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setts legislature, the very identical excep¬ 
tions made to this bill were made there, 
and the same arguments were made, ex¬ 
cept in the place of the word “varieties” 
substitute “fertilizer.” It is just exactly 
as feasible to change the contents or tag 
on a sack of fertilizer as it is in the case 
of the nurseryman changing the variety 
or changing the tag. But it seems to me 
that the fertilizer men will agree now that 
it works really to their interest and pro¬ 
tects the honest fertilizer man against 
the dishonest one. I think that the law 
in question, with some amendments, 
should pass. There may possibly be some 
points where it should be changed, but the 
principles are correct. The fertilizer laws 
have worked out to be not only of bene¬ 
fit to the fertilizer consumer, but to the 
fertilizer manufacturer. 
Mr. Stewart: I make a motion that 
this bill be approved and recommended 
to the legislature for passing, and that a 
committee of this Society be appointed 
to see that it is properly presented to the 
legislature, and that the committee be em¬ 
powered to add to, and substitute what 
they may think necessary to get it in such 
shape as to insure its passing. 
Mr. Miller: I read this bill when it 
was first published, with considerable 
-amusement, to think that such a bill could 
he introduced, or proposed for the state 
of Florida. I cannot conceive how an 
orange grower could favor such a bill. It 
places his property in the hands of an 
inspector, to destroy the grove and charge 
up the bill for destruction to the owner. 
He is absolutely at the mercy of this in¬ 
spector. Further, it creates a great num¬ 
ber of office holders, which would require 
an immense amount of revenue of the 
state funds, to put this law into opera¬ 
tion. That alone, I believe, would pre¬ 
vent the bill from ever passing our leg¬ 
islature. 
In regard to the nursery inspection, 
I think other laws just as feasible can 
be drawn up that will prove satisfac¬ 
tory to the nursery interests and to the 
growers. If this bill passes, it means 
that the purchaser of nursery stock in 
Florida will get it out of other states. 
Mr. Griffing: I do not think the So¬ 
ciety here, Mr. Stockbridge or Judge 
Stewart realize or appreciate what is in 
this bill. That matter of the trueness to 
name of varieties is only one of many. 
That matter is not as important to the 
nurseryman, as the fact that we want a 
law. The nurserymen want a law. 
Please understand that right now. In this 
state, there are probably three or four 
million dollars invested in nursery inter¬ 
ests. About 50 to 75 per cent, of their 
prodtict leaves the state. Without a law 
we are unable to ship into most of the 
states. Up to the present time, through 
the courtesy of the director of the Ex¬ 
periment Station, and the courtesy of Dr. 
Berger, and the entomologist of the Ex¬ 
periment Station, they have consented to 
inspect the nurseries and give them a cer¬ 
tificate which the states requiring an in¬ 
spection has seen fit to accept. That cer¬ 
tificate, however had no legal standing. 
It was simply accepted as a courtesy, and 
because they had confidence in our state 
institutions. 
The Department at Washington has in¬ 
structed our Director of the Experiment 
Station, that the State Entomologist shall 
not hereafter inspect nurseries. That 
leaves the nurserymen of Florida with- 
