AUGUST 23, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



35 



Embargo on Valley Pips. 



Last fall your coininittce was ap- 

 pealed to by various larj^e importers 

 about i^^atting their lily of the valley 

 jiijis from Coi)ciihaj,'oii into the United 

 ^(ates. After many eonferences and 

 ]ini'^ delays, "vvc were advised by the 

 Dejiartnieiit of State that tlie majority 

 ,,r \alley jiips in Copeiihajien were not 

 niowii ill Denmark, I)iit were (Jerman- 

 ;.ro\vn and, therefore, tiie Britisli au- 

 thorities were not intdineil to let them 

 come through. 



Importation of Azaleas. 



T>ast fall iiiueh time was consumed 

 licfween tlie (Jernian and Uritisli em- 

 bassies and the State Department in 

 endeavoring to have tlie embargo raised 

 on a/.aleas and other sto(dv from the 

 Client distriet on shipments into the 

 United .States from Htdgiau growers. 

 This seemed to be an insurmouutabb" 

 jiroblem, and we liad i)raetieallv given 

 up ho])e of getting the a/.aleas and 

 other stock in, when we were ;idvised 

 that owing to a misunderstanding lie- 

 tweeii the coiinsidors in Lombur and 

 Jierlin, the azaleas Iiad ))een held up, in 

 eiror. And, when this misunderstand- 

 ing was rectified, the azaleas came 

 tlirougli. 



In refcM'cnce to the sbipnu-nt of aza- 

 leas and rhododendrons this year, we be"- 

 to ailvise that we have taken the mat" 

 ter uj. with the State De|iartment and 

 under date of August 2, l!»]7, we were 

 assured that so far as the department 

 knows there have l)eeii no i-estrict ions 

 or laws changed since JiMO by wlii<di 

 azaleas have l)een iierniitted to come in, 

 and i.ayment made to the Belgian Bank 

 in London. Our committee, Jiowever, 

 feels that until war conditions change 

 in Belgium, no azaleas or other stock 

 can come into the United States from 

 that country. 



Tumigation of Orchids. 

 In May last, several communications 

 were received from the Orchid Grow- 

 ers' Association to have an interview 

 with the Do|)artnieut of Agriculture as 

 to the fumigation of orchids, which, 

 some of the growers (daiin, was so det- 

 rimental to the jdants that some had 

 been killed. We took the matter up 

 l)roniptly with the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board May L'7 and were told 

 that the fumigation of newly imported 

 orchids had been suspended until Mav31 

 to see what effect the fumigation wiuibl 

 ha\c. Subse(|ueiitly, we liave been told 

 that the fumigation orders have been 

 nmditieil so far as orchids were con- 

 cerned until they are now being fumi- 

 gated without detriment to tlie^'jilants. 



Embargo on Raflfia. 



^ Early in the Uuropean war the 

 I'reneli go\-eiiinient jdaced an embargo 

 oil all raflfia exported from the island 

 of Madagascar. The im]ioiters became 

 interested and were anxious to have the 

 embargo lifted. We to<ik the matter u]> 

 \vitli tli(> State Deiiartniciit and aftei- 

 in;Mi\- iiiiei-\ie\\ s aiiil caldegrains (paid 

 fiir by .Fames .\bil utrliisoii, of New 

 ^ ork city I we were ad\ ised Aumi-t 1 

 tliat the embargo had be.n lifted hv f!ie 

 f'reiieh goNeniiiieiit, and raftia is now 

 <-omiiig iu as befoie. 



Coal. 

 Uihler date of August 9. we rc'eived 

 •■' <<>iniiinni.-at ion from Philadelphia in 

 iid'ereiii-e to the i-oal situation wliieli 

 seeme(| to agitate Mian\- of our ineiiiiiers. 

 ^Ve iiiiiiie,liatel\- took the matter uii 



Anders Rasmussen. 



i.CliaiiiniiM lit tlir (.Diiiiiiuirr oil Wind .^i..iiii Iii-inanoi-. 



with the director of the (le(dogical Siir- 

 \ ey, who submits the f(dlo\\ing: 



P'iir .viiiir iiircpi'iMMl i(Pii I woulil ■<m.v tliiit lilaiiks 

 exacllv siiiular to tlmsi' ni.iilcil tin- llorists liavc 

 liiM'ii sent Id inaiiy (ilhcr iii(|ii-.t ric^, aiiinim tin' 

 lar>.'<'i" i>f wliich arc tldur iiiiUs. lucui'iics. steaiii 

 railriiads. iiiiiiii<'i|ial t::>s works, aiiliiiniiliiles ami 

 ;oit(iiMoliile iiioldrs. In all. iiiorc than It!. 0(1(1 

 lilaiiks liave hecn mailed out rtMUM'stiiiK iiifor 

 Illation on tlicsc p(dnts. Onl.v tlic limit of the 

 elfriial forcf availalilo lias privi'iiti'd flic (•;iii 

 vass of an rven Kri'alc-r nmiilni- id' industries. 

