AiJril 13, 191S 



HORTICULTURE 



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RESTRICTION ON IMPORTS 

 With Reference to Plants and Plant Material 



On February 14, 1918, the President 

 of the United States issued a procla- 

 mation which required an import 

 license for all articles from all coun- 

 tries. The object of this action is to 

 more clearly supervise commerce and 

 trade during the period of the war. 

 The administration of the work de- 

 volves upon the War Trade Board. 

 For some time the Bureau of Imports 

 of the War Trade Board has been giv- 

 ing attention to the manner in which 

 the work of restriction should be 

 carried out. There has recently been 

 published by the War Trade Board a 

 list of restricted imports. This list 

 (No. 1) contains eighty-two items, one 

 of which (Item 61) includes "plants, 

 trees, shrubs, and vines." While 

 plants, trees, shrubs, and vines are on 

 the restricted list, they are not pro- 

 hibited entry. A license will be re- 

 quired for each shipment of plants, 

 trees, shrubs, and vines from a Euro- 

 pean port. No shipments will be al- 

 allowed from Asiatic ports. Accord- 

 ing to a recent circular issued by the 

 War Trade Board, applicants for 

 license must show certain facts; 



"III tlie case of shipments from European 

 points, the most satisfactory evidence will 

 be proof that shipping space has been actu- 

 ally engaged. The present form of appli- 

 cation for import license will generally be 

 found adequate tor this purpose and where 

 this is not found to be the case, a letter 

 setting forth the additional facts should 

 accompany such application. 



The United States Consuls have been in- 

 structed not to issue consular invoices on 

 and after April 15, 191S, for the articles 

 mentioned in the list without lirst being 

 furnished with the number of the import 

 license or being given other evidence of the 

 issuance of such license. Shipping agencies 

 are also advised not to accept for shipment 

 consignments of the articles mentioned in 

 the list without similar evidence of the 

 issuance of the import license. 



It will devolve upon importers, there- 

 fore, to advise their shipper abroad by 

 letter or cable, of the numlier of their im- 

 port license so that such shipper will be 

 able to furnish the same to the consuls 

 and the shipping agencies. This will mean 

 that importers must be diligent in apply- 

 ing: for import licenses a sufficient time in 

 advance of the shipment so that the num- 

 ber of the import license may be communl- 

 cateil abroad in ample time." 



To summarize — trees, shrubs, and 

 vines, including fruit tree stocks and 

 seedlings, may be imported from 

 Europe, but not from the Orient, 

 upon filing an "Application tor Im- 

 port License." The War Trade Board 

 has issued the following instructions 

 regarding the securing and filling out 

 of application for license: 



(a) A separate application must be 

 made for each importation. Each applica- 

 tion should refer only to articles of the 

 same general nature as hides, mica, leather, 

 rui)i)er, wool, sugar, etc. Observance of 



this requirement will facilitate prompt 

 action upon application. 



(b) Applicants are requested, in case of 

 further communication to refer to their own 

 reference number and date as well as to 

 the reference number of the Bureau of Im- 

 ports if known, and to refer to each appli 

 cation in a separate letter. 



(c) Tile statement in regard to the quan- 

 tity should be made in definite units of 

 net weight or measure as required by cus- 

 toms authorities, such as pounds, bushels, 

 gallons, etc., as well as in such terms as 

 boxes, cases, sacks, etc. Values must be 

 In dollars. 



(d) Applicants are advised to forward 

 their applications as long as possible in 

 advance of the date of arrival. If shipment 

 does not arrive before expiration date of 

 license and an extensioa ia desired, the 



Spade and Hoe 



TO BEFRIEND THE RIFLE 

 AND THE BAYONET. 



(From a statemetit by the 

 British Ministry of Food.) 

 War is making bare the 

 world's cupboards; the gran- 

 aries are being emptied, the 

 flocks thinned, the herds butch- 

 ered, the mines scraped. War is 

 making everything dear except 

 human lite; the destructive 

 monster is consuming more food 

 essentials than it is producing. 

