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The Florists' Review 



Jandabt 28, 1916. 



place. Some of the new varieties are 

 especially noteworthy. 



H. B. Slauson has a fine crop of 

 celery in one of his houses, from which 

 he anticipates good returns, as it should 

 be ready for market after outside crops 

 are finished. T. W. 



SFIK.SA BOOTS NOT BUIiBOUS. 



The Treasury Department announces 

 a decision of the Board of Appraisers 

 in the matter of the protest of Mat- 

 toon & Co., at San Francisco, on the 

 rate on spiraeas. Appraiser Waite ren- 

 dered the opinion. The importation 

 was invoiced as 1,200 spiraja plants 

 and was assessed for duty under that 

 part of paragraph 264 of the 1909 tariff 

 act reading, "All trees, shrubs, plants 

 and vines commonly known as nursery 

 or greenhouse stock, not specially pro- 

 vided for, twenty-five per cent ad 

 valorem." It was claimed by the im- 

 porters that the plants were dutiable 

 at 50 cents per thousand under the last 

 part of paragraph 263, which reads: 

 * ' All other bulbs, bulbous roots or 

 ccrms which are cultivated for their 

 flowers or foliage, 50 cents per thou- 

 sand." In overruling the protest, Ap- 

 praiser Waite said: 



"This plant is cultivated for its 

 flowers or foliage. The testimony of 

 the importer is that it is known and 

 traded in under the i^ame of spiraea, but 

 that it is not really spiraea. He says its 

 correct name is aruncus, that it is allied 

 to the saxifraga genus, and that it is 

 also called astilbe. Astilbe is classified 

 under paragraph 263 with 'hyacinth, 

 astilbe, dielytra, and lily of the valley 

 clumps, $2.50 per thousand.' 



"We learn from works on botany 

 that spiraea is a genus which is divided 

 into some fifty varieties, the most of 

 them being deciduous shrubs. Some of 

 the species, however, are perennials, 

 and belong to what might be termed 

 the herbaceous group. This particular 

 importation, according to the testimony 

 of the importer, is the roots merely of 

 a perennial, the growth of which above 

 ground dies down in the fall. 



"While this is all interesting and 

 might assist in determining the classi- 

 fication of these roots, the real ques- 

 tion is as to whether they are 'bulbs, 

 bulbous roots, or corms. ' No authority 

 has been presented which would war- 

 rant us in holding that they are either 

 bulbs, bulbous roots, or corms. In sup- 

 plying an illustrative sample, the im- 

 porter stated that the one produced was 

 exactly like the original sample which 

 was taken from the importation. He 

 was asked by his attorney the follow- 

 ing question: 'Are you prepared to 

 state positively that the bulb which is 

 here the subject of this protest was the 

 same as the bulb from which that plant 

 came?' His answer was, 'Yes, sir; 

 exactly; a different importation, that is 

 all; the same class of goods.' This is 

 the only testimony in the case which 

 sustains the contention that the impor- 

 tation is either a bulb, a bulbous root, 

 or a corm. We think we are authorized 

 In holding, from all the testimony and 

 the facts and circumstances surround- 

 ing the case, that these goods are not 

 bulbs. Is there anything, then, upon 

 which we can base a finding that they 

 are bulbous roots or corms t We think 

 the testimony introduced on behalf of 

 the importer does not go far enough to 

 furnish the basis of an intelligent find- 

 ing. We therefore hold he has not sup- 

 ported his contention. The protest is 

 overruled." P- 



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Cede Brunner Roses, DaffodOs, Narcissus, 

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JAPANESE LILY BULBS and SEEDS 



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E. W. McLELLAN CO. 



Wholesale Growors and Shippers off Cut Flowors 



Try a case of our Famous Winter Brand violets, greens and Cecile Brunner roses, 



packed for long distance shipping. 



18,20,22 and 24 Lick PI., San Francisco, Cal. 



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Sinch Asparagus Plumosus Plants 



$0.00 per 100 



4-inch Asparagus Plumosus Plants 



4(10.00 per 100 



Bench Grown Whitmani, 3 inch 



$7.00 per 100 



Bench Grown Whitmani, 4 inch 



$10.00 per 100 

 CASH WITH ORDKK 



BEALL GREENHOUSE CO., Vishon,Wash. 



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RNted Carnation Cnttingi 100 1000 



Mrs. C. Edw&rd Akehurst $12.00 $100.00 



Philadelphia 6.00 50.00 



Matchlees 6 00 60.00 



Gorgeous 6.00 50.00 



Herald 3.50 80.00 



Victory 3.00 26.00 



Enchantress Supreme 3.50 8000 



WhiteWonder 3.00 26.00 



Beacon and Enchantress 2 50 20.00 



Primula Obeonica and Nashralapla Fama. 

 Cash with order, or satisfactory reference. 



HOLDEN FLORAL CO. 



1180 Milwaukie Ave., PORTLAND. ORE. 



Maatloa Tbe Bartow wh^ yoa wilti. 



VIOLETS-VIOLETS-VIOLETS 



1000 DOZEN BUNCBES DAILY 



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 ments. Write us today. Phone. Colma, Calif. 



SILVIO ROSAIA CO. 



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 SAN FRANCISCX), CALIFORNIA 



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Hogan-Kooyman Co. 



27 Caatral Plaea, aff Buah 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



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W. A. RITTO, Tacoma, Wash. 



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OKRANIUMS, Per 100 



15 best colors, strong, 2ifl-inch S3. 00 



Petunias, double fringed, 2-inch 2.P0 



Santolinas. 2-inch 2.00 



Coleus, mixed, 2-inch 1.60 



Marguerites, single, 2-inch 2.00 



Mrs. Sander, 2-inch 3.00 



Heliotropes, 2-inch 1.60 



Swainsona Alba, 2-inch 2.00 



Impatiens Sultani, 2-inch 3.00 



Onaphalium (Helichrysum petiolatum), 



2i«-inch 2.60 



Hoya camosa, 2^- inch 2.60 



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SEASONABLE PLANTS 



FERNS, Whitman!. Amerpohlil. Rooa«T«lt 

 and Boston. 4-lDcb, 20c: &-lnch. 86c: S-lnch. We; 

 7-lnch Tjc. 



Fern Ifisbes. made up. 6-lneh, SSc; 6-lnch, 80c. 



Adiantnm Croweannm. 4-inch, 20c: 6-lnch, Ma. 



Aaparasas PlnmoBon. 2-lDch, Sc. 



Aspararas Sprenceri. 4-lnch, 5c. 



Besonia Lnmlnosa. 4-lnch, 10c. 



Colens, aMt., 4-lnch, 10c. 



Cyclamen, rery fine, 4-lnch, 20c: 6-lncta. tOo: t- 

 iDch, 40c. 



Palms, 1000 Kentias, from (1.26 to $3 00 each. 



We hare a One lot of Foinaettias In pans. Pep- 

 pers, etc. 



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Famous Portland Rose Bushes 



A-No. 1 Quality; Choice Varieties 



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Orasaii City Car to Handaa Park. 



Cyclamen. 8-incb. $10.00 per 100; 4-inch. S16.00 



per 100. 

 Cineraria. 2>s-inch, 18.00 per 100; 8-inch. 16.00 



per 100. 

 Primula Obconica, 3-inch. S5.00 per 100. 

 Dracaena Indivisa, 8-inch, $5.00 per 100. 

 Mention The Rerlew when yon writ*. 



