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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 8, 1920 



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overlooked. The free seed distribution bag been 

 •one of the cherished perquisites of members of 

 Congress. The receipt, postage free, of a seed 

 pacliage is supposed to be the most magical re- 

 minder possible to a constituent that a benevo- 

 lent government is still functioning on the banks 

 of the Potomac. That one direct route to the 

 heart of the voter is prized by many congress- 

 men above all other methods of publicity. So 

 Congress has gone on appropriating money in the 

 agricultural bills for garden seeds, which, if 

 they will not root in the soil of a pot or a bed 

 in the back yard, are at least available as prov- 

 ender for the chickens. 



Millions of words have been written in ridicule 

 of the seed package fetish. But It hag held its 

 own, chiefly because of the human relation which 

 it has helped to establish between a congressman 

 and those who send him to Washington. Even 

 In this year of herculean retrenchment the House 

 of Representatives voted an appropriation of 

 $239,416 for the seed handout. The Senate, 

 which holds a little more aloof from petty elec- 

 tioneering devices than the House does, has 

 stricken out this allowance. For that matter, 

 the Senate became educated years ago beyond the 

 theory that seeds are sure gatherers of votes. It 

 has repeatedly challenged the House's efforts to 

 continue the distribution. But the House has 

 succeeded in conference committee in keeping 

 alive the genial comedy of solicitude for the 

 kitchen gardeners. 



Now is the opportune occasion for displacing 

 that comedy from the boards. The government 

 needs dollars more than the amateur horticul- 

 turists or their poultry need seeds. 



IMPLIED WAItRANTY OF BUIJBS. 



Cold Storage Bulbs Substituted. 



A court decision of special interest 

 to florists was handed down by the 

 North Dakota Supreme court recently 

 in the case of Ward vs. Valker, 176 

 Northwestern Reporter, 129. The de- 

 cision is b.ised upon provisions of the 

 uniform sales act, which is in force 

 in numerous states and which is in the 

 main simply a codification of generally 

 recognized legal principles, and covers 

 an important point concerning implied 

 warranties in the sale of goods. 



The plaintiff, a wholesale dealer and 

 importer of bulbs, received an order 

 from the defendant, a florist at Minot, 

 N. D., for certain bulbs. With a few 

 exceptions the orders were filled, but 

 the plaintiff failed to furnish an item, 

 of lily bulbs as ordered, some cold- 

 storage bulbs being shipped as substi- 

 tutes. 



The plaintiff sued to recover a bal- 

 ance on account. The defendant filed 

 a counterclaim based on asserted in- 

 feriority of the bulbs substituted for 

 those ordered, claiming damages for 

 the failure of the flower crop. The trial 

 of the suit resulted in a judgment in 

 favor of the defendant on his counter- 

 claim and the plaintiff appealed to the 

 North Dakota Supreme court, which 

 has affirmed the judgment. 



Warranty Questioned. 



The principal argument made by the 

 plaintiff's attorneys on appeal was 

 that the damages claimed in the coun- 

 terclaim were not recoverable, for the 

 reason that the goods were sold without 

 warranty. It appears that the orders 



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