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The Florists' Review 



March 13, 1919. 



SEED IMPOSTS FOR FOUBTH QUABTEB OF FISOAIi YEAB. 



The following are the imports of seeds, with the duties collected thereon, for 

 the fourth quarter of the government's last fiscal year, as reported by the U.S. 

 Department of Commerce: 



Artirles. 



Seeds — 



Anise 



Beet- 

 Sugar 



Ail other 



Cabbage 



Canary 



Caraway 



Cardamom 



Carrot 



Castor beans or seeds 



Do. (from Philippine Islands) . 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Collard 



Coriander 



Corn Salad 



Cotton 



Cummin 



Eggplant 



Fennel 



Fenugreek 



Flaxseed or linseed 



Screenings 



Flower 



Orasa — 



Alfalfa 



Clover — 



Alsike 



Crimson 



Bed 



White 



All other 



Vetch- 

 Hairy 



Spring 



All other 



Total grass seed . 



Hemp ■■ • ■ 



Kale 



Kohl-rabi 



Mushroom spawn 



Mustard 



Parsley 



iParsnip 



Pepper 



Poppy 



Radish. 



Rape 



So;^a Beans 



Spmacb 



Turnip and rutabaga 



OUier oilseeds 



All other, free, including bulbs and 

 bulbous roots, not edible, conifer^ 

 ous evergreen seedlings, hoar- 

 hound, mangel-wurzel, St. John's 

 bread or bean, and sorghum or 

 sugar cane for seed 



All other, n. s. p. f 



Do (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) . 



Total seeds. 



Unit of 

 Quantity. 



Pound . 



Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Bushel . 

 Bushel . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Bushel . 



Pound . 



Pound. 

 Pound. 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 



Poimd . 

 Pound . 

 Poimd. 



Pound . 



Pound. 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Pound. 

 Pound. 

 Pound. 

 Pound . 

 Bushel . 

 Pound . 

 Potlnd . 

 Pound. 

 Pound . 

 Pound . 

 Bushel . 



Pound . 

 Pound . 



Rates of Duty. 



2c lb. 



Free 



3clb 



6clb 



J^clb 



Iclb 



Free 



3c lb 



15c bushel. 



Free 



Free 



Free 



6c lb 



Free 



3c lb 



Free 



Free 



lOolb 



Free 



Free 



20c bushel . 



10% 



Free 



Free. 



Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 



Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 



Free. 



Free 



6c lb 



6c lb 



Iclb 



Free 



3clb 



3c lb 



10c lb 



15c bushel. 



3elb 



Free 



Free 



Iclb 



3c lb 



20c bushel. 



Free 



5clb 



6olb.-20%. 



\Free 



/Dutiable . 



April 1 to June 30, 1918. 



Quantity. 



50,352 



3,406,545 



116,380 



25,183 



812,551 



112,082 



69,791 



13,526 



163,741 



573 



2,013 



95,233 



132,842 



647 



3,260,204 



289,222 



534 



48.037 



215,263 



5,499,307 



1,447,227 



57.461 



464,572 

 420,323 

 670,929 

 4,928 

 746,059 



61,920 

 394,319 



2,820,511 



170 



2,987 



5,766 



3.860 



3,033,627 



28,859 



2,636 



5.470 



697 



27,418 



676,069 



549,885 



400,488 



262,378 



272,713 



42,267 



Value. 



S9,763 



1,158,607 



62,655 



25,198 



71,211 



41,829 



37,203 



11,677 



629,886 



1,500 



5,367 



36,286 



26,042 



218 



81,006 



42,693 



1.056 



5,387 



23,669 



14,152,187 



20,062 



52,846 



24.475 



93,926 

 88,768 



125,604 

 946 



159,894 



2,560 

 50,880 



547,043 



9 



1,928 



4,532 



126 



198,742 



5,300 



1,337 



5,269 



6,135 



29,260 



41,861 



21,393 



133,218 



149,941 



644.368 



60,184 

 41,057 



S 2,338,827 

 16.047.013 



Duty. 



$1,007.04 



3,491.40 

 1,610.98 

 4,062.76 

 1,120.82 



405.78 

 24.561.15 



16.41 



53.40 



1,099,861.40 

 2.006.20 



. .i 



179.22 



345.90 



38.60 



865.77 

 79.08 

 647.00 

 104.66 

 822.48 



4,004.88 



7,871.34 



54,542.60 



2,113.35 



$1,209,612.11 



be emphasized. To this end It should be sug- 

 gested that the use of envelopes which do not 

 exceed approximately 4x9 inches in size and on 

 which ample clear space Is left on the right por- 

 tion of the address side for the address, postage 

 stamps, etc., will serve to accomplish the desired 

 object and result to the advantage of both the 

 mailer and the postal service. 



The foregoing applies with equal force to the 

 use of advertising cards, folders and similar 

 matter of unusual size or irregular shape as set 

 forth In the Instructions of this ofBce in Article 

 14, page 4. of the February. 1918, Postal Guide 

 entitled "Use of Large Advertising Cards Ob- 

 jectionable." 



This circular was sent out by Mr. 

 Dockery under date of June 3, 1918; 

 it is almost a year old. During the war 

 we went a long way toward acquiring 

 an autocratic government in this democ- 

 racy, but it has not become so bad that 

 interference with any reasonable busi- 

 ness custom need be feared. 



PACIFIC COAST SEED NOTES. 



The planting of the 1919 crop of Cali- 

 fornia garden and flower seeds is prac- 

 tically completed, with the exception of 

 peas and beans. The outlook is favor- 

 able for a heavy yield. Some damage 

 is reported from the recent heavy rains, 

 but it is slight compared with the bene- 



Chas. Schwake & Co., Inc. 



AT YOUR SERVICE 



90-92 West Broadway NEW YORK 



GLADIOLI ARD DAHLIAS 



Send for List 



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Cedar Acres WENHAM, MASS. 



Mention Th« Bevlew when yoo write. 



HFLLtRS 



M I r t 

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SEED 

 CASKS. 



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MontpeGer, Ohio 



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Mail us your fall orders for 



BULBS 



FRENCH DUTCH 

 JAPANESE 



All orders received now will be taken 

 care of promptly at season of arrival 

 of the Bulbs. 



We handle Florists' 

 Forcing Quality. 



AMERICAN BULB CO. 



172 N. WibKll Ak., CHKAGO, IlL 



Canna Bulbs 



COLORADO GROWN 



Queen Charlotte yellowish 



Venus rosy pink 



Louisiana large scarlet 



Florence Vauffhan yellow 



TfS.SO per 100 



OB long ea supply laata. 



COLORADO SEED CO. 



1818 Champa St. DKHVEIt, COLO. 



Seed Packets 



FLOWER SBBD SIZ6S TO CATALOOUB 

 BNVBLOPBS-RETURN BNVBLOPBS 



Brown Bi; Fiilinf Hackine Co. 



FITCHBDRO. MASS., U. S. A. 



GLADIOLI 



NEW TRADE LIST READY 

 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Inc. 



FLOWERFIBLD, L. L, N. Y. 



KENILWORTH 



GIANT PANSY SEED 



In Mixtare or Sep- 

 arate Colors 



1000 seeds, 30c; 4000, $1.00; 

 i4-oz.,$l.25;oz.,$5.00 



ARNOLD RINGIER 



BROKER 



Seeds — Bulbs— Plants 



56 E. Randolph St. CHICAGO 



Second Floor. 



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