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July 6. 1922 



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SENATE PASSES TABIFF BATES. 



The Senate, with little or no debate, 

 July 1, passed a large number of 

 rates in the McCumber-Fordney tariff 

 bill. It had before it the agricultural 

 schedule, in which is contained the va- 

 rious provisions of interest to the 

 florists' trade. When these paragraphs 

 were reached all that took place was 

 the reading of the paragraphs as re- 

 written by the Senate finance committee 

 and the announcement of the presiding 

 officer of the Senate, "All in favor will 

 say aye. The ayes have it and it is so 

 ordered." 



There was no explanation of any of 

 the provisions affecting the florists' 

 trade. The Democrats, who have been 

 attacking most of the rates in the bill, 

 said nothing, except Senator David I. 

 Walsh, of Massachusetts, who inquired 

 why the rates on field seeds had been 

 increased in some eases fifty per cent, in 

 others 100 per cent. He suggested that 

 this would be something of a burden on 

 the farmers. 



Chairman McCumber, of the finance 

 committee, explained that the farmers 

 largdy grow their own seed. When 

 they do not do so, he added, it is be- 

 cause it is cheaper for them to buy it. 

 The finance committee felt that the 

 higher rates were desirable because then 

 the farmers would grow their own seed, 

 for it would be worth while for them 

 to do so. 



The Senate rates on bulbs are ma- 

 terially lower than those previously 

 ado})tcd by the House of Representa- 

 tives. The situation is explained in p, 

 statement by William F. Gude, Wash- 

 ington representative of the S. A. F., 

 who has watched the movement of the 

 rates: 



"The Senate, without debate, Satur- 

 day, July 1, adopted the rates of duty 

 on horticultural i)roducts that had pre- 

 viously been recommondod by the Sen- 

 ate finance committee. These rates are 

 considerably lower than those that had 

 been previously adopted by the House of 

 Representatives. The paragraphs in 

 question are as follows: 



Par. 751. TnUp, lil.v, and n.Trrissiis bulbs, and 

 lily of the valley pips. $2 per thousand; hyacinth 

 biilhs. $4 per thousand; rroous bulbs, $1 per 

 thousand; all other bulbs and roots, root stocks, 

 clumps, corms, tubers, and herbaceous peren- 

 nials, imported for horticultural purposes, 30 per 

 centum ad valorem; cut flowers, fresh or pre- 

 served, 40 per centum ad valorem. 



Par. 752. Seedlings and cuttinRS of Manetti. 

 multiflora. bri.ir. rujrosa and other rose stock, all 

 the foreKoing not more than 3 years old. $2 per 

 thousand; rose plants, budded, Rrafted. or grown 

 on their own roots, 4 cents; cuttings, seedlinss, 

 and crafted or budded plants of other deciduous 

 or evergreen ornamental trees, shrubs or vines, 

 and all nursery or greenhouse stock, not specially 

 provided for, 30 per centum ad valorem.' 



I'ar. 753. Seedlings, layers, and cuttings of 

 apple, cherr.v, pear. plum, quince, and other fruit 

 stocks, $- per thousand; grafted or budded fruit 

 trees, cuttings and seedlings of grapes, currants, 

 gooseberries, or other fruit vines, plants or 

 bushes, .SO per centum nd v.ilorem. 



Par. 761. Grass seeds: Alf.ilfa, 4 cents per 

 pound; nlsike clover. 4 cents per potmd; crimson 

 clover, 1 cent per pound; red clover, 4 cents per 

 pound; white clover. 3 cents per pound; clover, 

 not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound; 

 millet, 1 cent per pound; timothy, 2 cents per 

 pound; hairy vetch, 2 cents per pouni; spring 

 vetch. 1 cent per pound; all other grass seeds, 

 not specially provided for, 2 cents per pound; 

 provided, that no allowance shall be made for dirt 

 or other impurities in seed provided for in this 

 paragraph. 



"The seed rates are materially higher 



than the rates adopted by the House of 

 Representatives. Whether or not these 

 rates will prevail when the bill is sent 

 to conference, as it is called at the Cap- 

 itol when representatives of the Senate 

 and of the House meet to iron out the 

 differences that have arisen as a result 

 of the changes made by the Senate in 

 the rates previously adopted by the 

 House, cannot be foretold. 



"I have learned that the prospects 

 for the passage of the tariff bill by Au- 

 gust 15 are good. It will take several 

 weeks to bring about an agreement be- 

 tween the two branches of Congress, 

 but the bill should reach the President 

 for his signature sometime in Septem- 

 ber. This statement is based on state- 

 ments made to me by prominent sena- 

 tors. 



