Members’ Botanical Privileges. 
The Council have fixed the following- rates of charge for the examination of 
Plants and Seeds by the Society’s Consulting Botanist. 
The charge for examination must be paid at the time of application, and 
the carriage of all parcels must be prepaid. 
1. — A report on the purity, amount, and nature of foreign materials, 
the perfectness and germinating- power of a sample of seed . . 1-9. 
2. — Determination of the species of any weed or other plant, or of any 
epiphyte or vegetable parasite, with a report on its habits, and 
the means for its extermination or prevention 1,9. 
3. — Report on any disease affecting farm crops 1.9. 
4. — Determination of the species of a collection of natural grasses found 
in any district, with a report on their habits and pasture value . 5.9. 
N.B. — The Consulting Botanist's Beports on Seeds are furnished to enable 
Members— purchasers of seeds and corn for agricultural or horticultural 
purposes — to test the value of what they buy , and are not to be used or made 
available for advertising or trade purposes. 
PURCHASE OF SEEDS. 
The purchaser should obtain from the vendor, by invoice or other writing, 
the proper designation of the seeds he buys, with a guarantee of the percentage 
of purity and germination, and of its freedom from ergot, and, in the case of 
clover, from the seeds of dodder and broom-rape. % 
It is strongly recommended that the purchase of prepared mixtures of seeds 
should be avoided. The different seeds should be purchased separately and 
mixed by the farmer. Mixtures cannot be tested for germination. 
Copies of an “Order Form and Conditions of Purchase and Sale of Seeds” 
may be obtained by Members on application to the Secretary, at 16 Bedford 
Square, London, W.C. 
THE SAMPLING OF SEEDS. 
The utmost care should be taken to secure a fair and honest sample. This 
should be drawn from the bulk delivered to the purchaser, and not from the 
sample sent by the vendor. 
When legal evidence is required, the sample should be taken from the bulk, 
and placed in a sealed bag in the presence of a witness. Care should be taken 
that the sample and bulk be not tampered wfith after delivery, or mixed or 
brought in contact with any other sample or bulk. 
At least one ounce of grass and other small seeds should be sent, and two 
ounces of cereals and the larger seeds. When the bulk is obviously impure, 
the sample should be at least double the amount specified. Grass seeds should 
be sent at least four weeks, and seeds of clover and cereals two weeks before 
they are to be used. 
The exact name under which the sample has been sold and purchased 
should accompany it. 
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