SEEDS 



Pure, and of strong germinating power in so far 

 that should any prove otherwise, we will re-fill 

 the order free, or refund the price paid." This 

 is not an unfair offer. Another says nothing at 

 all about a warranty, but declares that his seeds 

 are fresh, of the finest strain, the best quality, and 

 can be depended upon to grow and to produce 

 the finest flowers, and he promises that " if mis- 

 takes occur they will be cheerfully corrected." 

 There may be others offering terms as just as 

 these to their customers, but, unfortunately, I 

 know of but few. 



When a seedsman acknowledges no responsi- 

 bility whatever for his statements, it makes very 

 little difference what he says or leaves unsaid, for 

 by his own declarations his assertions are unworthy 

 of consideration. From those, however, who are 

 willing to be bound in some degree at least by 

 their public statements, seed-buyers have, I 

 think, a right to ask of them fiirther information 

 upon certain other points. If a dealer states that 

 all of his seeds are the growth of a particular 

 year, that covers the point of freshness fully, but 

 in many cases this is not possible, nor indeed is 

 it necessary, as many seeds several years old may 

 still be considered fresh and good. It would be 



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