SEEDS 



the ounce, also put up packages containing looo 

 seeds ; and if this is possible why is it not equally 

 possible to sell still smaller definite quantities, or 

 why should not each package contain loo or 50 

 seeds, or any number, so that a " package " might 

 become a definite or known quantity ? In case 

 of inexpensive seeds, a package might contain a 

 double measure, and more costly varieties could 

 be put up in half measures, or any fraction you 

 choose, stating the fact plainly in the catalogue 

 and upon the package. It makes but little differ- 

 ence what the standard may be, but it is of the 

 first importance that there should be some stan- 

 dard. Another important point which should 

 also be stated, is the place from whence the seeds 

 come. Now, when one buys seed he has no 

 means of knowing whether it was grown in 

 Europe or America, in Florida or in Maine, in 

 1900 or before the war. 



There is much room for improvement in the 

 ordinary seedsman's catalogue. There is some 

 attempt at classification, to be sure, but almost 

 invariably annuals, biennials, perennials, and 

 vines are still jumbled together in a single section, 

 and the compiler moreover often omits to note 

 whether a plant is annual, biennial, or perennial, 



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