§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Agriculture what is the reason for the disappearance of watercress seed this year from the market?
Mr. HudsonWatercress is usually propagated vegetatively, that is, by planting cuttings. Before the war, very small quantities of seed were imported into this country from the Continent, but these are now exhausted. In view of the effectiveness of vegetative propagation it is not deemed necessary to replace these imported supplies by home production.