December 21, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



821 



FOR CHRISTMAS 



Gardenias, 



very choice slock. 



$60.00 per 100. 



VallAU none better grown. 



1 alley, Special $6.00 and $5.00 per 100. 

 1st Quality $4.00; Medium $3.00 per 100. 



Richmonds and Liberties 



Extras $20.00 per 100. 

 Firsts 15 00 " " 

 Seconds 1000 " " 



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Send for Christmas Price List of everything seasonable in Flowers, Plants and Sundries. 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Bulletin of the New York Botanical 

 Gardens, Vol. 4, No. 14. An enumera- 

 tion of the plants collected in Bolivia 

 by Miguel Bang, with descriptions ot 

 new genera and species. 



horticultural cyclopaedia. It answers 

 a host of questions tor the farmer. 

 The price Is 25 cents and it is well 

 worth the money. 



Thirty-second Annual Report of the 

 Board of Commissioners of the Boston 

 Park Department. A 36-page pamphlet 

 •containing the Superintendent's report, 

 exhibit of appropriations, expenditures 

 and various statistics for the year 190G. 

 with several full-page illustrations. 



Successful Corn Culture. By Prof. 

 P. G. Holden, of Iowa State College. 

 Published in pamphlet form, 84 pages, 

 by Successful Farming Publishing 

 Company, Des Moines, la. This valu- 

 able addition to the practical litera- 

 ture provided for the farmer is com- 

 piled from contributions which have 

 appeared from time to time in Suc- 

 cessful Farming. Every question con- 

 •cerning our greatest product and its 

 culture and harvesting is covered in 

 this useful little book. 



The first issue of The Pacific Garden, 

 the new horticultural magazine of 

 Pasadena, Cal.. has come to hand. It 

 is "devoted to the interests of pro- 

 fessional and amateur gardeners and 

 horticulturists and outdoor life," and 

 will be published monthly. We ex- 

 tend the right hand of fellowship to 

 our youngest contemporary. Its home 

 field is peculiarly rich in horticultural 

 promise and our best wishes are that 

 it may cover the field well and that 

 it may have a long and prosperous 

 career. 



The Garden and Farm Almanac. 

 1908. By Doubleday, Page & Co., New 

 York. — The introduction states that 

 the aim of the publishers has been 

 to make an almanac really worth 

 something. They have succeeded ad- 

 mirably. The Garden and Farm Al- 

 manac is certainly a book to which its 

 owner will instinctively turn for in- 

 formation and for reference. Its list 

 of contents reads like a synopsis of a 



DECISION OF U. S. GENERAL AP- 

 PRAISERS. 

 No. 17574. — Broccoli Seed — Cauliflower 

 Seed.— Protest 2557S4 of Portland 

 Seed Company against the assess- 

 ment ot duty by the collector of cus- 

 toms at the port of Portland, Oreg. 

 Before Board 3, December 3, 1907. 

 The importers objected to the classi- 

 fication of broccoli seed under para- 

 graph 254, tariff act of 1S97, as seeds 

 not specially provided for, contending 

 that it was free of duty under para- 

 graph 656, as cauliflower seed. 



Waite, General Appraiser: * * * 

 The case is submitted upon a sample of 

 the seed inclosed in a small illustrated 

 envelope similar to the usual package 

 in which garden seeds are commonly 

 sent out by dealers. The following 

 printed description appears on the 

 back of the envelope. 



Broccoli.— * * * Taller and 

 more hardy than cauliflower, but other- 

 wise very similar to that delicious 

 vegetable. Culture and use are identi- 

 cal with that of cauliflower. 



It is very evident from the above de- 

 scription that these are not cauliflower 

 seed. As broccoli are not specially 

 provided for in the tariff act, we hold 

 the collector's assessment to be correct, 

 and overrule the protest. 



"All in a Garden Fair," "In a Land 

 of Flowers," "Nature's Jewels," and 

 "Garden Glories," are the titles of 

 four beautiful colored plates form- 

 ing the calendar for 1908, which 

 George E. Dickinson of 1 Broad- 

 way, New York, American agent for 

 E. T. Dickinson, Nurseryman of Cha- 

 tenay, France, is sending out to his 

 customers. Reginald West is the 

 artist and Raphael Tuck & Sons, Lt., 

 are the publishers of this rich sou- 

 venir. 



PLANT IMPORTS. 



There were entered at the port of 

 New York during the two weeks from 

 December 4 to 17, inclusive, the fol- 

 lowing plants, etc.: 



Via Antwerp: H. F. Darrow, 10 cs. 

 bulbs; J. Dunn, 1 cs. plants; Peter 

 Henderson & Co., 2 cs. bulbs; Mc- 

 Hutchison & Co., 7 cs. plants; Maltus 

 & Ware, 1 cs. bulbs; J. M. Thorburn & 

 Co., 3 cs. do.; sundry forwarders, 19 cs. 

 plants, 37 cs. shrubs, 4 cs. laurel trees. 



Via Rotterdam: H. F. Darrow, 28 cs. 

 plants; W. Elliott & Sons, 1 cs. do.; 

 Peter Henderson & Co., 3 cs. do., 279 

 bales garden seed; McHutchison & Co., 

 29 cs. plants: P. Ouwerkerk, 25 cs. 

 trees; August Rolker & Sons, 33 cs. 

 plants; J. M Thorburn & Co., 4 cs. 

 plants, 14 bales seed; Vaughan's Seed 

 Store, 19 cs. plants; Maltus & Ware, 

 204 cs. plants, 18 cs. trees, 22 cs. roots 

 and bulbs, 22 bales garden seed; sun- 

 dry forwarders, 22 cs. plants. 5 bales 

 plants, 57 cs. shrubs and trees, 8 cs. 

 bulbs. 



From Germany: H. F. Darrow, 70 

 cs. liily of the valley pips, 13 bags 

 seed; McHutchison & Co., 110 cs. lily 

 of the valley pips; Chas. F. Meyer, 439 

 cs. do.: F. R. Pierson Co., 40 cs. do.; 

 J. Roehrs Co., 3S cs. do.; J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., 4 cs. seed; Yokohama Nur- 

 sery Co., 88 cs. lily of the valley pips; 

 to order, 120 cs. do.; Maltus & Ware, 

 95 cs. do., 10 cs. lilacs; sundry forward- 

 ers, 831 cs. lily of the valley pips, 3 cs. 

 plants. 



Via Southampton: H. P. Darrow, 2 

 cs. plants, 81 bags seed; Elizabeth 

 Nursery Co., 3 cs. plants; Hall & Car- 

 roll, 150 crates mistletoe; McHutchison 

 & Co., 30 cs. plants; sundry forwarders, 

 56 cs. plants, 3 cs. trees, 138 crates mis- 

 tletoe. 



Via Liverpool: H. F. Darrow, 10 cs. 

 plants; McHutchison & Co., 10 cs. 

 plants; forwarders, 50 crates mistletoe, 

 1 cs. plants, 26 cs. trees. 



Via London: J. M. Thorburn & Co., 

 49 pgs, garden seed; forwarders, 225 

 pgs. garden seed. 



