September 29, 19i>6 



HORTICULTURE 



367 



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1728 sheets 35.10 



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Pint $ 1.50 



'. Gallon 5.50 



Gallon 10.50 



5 Gallons 47.25 



New Offers In th is Issue— Cotninued. 



FERNS. GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 



CANNA ROOTS. PERENNIALS, 



ETC. 



I.uilviy Musl.ack. 

 For pajiv see List 



(innrsa. III. 

 • f .^ilvei'tistis. 



FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. 



E. R. SlierwiK.il. Xm-walk. Cniui. 

 Fur p.nge see List uf .\dvei-tisers. 



GRASS SEEDS. 



G. ('. Watson, Dolison Bl<lsr.. Pliila. 

 For pa^e see List of Advertisers. 



HELICONIAS. 



Julius Roelirs Co.. ItmherforU. N. .7. 

 For paj;e see List of .\(lvertisors. 



JAPAN LONGIFLORUMS, CANDID- 



UM, NARCISSI, FRENCH BULBS. 



I'lie F. 1!. I'ierson Co.. 



Tarr.vt<»\vn-oii-Huilsou, N. Y. 



For page see List t>f Advertisers. 



LILIUM HARRISII FROM THE 



AZORES. 



H. F. Micliell Co., Pliiladelpliia. 

 For page see List of Advertisers. 



NICO-FUME. 



Ky. Tol)aecu rroduet <'o.. Louisville. Ky. 

 For page see List of .Advertisers. 



ORCHIDS FOR SPRING DELIVERY. 



A. Held. 11-10 William St.. New York. 

 For page see List of .\dvertisers. 



RETAIL FLORIST. 



Tlieodore Jiiller. 4.S3:; peliuar Bvd., 



St. Louis, Mo. 



For page see List of .Advertisers. 



SHEEP MANURE. 



Pulverized Manure Co.. 

 .11 Fuion Stock Yards. Chicago. 

 For page see List of .Advertisers. 



STENATHIUM ROBUSTUM. 



II. 1'. Kelsey. Sali'iji. Mass. 

 For page see List "f .Advertisers. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued September 4, 1906. 



829,948. Grass-Collecting Receptacle 

 for Lawn-Mowers. Wil- 

 liam Boss, St. Anthony 

 Park. Minn. 



^:Jii.l2(;. Land Roller. Edward S. 

 Wilder, Monroe. Mich. 



830,163. Weed Cutter. William R. 

 McKeen, Jr.. Omaha, Neb. 



^:.n,29S. Land Roller. George .1. 

 Carpenter. Bronson, Mich. 



Issued September 19. 

 S31,1S1. Lawn-Rake. Adolph H, Oh- 



man. Saginaw, Mich. 

 831,183. Sharpening Device for Lawn 



Mowers and other Articles. 



George H. Paulus, Detroit, 



Mich. 



GREENHOUSE GLASS— THE IM- 

 PORT DUTY AS IT AFFECTS 

 FLORISTS. 



At the Florists' Convention, held at 

 Dayton. Ohio, President Kasting's ad- 

 dress brought out matters which led 

 to a discussion on the high cost of 

 greenhouse glass, and that the tariff 

 thereon had a marked effect in keep- 

 ing up the very high cost. How many 

 millions of square feet of glass there 

 are used by the florists of the United 

 States. I am unable to say. but all 

 men who have greenhouses or cold 

 frame plants, are greatly interested in 

 the cost of this important commodity. 



At the discussion which ensued at 

 the time, it was stated that if then, 

 was to be anything done in the modi- 

 fication of the present tax on glass, 

 some action must be taken, otherwise 

 nothing would ever be accomplished. 

 The matter, after debate, was re- 

 ferred to a committee, of which the 

 writer is a member, and to give a 

 correct status of the present rate on 

 glass, application was made to the 

 Commissioner of Commerce and 

 Labor. 



Prior to the Spanish war (so 

 called), the rate on glass used by the 

 greenhouse men was as follows: 



On all sizes not exceeding 10x15 

 in. sq., the import duty was Ic. per 

 pound; on sizes above 10x15 in. sq.. 

 and not exceeding 16x24 in. sq., 1 l-4c. 

 per pound: above 16x24 in. sq.. and 

 not exceeding 24x3ii in. sq.. 1 3-4c. per 

 pound. It will be noted that the tariff 

 is not placed upon the square foot, 

 nor is it an ad valorem rate, the 

 valuation being placed at the net rate 

 wei.ght of glass in boxes, which is 50 

 feet, or as near as may be, and glass 

 will approximate 50 to SO pounds net 

 in a box. according to thickness. 

 Such was the rate in existence in 1896. 



In 1897 the tariff was changed, and 

 it is under this tariff that the glass 

 'now used in the United States is pro- 

 tected. The paragraph which gov- 

 erns that duty is as follows: 



Glass not exceeding 10x15 in. sq., @ 

 1 3-8c. per iiound. above that and not 

 exceeding 16x24 in. sq., @ 1 7-8c. per 

 pound, and not exceeding 24x30 in. sq., 

 @ 2 3-8c. per pound. 



Provided, that the duties shall be 

 according to the actual weight of the 

 glass. The reader will see at a 

 glance the substantial increase in the 

 cost of each box of glass, which this 

 protection gives over and above 1896 

 and previous. In 1896 the volume 



imported of the cylinder, crown and 

 common window glass was $54,189,- 

 854.13, and for 1905 it was $17,933^- 

 028.50. 



The question before the greenhouse 

 men of the country is, whether it is 

 worth while to make an effoii: to 

 procure less duty on glass, to bring 

 before the proper authorities the 

 sense that the time is ripe and should 

 be carried into effect of modifying 

 for the general good, the high rates of 

 the present duties. 



Of course this matter affects not 

 only the greenhouse people, but every 

 builder and sashmaker in the land. 

 It was suggested at the Dayton Con- 

 vention that the florists of the United 

 States should make known their in- 

 terest in the matter by direct state- 

 ment. The committee to whom this 

 matter was referred would be glad 

 to hear of the public expression, look- 

 ing forward to a proper presentation 

 of the matter in such shape that it 

 will command the attention of the 

 proper Congressional committees. 



BENJAMIN HAMMOND. 



Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

 Sept. 14. 1906. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND 

 PROJECTED. 



Additions. 



Glendale, R. I. — Amos Darling, addi- 

 tion. 



N. Adams, Mass. — A. J. Boothman, 

 addition. 



Danversport, Mass. — Messrs. Potter,- 

 additions. 



Franklin Falls. N. H.— Kelley Bros., 

 one house, 22x70. 



E. Norwalk. Conn. — Robert E. More- 

 house, one house. 



Des .Moines, la. — Iowa Seed Co.. two 

 houses completed, five more building. 



Washington. D. C. — J. R. Freeman,. 

 carnation houses: A. B. Garden, three 

 houses. 



Clinton, Me. — C. P. Loder, one house. 



Xorwell. Mass. — Charles E. Berry, 

 nne house. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Rochester Implement Co.. Roches- 

 ter. N. Y. ; to manufacture agricultural 

 implements, etc.: capital. $7,000: in- 

 corporators, W. H. Rowerdink, C. L. 

 Aird. W. P. Frisch. 



The Lord & Burnham Co. were the 

 lowest bidders on the contract for 

 erecting a propagating house in Hum- 

 boldt park. Buffalo. N. Y. Their 

 jiriee was $8,215. The dimensions 

 tailed for are 80 feet long, with two 

 liMj-feet wings. 



