Round of the Year 
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Twenty students were enrolled in the regular major courses in 
floriculture at the Mass. Agri. College. 
Discussion raged for a considerable period in regard to proposed 
legislation that would prohibit the importation of foreign nursery stock. 
A SYSTEMATIC campaign was started in California to eliminate all 
inferior strains of Grape-fruit. It was also suggested that by bud 
City Mae: "Can you ausgest any other eeeda I ehall need for my back yard? 
Never Previously Had Seedsmen Such a Rush as in the Spring of 1917. 
The “N. Y. Times” Arti t Has Typified the Situation 
selection for propagating purposes superior yields of better varieties 
could be assured. 
The New York Florists’ Club had on deposit, after paying all ac- 
counts at the end of 1916, the sum of $14,638.95. 
Grading, packing and standardization in general are the measures 
suggested in Farmers’ Bulletin 707, of the U. S. Dept, of Agri. for 
improving the market for the sale of Cantaloupes. Some important 
