. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SHRAP. LADIES' S. A. F. The adoption of a new constitution Rotterdam, Holland.—While no as- surance can be given as to the changes that may occur, there now seems to be no reason for thinking the bulb exports will not go to the United States us usu- al this season. The Holland-America line has indicated its expectation of moving this class of freight with its usual promptness, inquiry having been made in the interest of the Dutch Bulb Exporters' Association. Officers of the line have stated their purpose to be to afford every possible assistance fo
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. SHRAP. LADIES' S. A. F. The adoption of a new constitution Rotterdam, Holland.—While no as- surance can be given as to the changes that may occur, there now seems to be no reason for thinking the bulb exports will not go to the United States us usu- al this season. The Holland-America line has indicated its expectation of moving this class of freight with its usual promptness, inquiry having been made in the interest of the Dutch Bulb Exporters' Association. Officers of the line have stated their purpose to be to afford every possible assistance for the Holland bulb and nursery industry in reaching the only market now available. Haarlem, Holland.—The temperature since May has been ideal for plant growth, but tlie rainfall lias been scant. The month of May this year was one of the warmest on record in the Nether- lands. The temperature averaged 4 de- grees above normal, while the rainfall was fifty per cent below normal. June was even warmer, drier and sunnier than May. In Friesland, many thou- sands of cabbage plants tliat had been transferred from hothouses shriveled and died under the hot sun, but irrthe bulb district the conditions were favor- able for the ripening, cleaning and cur- ing of the crop. Sas van Gent, Holland.—Although it is only twenty-five miles from this Holland border city to Ghent, the center of the former Belgian nursery industry, it is impossible to keep in touch. The mails cannot be depended on for any purpose, least of all to convey informa- tion. Whenever important military af- fairs are afoot in Belgium the frontier is closed and few Hollanders have cared to make the effort necessary to visit the Ghent and Bruges district. The grow- ers of azaleas, palms and bay trees have had a hard time. They are only a few miles back of the battle line where it runs up to the sea, and nearly three years of military occuj)ation has result- ed in the destruction of a large part of the peace-time industri
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