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The Florists^ Review 



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DUTCH BULBS WILL COME 



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'THE WAALDYK HAS SAILED." 



"No Need for Alaxm." 



Last week's alarm as to the Dutch 

 bulbs appears to have been unwar- 

 ranted, as the Holland-America line of- 

 fice in New York gave out the informa- 

 tion September 10 that its steamer, the 

 Waaldyk, its cargo consisting prin- 

 cipally of Dutch bulbs, positively had 

 sailed from Eotterdam for "an Ameri- 

 can port," as the censor insists it must 

 be put. 



No information is vouchsafed as to 

 the exact date of sailing or day of 

 probable arrival at the "American 

 port," but assurance is given that the 

 boat is on the way and that arrange- 

 ments should be made for the prompt 

 handling of the largest lot of bulbs that 

 ever came to America in one bottom. 



Plplomatlc Assurances. 



Some time ago it was stated that the 

 Waaldyk was loading at Rotterdam and 

 would sail August 25. There were many 

 contradictory reports, that other boats 

 with bulbs had or had not sailed, that 

 other shipments would or would not fol- 

 low those on the Waaldyk, and the trade 

 anxiously was awaiting news of the 

 Waaldyk when, August 30, the Asso- 

 ciated Press, from The Hague, pub- 

 lished a cablegram announcing that the 

 Netherlands government had placed au 

 embargo on the exportation of bulbs. 

 Confirmation of this came through the 

 admission of the steamship company 

 that the loaded Waaldyk had not sailed 

 August 25 as announced and that no 

 reason for the delay had been given. 

 September 6 the U. S. Department of 

 Trade and Commerce gave out the fol- 

 lowing cablegram from the American 

 legation at The Hague: 



"Algemeen Handelsblad reports that 

 the export of bulbs is prohibited." 



But the same day the United States 

 representative at The Hague cabled that 

 "export licenses will be granted to 

 meet normal trade demands. Appar- 

 ently no cause for American seed inter- 

 ests to be alarmed." 



Exporters' Cables. 



In the meantime many large Amer- 

 ican importers of bulbs and the Amer- 

 ican representatives of Holland houses 

 were cabling to Holland for informa- 

 tion. That which came back was not 

 enlightening; numerous cables were to 

 the effect, "Bulbs shipped on the 

 Waaldyk." Only by inference could 

 any satisfaction be obtained from that. 

 The inference was that the Waaldyk had 

 sailed unannounced or that the Holland 

 exporters expected the Waaldyk to sail 

 soon in spite of the delay and the em- 

 bargo. 



Attempts made by the trade to obtain 

 information at Washington were fruit- 

 less until the cablegram ending "Ap- 

 parently no cause for American seed 

 interests to be alarmed" was given out 

 September 8. 



Bulbs by Trainload. 



That the Waaldyk 's cargo contains 

 the largest lot of bulbs that ever came 



EXPORT TO BE PERMITTED 

 UNDER LICENSE 



LCablosrram from Amerleaa I>e»atlon, 

 The Ha^uc, September 6.] 



" Export of bulbs except under llceiise 

 prohibited. MlniBter of Agriculture an- 

 nounces export licenses wUil>e granted 

 to meet normal trade demands. Appar- 

 ently no cause for American seed inter- 

 ests to be alarmed." 



to America in one boat is apparent, al- 

 though there is some uncertainty as to 

 just how large the quantity is. In Au- 

 gust, when the loading commenced, it 

 was reported the Waaldyk would bring 

 12,000 cases. Now it is reported the 

 vessel has more than twice that quan- 

 tity aboard. One forwarding agent has 

 advices that 1,254 cases are consigned 

 to him alone, and the State Department 

 at Washington gave out a dispatch Sep- 

 tember 7 to the effect that there are 

 26,000 cases on the boat. From Phila- 

 delphia, too, comes the report that the 

 date of sailing was September 12, and 

 that the cargo consists of 26,000 cases 

 of bulbs. 



Such a quantity of bulbs makes au 

 enormous bulk. It will require al^out 

 260 freight cars to move 26,000 cases, 

 the average carload being about 100 

 cases. With 260 cars, the bulbs on the 



Waaldyk will make at least five solid 

 trainloads. 



Figuring an average weight at 100 

 pounds to the case, the Waaldyk is re- 

 ported to be bringing 3,250 tons of 

 bulbs. The total exports of bulbs to the 

 United States and Canada, according 

 to the General Society of Holland Bulb 

 Growers, was: In 1916, 12,100 tons; in 

 1915, 8,800 tons; in 1914, 8,415 tons; in 

 1913, 5,954 tons. 



Therefore, if one accepts as accurate 

 the reports that the Waaldyk has 26,000 

 cases, the weight, compared with the 

 ofl&cial Dutch figures of other years, in- 

 dicates that the bulbs on this one boat 

 equal more than half the quantity im- 

 ported in the last year before the "war 

 and more than one-fourth the record 

 quantity imported last year. 



Not Too Late. 



Apparently the Waaldyk 's cargo will 

 not be in the hands of the trade before 

 October. It is late, but not too late. 

 Dutch bulbs often are planted too early 

 in American gardens. They wiU be the 

 better for a little later planting, in 

 many cases. If the bulbs arrive by Oc- 

 tober 1, if it is a normal season there 

 will remain at least two months for 

 selling and planting outdoors. For 

 forcing, the lateness of arrival wUl be 

 immaterial in spite of the early Easter,, 

 if the bulbs are in good condition. 



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TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! 



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MOVING TOWARD FRANCE. 



Florists Aid Uncle Sam. 



Members of the trade continue to 

 leave tlieir peaceful pursuits to become 

 members of the fighting force the 

 United States will send to the European 

 battlefields. News of the departure of 

 recruits and of the activities of those 

 already in the service will be gladly re- 

 ceived for publication by The Eeview. 



President Vesey to Shoulder Arms. 



Among those prominent but young in 

 the trade whose draft numbers the law 

 and chance decreed should be the first 

 selected for the national army, was W. 

 J. Vesey, Jr., of Fort Wayne, Ind. Mr. 

 Vesey measured up to the physical re- 

 quirements of the army and apparently 

 waived his exemption privilege, for 

 Mr. Vesey is winding up his affairs pre- 

 paratory to leaving for one of the 

 training camps, about September 20. 

 Mr. Vesey is president of the American 

 Carnation Society, ex-president of the 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana, 

 and a member of the firm of W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey. 



From Lincoln to France. 



Victor Janson, well known among the 



florists of southern California and re- 

 cently of Gullett & Sons' wholesale 

 plant department, at Lincoln, 111., has 

 joined tlie quartermaster's department 

 and been assigned to Jefferson Barracks, 

 St. Louis, Mo., pending his departure 

 for the French front. 



Editor Joins Battery. 



F. R. Kilner, formerly an assistant 

 editor of The Review, joined the 149th 

 U. S. Field Artillery just before its de- 

 parture from Chicago and was assigned 

 to Battery E. He is with the regiment 

 at Camp Mills, Garden City, L. I., on 

 tlie way to France. 



Wisconsin Man Leaves. 



Louis Turner, Jr., son of Louis 

 Turner, who owns a large greenhouse 

 range near Kenosha, Wis., has become a 

 member of the new national army and 

 has left for a cantonment. Before leav- 

 ing Mr. Turner visited Milwaukee to 

 say good-bye to his many friends there. 



Chicagoan an Honor Man. 



Charles Thomas Johnson, son of 

 Charles W. Johnson, of Chicago, secre- 

 tary of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, was one of the twelve honor 

 men selected in the Seventy-seventh 

 district of Cook county. 111., to go to • 



