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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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light, pink. .Mis. Jas. Dean, wliiuli 

 should bo started early to give hest re- 

 sults; cerise, there was little to choose 

 between New York and Cerise Queen; 

 Crane, the best scarlet; yellow, Eldo- 

 rado, and striped, Mrs. liradt. 



Several members spoke on the sub- 

 ject. President 'I'urner said that last 

 season, owing to poor results, he de- 

 cided to discard Mrs. Jas. Dean, but he 

 has since had such splendid crops of 

 fine flowers from that vari.-ly he con- 

 sidered it one of the best. His experi- 

 ence taught him that Whit<; Cloud and 

 Pingree gave better results if planted 

 inside; they were the only two kinds 

 that did not agree with outdoor cul- 

 ture. J. I. Donlan was called upon to 

 give his views, which he did from a 

 retailer's standpoint. 



Cooke & McCord exhibited a vase of 

 carnation John Young, which was 

 awarded a certificate, as was also a 

 bunch of Albertini from John Egan & 

 Sons. Wm. Turner showed a collection 

 of leading varieties of carnations 

 which was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. 



A series of interesting lectures and 

 discussions have been arranged for 

 each meeting. Mr. L. A. Martin will 

 read a paper on "The Vegetable Gar- 

 den" at the meeting February 22nd. 

 An invitation for two repr.?sentatives 

 to attend the annual dinner of the 

 Dutchess County Horticultural Society 

 at Poughkeepsie, February 7th, was of 

 course accepted, because that promises 

 to be a great event. D. 



WASHINGTON. 



The cut flower business has been 

 good the past week, with stock 

 scarce, the following retail prices pre- 

 vailing: Beauties, $4 to $12 per doz.; 

 roses, ?1 to |2; good stock. $2 to $.3. 

 Carnations, 35 to 50 cents; selects, 

 75 cents to ?L per doz.; freesia, 75 

 cents; Romans and paper whites, 50 

 and 75 cents; tulip, 50 and 75 cents 

 per doz. 



The various stores report quite a 

 few orders booked for dinners and 

 wedding decorations in the near fu- 

 ture. Gude reports a rush on funeral 

 work. He has a nice display of cyps. 

 in his window this week. 



Violets have been plentiful the past 

 week. One dealer cut them to $1 per 

 100 retail and azaleas at $1 each. The 

 rest of the boys are retailing them at 

 $1.50 and $2 per 100. Mr. Z. D. Black- 

 istone had some very fine Luxonne 

 singles in his window. 



J. D. Davidson, formerly with J. L. 

 Loose, and J. Shine, formerly with 

 Mr. Gordon, have moved to their new 

 stand in the center market, doing 

 business as Shine & Davidson. 



The florists had a meeting January 

 24 and organized a club and elected 

 O. A. C. Oehmler president, and J. 

 Shine, secretary. The other officers 

 will he elected at their next meeting, 

 which will be at the call of the sec- 

 retary, -with whom all applications 

 for membership should be left. 



The blizzard has struck us and we 

 are promised some zero weather for 

 to-night. 



Chas. Wolfe, formerly with Patter- 

 son of Pittsburg, and now with A. 

 Gude i>i Bro.. was married last week. 

 0. A. C. O. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



With a few business is reported as 

 quite brisk; with others the dullness 

 continue»s and is very likely to remain 

 so for some time. The weather is fine 

 and springlike, bringing forth our 

 spring dowers in variety, such as prim- 

 roses, daffodils, snowdrops and pan- 

 sies. Outside roses are now in full 

 bloom, some voi-y line buds being cut. 

 Acacia mollissima is in fine bloom; 

 some nice sprays are to be seen at 

 some of our stores. 



American Beauties are very scarce, 

 and 1 might say have been a failure 

 this year so far, stems being weak and 

 flowers small. One of our growers 

 thought he had them good, bringing 

 in to market some with stexs nine feet 

 long and flowers as large as Cecil 

 Brunners. He went home with a light 

 pocket and a heavy heart. Prices: 



Beauties, $3.50; Bridesmaids, 25 cents 

 to $1; Brides, 25 cents to $1.50; Me- 

 teors, 75 cents to $1.50; Perles, 40 cents 

 to $1; Siebrechts, 50 cents per doz.; Ce- 

 cil Brunners, two dozen for 25 cents. 

