in. pots, $2.00 per 

 100. 



300 KING HUMBERT CANNAS, 4-in. potS, 

 $0.00 per 100. 



COLEUS VERSCHAFFELTII and GOLD- 

 EN BEDDER, 2V4-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. 



2,000 BOSTON FERNS, 2Vi-in. pots, $4.00 



per 100. 



FUCHSI.4S, S'/j-in. pots. $G.0O per 100. 



Cash with Order 



E. C. ROaERS, 



ROSLINDALE 

 MASS. 



KiRBY B. White. 

 President American Seed Trade Assoi'iation. 



but there is every incentive for the 

 vendor to have the label represent 

 both accuracy in analysis and a high 

 grade of seeds. It is possible that vol- 

 untary control which has been the sole 

 system in Europe will prove equally 

 satisfactory here. 



Government Charges. 



I desire especially to commend the 

 work of the Committee on Government 

 Charges. It is ably discharging the 

 duty you imposed upon it. Our Asso- 

 ciation is pledged both to approval of 

 publicity of the Department of Agri- 

 culture's findings and to vigilance in 

 the defense of its members whether 

 it be against unfairness from without 

 or treachery from within. If the name 

 of a member appears in a Government 

 report as adulterating or misbranding: 

 seeds it is obvious that action must 

 result. If the Government report is 

 unfair, as such reports have sometimes 

 been thought to be, the accused mem- 

 ber is entitled to the united support of 

 the trade in remedying the wrong. If 

 on the other hand the report is true. 



GERANIUMS 



2000 S. A. NUTT and POITEVINE, 



fine (tockjr plant* in bud and bloom, 



from 4 in. pot*. 



$7.00 per 100 



Ca*h with order, f. o. b., Welle»ley. 



Longmeadow Greenhouses 



WELLESLEY, MASS. 



Tel. 636, Wellesley 



-rum. 



National Nurseryman 



The oldest and best establlihed 

 jonrnal for nurserymen. Circula- 

 tion among the trade only. Pmb- 

 llsbed monthly. SabBoription price, 

 *1.60 per year. Foreign gubscrlp- 

 Ho'as, $2.00 per year. In adrance. 

 Sample copy free upon application 

 from those In the trade eneloilng 

 their business card. 



National Nurseryman Pub. Co.,i!!£: 



HATBORO, PA. 



Nursery Stock 



Fmlt and Ornamental Tree*, Slimb*, 

 Small Fmits, OlematU, Evercreen* 



Write tor Trade Uat. 



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 Price Uit now ready. 



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BOX 4U. DIHTDKK. OX. 



