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HORTICULTURE 



November 30, 1907 



ESTABLISHED 1802 



ROMAN HYACINTHS ^\J,^'c.re'oSr 



PBR lOOO SEEDS 



Asparagus plumo us nanus seeds $2-25 



Asparagus plumosus robustus seeds 2.50 



BERMUDA EASTER LILIES 



Bulbs of all kinds, native and foreign. 



Send for our Trade Bulb List 



J.M.THORBURN & CO. 



33 Barclay St., through to 38 Park Place 



N.EW YORK 

 Everything of the Highest Qradc 



We have a surplus of 



Narcissus VON SION 



1st 

 SIZE 



Write few Prices 



BRIDQEMAN'S SEED WAREHOUSE 

 RICKARDS BROS., Props. 



37 East 19lh St., NEW Y ORK 



BULBS 



for immediate plant- 

 ing or forcing. 



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 ever you need. 



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12 A 13 Faneurl Hall Square. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



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Spotted Calla, Madeira Vine, 

 Cinnamon Vine, Oxalis Fm.r varieties. 



Hyacinthus Candicans, 



Lilies in Variety, German Iris, 



Var. Day Lily, 



Delphinium Pormosum 



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E. S.MILLER, - Wading River, N.Y. 



BETWEEN YOU AND ME, What 

 do you think of the Buyers' Directory 

 and Ready Reference Guide of HORTI- 

 CULTURET I always took It over be- 

 fore I do any buying 



gave rise to plants having leaves whicli 

 varied in character, but which in the 

 third generation pro.titced only plants 

 having the distinct types of the two 

 original parents. This bein.g another 

 proof of the genera! rule in Mendeli.sm, 

 that the crossing of two types prodiice 

 hybrids, these hybrids produce further 

 hybrids, but the latter give a genera- 

 tion which goes back again to the 

 original species. This seems to point 

 to the practical fixity of species and 

 apparently goes to prove the truth of 

 Weismann's theory of the continuity of 

 the germ-plasm. 



Professor Bateson concluded his lec- 

 ture by saying: "I believe we are 

 nearing further and very striking dis- 

 coveries in these directions, and which 

 will have a very important influence 

 on methods of plant hybridisation, and 

 which will also. I think, throw very 

 considerable — how much it is at pres- 

 ent impossible to say — light upon the 

 question of the origin of species." 



ARTHUR SMITH. 



ORNAMENTAL LEAVES AND 



GRASSES. 

 Decision by U. S. General Appraisers. 



(T. D. 284.S1.I 

 No. 17234. — Ornamenta,l Leaves — Grass- 

 es—Protests 269602, etc., of Decora- 

 tive Plant Company against the as- 

 sessment of Duty by the collector of 

 customs at the port of New York. 

 Before Board 1, October 31, 1907. 

 The merchandise, which was classi- 

 fied under paragraph 42.5, tariff act of 

 1S97, relating to ornamental leaves 

 and grasses, is claimed to be dutiable 

 under paragraph 449 as manufactures 

 of grass or palm leaf, or under section 

 6 as an unenumerated manufactured 

 article. 



McClelland, General Appraiser: The 

 special reports of the appraiser on 

 these protests state: 



The merchandise in question marked 

 A on the invoice consists of natural 

 grasses, dyed and prepared, suitable 

 and used for ornamental and decora- 

 tive purposes. 



* * * The only witness called on 

 behalf of the importing company was 

 its manager. It appears from its tes- 

 timony that the merchandise in ques- 

 tion consists of "agrostis," a natural 

 grass dyed (Ex. 1); palm leaves split 

 and dyed to imitate "isolepis grass" 

 (Ex. 2), and "papyrus flowers," a name 

 applied by the shipper to designate 

 this particular article (Ex. 3). It ap- 

 pears from the record that the articles 

 under consideration are subject to no 

 further trea.tment after importation to 

 make them more ornamental, but are 

 assembled with other materials and 

 used in the condition imported for de- 

 corative or ornamental purposes. 

 From the evidence presented we can 

 see no reason for departing from the 

 former rulings of the Board covering 

 merchandise imported by the same 

 company similar in character and use 

 to that here involved. Abstract 15504 

 (T. D. 28205) and Abstract 16859 (T. 

 D. 28438). 



We therefore overrule the protests 

 and affirm the decision of the collector 

 in each case. Note G. A. 5800 (T. D. 

 a.'.ir.O); Kreshover v. L'nited States 

 (152 Fed. Rep., 485; T. D. 27826), and 

 Herman v. United States (128 Fed. 

 Rep., 420; T. D. 25091). 



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 serviceable warm mat. 76 

 X 76 inches, will cover two 

 frames. 



$1.25 each. $14.00 per doz. 



WM. ELLIOTT & SONS 



20I Fulton St., 



NEW YORK. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



California Rose Company. Pomona, 

 Cal. — Autumn and Spring Illustrated 

 and Descriptive Book of Field-Grown 

 Roses. 



C. C. Morse & Co.. San Francisco, 

 Cal.— Autumn Catalogue for 1907. , 

 Seeds, bulbs and plants. Fontispiece ; 

 of Emperor narcissi. i 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J.— II- i 

 lustrated and descriptive catalogue | 

 and price list of Orchids. A very 

 complete and interesting list by these i 

 well-known specialists. 



Easterly Nursery Co., Inc., Cleve- 

 land, Tenn. — Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Grape- 

 vines, small fruits, shrubs, roses, etc., 

 all have a place on this useful list. 



Bay State Nurseries, North Abiug- 

 ton, Mass. — Illustrated catalogue of or- 

 namental trees, shrubs, fruit, etc. A 

 handsome volume with abundant half- 

 tones showing the garden favorites at 

 their best. Fully indexed and very 

 useful as a reference book. 



S. G. Harris, Rosedale Nurseries, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.^Descriptive cata- 

 logue of choice ornamental nursery 

 stock. Finely illustrated. Also sum- 

 mer supplement to the above, includ- 

 ing a list of peonies and various bulbs 

 for fall planting. 



Advises from Yokohama indicate an 

 advance of from 15 to 30 per cent, on 

 lily bulbs for next season. The rea- 

 son for this unusual increase is not 

 plain and it is probable that the crop 

 is affected injuriously in some way. 

 The Azores crops is expected to be 

 normal with prices about as last sea- 

 son. 



You will find something worth 

 reading on every page of HORTI- 

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