May 31, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



59 



SEED IMPORTS FOR FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF FISCAL YEAR. 



The following are the imports of seeds, with the duties collected thereon, for the first two quarters of the government's 

 current fiscal year, beginning July 1, 1916, as reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce: 



Articles 



Unit of 

 Quantity 



Seeds: 



Anise 



Beet- 

 Sugar 



All 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 



Crass — 



Alfalfa 



Clover — 



Alsike 



Crimson 



Red 



White 



All other 



Vetch — 



Hairy 



Spring 



All other , 



Total grass seed. 



Hemp 



Kale , 



Kohl-rabi 



Mushroom spawn . 



Alustard 



Parsley 



Parsnip 



Pepper 



Poppy 



Radish 



Rape 



Soya beans 



Spinach 



Turnip and rutabaga 



Other oilseeds 



Do. (reciprocity treaty with Cuba) 



All other, free, including bulbs and bulbous roots, not 

 edible, coniferous evergreen seedlings, hoarhound, 

 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 seeda. 



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.. 



Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 



Pound.. 



Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound . . 

 Bushel. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound. . 

 Pound.. 

 Pound. . 

 Pound.. 

 Bushel. . 

 Bushel.. 



Pound. , 

 Pound. . 



Rates 

 of Duty 



2filb. 



Free . . . 

 3»ilb.. . 

 6jilb... 

 iilh... 

 Ifilb... 

 Free . . . 

 3jilb.. . 

 ISfSbu.. 

 Free . . . 

 Free . . . 

 Free . . . 

 Ofilb.. . 

 Free . . . 

 3*; lb.. . 

 Free . . . 

 Free. . . 

 lOfi lb.. 

 Free . . . 

 Free . . . 

 20(5 bu. 

 10% . . . 

 Free . . . 



Free. 



Free. 

 Free . 

 Free. 

 Free. 

 Free. 



FVee. 



Free. 

 Free. 



Free. 



Free 



6)ilb 



Cfilb 



l«Slb 



Free 



3)ilb 



3fSlb 



lOfi lb 



15(i bu.. . . 



3filb 



Free 



Free 



Mlb 



3)Slb 



20)i bu... . 

 20)ibu.20% 



Free 



5>ilb 



5^ lb.-20% 



Free. . . . 

 [Dutiable . 



July 1 to Sept. 30, 1910 



(Quantity 



C1,G19 



10,439,300 



55,650 



10,382 



1,535,993 



215,205 



36,903 



287 



243,337 



309 

 17,689 



31,090 



1,145 



16,406,800 



192,133 



69 



25,897 



217,669 



4,152,024 



1,281,292 



826,965 



2,754,881 



1,051,610 



57,508 



73,063 



181,953 



21,120 



921,408 



7,169,800 



400 



861 



17,854 



1,354,101 



5,446 



1,302 



481 



2,309 



11,458 



969,260 



1,273,841 



13,374 



332,412 



5,508 



100,737 

 4,102 



Value 



5 5,613 



1,075,213 



8,692 



4,391 



44,755 



18,512 



20,825 



239 



318,215 



1,130 

 22,245 



1,795 



179 



217,006 



33,006 



57 



1,968 



6,168 



6,524,590 



13,500 



161,352 



119,096 



311,963 



139,899 



14,291 



10,880 



20,808 



741 



86,929 



865,959 



105 



365 



491 



59,142 



832 



107 



358 



11,249 



1.787 



32,382 



27,391 



1.646 



28,566 



13,588 



14,163 



87,412 

 2.103 



$2,391,959 

 7,073,852 



Duty 



$ 1,232.38 



1,609.. 50 



022.92 



7,079.97 



2,152.05 



8.01 

 36,500.55 



34.35 



0.90 

 S36,'4b4.s6 



24.00 



51.06 



178.54 



1G3..38 



39.06 



48.10 



340.35 



343.74 



133.74 

 9,972.30 

 1,101.00 



5,030.85 

 104.08 



897,915.49 



Uct. 1 to Dec. 31. 1910 



(Quantity 



110,781 



549,834 



108,948 



12,316 



1,035,271 



11,114 



01,039 



311 



9,041 



16 



903 



441,037 



Value 



216,099 



211 



21,932,882 



286,933 



108 



28,971 



103,660 



3,272,087 



6,313 



2,036,400 

 S17,830 



1,047,408 



8,3.30 



420,094 



11,597 

 2,517,001 



6,865,639 



390,025 



4,140 



1,746 



17,425 



1,937,839 



8,167 



23,772 



140 



1,108 



30,465 



2,644,597 



519,597 



183,122 



225,739 



8,836 



3 



31,535 

 1,495 



$ 13,870 



54,782 

 17,741 



7,500 

 29,374 



1,007 



17.858 



155 



22,007 



5.5 



5,273 

 07,350 



17,433 



52 



402,000 



48,708 



34 



2,313 



3,233 



5,064,225 



5SS 



36,759 



875 



301,935 

 87,906 



140,547 



1,008 



34,304 



Duty 



S2,335.62 



3,268.44 

 738.96 



5,176.36 

 111.14 



9.33 

 1,350.15 



0.33 



10.80 



054,417.40 



5S.S0 



784 

 268,701 



830,840 



8,931 



1,481 



828 



479 



79,735 



1,203 



1,851 



79 



12,120 



5,129 



90,440 



11,747 



19,704 



24,356 



19,040 



13 



87,843 



8,105 



05 



248.40 

 104.76 

 174.25 



245.01 

 713.16 

 14.00 

 166.20 

 913.95 



1,831.22 



0,772.17 



1,707.20 



.48 



1,576.75 

 59.80 



$1,777,372 

 5.851.792 8682,082.68 



DANISH SEEDS 



Cabbage. 

 Cauliflower, 

 CarrottMan- 

 gel, Swede, 

 Turnip, eto. 



OontnctOfitrt 

 and Samplet at 

 your lerrict. 



CablaAidriis- 

 "FMOLin." 

 ■■rii: 5th U.. 

 a. I.e. Amar 

 Sead Trade 

 Aaaociadon. 



CHR. OLSEN, Seed Ciiwer, 'SL'b.'ia"' 



FOR 



Dutch and French-grown Bulbs 



WRITE 



HOGEWONING & SONS 



Bulb Growers 

 Rywsbur g, Holland 32 Broadway, New Yorfc 



DANISH SEED IMPORT 



Import of all kinds of Seeds direct from ■eed 

 crowers in Denmark. Please send for price list 

 Clur. M«a1ilwrc. Sl«7t]i St. N.. yisitapaKt. yiss. 



PEDIGREE SEEDS 

 AND NOVELTIES FOR 1917 



Our New^ Catalogue is now ready. If you have not received a 



copy, send a postcard 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, Ltd. 



27, 28 & 29 DRURY LANE, LONDON, ENG. 



WESTERBEEK & KLYN 



BULB GROWERS 



25 Beaver St., N.Y.—Sassenheim, Holland 



QUALITY ECONOMY 



SYSTEMATIC SERVICE 



LANGHOUT & CO. 



SASSENHEIM. HOLLAND 



Wholesal* Bulb Qrowers 



Write for Quotations 



14 STONE STREET, 

 NEW YORK CITY 



RYNVELD & Cie. 



for FRENCH BULBS 



OLLIOULES (Var) New York Address : 

 FRANCE 25 W. Broadway 



KELWAY'S SEEDS 



FLOWER, VEGETABLE and FARM 



for present delivery or on contract, Soecia 

 Quotations for next season and from harvest 

 1917 now ready. 



Langport, England 



