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The Florists^ Review 



DncKMBBB 26. 1918., 



Seed Trade News 



AMERIOAK SEED TEASE ASSOCIATION. 



President. F. W. Bolglano, WatbinKton, D. 0.; 

 •pcKtary -treasurer. C. B. Kendel. CleTcland. 0. 



Notice of the death of "Wilbur A. Fisk, 

 president of the W. E. Barrett Co., Provi- 

 dence, R. I., will be found in the obituary 

 column of this issue. 



The 1919 catalogues nearly all will 

 employ the cental system — no more 

 quarts, pecks or bushels, everything by 

 the pound. 



During the last two seed selling sea- 

 sons there has been a sharp falling off 

 in the demand for flower seeds. It should 

 come back this season. 



The early-bird seed catalogue arrived 

 December 23, somewhat later than usual. 

 This time it was the 1919 general cata- 

 logue of the Holmes-Letherman Seed 

 Co., Canton, O. 



Isaac Bunting, bulb exporter, Yoko- 

 hama, Japan, is visiting the trade in the 

 United States. At Chicago last week he 

 said no lilies can be expected to come over 

 this season even if restrictions presently 

 are raised. 



"May the glories of liberty shine each 

 day on our friends and homes in the 

 U. S. A." is the Christmas greeting 

 on an attractive card which is being sent 

 to the trade by Robert Nicholson, of the 

 Home of Purity Brand Seeds, Dallas, 

 Tex. I 



The War Trade Board has withdrawn 

 the embargo on the importation of plants 

 and bulbs from the country of origin and 

 will issue import licenses without restric- 

 tion. This will let everything come in 

 until June 1, 1919, when the new quar- 

 antine goes into effect. 



Production of lily bulbs in Bermuda 

 has ' ' greatly diminished, ' ' according to 

 the annual report of Ethelbert Watts, 

 U. S. consul general at Hamilton. The 

 exports of bulbs decreased more than 

 fifteen per cent in 1917, as compared 

 with 1916, dropping from 1,224 to 1,009 

 cases. 



SEED CORN TO CANADA. 



The War Trade Board, after consulta- 

 tion with the United States Department 

 of Agriculture and the Seed Commis- 

 sioner of the Canadian Department of 

 Agriculture, announces in a new ruling 

 (W. T. B. R. 422) that on and after De- 

 cember 10, 1918, licenses will be granted 

 for a limited quantity of seed corn 

 (without restriction as to varieties) for 

 export to Canada. 



All applications for licenses to export 

 seed corn to Canada in quantities ex- 

 ceeding 100 bushels must have attached 

 thereto a Canadian import permit, issued 

 by the Canada Food Board, Ottawa, 

 Canada, to the consignee for the quan- 

 tity specified in the application for ex- 

 port license. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 the Canada Food Board whereby appli- 

 cations for licenses to export seed corn 

 in quantities of 100 bushels or less need 

 not be accompanied by a Canadian im- 

 port permit. 



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