§415. Purchase of seeds and plants for distribution

Purchase and distribution of vegetable, field, and flower seeds, plants, shrubs, vines, bulbs, and cuttings shall be of the freshest and best obtainable varieties and adapted to general cultivation.

(R.S. §527; Apr. 25, 1896, ch. 140, 29 Stat. 106 .)

Amendments

1896-Act Apr. 25, 1896, struck out "by the Department of Agriculture" and "trees", and inserted "vegetable, field, and flower seeds" and "bulbs".

Cross References

Collection, testing, propagation, and distribution of seeds by Secretary of Agriculture, see section 2204 of this title.

Letting contract for seeds and plants, see section 416 of this title.