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The P^orists^ Review 



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Fleet, Christine VVrijjlit and American 

 Pillar, all Dr. Van Fleet varieties. 

 Among the numerous other sorts shown 

 were Dr. Huey, Baroness Van Ittersum, 

 Climbing Orleans, Bessie Lovett, Aunt 

 Harriet, a fine semi-double scarlet; Phil- 

 adelphia Rambler, Graff Zeppelin, San- 

 der's White, Edwin Lonsdale, Graf Von 

 Freundorff, awarded honorable men- 

 tion; Le Mexique, Wartburg, Climbing 

 American Beauty, May Queen, Mme. 

 Glys, Tausendschoen, White Tausend- 

 schoen, Francois Guillot, a fine new 

 white; Mme. C. Testout, Petite Jeanne, 

 Ruby Queen, Jean Gerin, a pret- 

 ty delicate flesh novelty; Climbing 

 Lady Ashtown, Gerbe Rose, May Queen, 

 Creole, Gardenia, Alberic Barbier, 

 Source d'Or, Prof. C. S. Sargent and 

 Electra. The last half dozen are all 

 yellows, Gardenia being deepest while 

 in the bud. All when open arc pale sul- 

 phur in color. 



Late Peonies. 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons, Inc., had an- 

 other of their charming displays of late 

 peonies, arranged again in large vases 

 with a pretty setting of native cedars. 

 Among the best varieties shown were: 

 Mme. Emile Galle, Mme. Boulanger, 

 grandiflora; Etta, Milton Hill, Marie 

 Lemoine, M. Boueharlataine, Mme. Bol- 

 let, Jeanne Gaudichau, Soulange, Au- 

 gust Vaillaume, Pierre Duchartre, Al- 

 fred de Musset, Claire Du Bois, E. J. 

 Shaylor, Venus, R. P. Whitefield, Liv- 

 ingstone, Jules Calot, Eugene Verdier, 

 Winnikenni, Comte de Gomer, Enchant- 

 ress, Edward VII, Rubra Superba and 

 a charming deep salmon pink seedling 

 under number. This display received a 

 bronze medal. 



Eric H. Wetterlow, Manchester, 

 Mass., had a nice display of tuberous- 

 rooted begonias of the drooping Alice 

 Manning type. Golden Chain, Alice 

 Manning, Bickey and Eunice were some 

 of the best and there were some fine 

 seedlings. These begonias come in a 

 fine range of colors and are well adapted 

 for basket culture or would be desir- 

 able for the front of porch or window 

 boxes in partial shade. Seedling No. 7 

 received a first-class certificate; also the 

 Walter Hunnewell estate for Clematis 

 recta mandshurica and Astilbe korcann. 



C. F. Duryea & Son had a display of 



. poppies and there were several large 



collections of native flowers. Robert 



Scares and David Tyndall had the best 



roses in the amateur classes. 



Dr. Robert Huey, of Philadelphia, lec- 

 tured on hardy roses and their culture 

 each day of the show to capacity au- 

 diences, showing the keen Interest taken 

 by amateurs in the queen of flowers. 



A meeting of the American Sweet 

 Pea Society was held on the afternoon 

 of June 24. Among those present were 

 W. A. Sperling, William Sim, William 

 Gray, W. C. and Mrs. Noonan, Gustave 

 • Thommen, A. J. Jenkins, J. H. Stalford 

 and George W. Kerr. W. A. Sperling 

 presided. After the president's address, 

 the secretary and treasurer presented 

 their report. The financial statement 

 showed a balance of $446.34 in the treas- 

 ury. The same board of officers was 

 unanimously reelected and Boston was 

 favored for the 1923 convention after a 

 short general discussion of the society 

 and its officers. W. N. C. 



his able publicity committee, is making 

 a determined effort to reestablish the 

 one per cent plan of raising the money 

 to finance a sustained publicity cam- 

 paign. A statement sent out by this 

 committee says: "Thte results of this 

 constructive work will be to bring the 

 Fifth City again to the fore in an up-to- 

 date florists' advertising. The old 

 spirit of enterprise, for many months 

 absent, is returning to the Cleveland 

 Florists ' Club, and let us hope its return 

 will be abiding. 



' ' Growers ' and retailers ' contracts are 

 now being distributed, and it is the 

 plan of the committee to initiate the 

 collecting through the wholesale houses 

 just as soon as a majority of the retail- 

 ers and growers in the Cleveland dis- 

 trict sign up. The application of the 

 one per cent will be general, as it is 

 agreed that this figure is equitable to all 

 parties concerned. 



"The retailers' form covers the pur- 

 chase of flowers in the 'Cleveland and 

 other wholesale markets,' which in- 

 sures the inclusion of stock purchased 

 in out-of-town markets in the local 



fund. All growers consigning stock to 

 the Cleveland market are being pre- 

 sented with contracts, and it is to be 

 hoped that all will consider it a duty to 

 become contributory to the fund. 



"The perfecting of this plan will 

 raise from $15,000 to $20,000 annually 

 to be employed in first-class publicity 

 methods for increasing the sale of the 

 wares of the florists in this district. 

