. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. RJ»r9»iBlTiq||5PfrWP9pPW!NDS JJ ^^. Brussels, Belgium.—All flowers grown in this vicinity are required to be sold here in the capital, but the prices are such that many florists do not take the trouble to send their stock to mar- ket. Ghent, Belgium.—With no mails here, most of the growers in the district who have foreign connections have estab- lished postal addresses at Sas Van Ghent, Holland, a messenger calling for the mail periodically. London, England.—One of the chief difficulties the trade is encountering is delays in transportation. Both d
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. RJ»r9»iBlTiq||5PfrWP9pPW!NDS JJ ^^. Brussels, Belgium.—All flowers grown in this vicinity are required to be sold here in the capital, but the prices are such that many florists do not take the trouble to send their stock to mar- ket. Ghent, Belgium.—With no mails here, most of the growers in the district who have foreign connections have estab- lished postal addresses at Sas Van Ghent, Holland, a messenger calling for the mail periodically. London, England.—One of the chief difficulties the trade is encountering is delays in transportation. Both domes- tic and export shipments are delayed, the latter suffering perhaps less than the stock less carefully prepared. Trier, Germany—In a letter to Myer Heller, Newcastle, Ind., Peter Lam- bert says: "I am not in the army. We have plenty of soldiers. There are still millions of young men and those 40 to 45 years old, who are not yet called. I think we have now about seven and one-quarter millions of armed soldiers, and our friends, the Austrians, have four and one-half millions, mak- ing together about twelve millions. When necessary we could send five mil- lions more against our enemies. We are quite busy in our trade and manu- facturing. In all towns you cannot see that there is a terrible war on the other side of our frontiers. We make our shipments to your country through Rotterdam, ; Ghent, Belgium.—Although on the edge of the battlefield, conditions here have improved of late. Of first im- portance is the opening of transporta- tion; coal is available, although it costs twice as much as ever before. The German army has not done much dam- age to greenhouses or nurseries, but labor has been scarce. However, where stock has been housed it now can be kept clear of frost. Arthur De Smet, president of the trade syndicate, made representations to the German military authorities which resulted in the re- sumption of exports via Holland, but the quant
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