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written or printed statement clearly and truly certifying: 

 I. The commonly accepted name of such seed. 

 II. Its approximate percentage for purity, or its 

 freedom from foreign matter or from other seeds dis- 

 tinguishable by their appearance, and in the case of spe- 

 cial mixtures, the name and approximate percentage by 

 weight of each kind of agricultural seed in such mixture 

 in excess of five per cent of the total mixture. 



III. The approximate percentage of germination of 

 such seed, together with the month and year said seed 

 was tested. 



IV. The full name and address of the vendor. 



4. APPROXIMATE DEFINED. The word 

 approximate as used herein shall be defined in rules and 

 regulations provided by the commissioner, who shall be 

 guided by the rules and methods of testing adopted and 

 approved by the association of official seed analysts of 

 Xorth America. 



5. PACKETS. No person shall sell, or expose for 

 sale, garden seeds or flower seeds in tied or sealed 

 packets unless the same are plainly marked with the 

 year in which the seed was tested. 



6. BASIS OF PURITY, ETC. The percentages 

 of purity and of germination of agricultural seeds, as 

 required by this chapter to be shown, shall be based upon 

 tests or analyses conducted either by the commissioner 

 or his agents, or by the seed merchant or by his agents ; 

 provided, that such tests or analyses made by the seed 

 merchant or his agents shall conform to the reasonable 

 regulations which the commissioner is authorized to 

 prescribe, or to the regulations or methods of testing 

 adopted by the association of official seed analysts, 



7. ENFORCEMENT. The duty of enforcing the 

 provisions of this chapter shall be vested in the commis- 

 sioner. Upon notice to the seed merchants of this state, 

 through bulletins of his department or of the agricultural 



