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2. Uniform Commercial Bribery Legislation; 

 Work for the introduction and passage of adequate uni- 

 form State laws against Commercial Bribery in any form 

 and particularly as it relates to the nursery business; and 

 for similar adequate Federal legislation. 



3. The adoption of a Code for Naming of horti- 

 cultural varieties for guidance of nurserymen, plant breed- 

 ers and others introducing plants. 



4. A Code of Rules and Procedure for the Regis- 

 tration of names of new horticultural varieties. 



5. Formation of an ''American Horticultural 

 Council'' or ''American Horticultural Chamber of 

 Commerce'' with representatives from all horticultural 

 interests, amateur and professional, to consider horticul- 

 tural practice along the above lines with suitable sub- 

 committees. Such a National Council or Chamber should 

 represent all xA^merican horticultural interests col- 

 lectively in matters of legislation, transportation, etc. 



{Note: One of the greatest difficulties in carrying out uniform trade 

 practice in the horticultural world is the fact that different horticultural 

 groups^ such as nurserymen^ florists^ seedsmen^ market gardejiers^ fruit 

 growers^ landscape architects^ horticultural writers^ plant breeders^ private 

 gardeners y park officials and many others ^ have been working thought- 

 lessly or selfishly along their own particular lines^ and mutual interests 

 even when comprehended have been ignored.) 



6. Standard Rules for Grading Roses, Bulbs and 

 Seeds. 



7. Packing, Shipping and Material Standards 

 with Rules and Decisions. 



8. Metric or Decimal System of Measurements 

 as applicable to the Nursery Industry and in horticultural 

 practice. 



9. A National Botanic Garden or Gardens that 

 will adequately represent the great and rapidly increasing 

 horticultural interests of this country. 



10. The establishment of National or other 

 Experiment Gardens, Arboretums, Botanic Gardens 

 and Herbariums, where complete collections of all plants 

 in American horticulture will be represented by living or 

 botanical specimens or both; to the end that authentic 



