The Minnesota Horticulturist: Annual report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Volume 31Bruce Publishing Company, 1903 - Gardening |
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Page 346 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 113 - Boston, who shall have been such for at least three years prior to the date of their appointment, one for the term of five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 469 - Those who survey the work done in this department will arrive at the conviction that, among all the numerous experiments made, not one has been carried out to such an extent and in such a way as to make it possible to determine the number of different forms under which the offspring of hybrids appear, or to arrange these forms with certainty according to their separate generations, or definitely to ascertain their statistical relations.
Page 185 - Any person violating or neglecting to carry out the provisions of this act, or offering any hindrance to the carrying out of this act shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before...
Page 469 - That, so far, no generally applicable law governing the formation and development of hybrids has been successfully formulated can hardly be wondered at by anyone who is acquainted with the extent of the task, and can appreciate the difficulties with which experiments of this class have to contend. A final decision can only be arrived at when we shall have before us the results of detailed experiments made on plants belonging to the most diverse orders.
Page 71 - When nursery stock is shipped into this state accompanied by a certificate as herein provided, it shall be held prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
Page 183 - The Entomologist of the State Experiment Station is hereby constituted the State Entomologist and charged with the execution of this act. He may appoint such qualified assistants as may be necessary, fix a reasonable compensation for their labor, and pay the same; and their acts shall have the same validity as his own. He shall, by himself or his assistants, between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of September, in each year, when requested by the owner or agent, or when he has reasonable...
Page 112 - The officers of this society shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer and an executive board of three, of which the president and secretary shall be ex-officio members. All officers shall be...
Page 331 - An exact determination of the laws of heredity will probably work more change in man's outlook on the world, and in his power over nature, than any other advance in natural knowledge that can be clearly foreseen.
Page 70 - ... hereof, public or private, for the purpose of inspection; and, if he finds any nursery, orchard, garden or other place, infested by any injurious insect pests, or dangerous and contagious plant diseases, he may, by himself or his assistants, enter upon such premises and establish quarantine regulations. If, in his judgment, any insect pests, or dangerous and contagious plant diseases may be eradicated by treatment, he may.