The Rorists* Review 



Apkil 18. 1932 



SENATE CHANGES SEED DUTIES. 



Decided changes from the rates on 

 flowers, seeds, bulbs, etc., carried in 

 the House tariff bill are contained in 

 the measure which has just been re- 

 ported to the Senate by the Senate 

 finance committee. 



Most of the changes were in the na- 

 ture of increased ad valorem duties, 

 made by the committee to permit the 

 carrying out of its policy of continuing 

 the assessment of duties on the basis 

 of foreign valuations. The House bill 

 is predicated on the American valuation 

 of the imported article, but the Senate 

 is not in agreement with the American 

 valuation plan and will work for the 

 retention of the present system of bas- 

 ing ad valorem rates on the value of 

 the imported product in its original 

 country or on its export value. 



The Senate bill also gives the Presi- 

 dent wide latitude in making changes 

 in the rates to meet foreign competition 

 where such action is deemed necessary, 

 and he will be empowered to increase or 

 reduce rates to an extent not to exceed 

 fifty per cent where such action is 

 deemed desirable. 



Following are the flower and seed 

 paragraphs of the Senate bill: 



Par. 751. Tulip, Illy and narcissus bulbs nnil 

 Illy of the Talley pips, $2 per thousand; Uyii- 

 clnth bulbs, $4 per tliuusand; crocus bulbs, $1 

 per thousand; all other bulbs and roots, root 

 stocks, clumps, corms, tubers and herbaceous 

 perennials, imported for horticultural purposes, 

 thirty per centum ad valorem; cut flowers, fresh 

 or preserved, forty per centum ad valorem. 



Par. 752. Seedlings and cuttings of Manettt. 

 multiflora, brier, rugosa, and other rose stock, 

 all the foregoing not more than 3 years old, 

 $2 per thousand: rose plants, budded, grafted, 

 or grown on their own roots, 4 cents each; cut 

 tings, seedlings, and grafted all budded plants of 

 other deciduous or evergreen ornamental trees, 

 shrubs, or vines, and all nursery or greenhouse 

 stocks, not specially provided for, thirty per 

 centum iid valorem. 



Par. 753. Seedlings, layers, and cuttings of 

 apple, cherry, pear, plum, quin<e. and other 

 fruit stocks, $2 per thousand: grafted or budded 

 fruit trees, cuttings and seedlings of grapes, 

 currants, gooselwrries, or other fruit vines, 

 plants, or buslies, thirty p<'r centum ad valori'iii. 



Par. 700. Oil-bearing seeds and materials: 

 Castor tieans, '-^ cent |)er pciunil; lliixseeil, 40 

 cents i>er biisliel of fifty-six pounds; poppy seed, 

 32 cents per liundred i)0iui<ls; siintlower seed. 2 

 cents per pound; apricot and peach kernels. ;i 

 cents per pound; soya beans, 4/10 cents per 

 pound; cotton seed, % cent per pound. Provid- 

 ed; That no allowance shall be made for dirt 

 or other impurities in seed provided for In this 

 liaragraph. 



I'jir. Ttil . Grass seeds: Alfalfa, 4 cents tier 

 poniid; alsike clover, l rents per pound; criinsdii 

 clover, 1 cent per pmind; red clciver. 4 cents 

 p<'r pound: while clover, '.i cents jK'r ixiiind; clo- 

 ver, not specially iiruvided fi.r. 2 n-uts per 

 piiund: millet. 1 cent iiir iioiind; lininthy. 2 cents 

 per iK)mid: hairy vctcli, '_' cents per puiiiid; spring 

 vetch, 1 cent per pound: all other gr.iss seeds 

 not Kpeci.illy iiri)Videil fur, 2 iciits jier jiound. 

 Provided; That iKi allnwance shall be made fur 

 dirt or other impurities in seed provided for in 

 this paragraph. 



Par. 7(12. Other garden and lii'lil sieds: Beet 

 (except sugar heel), 4 cents piT loiund: cali- 

 bage. 8 cents per pound: canary, I <ent per 

 pound: carrot. 4 cents iier pound: cauliflnwer. 2.') 

 cents per iiound: celery, 2 cents |ht puiind: kale, 

 « cents per iionnd: k'llilrahi, « ceiiis per ikiuikI: 

 mangel-wurzel, 4 cents i)er pmind : union. 10 

 tents per pound: jiarsley, 2 cents per i>ouiid: 

 parsnip. 4 <enls per pouiul: pepper, lo cents per 

 pounil: nidi-ih. 4 <ents per i>oun(l: spinach, 1 cent 

 per pound: free .-ind sliriih. 8 cenfs per pnund: 

 turnip, 4 cents jier pound: rutabaga, 4 cents per 

 imund: all other garden and field seeds imt spe- 

 cially provi<led for, 20 per <-enfuni ad valorem. 

