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Further, no person shall sell, or offer, expose or have in his 

 possession for sale, any seeds of timothy, red clover, alsike, or 

 any mixture containing the said seeds, in or from any receptacle, 

 package, sack, or bag upon which is marked " No. i " or any 

 other designation which represents such seeds as of first quality, 

 unless they are free from the seeds of the above-mentioned 

 weeds, and are also free from the seeds of 



White Cockle (Lychnis vespertina Sibth.). 



Night-flowering Catchfly \Silene noctiflora L.). 



False Flax (Camelina sativa Crantz.). 



Canada Thistle (Cnicus arvensis Hoffm.). 



Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum L.). 



Curled Dock (Rumex crispus L.). 



Blue Weed (Echium vulgare L.). 



Ribgrass (Plantago lanceolata L.). 



Chicory (Cichorium Intybus L.). 



They must also contain not less than 99 per cent of the 

 seeds represented, or seeds of other useful and harmless grasses 

 or clovers, of which 99 per cent 90 must be germinable. 



No person shall sell, or offer, expose or have in his posses- 

 sion for sale for the purpose of seeding in Canada, any seeds of 

 timothy, alsike or red clover, or any mixture containing the said 

 seeds, if the seeds of the weeds mentioned in the Act are present 

 in a greater proportion than 5 in 1000 of the seed sold, &c. 



Penalties to the extent of 1-25 dollars per bag are levied in 

 respect of offences against the Act, and the person on whose 

 behalf the seed is sold, &c., is prima facie liable for the violation 

 of the Act. 



The Act also makes provision for the analysis and testing 

 of seeds. 



The object of the Act is not to induce farmers to purchase 

 for their own use seeds of a better quality than they desire, 

 except in so far as noxious weeds are held to be a public 

 nuisance, but to provide means whereby users of seeds may 

 protect themselves against the introduction of noxious weeds 

 on their lands, and to fix a minimum standard alike of purity 

 and vitality. Specimens of 100 noxious weeds may be obtained 

 by seed merchants from the Seed Branch of the Department of 



