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and exact identity of plant material may be made pos- 

 sible at all times. 



11. Standard Interstate Inspection and Quar- 

 antine Regulations and more uniform State laws. 



12. xAbbreviations of Plant Names, to be based on 

 the Standardized Plant Names, 1923, published by the 

 American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomen- 

 clature. 



13. Patent, Copyright or other effective National 

 legislation for the fair and just protection of producers 

 or introducers of new plant material, similar in intent and 

 effect to present patent and copyright laws on inventions 

 in other fields of endeavor. Horticultural piracy is and 

 always' has been one of the greatest deterrents to horti- 

 cultural progress. 



14. A Code of Ethics and Business Rules for 

 Trade Relations between nurserymen. This should be 

 arranged under specific paragraphs and include all obli- 

 gations which are normally implied in the placing or ac- 

 ceptance of orders for nursery stock or other material, 

 in the absence of specific stipulations to some other effect. 



Standard ''terms of payment," acceptance or refusal 

 of shipments, responsibility for damages of whatever 

 nature, responsibility and penalties for incorrect naming 

 or undergrade or diseased stock, arbitration of differences, 

 etc., are all items of the first importance that should be 

 covered. 



12. Nurserymen's Telegraph Code^ 1923 



adopted and published by the 



American x'^ssociation of Nurserymen^ Inc. 

 instructions 



In order to prevent mistakes by telegraph, operators, it is best 

 in writing messages to begin each cipher-word with a capital letter, 

 and to leave a little space between each two words. 



AVhen it is desired to write part of a message in ordinary language, 

 and there is fear of its being misunderstood, begin that part of the 

 message which it is desired should be read literally with the cipher- 

 word "Crocus," 



