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emment trial grounda at Arlington. Because of 

 failing health, he retired from hia connection 

 with the department April 22, 1021, after 

 eighteen years of active aervice. He was the 

 author of many books and bulletins on the sub- 

 jects in 'n'hioh he specialized and these are now 

 recognized as authorities. 



In the passing of Dr. Tracy the seed trade haa 

 lost one of its best friends and counselors and a 

 man who haa done as much as, or more than, any 

 other to preach and practice the production of 

 better seeds. Dr. Tracy's life worlc, with ItH 

 high standard of ideals, will be an inspiration 

 to the future generations, of aeedamen and, if 

 practiced, will do much toward raising the stand- 

 ard of the seed business in America. 

 MELVIN S. GRIFFITH. 



Melvin S. Griffith, president of the Griffith & 

 Turner Co., Baltimore, Md., died suddenly at hia 

 home, in a suburb of that city, January 11, 1022. 



Mr. Griffith was born in Baltimore county, 

 Maryland, his father, the late John M. Griffith, 

 being the founder of the seed and implement 

 house of Griffith & Turner Co. The son early 

 associated himself with the firm and was its ac- 

 tive bead for many years, and was well and fa- 

 vorably known to the trade and to the farming 

 community which they serve. 



Garden Seed Session. 



The Wednesday afternoon session was 

 called the garden seed session, because 

 at this time Leonard H. Vaughan, chair- 

 man of the committee on the garden bu- 

 reau, presented his report, and James 

 H. Burdett, the director, told of the 

 bureau's work. The latter stated that, 

 at the close of the third year of the 

 national bureau's activities, it could be 

 safely said that newspapers are devot- 

 ing as much or more space to home gar- 

 dens than they did even during the pe- 

 riod of war gardens; that the response 

 from the public is in proportion and 

 the garden seed business correspond- 

 ingly benefited, and that more than half 

 of all home garden publicity published 

 in American newspapers is supplied by 

 the national garden bureau. This work 

 has necessarily progressed slowly, since 

 the funds of the bureau are limited and 

 its operations from Chicago are solely 

 by mail. The service is supplied to any 

 daily newspaper which makes applica- 

 tion, and any seedsman can secure the 

 service for his home-town paper if he 

 will make application to the bureau. 

 Mr. Burdett said there are 1,924 

 daily newspapers in the United States, 

 of which the bureau has received writ- 

 ten orders for its service from 716. The 

 bureau, however, furnishes its service 

 to only one newspaper in any city, with 

 few exceptions. The 1,924 daily news- 

 papers are published in 1,269 cities, and 

 of these cities 601 are being supplied 

 with the bureau's material. 



The bureau is being asked to furnish 

 additional publicity material in the 

 form of pamphlets, lectures, stereopti- 

 con slides and motion picture films. 

 Lack of funds has prevented the sup- 

 plying of such things so far, but should 

 conditions prove favorable, they will 

 be added to the bureau's service early 

 in the future. ^ 



After discussion of the garden bu- 

 reau 's work and various committee re- 

 ports, an address on "The Growing of 

 Vegetable Seed in California" was pre- 

 sented by Lester L. Morse, of San Fran- 

 cisco. An address on "Seed Borne Dis- 

 eases" was delivered by C. E. Orton, 

 secretary of the Crop Prevention In- 

 stitute and professor of ])lant pathology 

 at Pennsylvania State College. 



Thursday morning was set aside for 

 an executive session, at which new mem- 

 bers were elected and the reports of the 

 association's counsel, Curtis Nye Smith, 

 and of Charles D. Boyle, chairman of 

 the legislative committee, were pre- 

 sented. 



Exhibits. 



Tliero are a considerable number of 

 exliibits this year by firms which cater 



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