. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1919. The American Florist. 317 We are headquarters for the BEST OF EVERYTHING in VEGETABLE SEEDS with our Stock Seed Farms at Grass Lake, Mich., and our growing stations in every part of the United States where seeds are grown successfully, all in charge of capable and experienced men, we are equipped for and are producing PEAS, BEANS, CORN and VEGETABLE SEEDS of all kinds in qnantity and of highest quality, D^^ Glad to quote for present delivery or on growing contract for crop of 1919. "TPB JEROME B. RICE S


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1919. The American Florist. 317 We are headquarters for the BEST OF EVERYTHING in VEGETABLE SEEDS with our Stock Seed Farms at Grass Lake, Mich., and our growing stations in every part of the United States where seeds are grown successfully, all in charge of capable and experienced men, we are equipped for and are producing PEAS, BEANS, CORN and VEGETABLE SEEDS of all kinds in qnantity and of highest quality, D^^ Glad to quote for present delivery or on growing contract for crop of 1919. "TPB JEROME B. RICE SEED CO., CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. Passports. Importers of hoiticultural goods and supplies seeking to go abroad at this time are being informed, that at the re- quest of the British and French gov- ernments, the state department has adopted a policy under which pass- ports for travel will hereafter be re- fused to all persons other than those having business in the countries named. Botli Great Britain and France recently made formal requests, that passports to travelers be limited as rigidly as possible because of trans- portation difficulties artd abnormal conditions. B. F. L. Wartime Seed Prices in Europe. In a recent communication, a repre- sentative of a prominent firm of French seedsmen gives mucli interesting in- formation regarding the seed trade in Northern France and Belgium during the German occupation. Ho said in part: "During the first year, seeds could be procured through the leading Ger- man firms, who must have had fairly good stocks, but during the second year the situation became more dif- ficult, and when the Germans pre- vented export or granted it only on license in rare cases, prices advanced to incredible figures. In consequence, many German soldiers returning from furloughs in that country, smuggled into France and Belgium seeds of very ?poor quality and low ; Following are some of the prices which prevailed in the territory men- tioned, las


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