Show I i I j i I FLOWER IMPORTS ARE UNDER BAN i Orchids and Other Rarities Are Forbidden I i The lovesick swain is going goong to to find lit It more and more difficult to Sa Say It I with flowers at flowers at least with orchids I II j I and ana ana other rare flowers that are imported imported im- im I ported from distant points points for these for these Im I much coveted blossoms are no longer being brought brough Into this country Last July the gov government stopped the ln port i into this hl country of a any P plants which i have V soil attached h to their h roots Oscar Meyer In charge harge of the florist shop in the Pennsylvania hotel gnel S says that h the situation is be be Corning coming g gS really really- very r serious t rJ for t the Se demand demand de- de dei i i mand is much greater than ever r be- be be 1 fore forc I be-I th the The he experts reason rn in f for the ie t the department p embargo of is s a agriculture agri- agri that 1 1 culture believe that a blight which has affected our our- our forests forests was brought hero here I In the oil which clings to the plants I rather than titan take any risks the im im- imI I of such plants has been strictly forbidden I Of course that affects the bringing J 1 i im i'm In m of orchids and the supply of orchid plants has of course diminished and I it has not been possible to add to it i for over a year As it several years to propagate orchids in this ell ell- I cli-I mat cand since the plant produces but I i one IH is s muc flower 1 t restricted a year naturally and the supply I i IH is s muc 1 t restricted and hitherto has has been replenished by plants However Mr 11 Meyer said that much attention at- at atI I Is now being given to raising these plants here and after several years ears he b believes believes- we will have hac orchids quite as beautiful be as as' as those brought from tram the tropics Fortunately the government does not apply to seeds or bulbs Mr 11 Meyer r I Ba says that the lily valley bulb is be beginning Come coma back again arp Their h Ms of th hf l r o A- A i t r w wr Y t t 1 I. I 55 r J.-r tA Are r r A wh t i i I ii iii l 1 I j II r i I t. t ii r- r 7 ley bulbs used ased to con come e from many Get and since for tOl more than five years year's years none of them have been available this I popular little flower h has been extremely extreme extreme- ly scarce scare except in the springtime when the garden variety made its ap ap- ap lie Ile says that with the end of ot the dahlia season the supply of cut I flowers has become materially les les- Dahlias and the first frost ends 1 their season Although the chr chrysanthemums chrysan chrysan- san san- in to place come take their place nevertheless they are so much scarcer and so much more expensive that the passing of ot the dahlia in the fall leaves a real want and indicate athe approach of winter |