 Carnations, Hobarts, $1.25; Crockers, 75 

 cents; Schwerins, 50 cents; Bradts, 35 

 cents; Gold Nugget, 35 cents; Flora 

 Hill, 35 to 50 cents; Portia, 25 cents; 

 Scotts, 25 cents; fancy mixed, 50 to 75 

 cents per dozen. Chrysanthemums, 6 

 dozen for $1; lily of the valley, 35 to 

 50 cents per doz.; Romans, scarce, 25 

 cents per doz.; freesias, 6 dozen for $1. 

 daffodils, $1.75 per 100; paper whites, 

 40 cents per 100; Harrisii, $2.50 per 

 doz.; smilax. $1 per doz.; violet. Prin- 

 cess of Wales, 30 cents to $1 per dozen 

 bunches; California, 30 to 50 cents per 

 dozen. J. N. 



IMPORT DUTIES. 



Decision on Rosa Rugosa. 



The merchandise in question was 

 returned by the appraiser as "rose 

 plants." and duty was assessed there- 

 on at 2% cents per plant under the 

 provision of paragraph 252 of the act 

 of July 24, 1897. It is claimed to be 

 dutiable at 25 per cent ad valorem un- 

 der said paragraph as "brier rose." 



The pertinent part of paragraph 252 

 is as follows: 



Rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown on 

 their own roots, two and one-half cents each; 

 stocks, cuttings and seedlings of all fruit and 

 ornamental trees, deciduous and evergreen, 

 shrubs and vines, manettl, multlflora, and 

 brier rose, and all trees, shrubs, plants and 

 vines, commonly known as nursery or green- 

 house stock, not specially provided for in this 

 Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 



The testimony of a number of wit- 

 nesses was taken before the board and 

 from that testimony we find: 



(1) That the term "rose" as used in 

 trade and commerce signifies a rose 

 plant, and does not mean the cut flow- 



ers or blossoms known by that name. 



(2) That rose plants are of two 

 classes, namely: 



(a) Such as are budded, grafted, or 

 grown on their own roots; that is to 

 say, roses grown exclusively for the 

 bloom, and propagated either by bud- 

 ding or grafting them on to the stock 

 of some wild rose grown from seed, or 

 by cutting a slip from the parent plant 

 and planting it to form an independent 

 plant. Such roses can not be grown 

 from seed, as they are not species and 

 would not come true from seed. They 

 are known as named roses, from the 

 fact that, being produced by artificial 

 means, each new variety, as it is pro- 

 duced, is given some name by its pro- 

 ducer, such, for instance, as the Gen- 

 eral Jacqueminot (commonly called 

 Jack) rose. 



(b) Brier roses, which are true spe- 

 cies propagated from seed, and always 

 coming true from seed. These are 

 grown mainly for the purpose of serv- 

 ing as the stock on which the named 

 roses are grafted, and are less expen- 

 sive than the artificially produced 

 roses. 



(3) That "grown on their own 

 roots," as applied to rose plants at 

 the time of the passage of the tariff 

 act of July 24, 1S97, and prior thereto 

 means roses grown from slips or cut- 

 tings, and not budded, grafted, or 

 grown from seed. 



(4) That the merchandise in ques- 

 tion is a brier rose plant of the spe- 

 cies known as Rosa rugosa; that it 

 has been grown from seed, and is not 

 budded, grafted, or grown on its roots, 

 and that it is commonly known as nur- 

 sery stock. 



We hold that the article before us is 

 dutiable as a brier rose at 25 per cent 

 ad valorem, and accordingly susUin 

 the protest in each case.— Treasury 

 Decisions. 



THE annual general catalogue of 

 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, for 1900 

 has reached us. It is as usual an en- 

 cyclopedia of gardening to date and is 

 an exceedingly useful book of refer- 

 ence. Some very interesting novelties 

 in flower seeds are offered as well as in 

 vegetable seeds and plants. It is one 

 of those catalogues that everyone in 

 the trade should not fail to have at 

 hand. It covers practically everything 

 in the horticultural line. 



We beg to acknowledge with thanks 

 the receipt of a copy of the American 

 Florist Company's directory for 1900. 

 The list of those in the trade has been 

 brought up to date and Hew features 

 are a list of private gardeners and a 

 list of landscape gardeners. 



VAN BUREN, IND.— John McDougle 

 has purchased land upon which he will 

 build greenhouses. Jerry Bratten will 

 be the florist in charge. 



WEBB CITY, MO.— Brenneman, the 

 florist, is arranging to add new glass 

 to his establishment. 