 Want follows hard in the wake 

 of the chariot wheels of Mars, 

 and the whole world is threat- 

 ened with hunger, the menace 

 of which will become greater 

 with the prolongation of hostil- 

 ities. Victory will go to the 

 combatants who are best fed and 

 nourished. The food question is 

 now paramount. Food produc- 

 tion is as essential to victory as 

 food saving. * • * • * The 

 spade and the hoe must befriend 

 the rifle and the bayonet. 



original application and license must be 

 returned with the request for extension, 

 setting forth the reasons therefor. 



(e) This application should be for- 

 warded to the Bureau of Imports, Wash 

 ington, D. C. 



(f) Copies uf all forms may be secured 

 from the Bureau of Imports. Washington, 

 n. ('., or from any branch of that Bureau. 

 Branch ofliceB are located at: 



Boston, Mass ISOC Customhouse 



Chicago. Ill not) Monadnock Block 



Detroit. Mich 22.5 Post Ottice Bldg. 



Eagle I'asB, Tex., Eirst National Bank Bldg. 



El Paso. Tex Federal Bldg. 



Galveston. Tex Federal Bldg. 



Laredo. Tex 20fi Federal Bldg. 



Los Angeles, Cal., International Bank Bldg. 



Mobile. Ala Customhouse 



New Orleans, La Canal Bank Bldg. 



New York, N. Y -IS Broadway 



Nogales, Ariz Bowman Hotel Bldg. 



Philadelphia, Pa 305 Lafayette Bldg. 



Portland, Ore 748 Morgan Bldg. 



St. Louis, Mo., 



1305 Federal lleserve Bank Bldg. 



San Francisco, Cal 212 Customhouse 



Savannah, Ga,, 



Savannah Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. 

 Seattle, Wash 825 Henry Bldg. 



A WORTHY CAUSE. 



"There is not a single selfish ele- 

 ment, so far as I can see, in the cause 

 we are fighting for. We are fighting 

 for what we believe and wish to be the 

 rights of mankind and for the future 

 peace and security of the world. To 

 do this great thing worthily, success- 

 fully, we must devote ourselves to the 

 service without regard to profit or ma- 

 terial advantage, and with an energy 

 and intelligence that will rise to the 

 level of the enterprise itself." 



WooDROw Wilson, 

 President of the United States. 



Does not this inspiring message of 

 our President also express the senti- 

 ments of all those who have unselfishly 

 contributed to our Publicity Campaign 

 Fund? Note the comparison! Those 

 who have given will have the full 

 knowledge and satisfaction that the 

 cause is worthy and that we are rais- 

 ing and elevating our own standards 

 to such a high plane that they will not 

 only reap the benefits but also the 

 thanks of the entire flora! craft for the 

 beginning of what we hope in later 

 years will be one of the best efforts 

 since the origin of the S. A. F., The 

 Publicity Campaign. 



Now, to those who have as yet not 

 contributed: Can you afford to stay- 

 out of this unselfish movement which 

 is for the general good of the entire 

 trade? Send in your contribution now, 

 so that our Publicity Finance Commit- 

 tee, under so able a leadership as our 

 good friend. Chairman George Asmus, 

 might feel that the members of the S. 

 .\. F. are doing their full duty, and ap- 

 preciate the efforts given. 



Henry Pen.n. Chairman, 

 National Publicity Campaign. 



A PROMISING NEW ROSE. 

 At the New York Spring Show 

 blooms of a new seedling rose from 

 .lohn Cook of Baltimore were received 

 too late for the judging on Friday. On 

 Monday a special committee was se- 

 lected to judge them and the award 

 was 88 points, together with the Rose 

 Society's silver medal, a high achiev- 

 ment, considering that the flowers 

 had then been five days cut. The 

 rose is a cross between Frau Karl 

 Druschki and Mrs. Charles Russell. 

 Mr. Cook intends to send it out next 

 winter if the war should be then "-"r. 



