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PLANT AND BXTLB IMPOBTS FOB FIBST TWO QUABTEBS OF FISCAL YEAB. 



The following are the imports of plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs and vines, with the duties collected thereon, for the first two 

 quarters of the government's current fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1916, as reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce: 



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Plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs and vines: 

 Bulbs, mature mother flowering, imported exclusively for propagating 



purposes 



Fruit plants, tropical and semi-tropical, for the purpose of propagation 



or cultivation 



Hop roots for cultivation 



Hyacinth bulbs, astilbe, dielytra and lily of the valley clumps 



Lpy bulbs and calla bulbs or corms 



Lily of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, begonia and gloxinia bulbs . . 



Orchids, j)alm3 and Azalea indica 



Do. (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) 



Do. (from Philippine Islands) 



Peony, herbaceous, Iris Kaempferi or germanica, canna, dahlia and 



amaryllis bulbs 



Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, seed cane and seeds, imported by the 



Department of Agriculture or the United States Botanic Garden 



Rose plants, budded, grafted or grown on their own roots 



Stocks, cuttings and seedlings: 



Fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vinos, 



and all trees, shrubs, plants and vines commonly known as nursery 



or greenhouse stock, n. s. p. f 



Do. (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) 



Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard cherry, Manetti multiflora 



and brier rose, Rosa rugosa, 3 years old or less 



Pear, apple, quince and the St. Julien plum, 3 years old or less 



Tea plants 



All other bulbs, roots, root stocks, corms and tubers which are culti 



vated for their flowers or foliage 



Total 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business last week was brisk, spring 

 weddings constituting the major por- 

 tion of the demand. Summer tempera- 

 tures prevailed and accelerated the de- 

 mand for bedding and vegetable plants. 

 The sale of seeds is booming, and it is 

 believed that the warm weather has 

 revived the interest in home gardens 

 to a considerable extent. There is a 

 great deal of shrubbery still being 

 planted. Geraniums have met with the 

 largest call. Coleus and other foliage 

 plants are also in big demand. 



The supply of cut flowers has been 

 moderate since Mothers' day. Carna- 

 tions have been in small supply, but 

 roses have been more plentiful. Sweet 

 peas are in good supply. Lilacs are be- 

 ing used to a great extent in wedding 

 decorations, as well as fruit blossoms. 

 Calendulas, snapdragons, pansies, for- 

 get-me-nots and other small flowers 

 come in for a great part of the demand. 



Various Notes. 



The Vesey Floral Gardens, on the 

 lower Huntington road, were sold last 

 week to the Doud Real Estate Agency. 



W. J. & M. S. Vesey have sold out 

 their large supply of tomato plants, 

 which wholesaled at from 35 to 75 cents 

 per dozen. Several hundred muskmelon 

 plants have been started in the green- 

 houses. This firm is cutting excellent 

 Shawycr roses, the cut from one house 

 averaging 1,000 per day. 



The Alien county fruit crop was dam- 

 aged to a great extent during the night 

 of May 9 by a frost, which nipped 

 nearly half of the open blossoms. 



A. J. Lanternier & Co. were busy with 

 weddings last week, the largest being 

 the Hogan-Matson wedding. Easter 

 lilies, Shawyer roses, lilacs and south- 

 ern smilax were used in the decorations 

 of the church and home. 



The Flick Floral Co. is cutting some 

 splendid Sunburst and Shawyer roses. 

 The force has been busy during the last 

 week with weddings and decorations 

 for prenuptial affairs. 



The Wagner Floral Co., of Columbia 



City, Ind., is shipping some fine roses 

 and sweet peas to this market. 



The Schilling Greenhouses, on the 

 Bluffton road, have a fine supply of to- 

 mato, cabbage, lettuce and other garden 

 plants, and they are experiencing m 

 heavy demand for these. 



The Doswell Floral Co. is showing 

 some splendid Spanish irises and Spen- 



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 

 grammar, though desirable, are not 

 necessary. Write as you would talk 

 when doing .your best. 



WE SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM YOU 



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t-er sweet peas. The landscape depart- 

 ment has been rushed with orders since 

 the warm weather set in. 



P. J. McCarthy, representing the M. 

 Rice Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., was a 

 visitor in this city last week. R. F. 



USINGEB'S UTTEBANCES. 



McFarlands, Florists, at Akron, Ohio, 

 sustained a serious loss from a fire 

 adjoining their greenhouses. One de- 

 livery truck and a large stock of corru- 

 gated and cut flower boxes were de- 

 stroyed. Efficient work of the fire 

 department prevented the loss of the 

 entire place. Business was continued 

 without interruption, A new truck was 



secured in six days and the mail the 

 morning after the fire contained an 

 order for more boxes. 



"There are wars and rumors of 

 wars," but there is nothing like find- 

 ing an unstamped envelope under the 

 door and instead of a "Black Hand" 

 letter, "Enclosed please find check" 

 was its contents. 



Inscriptions on pillows are cause for 

 much merriment and serious thought. 

 One of the late ones was "Age 54," 

 and another, on a design sent to a de- 

 ceased fireman, was "Gone to his last 

 fire." 



Arthur Langhans, of Wheeling, W. 

 Va., commenting on the season's work 

 and business done at the holidays, saya 

 the florists throughout the country have 

 little cause for worry over the attack 

 on the "luxuries" the country is sup- 

 posed to be expending its money on. 

 With all the economy advice given out 

 by the newspapers, the florists' busi- 

 ness continues as it never has before. 

 It will be a wise florist who does not 

 back down in these excitable times, but 

 continues as though we were at peace 

 with all the world. 



Adgate & Son, of Warren, Ohio, are 

 preparing for a continuance of good 

 business during the summer months. 

 "It has held up well this far, so why 

 not get ready for more during the next 

 few months?'' is Mr. Adgate 's opti- 

 mistic view. 



Charles Nelson, of Wellsville, Ohio, 

 has enjoyed an unusually good business. 

 Plants arc beginning to move with the 

 coming of warmer weather and a ban- 

 ner season is expected. 



Cliarles Peterson, of East Liverpool, 

 Ohio, has liis houses stocked with bed- 

 ding plants. The weather has affected 

 his sales somewhat, but present indica- 

 tions forecast a clcan-up of all stock. 

 Funeral work has been heavy, and Man- 

 ager Kiel wears a broad smile. 



A. C. Eastwood has opened a retail 

 store at Alliance, Oliio. He formerly 

 was manager of the Lamborn Floral 

 Co. 



A. T. Pollard, the florist in Rotary, of 

 Canton, is enthusiastic over the work 

 the local Rotary Club is doing, espe- 



