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The Florists' Review 



August 24, 1916. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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IMPORTS OF PLANTS AND BULBS FOR THE LAST THREE QUARTERS. 



The following table shows the imports of plants of all kinds, and of bulbs, imported in the first three quarters of the 



present fiscal year, July 1, 1915, to March 31, 1916, together with the duty collected thereon: 



Articles. 

 Plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs, and vines: Rates of duty. 



Bulbs, mature mother flowering, imported Qu 



exclusively for propagating purposes 



(thousands) Free 



Fruit plants, tropical and semitropical, for 

 the purpose of propagation or cultivation. Free 



Hop roots for cultivation Free 



Hyacinth bulbs, astilbe, dlelytra, and lily 



of the valley clumps (thousands) $2.50 M 



Lily bulbs and calla bulbs or corms (thou- 

 sands) $5 M 



Lily of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, 

 begonia, and gloxinia bulbs (thou- 

 sands) $1 M 



Orchids, palms, and Azalea Indica 25 X> 



Do. (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) 25%— -0% 



Do. (from Philippine Islands) Free 



Peony, herbaceous, Iris Kaempferl or Ger- 

 manica, canna, dahlia, and amaryllis 



bulbs ( thousands) |10 M 



Plants, trees, shrubs, roots, seed cane, and 



. seeds. Imported by the Department of 



Agriculture or the United States Botanic 



Garden Free 



Rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown on 



their own roots (number) 4c each 



Stocks, cuttings, and seedlings — 



Fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous 

 and evergreen shrubs and vines, and all 

 trees, shrubs, plants, and vines com- 

 monly knovni as nursery or greenhouse 



stock, n. s. p. f 15% 



Do. (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) 15% — 20% 



Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard 

 cherry, Manetti, multiflora, and brier 

 rose, Rosa rugosa, 3 years old or less 



(thousands) $1 M 



Pfar, apple, quince, and the St. Jullen 

 plum, 3 years old or less (thousands) . .$1 M 



Tea plants Free 



All other bulbs, roots, root stocks, corms, 

 and tubers which are cultivated for their 

 flowers or foliage (thousands) 50c M 



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 Total I Dutiable 



The exports of stocks, cuttings and 

 seedlings from Rotterdam to the United 

 States in 1914 had a value of $647,996, 

 which in 1915 increased to $670,068. 



In 1913 Wm. Flemer, Wm. Flemer, Jr., 

 and John Watson, the latter now presi- 

 dent of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen, made their first plantings 

 at the Princeton Nurseries, Princeton, 

 N. J. The concern now is ready to start 

 its selling campaign. 



The Association of American Cemetery 

 Superintendents is holding its annual 

 convention this week at Norfolk, Va. The 

 attendance is larger than usual and the 

 program provides for many sight-seeing 

 trips. 



SCOPE OF COMPENSATION ACT. 



When an employee's duties require 

 him to go from one place to another, 

 and he is injured by being struck by 



an automobile while going between 

 such places, his injury must be deemed 

 to have occurred in the course of his 



HILL'S EVER6REENS 



Best for Over Half a Centnry. Firs, Spruce, 

 Pines, Junipers, Arborvitaes, Yews, in small 

 and large sizes. Price List Now Ready. 



THI D. HILL NURSKRY CO. 



Evergreen Specialist*. Largest Oowers in America 

 Box 403, Dund««, IIL 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET 



Over two million plants of superior quality. 

 All sizes — from one foot to four feet. 

 Very low prices in carload lots. 



Also Polish Privet, Amoor Privet and Berberis Thunbergii in quantity. 



J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



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