August S), 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



59 



DANISH SEEDS 



ClflL.OLSEN, Seed Gitwei, 



Oabbftce. 

 Oanliflower, 

 Oarrot,Man> 

 gel, Swede. 

 Turnip, ete. 



Oontnct OSan 

 and Sample! at 

 four larrica. 



CaUaAdirasa- 



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 Ia4a: Mh Ei.. 

 a. I.e. Aaar 



SaadTrada 



AaaoeiatlpB. 



(BiUb. 1883) 



THEaiE probably never has been a year , 

 when so many acres of seed crops were 

 pleated if or th« gwwers' own account, 

 f Seedsmen have increased their acreage as 

 ( nwch as possible Ijecause of the difficulty 

 of getting 'faAnerjf to take feontracts and 

 more farmers than ever are growing for 

 their own account, believing the crop will 

 be worth at least as much when harvested 

 as it was before planting. 



NOOBDAM HITS MINE. 



A bit of disquieting news is contained 

 in the report that the Holland-Amer- 

 ica line steamer Noordam struck a mine 

 August 3 while bound for Holland, and 

 was badly damaged. The explosion 

 caused a dangerous list and the officials 

 of the line declared that the steamer 

 might have to be run aground, thereby 

 greatly prolonging the time required for 

 repairs. 



In other seasons the Noordam has 

 been one of the principal carriers of 

 Dutch bulbs to this country, and it is 

 probable the boat was scheduled to 

 transport horticultural supplies this 

 season, these supplies, according to a 

 report, to come by three boats. In view 

 of the scarcity of bottoms, therefore, the 

 enforced idleness of the Noordam in 

 dry-dock may be felt by American im- 

 porters. 



This is the second time the Noordam 

 has struck a mine. There were no 

 casualties among the 507 on board. 



THE TAX ON PARCELS. 



The Senate revision of the war rev- 

 <mue law contains a new paragraph 

 which will exempt light parcels from 

 the penny tax. As originally drawn, the 

 bill provided for a tax of 1 cent on each 

 parcel sent by mail where the postage 

 is less than 25 cents. The new provision, 

 if adopted, will exempt parcels of four 

 ounces or less. This will be of some 

 advantage to the seed trade, both in 

 the matter of mailing of light cata- 

 logues and small packets of seeds. 



As yet one can only guess at the form 

 in which the tax law will come out. It 

 will be at least a month in getting 

 through the legislative mill and many 

 •changes seem imperative if confusion 

 is to be avoided. 





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W. F. Therkildson, chairman of the 

 American Seed Trade Association's com- 

 mittee on postal affairs, telegraphs as 

 follows: "liiave just been advised by 

 ".'Jipn, Boi^s giyaiTo^e,"! Cinder date^ of 

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 tax so as to exempt all catalogues and 

 also parcel post packages under four 

 ounces." 



The bill was introduced in the Senate 

 August 6, but printed copies have not 



ENFORCEMENT OF SEED LIENS. 



In North Dakota and other states 

 which have laws giving seedsmen liens 

 against crops to secure payment for the 

 seed furnished therefor, it is important 

 that the requirements of such laws be 

 strictly followed, otherwise the lien is 

 apt to be lost. This warning is sug- 

 gested by the decision recently handed 

 down by the Supreme Court of North 

 Dakota, in a case where a lien was lost 

 because the lien statement filed of rec- 

 ord failed to contain a description of 

 the land. The lien law of that state 

 contains this section: "Any person en- 

 titled to a lien under this chapter shall 

 within thirty days after the seed is 

 furnished file in the office of the regis- 

 trar of deeds of the county in which the 

 seed is to be sown or planted a state- 

 ment in writing, verified by oath, show- 

 ing the kind and quantity ol seed, its 

 value, the name of the person to whom 

 furnished and a description of the land 

 upon which the same is to be or has 

 been planted or sown. Unless the per- 

 son "entitled to the lien shall file such 

 statement within the time aforesaid, he 

 shall be deemed to hare waived all 

 right thereto." 



In this case the lien statement failed 

 to show any description of the land, and 

 was held by the court to be insufficient 

 to sustain a lien. On the back of the 



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