 Provided: That the provisions for seeds in this 

 schedule shall imlude such seeds whether used 

 for planting or other purposes. 



Aa compared with the House bill, the 

 following changes are outstanding in the 

 Senate, committee's draft of tlio 

 measure: 



The duty on tulip, lily and narcissus 

 bulbs and lily of the valley pips, $4 per 

 thousand in the House bill, is reduced 

 to $2 per thousand, and the $10 per 

 thousand clumps provided on lily of the 

 valley clumps is cut out and clumps are 

 included with all other bulbs and roots, 

 which are made dutiable at thirty per 

 cent ad valorem, instead of twenty per 

 cent. The House rate of twenty-five per 

 cent on fresh or preserved cut flowers 

 is increased to forty per cent. 



The Senate draft of paragraph 752 is 

 materially different from that in the 

 House bill, which provided for a rate of 

 $2 per thousand plants for seedlings and 

 cuttings of Manetti, multiflora, brier, 

 rugosa and other roses; and twent.y per 

 cent ad valorem, for cuttings, seedlings 

 and grafted plants of other deciduous 

 or evergreen or ornamental trees, shrubs 

 or vines, including greenhouse plants. 



The House bill, under paragraph 753, 

 provided a rate of twenty per cent ad 

 valorem on grafted or budded fruit 

 trees, cuttings and seedlings of grapes, 



MAGNA CHARTA NOT FLOWERING. 



We have some 2-ycar-old Magna 

 I'lijirtii roses budded on Mani'tti stocks. 

 We potted them in 6-iiicli pots to bring 

 thcni out for Kastcr. They are good 

 stock, having from six to twelve shoots 

 on sonic j)i;tiits, with two to three buds, 

 while the otlicr shoots show no signs of 

 l)uds. Some of the plants show no 

 signs of buds at all. What is the trou- 

 ble? They are all from the same block 

 iind received the same treatment. 



D. T. McC— N. Y. 



I ilo not know what treatment your 

 plants have had, nor how they were 

 pruned before starting. These hybrid 

 perpetuals should be cut back ()uite 

 hard l)oforo being started. Three to 

 five eves are sufficient to leave on 

 strong wood and one or two when it is 

 weaker. Extremely weak canes should 

 he cut out altogether. Roses of this 

 type do best when started at 40 to 45 

 degrees at night, later advancing the 

 temperature to 50 to 55 degrees; these 

 lattir readings are better not exceeded. 



currants, gooseberries or other fruit 

 vines, plants or bushes. 



The only items in the seed paragraph, 

 761, which were changed were the House 

 rates of 3 cents per pound on alsike 

 clover and red clover and % cent per 

 pound on millet. In the garden and field 

 seed paragraph, 762, the House had a 

 rate of 1 cent per pound on sugar beets, 

 and had rates of 8 cents per pound on 

 cabbage and 20 cents per pound on 

 onion, which were changed by the Sen- 

 ate committee. 



The committee cut out the House's 

 provision of 4 cents per pound for flower 

 seeds. T. N. S. 



MAX SCHLING'S SCHOOL. 



Max Schling will hold another school 

 for florists this summer, just as he did a 

 year ago. It will open June 27. The 

 period of the school has been shortened 

 from that of last year. Last year ten 

 days were devoted to the course, but 

 that space of time proved somewhat too 

 long for some of the florists who at- 

 tended. For that reason the school will 

 last only five days this year. 



Mr. Schling will lecture and demon- 

 strate two hours each forenoon and two 

 hours each afternoon. After each ses- 

 sion he will give one hour to answering 

 questions of those present in regard to 

 designing, business principles or any 

 other topic connected with the business. 



If you pruned too lightly and gave 

 higher temperatures than indicated, it 

 would account for a lack of flowers, 

 always provided that the shoots on your 

 roses were of sufficient strength when 

 received and potted and were not 

 shriveled at :U1. C. W. 



ROSES FOR SUMMER BLOOMING. 



Are any of the roses grown today, 

 such as Killarney, Russell, Ophelia, Co- 

 lumbia and Premier, good for summer 

 blooming? If so, which is bestf Would 

 it be possible to plant any of these va- 

 rieties in a house where they would be 

 allowed to freeze slightly during the 

 winter, and depend on them for summer 

 blooming? A. B. — Neb. 



All of the varieties mentioned in your 

 letter are good for summer blooming 

 with the exception of Killarney, which 

 is not so good in summer, on account of 

 the comparative fewness of petals, which 

 makes the flower blow oj)en quickly. 

 Were I to suggest the most valuable 

 varieties for summer blooming, I should 

 say Premier, Columbia, Russell and 

 Ophelia, in the order named; that is, I 

 should consider Premier the best, Co- 

 lumbia next and so on. 



If the varieties mentioned are planted 

 in a house and allowed to freeze slight- 

 ly dtiring the winter and come up again 



