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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DECEMBER I 



1S9S. 



DUTY ON PLANTS. 



Plants not "bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms," 

 dutiable under paragraph 251, act of 1S97.— 

 Classification of flowering: plants, etc., as 

 nusery or greenhouse stock under paragraph 

 252, act of 1897. 



Before the U. S. General Appraisers 

 at New York, December 19, 1898. 



In the matter of the protests. 28362t-11499, etc.. 

 of M. Shroeder et al.. against the decision 

 of the collector of customs at New York, 

 N. Y.. as to the rate and amount of duties 

 chargeable on certain merchandise, im- 

 ported per vessels and entered on dates 

 as per schedule. 



Opinion by WILKINSON, General Appraiser. 



The merchandise consists — 



(1) Of palms, azaleas, and other 

 plants, not "bulbs, bulbous roots or 

 corms," named in paragraph 251, act 

 of July, 1897, and classified thereun- 

 der. 



(2) Of gooseberry bushes, multiflora 

 rose plants, clematis, rhododendron, 

 lilacs, wisteria, and varous flowering 

 plants, of quince, pear, and other 

 fruit stock and of California privet, 

 spirea, Thuya occidentalis, Norway 

 maples, and other ornamental plants. 



The importers claim that owing to 

 the phrase "all other bulbs, bulbous 

 roots, or corms," paragraph 251 pro- 

 vides only for plants which are bulbs, 

 bulbous roots, or corms, and they 

 claim that all of their goods are en- 

 titled to free admission as crude veg- 

 etable substances under paragraph 617, 

 or dutiable at 10 per cent or 20 per 

 cent under section 6. 



As palms and orchids named in para- 

 graph 251 are not bulbs, bulbous roots 

 or corms, we give no weight to the 

 claim for the controlling effect of the 

 word "other." 



And were no plants specially named 

 in paragraphs 251 and 252, we are of 

 the opinion that the provisions of 

 paragraph 252 for all fruit and orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs, plants, and vines 

 commonly known as nursery or green- 

 house stock broad enough to em- 

 brace all the articles covered by the 

 protests. 



The assessment of duty is afiirmed. 



NEW YORK. 



The employers and employees of the 

 .well known firm of Hitchings & Co., 

 Greenhouse Builders and manufactur- 

 ers of Heating and Ventilating appa- 

 ratus, numbering three hundred 

 strong, with offices and factory at 233 

 Mercer St., New York city and foundry 

 in Jersey City, will congregate at Co- 

 lumbia Hall in Jersey City on the eve- 

 ning of January 31st, with their rela- 

 tives and friends, wives and sweet- 

 hearts to celebrate their grand Annual 

 Ball. Gardeners generally and friends 

 of the Company are cordially invited 

 to attend. Tickets may be had by ad- 

 dressing Mr. J. McArthur, Chairman 

 Entertainment Committee, care of 

 above company. 



YOU CAN BUY all your trade sup- 

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 and at the same time advanc3 the In- 

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1840 



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1899 



HARDY SHRUBS, TREES, VINES, 



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