. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists' Review ??- '.T-- S'^' Maboh «. 19» with mo88, a small amount of this sand will cling to these roots and their being passed on account of this restriction will depend entirely upon each individual in- spector's interpretation of this ruling. Palm seeds also are admitted under the "no sand, soil or earth" restric- tions. They are most important raw materials. They can only be safely transported from their native habitats when packed in sand or soil. Probably no other seed loses its germinating power more quickly than
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists' Review ??- '.T-- S'^' Maboh «. 19» with mo88, a small amount of this sand will cling to these roots and their being passed on account of this restriction will depend entirely upon each individual in- spector's interpretation of this ruling. Palm seeds also are admitted under the "no sand, soil or earth" restric- tions. They are most important raw materials. They can only be safely transported from their native habitats when packed in sand or soil. Probably no other seed loses its germinating power more quickly than some of the important species of palms, and the loss of a shipment due to improper packing does not mean simply the value of the seed but the loss of a year's crop of plants. Like a Tariff Wall. While we appreciate what may have been intended on the part of the Fed- eral Horticultural Board as an effort to stimulate home production, its ruling, making it compulsory for us to produce certain lines of stock which have here- tofore been imported from foreign coun- tries (and which cannot be commercially produced here), shows every evidence of a trade protection measure against foreign competition, and, while we are satisfied that the board has not, inten- tionally, allowed its action to be in- fluenced by any such considerations, we cannot help but feel that influence has been brought to bear upon said board and support has been given to it by some growers or nurserymen in order to further their own interests by closing the market to the trade in general for the purchase of many choice varieties of plants which wfe have heretofore pur- chased of foreign countries. We con- tend that the Federal Horticultural Board has, unwittingly and without realizing it, lent its aid to the further- ance of this improper purpose and has, therefore, not lived within the spirit of the act of congress which created it, and is assuming power not intended to be delegated to it, and which belongs to
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