 'riie oliject of till- invcsti>;ation is iiriniaril.v to 

 seciiii' spi'iilic information on tlie i-orisiini|dion 

 and storaKe of eoal in order tliat tlie proper 

 v'overnniental au'eiieies m;i,v lie alile to act in- 

 telligently on an.v sitmition wliiiji may arise. 



I wish to take this o|iportunity (d' 



thanking e\-eiy memiier (d' our c(unmit- 



tee for \villiiig assistance rendered 



^vhene\■er the occasion rei|uired, esjie- 



cially since .lames McHutcliisoii, wiio 



is most thortuighly \ crsed in all these 



matters, has been untiring in briiii^iii^- 



alioiit the desireil results tdr our or 



gaiii/at ion. 



SCHOOL GARDENS. 



I Kiliort of I'.enjaniin 1 l:iiiiinoiid :is ili.i i riii.i ii •<( 

 tile sillool yarilell eollini i I tee, presented at tlie 

 \i w \ i.rk eonveiit Ion. | 



The year ]!tl7 will go down in his 

 tor\- as a special year of gardens, 

 for g.ardeiis are no longer reoarded as rd' 

 no account and suitaide oiilv for labor- 

 ing peopb' to ;ittelii| \<<. '{'he Sociidv 

 of .\iiiiricaii florists has for s,.\it;i1 

 >oars liei M ellcolirauillg lll" effoils to 



teach the school chililnii ot' the coimtrv 

 about garden culti\ation. 'i'lie tloiist, 

 wluM'ever he may b(\ nsn.-iliy h;is preni 

 ises that are a model for tidiness and 



be.'Mlty, and an e\aill|de th;it people of 

 i:ood taste |o\e to fidlow. 'i'lic fad tli;il 

 from one end of the couiitr\- to the 

 oilier. \\ e ha\(' sent each sjirin^' a widl 



illustrated circulai' letter to Srliool 



authorities in e\er\' town or cit\' that 



li.'is a iiieiiilM'r of the'' S!. A. I'. 

 lias had its effecd. judging from 

 the corres[i,,|,dellce that has come to 

 hand ther(d'r(un. it would be difticult 

 to name any city or town of prominence 



but what is gi\ing attention to sd I 



gardening. The i ity of Crand l^apids, 

 Miidi.. has issued one of the best i ircii- 

 lars that we haxe seen, ("hicago, 111., 

 in \arious j.arts of the citv. has made it 

 a |p(dnt to instriKd the ( hildren. On the 

 Pacific coast the ino\-ement has ex- 

 tended from San Diego, ("al., to Tacoma, 

 Wash., and much attention has lieeii 

 given this work. INuighkeepsie, N. Y., 

 has been one of the leaders in tlu' work. 

 Boston. .Mass., whi(di has always been 

 ;i thrifty town from the time it was first 

 settled, keeps up the good Work, ("leve- 

 Innd, O.. Philadelphia and Wilkes FJar- 

 '■"'. Pi'i-. Piilfalo. .\. v., Ciiiciiinati, ()., 

 Deiixcr, Colo, and so we uiav go on in- 

 didinitidy. and what at first was re- 

 garded sonudinies as a t'.id in s(diooI 

 studies has spread from end to end of 

 the riiited States, and the last xc.ar, 

 owiiiu to the condilioiis arisil|^■ from 

 t he dest met ion now Lioiiii; on in |-;uro|ie. 

 it has brought a rea 1 i/;i t ion of the pr.ac- 

 tic.al \aliie of the little -;irdon th;it eii- 

 ;.;aged the thoughts of the aldi -f nu'ii 

 of the nation. i'residiiii Wilson espe 

 cialls- laid stress on the cjesi ra l,ili t v of 



till- Wolk. .\s \ olir cl.ttllllittee, We ji;i\e 

 ''"Ibiwed up the Woik and we bidie\<' 



that the florists in ,\ri\ town where one 

 is locatecj can be ;i lighthouse showing 

 v^liat c:iii be done, no! onl\- with flowers. 



Iillt with \ e-et.-lldi-. to the lielielif of 



t licir coinninnit ii--. ;uid w ill li\ in this 

 i-idiiitrx' ;i dcsir,. f,,r -ardeiis l.oth 

 plants ;ind llowi-rs to .'i n extent that 

 v\in remain a peiin.-iiient lieiiofil to their 



business. 



