May 29, 1019. 



The Florists' Review 



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Wedding Bouquets of Sweet Peas Ready for Delivery. 



niony and its settings. It also gives the 

 florist the first call on the future busi- 

 ness of this newly created family. After 

 the ceremony, when the bride has a 

 home of her own, the florist who fur- 

 nished her wedding decorations and 

 bouquet may reasonably expect to have 

 her and her husband as customers, pro- 

 vided what he has done has pleased 

 them. 



HOLLANDERS HABD HIT. 



The Dutch government is taking up 

 in earnest the question of exporting 

 nursery stock and bulbs to other coun- 

 tries. Exports to England have been 

 barred during the war, and the trade has 

 recommended that certain classes of 

 stock be excluded for another two years. 

 At the same time America is shutting 

 out everything except a few classes of 



bulbs. The Dutch horticulturists wield 

 an important influence with their gov- 

 ernment, and an attempt is being made 

 to see if the injury to the trade cannot 

 be mitigated. 



A commission representing the trade 

 and the government recently has been in 

 England. One of its members was B. 

 Buys, of Dedemsvaart. "The cutting 

 off of American trade meant a great 

 hardship to growers of certain subjects 

 such as rhododendrons, huge stocks of 

 which were left unsold," Mr. Buys told 

 a British interviewer. "On the other 

 hand, Norway, Denmark and other coun- 

 tries where great wealth accumulated, 

 made extensive demands upon all forcing 

 subjects, such as azaleas, deutzias and 

 the like, and at the present time the 

 nurserymen are turning their attention 

 to the task of replenishing the stocks of 



many subjects that have perforce dwin- 

 dled to a low ebb." 



In a statement made to the British 

 government the commission said: "At 

 present there is a great shortness of all 

 kinds of stocks for propagating in Hol- 

 land, as everywhere. Several Dutch 

 growers intend to increase the growing 

 of this kind of stuff for the Amerioan 

 market. If the British nursery trade 

 would be willing to resume the old trade 

 connections with Holland, this certainly 

 would increase the possibility of mak- 

 ing the world's supply of stocks sooner 

 independent from Holstein and else- 

 where, which used to supply a great deal 

 of the demand before the war. ' ' 



It was suggested that the leading na- 

 tions form a commission to deal with all 

 phases of the international trade in 

 horticultural commodities. 



