190 ANNUAL REPORT 



We approve of the recommendation for the increase of the 

 secretary's salary, and recommend that it be made five hundred 

 dollars. ' 



TREE PEDDLERS. 



Mr, Smith stated that the subject of tree peddlers was dis- 

 cussed by the committee, but had been inadvertently omitted 

 from the report. 



Mr. Harris said the committee thought the legislature should 

 pass an act requiring all agents working outside of the county 

 where a nursery was located to file a certificate of agency with 

 the clerk of the court, giving the name of the nursery repre- 

 sented, with a list of the varieties of trees offered for sale, and 

 prices, providing in the act that fraudulent representations 

 should be deemed to be a misdemeanor. 



Mr. Smith presented the following, as the sense of the com- 

 mittee on the subject: 



In the matter of tree peddlers we recommend that they be re- 

 quired to take out a license, and to file with the clerk of court a 

 certificate of agency and an affidavit as to the location of the 

 nursery represented before receiving license; that canvassing 

 for fruit trees without such license be made a misdemeanor, 

 with punishmenc by fine or imprisonment. 



Capt. Blakeley. I would suggest that you make it cover all 

 horticultural products instead of apple trees simply. These 

 agents sell at almost every house, exhibiting colored plates of 

 plants, something or other, which they represent belong to a 

 big nursery close by. It should include trees, vines and plants, 

 and the selling of these without first obtaining such license 

 should be made a misdemeanor. 



Mr. Brand. Why not include shrubs'? 



The resolution was amended to include trees, plants, shrubs 

 and vines, and the report as amended was adopted. 



Prof. Porter presented the resolution adopted by the Amber 

 Cane Association, found on page 184, and moved its adoption, 

 which motion prevailed. 



Mr. Harris stated he had made inquiries in regard to the firm 

 of L. L. May & Co., and had been unable to find any nursery of 

 such firm within the state of Minnesota. Even if there was, 

 the conduct of the agents of the firm deserved to be condemned. 

 He had seen some of the stock sold by their agents, giving an in- 