"On Saturday it was decided to post- 

 pone action on paragraph 762 of the 

 tariff bill, covering other garden and 

 field seeds." T. N. S. 



the fall for violations of the Sherman 

 law. 



The federal grand jury, March 17, re- 

 turned indictments charging that the 

 alleged combine had violated the Sher- 

 man law by establishing a conspiracy 

 to control the distribution and price of 

 the output of the window glass industry. 



It was contended by the defendants, 

 who challenged the jurisdiction of the 

 New York federal court, that the indict- 

 ments were improper in view of its hav- 

 ing been specified that the alleged con- 

 spiracy had been established else- 

 where. 



The government charges that the al- 

 leged combine's agreement with the in- 

 dicted labor leaders reduced the output 

 of the window glass industry fifty per 

 cent, which netted the defendants enor- 

 mous profits. 



TO PBOSECUTE GLASS MAKERS. 



By overruling a demurrer interposed 

 by the United States Window Glass 

 Co. and fifty-two other corporations and 

 fifty-three individuals, Judge Eryin, in 

 the United States District court June 

 30, made certain the prosecution of the 

 alleged window glass combine early in 



MUMS BUDDING PBEMATUBELY. 



Why do my chrysanthemums persist- 

 ently produce premature buds? Can I do 

 anything to prevent them from doing 

 so? I bought the rooted cuttings in 

 April. E. V. S.— la. 



Probably the plants were allowed to 

 remain too long in the cutting bench 

 or in small pots, and thus became hard. 

 It would be well to cut them back quite 

 hard and endeavor to induce new 

 growths from below. Some varieties, 

 like Golden Glow, persist in throwing 

 these premature buds, but outside of 

 some of the earlies, there should be no 

 trouble of this kind, unless the plants 

 are allowed to become potbound and 

 too hard. C. W. 



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OFFICIAL CATALOGUE. 



i'lorists, seedsmen and nurserymen 

 alike await the appearance of the Ofli- 

 cial Catalogue of Standardized Plant 

 Names, now in preparation, and they 

 all will be interested in the statement 

 given at the convention of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Nurserymen, at De- 

 troit, last week by Harlan P. Kelsey, 

 secretary of the American Joint Com- 

 mittee on Horticultural Nomenclature, 

 as the latest information regarding the 

 catalogue. He said: 



"The actual work of producing the 

 material for this catalogue has been 

 done by a subcommittee of three, Fred- 

 erick Law Olmsted, chairman; Freder- 

 ick V. Coville and Harlan P. Kelsey, 

 ablj' assisted by officers of national or- 

 ganizations in all leading horticultural 

 lines. In the mechanical and business 

 end, the subcommittee is working 

 closely with J. Horace McFarland, 

 chairman of the American Joint Com- 

 mittee, who is also doing the printing. 



"All the original preparation of man- 

 uscript is finished, and Dr. Coville is 

 handling the preparation of final copy 

 for the printer. 



"Over one-fourth of the work is now 

 in type and a set of galley proofsheets 

 up to No. 65 has been submitted to 

 nurserymen, together with the fruit 

 name list, printed separately. It is by 

 far the most authentic, accurate and 

 up-to-date list of fruit names ever pub- 



lished. This list, however, is being fur- 

 ther revised as belated proofsheets 

 ijome in. 



"No one realized the size of the job 

 we were undertaking; yet, while every- 

 one regrets the delay, I am sure that 

 the- finished product will be such as 

 fully to warrant the extra time used in 

 careful proofreading and revision. This 

 proofreading mostly is done by the sub- 

 committee, for those nurserymen who 

 received proofsheets threw up their 

 hands when they saw what they were 

 up against. 



"So far 1,095 copies have been sub- 

 scribed for at the advance price of 

 $3.50 per copy, entirely in response to 

 circulars sent out by the secretary, 

 showing that with wide publicity the 

 work will be a success in every way. 

 The comments on the proofsheets by 

 experts are highly commendatory. 



"The price is now $5 per copy, and 

 every effort should be made to run the 

 sales up to several thousand copies. 



"Dr. Coville is devoting much time 

 and labor to the final preparation of 

 printers' copy, a work that can only 

 be done by a single person of excep- 

 tional ability in that particular line. 

 The government's hearty cooperation 

 has saved thousands of dollars' ex- 

 pense to the American Joint Committee, 

 and horticulturists everywhere should 

 know and appreciate this. The path 

 trodden has been new and thorny and 

 the obstacles unbelievably diflScult, but 



