Show MAILING VARIOUS KINDS OF SEED AND PLANT MATERIAL proper selection and pack ing are most essential prepared by the united states of ABrl culture seeds plants belong grafts and other plant material intended for propagating purposes aea may be shipped long distances it if properly selected und nod packed long sea gea voyages through the tropics are particularly severe evere on plant material so that great care must be exercised where such journeys Jour neya are involved the united states department of agriculture has prepared a new circular department circular tor for the information of persons persona who are in the habit of mailing various kinds of seed need and plant material to show how to collect label and pack living plant material for long distance shipment it Is babad baaed largely on the ob made from a great number of shipments which the depart ment has received from all over the world packed in many different ways and by many different people it may not seem important says gays the circular to follow some of the directions ions given but so many failures a and nd disastrous results have occurred from variations varin tlona from the directions that the department feels feela compelled to urge that they be followed as closely ly as practicable in all cases neglect to sew the cloth coverings on the packages properly may result in a total lose of the valuable material leaving oft off the dry burlap wrapper and substituting newspaper may cause the B sweating and molding of a collection of valuable scions or budwood too much care cannot be given to the selection of elean dean healthy plant material A copy of tho the circular may bo be secured while the supply lasts iam from the united states department of agriculture ture washington D CL 0 |