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The Florists' Review 



May 22, 1919. 



Seed Trade News 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



President, F. W. Bolglano, Waihington, D. C; 

 •ecretaiT-treaBurer, C. B. Kendel, Cleveland, O.; 

 tblrty-Beventh annual convention. Hotel Sherman, 

 OhlcaRo. June 24, 25, 26. 1919. 



A HEARING granted May 7 by Governor 

 Smith, at the executive chamber, Albany, 

 N. Y., on Assemblyman Witter 's seed 

 bill (Int. 183) resulted in the governor 

 vetoing the bill. 



In vievr of the easy market, an imusual 

 number of seed salesmen are packing their 

 grips for a trip to Montgomery, Ala., 

 where the Southern Seedsmen's Associa- 

 tion meets next week, May 26 and 27. 



The Holland bulb travelers are hasten- 

 ing home. Several sailed on the Nieuw 

 Amsterdam May 14 and numerous book- 

 ings have been made for the Noordam, 

 sailing May 23, and the Rotterdam, June 

 14. The Sloterdyk sails from Baltimore 

 May 31. 



Our friends, the canners, think they see 

 a large white light. Inspection and cer- 

 tification of their merchandise seems a 

 matter of certainty and to avoid having it 

 done by outsiders they propose that their 

 national association fix the standards, in- 

 spect and certify, at the same time ad- 

 vertising cooperatively.* It may be a 

 hunch for the seed trade. 



The growers of gladiolus bulbs have 

 been busy planting. Practically every- 

 one has exerted himself to the utmost to 

 increase his acreage. Still there are those 

 who believe there will be a shortage of 

 bulbs for next season. Of course Holland 

 is shut out. Both the demand for bulbs 

 and the supply of first size stock next 

 season depend somewhat on the demand 

 for cut flowers during the approaching 

 summer. 



Many Holland bulb travelers make the 

 statement tliat England has been opened 

 to them for the 1919 season, but the Brit- 

 ish trade press has recorded no official 

 action. The travelers' statements appear 

 to be based on the report in The Review 

 for April 17, that the British government 

 had asked the trade what its wishes were 

 in the matter of admitting Holland bulbs 

 and that a trade meeting had voted unan- 

 imously tliat "the embargo on the im- 

 portation of the following bulbs from 

 Holland be removed, and tliat free im- 

 ports of these varieties be permitted: 

 Hyacinths, early-flowering single and 

 double tulips, crocus, Spanish iris, gladioli, 

 chionodoxa, Scilla sibirica, and that the 

 embargo on other bulbs be continued 

 for the period of one year from April 

 1, 1919." 



SOUTHERN SEEDSMEN. 



An interesting program has been ar- 

 ranged for the first annual convention 

 of the Southern Seedsmen's Associa- 

 tion, to be held in Montgomery, Ala., 

 May 26 and 27. The first session will 

 begin at 10 o'clock in the morning of 

 the first d.Tv. The program follows: 



Wek-onic Adiln'ss niid Kfi)l.v. 



President's Address, Louis H. Ueuter. 



Seoretary's Ufport. Frrnilv S. Ja)vo. 



"The rrodiR-tion and Supply of Vplvot Reans 

 for Seed rur|Miscs," address l)y I'rofessor .T. F. 

 DupKar, director of tlie Alniinnia P^xperiment 

 Station. 



Afternoon Session. 2;.S0 o'<lofk. 



"Seed I^aws." adilrcss liy Curti>^ Nye Smith, 

 attorney for American Seed Trade Assm-iation. 



"Advertising." address liy Fred I. .Meyer, ad- 

 rertisin^ manager for Cliris Renter. 





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