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The Florists^ Review 



Dkcbmbbb 26, 1918. 



mit, stating in the application the exact 

 designation of the nursery stock and 

 other plants and seeds to be imported, 

 the name and address of the exporter, 

 the country and locality where grown, 

 the port of entry, and the name and ad- 

 dress of the importer in the United 

 States to whom the permit should be 

 sent. 



"Application for permits to import 

 made in advance of the proposed ship- 



ments, but if, through no fault of the 

 importer, a shipment should arrive be- 

 fore a permit is received the importa- 

 tion will be held in customs custody at 

 the risk and expense of the importer for 

 a period not exceeding twenty days 

 pending the receipt of the permit. 



"Applications may be made by tele- 

 graph, in which case the information 

 required above must be given. 



"Permits are not required for nursery 

 stock and other plants and seeds, not 

 under quarantine or regulation, entering 

 the United States for immediate trans- 

 portation in bond to foreign countries. 



Applications for permits to import 

 nursery stock and other plants and seeds 

 from countries which do not maintain 

 inspection must contain a definite state- 

 ment of the quantity to be imported." 



s^ THE WAR BOARD'S BAN i^ 



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MAY IMPORT NOW. 



War Board Raises Its Embargo. 



Following announcement of its dec- 

 laration of policy the War Trade Board 

 has issued an order (W. T. B. R. 432) 

 removing the restrictions on the imports 

 of plants, trees, shrubs, vines and bulbs 

 (group 61 of the first festriction list). 

 Licenses still will be required, but the 

 board states these will be issued freely 

 when the applications are "othorwise in 

 order;" that is, when the merchandise 

 still is in the country of origin and the 

 importer has a clean record with the 

 board. 



How many lily bulbs there are in 

 Japan in condition to export is a ques- 

 tion. If the bulbs were packed but not 

 placed in cold storage they probably 

 are useless, but if they were left in the 

 curing racks they may still be in first- 

 class condition. At any rate, the field is 

 open. 



Plants May Come. 



The statement that the War Trade 

 Board will issue import licenses without 

 restriction leaves the Holland, English 

 and French nursery stock free to come 

 until June 1, when the new absolute 

 quarantine goes into effect. It prob- 

 ably will be taken advantage of to the 

 greatest possible extent, as there is need 

 for practically all kinds of stock. 



THOSE LILY BULBS IN CANADA. 



Slim Chance to Bring Here. 



It is current talk in the trade that 

 there are in Canada considerable quan- 

 tities of lily bulbs of the 1918 crop, 

 brought from Japan under conditions 

 which arose out of the confusion con- 

 nected with administering the vast 

 amount of war detail. The first news 

 of such shipments was by cable from 

 a Yokohama dealer and was specific as 

 to quantities and consignees. Other re- 

 ports are less precise and all statements 

 meet with denials and contradictions on 

 the part of those concerned. 



Some Permits Issued. 



It is officially admitted by the Can- 

 adian government that certain permits 

 were issued by mistake, but it is stated 

 they were canceled as soon as the er- 

 rors were discovered. How many bulbs 

 had been shipped prior to the cancella- 

 tion of the permits no one in this coun- 

 try seems to know; report has it that it 

 may be ijOOjOOO, but this is discredited 

 by bulb dealers not interested except 

 as competitors. It may be that tho 



quantity now in storage in Canada is 

 negligible and can be readily absorbed 

 there, although the supposition is that 

 the intention is to send the bulbs, if in 

 quantity, to the United States at the 

 first opportunity. 



That the War Trade Board has taken 

 cognizance of the situation, which has 

 been brought to its attention, is shown 



The Editor is pleased when 

 a Reader presents his ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



As experience is the best 

 teacher, so do we learn 

 fastest by an exchange of 

 experiences. Many valuable 

 points are brought out by 

 discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling and 

 crammar, though desirable, are not 

 necessary. Write as you would talk 

 when doing your best. 



WE SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM YOU 



by the following statement of policy is- 

 sued last week: 



Will Protect Traders. 



"The War Trade Board announces in 

 a new ruling that the following policy 

 has been determined upon in the relaxa- 

 tion of restrictions on imports: 



"All announcements of relaxations 

 will relate only to shipments made from 

 the country of origin after the date of 

 the announcement and will not validate 

 in any manner shipments made prior to 

 such time in violation of the import 

 restrictions. 



"The War Trade Board will take up 

 separately bn its merits each case of 

 shipment made in violation of the regu- 

 lations and will permit entry, if entry 

 is permitted at all, only under such con- 

 ditions as will, according to the par- 

 ticular circumstances of each case, do 

 justice to importers who have obeyed 

 the regulations, by preventing those who 

 have not from obtaining any discrim- 

 inatory advantage as a result of such 

 shipments. 



Goods In Canada. 



"In regard to large shipments of re- 



stricted articles which have been made 

 to Canada during the time the restric- 

 tions were effective, the War ■ Trade 

 Board announces that the relaxations 

 will not authorize the licensing of such 

 shipments. The policy will be against 

 licensing such shipments until the lapse 

 of a very considerable interval after 

 the lifting of the restriction upon im- 

 portation from the country of origin. 

 The purpose is to allow ample time to 

 importers, who have obeyed both the 

 letter and spirit of the regulations, to 

 complete shipments from the country of 

 origin before any consideration is given 

 those who attempted to circumvent the 

 restrictions by making shipments to 

 Canada. 



"It is the purpose of the War Trade 

 Board throughout to prevent the ac- 

 crual of any unfair advantage to im- 

 porters who have disregarded either the 

 letter or the spirit of the regulations, 

 over those importers who have coop- 

 erated patriotically with the War Trade 

 Board by yielding scrupulous obedience 

 to the import restrictions and assisting 

 in accomplishing the objects of the re- 

 strictions." 



HOLLAND STOCK COMINQ. 



Exportation from Holland to the 

 United States of nursery stock will be 

 resumed at once. In fact, the Nieuw 

 Amsterdam, of the Holland-America 

 line, is expected to arrive at New York 

 within a short time, bringing a num- 

 ber of shipments of nursery stock. 



T^is information is contained in a 

 letter from the freight department of 

 the New York office of the Holland- 

 America line received by F. J. Grooten- 

 dorst & Sons, nurserymen, of Boskoop, 

 Holland, at their New York office. The 

 letter says: 



With reference to your favor of the twenty- 

 second, we now beg to inform you timt, ac- 

 cordini? to a cable received from our home offlce, 

 S. 8. Nieuw Amsterdam — whicli steamer is sup- 

 posed to be sailing from Rotterdam one of these 

 days — will bring various shipments of nursery 

 stock from Holland, which indicates that this 

 commodity can again be brought over and which 

 we hope will make it possible for you to import 

 considerable shipments in the near future. 



May 31 is the latest date on which 



Holland nursery stock will be admitted 



to America unless the protest proves too 



strong for the federal agency which has 



ordered the quarantine. 



CHRISTMAS WEATHER. 



Dark, rainy weather that prevailed 

 over the country east of the Rocky 

 mountains from the Gre.it Lakes region 

 to the Gulf of Mexico for several days 

 previous to Christmas turned into snow 

 December 24 and developed into a small 



