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The Florists' Review 



August 13, 1914. 



though smaller lots will doubtless 

 follow for a number of weeks, and con- 

 siderable additional quantities may 

 come if the countries at war do not 

 take their usual number of Romans and 

 Paper Whites, which naturally will then 

 be consigned to this country for sale. 



BOCKY FOBD BECOVEBS. 



The blow administered to seed crops 

 at Rocky Ford, Colo., which were cut 

 down by hail, appears to have come 

 early enough in the season so that re- 

 planting saved the day. A. W. Creager, 

 president of the Ebbert Seed Co., said, 

 August 10: 



' ' The seed crops in this locality have 

 recovered extremely well from the dam- 

 age received by hail. Having had fa- 

 vorable growing weather, with plenty 

 of moisture, the seed crop harvested 

 will be close to normal." 



THE EUBOPEAN SEEDS. 



Conditions arising out of the war in 

 Europe do not appear, this week, so 

 alarming as they did a few days ago. 

 Probably the change is more a state of 

 mind than anything else, for hostilities 

 have not developed anything of a deci- 

 sive nature and means of communica- 

 tion are so fully occupied with mili- 

 tary affairs that efforts to get in touch 

 by cable usually are fruitless. But 

 anxiety gradually is being allayed. A 

 taking of stock shows that the prompt 

 arrival of the new crop is not so 

 urgent as was at first thought. More 

 and more each year, it seems, the trade 

 depends on yearling seeds, the new crop 

 not making its way through the some- 

 what devious commercial channels in 

 season to meet the needs of the early 

 planters. Also, it seems probable that 

 the English, French and Holland seeds 

 will come dribbling along, not on time 

 but none the less surely. Cable advices 

 to the daily press indicate that the 

 English government is looking to the 

 conservation of all agricultural re- 

 sources and that general business is set- 

 tling down to something approaching 

 normal. Shipping is moving in the 

 North sea. In France a much larger 

 part of the population than in England 

 has been called to arms and the rail- 

 roads have thus far been used solely 

 for the moving of men and equipment. 

 France is, apparently, undertaking the 

 war with greater enthusiasm than any 

 of the other nations. The German fleet 

 seems to be fully occupied in protect- 

 ing the ports of that country and it is 

 probable that shipping between Eng- 

 land, France and America soon will 

 proceed much as usual. Holland re- 

 mains neutral, although its army has 

 mobilized, and the Rotterdam boats are 

 rufining. The sailings have been de- 

 layed by the general upsetting of rail- 

 road transportation. The Holland- 

 America line says it will bring to this 

 country promptly anything that the 

 seed and bulb growers are able to de- 

 liver to the dock. The view obtains 

 that a larger part of the Dutch bulb 

 crop than usual will find its way to 

 America this season unless Holland is 

 forced to abandon its neutrality. 



Germany, of course, is for the mo- 

 ment cut off from communication. No- 

 body can more than guess what is going 

 on there. But it seems probable that 

 the major part of the seed crops will 

 be saved and that they will be avail- 

 able to America next season, when 



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