May 11. lyl8 



H irn c u L T u k e 



461 



The Lily Bulb 

 Outlook 



The following copy of letter to the 

 War Trade Board shows the argument 

 of the S. A. P. Committee on Tariff 

 and Legislation, having for its object 

 the lifting of the present embargo on 

 next fall shipments of lily bulljs from 

 Japan, and the copy of reply enclosed 

 states the position the Board takes 

 with regard to them. While further 

 negotiations are proceeding, the pros- 

 pects are plainly not favorable and 

 it looks as if the florists must make 

 another sacrifice in the interests of 

 the national welfare. 



(COPY) 



April 27. 1918. 

 \V;ir Tiaile Board, Bureau of Imports, 

 4.5 Broadway, New i'ork. 

 Geutlemen: Your supplementary list of 

 •■Kestricted Imports," dated April 1st 

 (whiob classifies items on No 1 list of 

 March 2.^rd). includes "Bullis No. lil" and 

 temporarily shuts out shipments of .lapan- 

 ese Illy bulbs. As these bulbs are of such 

 vital importance to American Horists. I 

 wish to Briefly present a few facts for your 

 consideration' in behalf of tliis national 

 organization of florists and allied trades. 



1. These lily bulbs produces the "Easter 

 Lilies" handled by pr.ietically every florist 

 in the United States. They cannot be pro- 

 duced In this country but nuist be im- 

 ported from Japan. 



2. The florists have already made large 

 sacrifices— through loyally supporting war 

 measurers. Many florists speci.ilize In forc- 

 ing these bulbs and without them would 

 be forced out ot business, as nothing else 

 takes their place. 



3. Being not only perishable liut sea- 

 sonable, shipments of these bulbs must 

 leave Japan during .\ugust. September and 

 October, or as the different varieties be- 

 come ripe. They cannot be shipped be- i 

 fore August or until they are ripe, nor 

 can they be shipped after October or they ] 

 would arrive frozen and worthless and too j 

 late. 



4. Last vear importers of tlicse bulbs 

 lost upwards of .^.'jO.HOO worth, due to the ' 

 consignments being delayed and arriving 

 frozen. This loss falls exclusively on the 

 American importers and iu many instances 

 makes the purchase of I>i!)erty Bonds im- 

 possible. 



5. The shipments of these bulbs repre- 

 sent raw materials. They occupy very 

 little space as compared to their impor- 

 tance to American citizens, and much ma- 

 terial from Japan not now restricted could 

 be substituted with much less loss to the 

 Country's interests. 



6. As these bulbs are grown in Japan 

 only for exports, the stoppage of exports 

 for even one season would cause the 

 .Tapanese growers to discontinue their pro- 

 duction and destroy their stock bulbs, and 

 it would lie many years after the war ends 

 before tiiese bulbs would again be avail- 

 able in commercial (juantities. 



7. The Government now derives a 

 revenue through duty of ^Ti.OO per l.miO 

 bulbs, or appro.vimatcly .''.0 pel- cent, of 

 Japan value, anil if importations \\'ere stop- 

 ped. 4'ustnnis wrmid lose this revenue. 



8. Tin' policy of this organization is to 

 do everything possible to "get the war 

 won." but you tie our hands if you pro- 

 hibit the importation of absoluteiv essen- 

 tial raw materials. 



0. Outside of war supplies, we know of 

 nothing imported from .Japan that is more 

 essential to the welfare of this Conntry, 

 and the policy of getting the war won. 

 than (he importation of these bulbs. With- 

 out them many more florists will be forced 

 out of business. 



If you cannot permit imports on the 

 presentation of these facts. I respectfully 

 request that you arrange fitv a hearing 

 when the facts can be presented person- 

 ally by a small delegation. We realize the 

 pressing need of war supplies ami are pre- 

 pared to make any necessarv sacrifice to 

 enable them to come, but if' there is any 

 space available on steamers from Japan, we 

 feel that these bulbs should be given pref- 



VIOLA 



15,000 

 CORNUTA ATROPURPUREA 



We have a tine lot ot 21/4 -inch iiots of this useful bedding 



'Viola which we offer at 



$6.00 per 100, $50.00 per 1,000 



HENRY A. DREER, 



714-716 Chestnut Street 

 PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus Seed 



New crop, cleaned, lath-house grown. 

 Now ready to ship. 



I.IKW or more se<"ds $2.25 per 1000 



.>.000 " •' 2.00 



lO.lKM) •• " 1.75 



•Ja.fKM) ■' " 1.60 



Delivered free anywhere in the 

 U. S. or Canada upon receipt 

 of remittance. 



McHUTCHISON & CO. 



*J'> Chanibers Street 



NEW VOKK 



ALL THE POPULAR VARIETIES 

 OwD Boots or Oraft«>d 



.FRr4 



lOIMS 



Rooted Cuttings of all the best oonuner- 

 cial varieties. Uealthj stock. 



MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 



Keadj for Immediate Sales 



Size Pot 1(X) 



A6PAKAOC8 Sprengerl 2Vi-lll. $3.00 



A8PARAOC8 Bprenceii 3 -In. 6.00 



8MILAX 214-ln. 8.00 



SEND FOB CATALOGUE 



WOOO BROTHERS, Fishkill, N.r. 



STAR BRAND ROSES 



"American IMllar" and nearly every 

 other good hardy climber. 



Send for our list. 



ThefONARD & 



Cjonesco. 



Roberl Prl«. Pre>. Anlolne Winner, Tloe-PrM. 



ItV ar-f suf<SL'rihtrs to tke Nurserymen s Fund 

 for Market Derelofment 



|"T~| WEST GROVE 

 |j[r_|PENN.,U.S.A. 



BEDDING PLANTS 



IN PKLME CONDITION. 



Double .41.v>sum, 2 in. $2.50 per l(N) 

 Dracaena Indivisa, 2 in. $2.50; 4 in. 



.flj.OU; 5 in. $35.00 per K.O. 

 re\erfew, 2 in. .$2.50; 3 in. $5.50 per 10(1 



FlMlisias, 3 in $5.i)0 per 100 



Heliotrope, 3 in $5..'-)0 per loll 



.■Marguerites, Mr8. Sander and Bot»ton 



-Markel, 2 in $3.50 per lOO 



MarK. ?iinj;le, 2 in $2.30 per 100 



\ inca VarieKata. 2V4 in. $2.50; 3 in. 



.$5.00; 4 in. $10.00 and $12.00 per 100 



Ivy Oeraniums, 2 in $2.50 per 100 



Wrliena ISeedlinHs. Pinl*. White and 



Blue, $1.25 per 100. 



Ca^li 7('.'.'// <n-<i,r, f':,-au. 



WEBS1ER FLORAL CO., Inc. 

 Webste', Mass. 



erence above all other commercial mer- 

 chandise. 



Yours truly, 

 (Signed) JAMES McHUTCHI.SON. 

 .Member Legislative Committee, S. \. V . 



(COPY) 



War Trade Board 



Hiireau of Imports, WashiiiiJton 



May 1. 1U1.>>. 

 Soi-irtv ot" .Vmerican Florists 



and Ornamental Horticulturists, 

 Mr. .lames .McHutchisou. 



'.i.'i Chambers St., New York City. 



Dear Sir: We beg to acknowledge re 

 ceipt of your letter of the 27th inst. whicli 

 has bi-eii referred to us by our New Y'ork 

 office. We have carefully noted your state 

 inent ot facts, and have laid your letter be- 

 fore those who have in charge the con- 

 sideration of any possible modification of 

 lists of restricted imports. 



Voii will appreciate, of course, that the 

 urgent need for increased tonnage in order 

 tliat troops and supplies may be trans 

 ported overseas, and our armies maintained 

 in Fran<-e, makes essential the reduction in 

 importation to provide the necessary and 

 adilitioiial spac4'. It is the urgency of this 

 probli'in that makes the immediate ami 

 rigiil enforcement of all restricted lists im- 

 perat ve. 



This demand for shipping space for mili- 

 t.iry uses is so great that all dispensable 

 commodities must be eliminated from our 

 imports. In fact, it is probably true that 

 with all dispensable commodities elimi- 

 nated, and essential imports pared down to 

 the very bone of minimum requirements, 

 there still will remain a shortage of ship- 

 ping to satisfy the needs of military uses, 

 and our essential industries during the re- 

 mainder of this year. 



For your further information, it ma.v In- 

 terest you to know that 9,000 dead weight 

 tons of shipping saved, would be enough 



to carry the supplies required for the an- 

 nual support of at least 7.I1CHI soldiers in 

 France, or. to put it in other terras, it 

 would transport for the support of the 

 .Allied Nations. approximately. ,500.000 

 bushels of wheat. You will, therefore, 

 readily understand that there Is very little 

 likelihood of any modification being made 

 to the Kestricted Lists. However, should 

 there be any. you will receive notice 

 thereiif. 



Yours very truly. 



BIRE.iU OF IMl'OKTS, 

 By Edgar J. Nathan. Jr. 



PRIVATE GREENHOUSES RE- 

 QUESTED TO CLOSE. 



New England Fuel Administrator, 

 .Iam.es B. Storrow, is quoted in the 

 Boston papers as follows: 



"The amount of coal required to 

 heat a greenhouse sufficiently for flow- 

 ering plants is very large compared 

 with the amount necessary to heat an 

 ordinary building of the same size," 

 said Mr. Storrow. "This is due to the 

 tremendous loss of heat radiated from 

 glass buildings, and there is no build- 

 in.g that uses coal more extravagantly 

 than a greenhouse. 



"Owners of private greenhouses are 

 therefore asked to either discontinue 

 them entirely and send to a commer- 

 cial greenhouse the plants that are to 

 be kept over to the next season, or re- 

 duce the coal consumption radically 

 by shutting down all ot the green- 

 houses except one section sufficiently 

 largo to care for permanent plants." 



