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The Florists' Review 



JuLV 7, 1921 



iiiK dutit's upon iuvoifoJ values is to bo 

 (liscoutiuut'd u]Htn the passaj^o of the 

 bill coiitaiuiny tlit'se provisions, which 

 read: 



Sec. 402. Value.— I'lxcopt as otliorwise provided 

 by law, the word "value" -wlieiever used in this 

 act or ill auy other law relating to tlie appraise- 

 ment or the classilieation of imporled inerchanUise 

 shall mean the price on the date of exportation of 

 the imported merchandise at which <omparable 

 and competitive products of the United States 

 •were ordinarily sold or freely oll'ered for sale in 

 the usual wholesale quantities and In the cus- 

 tomary wrappings, coverings, and containers, 

 •whether holding liquids or solids, to all pur- 

 <:ha8ers In the ordinary course of trade, including 

 all costs, charges, and expenses, in the principal 

 market or markets of tlie United States; or, 

 wlieu such value can not be ascertained to the 

 satisfaction of the appraising officer, shall mean 

 the value of the Imported merchandise on said 

 date for sale (whether or not there sliall be an 

 actual sale) , for consumption or use in the United 

 States in its condition, including wrappings, 

 coverings, and containers, whether holding liquids 

 or solids, as imported. In determining the value 

 for sale, appraising officers may take Into con- 

 sideration, among other matters, the selling price 

 or cost of production of comparable products of 

 the United States and of articles made therefrom 

 or from like imported materials, not sold in usual 

 wholesale quantities or not sold or freely offered 

 for sale to all purchasers in the ordinary course 

 of trade, or not sold at all, and the selling price 

 in the United States of comparable imports, or 

 the selling price or market value or cost of pro- 

 duction of the imported merchandise in the 

 foreign country, and may exclude or include all 

 or any costs, charges, and expenses, including 

 duties, and also profits and commission, if any, 

 keeping always in mind the legislative intention 

 that duties ad valorem shall be assessed upon the 

 fair market value of the imported merchandise 

 in the United States. No pretended sale or offer 

 for sale, and no sale or offer for sale tending to 

 establish a fictitious market, shall be held to 

 establish value as herein defined; nor shall a 

 value substantially raised or lowered at the time 



of eximrtation otherwise tlian in the ordinary 

 course of trade be deemed to be such value. 



The new rates ;iiid the new method 

 of .-issessiiifj them, if ailo])ted by both 

 lioust's of Con^^ress, will become opera- 

 tive the day tlie .rresident pnts his si^- 

 nature to the measure, (ioods, wares 

 and merchandise in bonded warehouses 

 where the duty has not been paid will 

 be subjected to the new rates and tbo 

 American valuation plan refjardless of 

 the date they were originally brought 

 into the country. 



The House of Representatives will be- 

 gin immediately its consideration of the 

 tariff bill, -with a view to completing its 

 deliberations as soon after July 20 as 

 is possible. The desire of those in 

 charge of legislation is to rush it as 

 much as possible, but doubt is expressed 

 as to their ability to liave it acted upon 

 by the Senate and go through the usual 

 legislative procedure and be signed by 

 the President before the middle of Oc- 

 tober. 



POPULARIZING PERENNIALS. 



' ' The hardy perennial plant imlustry 

 is still in its infancy^ and while the last 

 ten years have seen a great develop- 

 ment along this line throughout the 

 east, we have not done our part in the 

 middle west to popularize perennials," 

 stated S. Bryson Ayres, of Independ- 

 ence, Mo., in a paper on perennials read 



HORTICULTURAL PARAGRAPHS 



FROM THE NEW TARIFF 



Par. 751. Tulip, narcissus, and hya- 

 cinth bulbs and lily of the valley pips, 

 $4 per thousand; lily of the valley 

 clumps, $10 per thousand; crocus bulbs, 

 $1 per thousand; lily bulbs, $i per thou- 

 sand; all other bulbs, roots, root stocks, 

 conns, tubers, and herbaceous peren- 

 nials, which are imported for horticul- 

 tural purposes, 20 per centum ad va- 

 lorem ; cut flowers, fresh or preserved, 25 

 2)er centum ad valorem. 



Par. 752. Seedlings and cuttings of 

 Manetti, multiflora, brier, rugosa, and 

 other roses, $2 per thousand plants; cut- 

 tings, seedlings, and grafted plants of 

 other deciduous or evergreen ornamental 

 trees, shrubs, or vines, including green- 

 house plants, 2(1 ])er centum ad valorem. 



Par. 753. Seedlings, layers, or cut- 

 tings of plants for apple, cherry, pear, 

 ]ilum, (juiuce, and other fruit stocks, $2 

 jier thousand plants; grafted or budded 

 fruit trees, cuttings and seedlings of 

 grapes, currants, gooseberries and other 

 fruit vines or bushes, 20 per centum ad 

 valorem. 



I'ar. 7G0. Oil-bcariiig seeds and mate- 

 rials: Castor beans, one-half of 1 cent 

 per )iound; flaxseed, 25 cents per bushel 

 of fifty-six pounds; ]H)ppy seed, 32 cents 

 ])er one hundred pounds; sunflower seed, 

 2 cents i)er ]h)\uu1; apricot and peach 

 kernels, 3 cents per pound. 



