THE E.M.B.
The Empire Marketing Board, which has just, published its yearly report, has also issued a revised pamphlet giving the addresses of British bulb growers and diStributors, in co-operation with the Ministry of Agriculture. It is a stir- ' prising fact that within the last twelvemonth or so Britain has come to the top of the list as the home of the daffodil. More are grown here than in any country in the world, including Holland. We still lack .variety and the supply of certain tulips, freesias, and hyacinths is small ; but the industry goes ahead marvellously, and some of the growers (as I saw in the spring) at Holbeach, in South Lincolnshire, are doing valuable research work in the hybridization of varieties, especially of the daffodil. It is interesting to note exactly where within the Empire particular productions increase. Canada sends us more tobacco, New Zealand more pears, and Australia more wheat flour, the West Indies more bananas, and Malaya more tinned pineapples. Perhaps the most curious example of the Board's research, work is the conveyance of a number of pineapple plants from Hawaii to Mauritius whence the export of canned pineapples promises to be a source of solid wealth. The address of the &MM. is 2 Queen Anne's Gate Buildings, London, S.W. I, and copies of- certain pamphlets,- including - that of the bulb . grower,
can be obtained free on application.. .. – . . BEacA:: TnOrd AR.
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