 Every person connected with the busi- 

 ness will be benefited by this great co- 

 operative work. Publicity has helped in 

 the past, and its intelligent use will in- 

 crease business again; every florist 

 therefore should be zealously for it, and 

 should eagerly place his or her name 

 upon the dotted line in its favor. Come 

 on, everybody! " 



Newark, O. — Charles A. Duerr, of this 

 city and Greenville, has sold both places 

 to the Ankele Floral Co., also of New- 

 ark, and the new owners will take pos- 

 session July 1. Mr. Duerr is on the 

 lookout for a favorable opportunity to 

 reengage in the business. 



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GUDE ON TARIFF 



CLEVELAND FOR PUBLICITY. 



James A. McLaughlin, president of 

 the Cleveland Florists' Club, through 



GUDE TALKS ABOUT TARIFF. 



William F. Gude, Washington repre- 

 sentative of the S. A. F., has been mak- 

 ing inquiries in an effort to determine 

 what action the Senate will take in the 

 matter of tariff rates on bulbs, etc., in 

 the McCumber-Fordney tariff bill. 

 There has been a rumor in the trade 

 that a change would be made and an ad 

 valorem rate or rates substituted for the 

 present proposed specific rates of duty. 

 Mr. Gude has taken the matter up with 

 members of the Senate finance commit- 

 tee and has issued the following state- 

 ment: 



"There is little likelihood of any 

 change being made in the provisions of 

 the pending McCumber-Fordney tariff 

 bill covering florists ' supplies, as far as 

 I can learn. There has been a rumor 

 that a change that would not be of ad- 

 vantage to the horticultural trades, was 

 being sought, but members of the 

 finance committee have informed me 

 within the last few davs that the para- 

 graphs as written in the bill were pro- 

 mulgated on the basis of recommenda- 

 tions from the trade and, such being the 

 case, the members are disinclined to 

 recommend any changes to the Senate. 



"Paragraph T.*)! of the bill reads as 



follows: 



Tiilln. lllv nnrt narciRsiis bulbs, and Illy of 

 ♦ he VBllPV pip*. $2 per thonsnnd: hyacinth bnlhs. 

 $4 per thousand ; rrocns bulbs, $1 per thonsnnd: 

 nil other bulbs and roots, root stocks, clumps, 

 corms, tubers, and hertmceous perennials. Im- 

 ported for horticultural purposes, thirty per 

 centum ad valorem; cut flowers, fresh or pre- 

 served, forty per centum ad valorem. 



"T have found that there are many 

 persons interested in this matter who 

 do not quite understand what the tariff 

 provisions really mean. The ad va- 

 lorem rates in the bill as now before 

 the Senate are to be assessed on the ba- 

 sis of the value of th^ ^^nerchandise 

 abroad. The ad valor(*m rates above 

 quoted covering florists' stfti^ks are ten 

 and fifteen per cent, respectively, higher 

 than the rates provided in the same 

 paragraph in the House bill, but the 



latter were to be applied to the mer- 

 chandise on the basis of the cost of the 

 same or similar stock produced in the 

 United States. That is called the Amer- 

 ican valuation plan. 



"To conform to the wishes of the 

 trade, and to do away as much as pos- 

 sible with probable litigation in the 

 customs courts, the Senate finance com- 

 mittee made a number of changes in 

 the bill as it came from the House of 

 Representatives. How the bill was 

 changed can be seen from a comparison 

 of the paragraph above and the follow- 

 ing paragraph adopted by the House: 



Par. 751: Tulip, narcissus and hyacinth bulbs, 

 and lily of the valley pips, $4 per thousand: cro- 

 cus bulbs. $1 per thousand; all other bulbs and 

 roots, root stocks, corms, tut)er8 and herbaceous 

 perennials. Imported for horticultunil purposes, 

 twent.v per centum ad valorem; cut flowers, fresh 

 or preserved, twenty-flve pereentum ad valorem. 



"The specific rates approved by the 

 Senate finance committee are declared 

 to be acceptablfito the bulk of those in- 

 terested. It is not possible, the members 

 of the committee declare, to eliminate 

 the ad valorem rates entirely, for they 

 are applied in what is called the "bas- 

 ket clause,' designed to catch all com- 

 modities that will not fall in the classi- 

 fications to which the specifics are ap- 

 plied. 



"I am informed that the Senate will 

 probably act on this paragraph early 

 next month. It will probably be another 

 month before final action on the entire 

 bill is taken. Then it will go to confer- 

 ence of members of the Senate and the 

 House to iron out the differences of 

 opinion that have arisen growing out 

 of the changes made by the Senate in 

 acting on the bill as it was passed by 

 the House. 



"There will probably be a big fight 

 between the two branches of Congress 

 over the valuation plan, with the result, 

 no doubt, of the present system being 

 retained. Members of the trade can 

 readily see that there would be inter- 

 minable confusion with respect to im- 

 ports if the House scheme prevailed." 



T. N. S. 