Par. 7G1. Grass seeds: Alfalfa, 2 

 cents per pound; alsike clover, 3 cents 

 ])er pound; crimson clover, 1 cent per 

 pouiul; red clover, 3 cents per pound; 

 white clover, 3 cents per pound; clover, 

 not specially provided for, 2 cents per 

 pound; millet, one-half of 1 cent per 

 pound; timothy, 2 cents per pound; 

 hairy vetch, 2 cents per pound; spring 

 vetch, 1 cent per pound; all other grass 



seeds not specially provided for, 2 cents 

 per pound. 



Par. 762. Other garden and field 

 seeds: Sugar beet, 1 cent per pound; 

 other beet, 4 cents per pound; cabbage, 

 12 cents per pound; canary, 1 cent per 

 ]iound; carrot, 4 cents i)er pound; cauli- 

 flower, 25 cents per pound; celery, 2 

 cents per pound; kale, G cents ' per 

 pound; kohlrabi, 8 cents per pound; 

 inangelwurzel, 4 cents per pound; onion, 

 20 cents per pound; parsley, 2 cents per 

 pound; parsnip, 4 cents per pound; pep- 

 ])er, 15 cents per pound; radish, 4 cents 

 l>er pound; spinach, 1 cent per pound; 

 tree, 8 cents per pound; turnip, 4 cents 

 ]ier pound; rutabaga, 4 cents per 

 jtound; flower, 4 cents per pound; 

 all other garden and field seeds not spe- 

 cially provided for, 20 per centum 

 ad valorem: Provided, That the provi- 

 sions for seeds in this title shall include 

 such seeds whether used for planting or 

 for other purposes. 



Par. 763. Beans, green or unripe, one- 

 half of 1 cent per pound; dried, 114 

 cents per pound; in brine, prepared or 

 jireserved in any manner, 2 cents per 

 pound. 



Par. 765. Chickpeas or garbanzos, 1 

 cent per pound; cowpeas, one-half of 1 

 cent per pound; lentils, 2 cents per 

 ])ound; lupins, one-half of 1 cent per 

 pound. 



I'ar. 7G7. Peas, green or dried, 75 

 cents per one hun(lred pounds; peas, 

 split, 1 cent per pound; peas, prepared 

 or preserved in any manner, 2 cents per 

 pound. 



Par. 781. Teasels, 25 per centum ad 

 valorem. 



Par. 1439. Moss and sea grass, eel- 

 grass, and seaweeds, if manufactured or 

 dyed, 10 per centum ad valorem. 



before the Mi'ssouri State Florists ' As- 

 sociation. ' * This has been partly due 

 to the fact that many amateurs have 

 experimented with vi^rieties which they 

 have seen advertised or have seen grow- 

 ing in localities where they tlirive, and 

 have made a failure because of not tak- 

 ing into consideration the fact that 

 there are many advertised hardy peren- 

 nials that are not hardy in this locality. 



' ' We can hardly criticize them for 

 this. I find that I, too, have made large 

 plantings that have proved a failure 

 here, but instead of becoming discour- 

 aged I have plugged along, trying out 

 something else that might prove suc- 

 cessful. However, most amateur gar- 

 deners soon become discouraged and 

 often condemn herbaceous plants gen- 

 erally. With the cooperation of the re- 

 tail florists in advertising acclimated 

 perennial plants, I believe we shall find 

 tliat the perennial plant business will 

 go forward iu leaps and bounds. Just 

 think how popular perennials are iu 

 England! The roadsides, parks, estates, 

 drives and even the smallest dwellings 

 have their perennial borders. 



"I have compiled a list of perennials 

 which, I have found by my own expe- 

 rience, do well in Missouri. I think 

 that florists in neighboring states will 

 find that they will also do well with, 

 them. I think, too, that you will find 

 in this list some fine perennials that 

 will tlirive better here than in any other 

 part of^the country: 



Hardy asters. Hardy carnations, 



Antliemis, Scotch pinks, ' 



Achillea, HoHyhocks, 



Anemone (Japanese), Delphinium, 



Aquilegia, Iris, 



Holtonia. Lily of the valley, 



(>)reopsis. Oriental poppies, 



Chrysanthemum, Pyre thrum, 



Daisies, Shasta, Violets, 



Daisies, Maximum, Phlox. 



Gaillardia, Liatris. 

 Hardy Grasses, 



S. A. F. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. 



Oh, You Vacation Time! 



Yes, it has a tendency to make us all 

 lazy. 



Well, how they did "bite" last week! 

 We mean the "big fellows"; the live 

 wires; those that make the best kind 

 of S. A. F. members. 



There are lots to get yet. Eemember, 

 if we reach our goal and double the 

 membership, there will still be over 

 8,000 "suckers" on the outside. Lots 

 of them would come in, though, if we 

 could only reach them, and when they 

 do get into this grand old society they 

 will be just as happy and jolly and good 

 as we are and will wonder how they 

 ever could have stayed out so long. 

 Some will even begin to kick because 

 we did not ask them to join sooner, but 

 one visit to a cohvention will cause 

 them to forget all their past troubles. 



Keep pegging away. 



Membership committee: 



Joseph H. Hill, 

 A. L. Miller, 

 J. F. Ammann, 

 S. S. Pennock, 

 Paul R. Klingsporn. 



Columbus, Ga.— The Citizens' Loan 

 Co. has purchased the entire property 

 formerly owned by J. C. Smith anil 

 known as Smith's Greenhouses. The 

 concern will operate under the name of 

 the Rose Hill Greenhouses, with R. F. 

 Lanigan as manager. Mr. Smith's new 

 address is Jack Smith Greenhouses, Al- 

 bany, Ga. 



