54 Austrian Regulations as to Marking Hops, [april, 



The solution shall contain 8 grammes of " eosin " (alkali salts of 

 tetrabromofluorescein) to one litre of spirit; it should be noted that 

 in every sack containing about 100 kilos, of seed, the solution should 

 be injected from above in four places to the extent of about 40 cubic 

 centimetres for each place. If the goods are enclosed in larger or 

 smaller sacks, the number and extent of injections must be modified 

 accordingly. The Department of Agriculture will provide the necessary 

 instructions for the treatment. 



Sect. 4. — Foreign seed of the description mentioned in Sect. 1 may 

 not be put on sale within the kingdom by dealers in seed at any 

 public place of sale, or be delivered to buyers without being enclosed 

 in sacks or other coverings marked as stated in Sect. 1. 



Sect. 5. — In all bills, accounts, bills of freight and of lading, 

 broker's bills, contracts for delivery, and other similar documents con- 

 cerning goods mentioned in Sect. 1, these must be clearly quoted as 

 being foreign seed. 



Other sections of the Ordinance provide penalties for contravening 

 these Regulations. 



It may be pointed out that " eosin " is a preparation which has, 

 up to the present, been chiefly used for staining in microscopic work. 

 The use of it in this case is to dye all foreign seeds the same colour so as 

 to be easily recognisable and distinguishable from Swedish seeds. 



United States. — A circular of the United States Treasury Depart- 

 ment, addressed to Customs officers, directs that until July ist, 1909, 

 two-ounce samples of all importations of 100 pounds or more of grass, 

 clover, and forage-plant seeds, be forwarded to the Seed Laboratory, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington. The importation of the con- 

 signment and its entry into commerce will be suspended until the 

 result of the examination of the sample is made known. 



The Austrian Ministry of Agriculture wishes that attention should 

 be drawn in those countries to which Austrian hops are exported to an 

 Austrian Law of March 17th, 1907, and 

 Austrian Regulations Decree of October 12th, 1907, with regard to 

 as to tne marking of hops. 



Marking Hops. This legislation provides that any geographi- 



cal designation applied to hops in the course 

 of trade in Austria must be accurate, whether such designation is 

 applied to receptacles containing hops or whether it is used in price- 

 lists, business letters, bills of lading, invoices, or other documents 

 relating to hops, such as certificates of origin, &c. Certain hop- 

 producing areas in Austria are carefully delimited with a view to the 

 use of such territorial designations in describing hops ; other geographi- 

 cal particulars, such as the name of the estate or the parish where hops 

 were produced, may be added, but in any case where a geographical 

 designation is used the name of the State must be indicated. It is, 

 however, provided that in the case of geographical designations in 

 common use in the hop trade which do not accurately describe the 

 origin of the hops, but are used to distinguish particular varieties, 

 the application of the law may be postponed, and accordingly the 

 regulations prescribe that the English words "Bohemian hops," when 

 applied to hops intended for export, will not be considered a geographi- 



