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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 30, 1910. 



b^^ introduced in the Maryland legis- 

 lature which would have worked a 

 hardship, inasmuch as it required a guar- 

 arifee, and when the seedsmen appeared 

 before the legislative committee they 

 found that they were, as was naturally 

 to be expected, quite unfamiliar with 

 conditions in the seed trade and the 

 practical handling of seeds, and the re- 

 sult was that the bill passed was a 

 most unsatisfactory one, but after ex- 

 plaining the matter fully to the gov- 

 ernor he remedied matters by vetoing 

 the bill. But it took a great deal of 

 hard work on the part of the seedsmen 

 to make the matter plain. 



Mr. Hastings thought that while it 

 was not wise to go around hunting for 

 trouble in the way of legislation, yet as 

 it is quite certain that the tendency of 

 the times is to enact seed laws, it should 

 be the part of the seedsmen who are 

 the best informed on the conditions of 

 supply and the practical methods of 

 handling seed commercially to see that 

 proper bills are drafted, and when sat- 

 isfied that a proposed bill is a good one 

 thev should give their hearty support 

 to it. 



At the request of Mr. May, the bill 

 introduced in the House of Eepresenta- 

 tives by Mr. Mann, by request, Feb- 

 ruarv 8, 1910, and numbered H. E. 

 20,373, entitled "A Bill to Prohibit the 

 Importation into the United States of 

 Adulterated Seed and Seed Unfit for 

 Planting," was read by Secretary Ken- 

 del, and on motion of Mr. May, the 

 convention voted that the American 

 Seed Trade Association endorse said 

 bill. 



To Carry on the Work. 



C. H. Breck. for the committee on 

 president's address, presented the fol- 

 lowing report: 



"We commend most heartily the excel- 

 lence of the president 's address and its 

 completeness of detail, and we recom- 

 mend especially for your consideration 

 and action the following items, viz.: 



First: That the committee to confer 

 with the National Seed Analysts be 

 continued, and we suggest that this 

 committee be instructed while repre- 

 senting this association to act as har- 

 moniously as may be possible with the 

 seed analysts, in order that the best 

 interests of seed growers, seed dealers 

 and the public be conserved. We also 

 suggest that this committee confer on 

 important matters with similar commit- 

 tees or the officers of the Wholesale 

 Grass Seed Dealers' Association, in 

 order that all seedsmen may be repre- 

 sented and the committee have the 

 benefit of the wisdom and experience 

 of the whole trade. And we further 

 recommend that the treasurer be au- 

 thorized to reimburse the several mem- 

 bers of this committee for necessary 

 expenses incurred by them in connec- 

 tion with their duties in meeting or 

 otherwise treating with the seed an- 

 alysts. 



Second: That the same attorney be 

 retained as counsel of the association 

 for another year, until July 1, 1911, as 

 was employed by it last year. 



Third: That the president appoint 

 ^ his diatretion a member of this as- 

 sociation in each state and the District 

 of Columbia or in feneighboningf ptate 

 when we have no member in a state, 

 who shall yk called state correspondent, 

 with whom our counsel may correspond 

 and whose duties shall be to confer 

 with other seedsmen of the state or 



Direct purchkse from French grrower, without passlnsr throusrh the hands of a dealer. 



HYACINTHS, 

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 etc. 



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FREESI A, Sfb'r* 



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neighboring states. He shall report to 

 our counsel all legislative or legal mat- 

 ters of interest to seedsmen occurring 

 in his district. The names and ad- 

 dresses of these state chairmen shall 

 be printed in a distinct manner in the 

 annual report of the association. 



Fourth: In regard to the recom- 

 mendations of the president concerning 

 the division of the expenses and per 

 diem of counsel incurred in connection 

 with a call of a state correspondent to 

 his district, we have to say that virhile 

 we approve of the principle involved we 

 do not at this time recommend action 

 by the association further than that 

 the president be authorized to order 

 payment by the treasurer of one-half of 

 such expenses when in his judgment the 

 matter involved was of sufficient in- 

 terest to seedsmen in general to war- 

 rant such expenditure. 



Fifth: That the president be au- 

 thorized to order payment by the treas- 

 urer of the necessary expenses of any 

 committee incurred while on the bosi- 

 ness of the associatiott, and not other- ! 

 wise provided for, and for expenses 

 and services of counsel' in attendance 

 on any committee or at the request of 

 the president. 



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 HYACINTHS Per 1000 



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Miniature, pink 9.00 



Mintature. porcelain 9.0O 



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Mixed, separate colors 13.00 



Ist and 2nd sizes, prices on application. 

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Cramolsl BrilUant 8.0O 



Due van Thol, rose 10.00 



Due van Thol. scarlet 9.00 



Due van Thol Maximus, white 6.0O 



Eetzersk roon 7.0O 



lie Matelas, very early 16,00 



La Keine, extra large S.OO 



La Heine. Ist size 4.0O 



LaPrecleusse 6.00 



Prince of Austria 9.0O 



Proserpine 16.00 



Rose Lulsante lO.OO 



RoeeOrisdelln 6J» 



Thomas Moore 4.00- 



Vermilion Brilliant (true) 14.00 



White Hawk (Falcon) lO.OO 



Yellow Prince, extra 9.0O 



Yellow Prince. Ist size 8.00 



TUIilPS- Double 



Couronne d" Or 10.00 



Inperator Rubrortim 12XNV 



LaCandenr 8.0O 



Murillo 6.2S 



Rubra Maxima 8.00 



Salvator Rosa 9JtO 



Vuurbaak 13.00' 



Marciaans, special quotations on application. 



C. PRINS DZ., 



LISSB, 

 HOLLAin> 



The recommendations were acted on. 

 separately and approved. 



Crop Beports a Feature. 



After .W> Atlee Burpee,, had read hi» 

 paper oaii B];>fff4cer sweet peas he was in- 

 terrogated o|i, crop conditions in Cali- 

 fornia, from which state he had just 

 returned. He outlined the situation so- 

 interestingly that other crop report* 



