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The Florists^ Review 



•NOVBMSBE 27, 1919. 



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Seed Trade News 



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At the conference which changed speci- 

 fications for crates carrying vegetable 

 plants at Washington last week were 

 r. W. Bolgiano and E. T. Moffett, of 

 F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Washington, D. C. 



After being elected president of the 

 Wholesale Seedsmen's League at De- 

 troit, C. C. Massie, president of North- 

 rup, King & Co., Minneapolis, left for 

 New York to spend a few days with his 

 son, who is a student at Lawrenceville. 



Harry B. McCullough, head of the 

 J. Chaa. McCullough Seed Co., Cincinnati, 

 O was injured in an automobile acci- 

 dent Wednesday, November 12. He suf- 

 fered concussion of the brain and was 

 iinconscious when picked up and con- 

 veyed to the hospital. 



S F. Leonard, of the Leonard Seed 

 Co.: C. D. Coventry, of the W. W. Bar- 

 nard Co., and Leonard Vaughan, of 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, were the Chica- 

 goans in attendance at the meetmg of 

 the Wholesale Seedsmen's League in De- 

 troit last week. 



At the executive committee meeting, 

 which was held November 20 at Detroit, 

 with a full attendance, it was decided to 

 hold the next convention of the Amer- 

 ican Seed Trade Association June 22 to 

 24, 1920, at Milwaukee, Wis. A tenta- 

 tive program was arranged and prelimi- 

 nary plans were made for the conven- 

 tion. 



There has been considerable complaint 

 in the United States because of the ex- 

 cessive packing charges on this year's 

 imports of Dutch bulbs, but ih England 

 the charges are looked on as so out of 

 reason that the council of the Horticul- 

 tural Trades Association has been in- 

 structed to take the matter up officially 

 with the Dutch Bulb Growers' Associa- 

 tion. 



The German government has taken a 

 hand in the valley pip market. Export li- 

 censes are required. The main object of 

 the control is to secure the best possible 

 prices abroad. The Ministry for Economy 

 is guided by advice it receives from special 

 unofficial bureaus which have been set up 

 for each industry for the purpose of mak- 

 ing recommendations to that ministry. 

 These bureaus recommend prices which 

 should be demanded before export li- 

 censes should be granted, and also recom- 

 mend the quantities of various articles and 

 material whiQh should be licensed for ex- 

 port, 



WHOLESALE SEEDSliIEN ELECT. 



At the meeting of the Wholesale 

 Seedsmen's League, held at the Detroit 

 Athletic Club, Detroit, Mich., November 

 10,-0. C. Massie, president of Northrup, 

 King & Co., Minneapolis, was elected 

 president for the ensuing year and Lem 

 W. Bowen, president of D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., Detroit, and Burnett Landreth, Jr., 

 of the D. Landreth Seed Co., Bristol, 

 Pa., were reelected vice-president and 

 secretary, respectively. 



Leonard Vaughan, of Vaughan 's Seed 

 Store, Chicago, was elected a director 

 to fill the vacancy caused by the death 

 of Henry Wood. C. C. Massie was 

 elected to fill the vacancy caused by the 



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