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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 4, 1004. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCUTION. 



Pres., C. N. Page, Des Moines, la ; First Vlce- 

 Pr««., Lt. li. May, St. Paul; Sec'y and Treas., C. E. 

 Kendel, Cleveland. The 23rd annual meeting 

 will be held on the St. Lawrence, June, 1906. 



The first shipments of French bulbs 

 are on the water. 



L. W. BowEN, of Ferry & Co., Detroit, 

 has returned from his European trip. 



There is no more than the usual sup- 

 ply of callas 1 1/4 -inch' and up; plenty of 

 small bulbs. 



Visited Chicago: — L. L. May and 

 Mrs. May, St. Paul, en route to Toronto; 

 A. M. McKenzie, Brandon, Manitoba. 



MiTCHELLHiLL & Cc, seed merchants 

 at St. Joseph, Mo., announce a change in 

 the title of the firm. It is now Mitchell- 

 hill Bros. 



A SCARCITY of spinach seed for fall 

 planting is in prospect, with the coming 

 crop reported very short at foreign 

 sources of supply. 



G. A. Joosten, a nephew of the late 

 C. H. Joosten, will continue the business 

 for the widow. He has long been asso- 

 ciated with the house. 



Frank E. Rue, manager of Murray's 

 Seed Store, Peoria, 111., has just returned 

 from a tour of crop inspection in north- 

 orn seed growing districts. 



The French syndicate is reported to 

 be laying down in New York, duty paid, 

 comparatively small lots of Paper Whites 

 13 ctms., at 25 francs per Ibousand. 



Several of the French stocks of rad- 

 ish seed 80 much in demand by seedsmen 

 who supply market gardeners are report- 

 ed very short, in some cases total fail- 

 ures. 



Charles P. Braslan, San Jose, Cal., 

 announces the engagement of his daugh- 

 ter, Miss Virginia E., to John E. Cal- 

 houn, of Minneapolis. The wedding will 

 take place in the fall. 



From Ollioules come reports of a 

 shortage of Paper White grandiflora 

 bulbs thirteen centimeters and up, due 

 to dry weather. The crop of French 

 Romans, being generally planted on the 

 best land, is moderately good. 



The J. M. McCuUough's Sons Co., 

 Cincinnati, has been incorporated with 

 $250,000 authorized capital stock by Al- 

 bert McCuUough, H. B. McCuUough, G. 

 H. Parvin, E. E. Lester and D. Canni- 

 cbael. 



Advices from Kentucky are that the 

 blue grass seed crop is one of the largest 

 ever harvested. The crop of the whole 

 blue grass region is usually about 500,- 

 000 bushels. Good judges estimate the 

 crop this year at 800,000 to 1,000,000 

 bushels. The seed is full and heavy, and 

 having been gathered under favorable 

 conditions, is in fine shape for storage. 



The Wm. S. Gilbreath Seed Oo. has 

 been incorporated at Indianapolis. The 

 capital stock is $10,000, and the incor- 

 porators are Wm, S. Gilbreath, Minnie 

 S. Gilbreath and Wm. P. Herod. The 

 Indiana Seed Warehouse & Storage Co. 

 has also been incorporated with capital 

 stock of $10,000 by Wm. 8. Gilbreath, 

 Minnie S. Gilbreath and Paul Fiegel. 



The week 's reports from the pea fields 

 of Michigan and Wisconsin are quite 

 discouraging. Rain in some sections has 

 helped the Michigan bean crop, but the 

 outlook is far from satisfactory. Noth- 

 ing definite has been reported from New 

 York sections. Reports from Canada, 

 however, are about in line with those 

 from Michigan and Wisconsin. 



H. ScuLTHORP & Sons, of Port Hope, 

 Ont., write: "It is very regretable for 

 us to have to report that the pea crop 

 in this district has suffered much more 

 than we calculated when last writing. 

 All dwarf peas are bedded in weeds and 

 many farmers declare the crop will not 

 pay for harvesting. Medium strawed 

 sorts are badly blighted in sections. Peas 

 on low, heavy soil are a total failure in 

 many sections. The bulk of the earlies 

 are harvested but do not know of any be- 

 ing thrashed. Later sorts are ripening 

 too fast. The season has been too wet 

 for beans. Hay was a heavy crop. Win- 

 ter wheat will not average over ten bush- 

 els per acre; the kernel is small. Bar- 

 ley is a fair crop but badly colored. Oats 

 are looking favorable. Alsike is well 

 filled but there is too much straw, green 

 heads and weeds for good quality seed." 



CUSTOMS DECISIONS. 



There have been a number of cases 

 before the United States Board of Ap- 

 praisers recently in which the seedsman 

 making the appeal has lost because of 

 failure to conform to some of the re- 

 quirements of the law. It is not suffi- 

 cient, in an appeal from the collector 

 to the Board of Appraisers, to set up 

 that duty was wrongfully assessed, it 

 must be shown under what paragraph of 

 the tariff act the goods in question 

 should come, and this must be supported 

 by evidence. The following is the deci- 

 sion on an appeal brought by W. Atlee, 

 Burpee & Co.: 



The merchandise In question consists of pep- 

 per, wormwood, relerlac, dandelion, sa^e, and 

 parsley seeds, all of which were classified 

 under paragraph 254 of the tariff act of 1897, 

 whlrfi Imposes a duty of thirty per cent Rd 

 valorem on "seeds of all klndx, not specially 

 provided for," They are claimed to be free 

 under the provision In paragraph 548 of the act 

 which relieves from duty "seeds aromatic 

 • * • which are drugs and not edible," etc. 



With respect to the parsley seeds this claim 

 must be sustained in view of Board decision 

 G. A. 6272. The ease has been submitted with- 



out evidence, the protestants merely citing the 

 United States Dispensatory as supporting their 

 contention. Pepper, wormwood, celeriac, dan- 

 delion, and sage are all mentioned In that au- 

 thority as having medicinal properties and 

 uses, but there appears to be no specific ref- 

 erence to the seeds of those plants as having 

 such qualities. It is plainly Incumbent upon 

 the Protestants to show by a fair preponder- 

 ance of the evidence that the seeds in question 

 are inedible within the meaning of paragraph 

 548 and are used as drugs. They have failed 

 in this, and whatever may be the true 

 state of facts, the rule of law which makes 

 the collector's action presumptively correct 

 must govern our action with regard to all of 

 the seeds in question except the parsley seeds. 

 The protest Is sustained as to the parsley 

 seeds and overruled as to all other merchan- 

 dise. The collector's decision is reversed to 

 the extent indicated and affirmed in all other 

 respects. 



Paper Whites 



A consignment coining direct from France. 

 The size of bulbs are 18 cms. and over, and are 

 duty free, New York City. Paper Whites, 

 97.60 per lOOO; Orandlflora, 99.50 per 

 1000. PBBSST'8 PAJTBT SBED. this year's 

 seed, oz. $4-00: % oz. $2.60; pkt., Sl.OO: }4 pkt., eoc, 



HIIRFRT rn I td '*'• i^o ''"o*' "op- 



nUDHIll KjXJ; LIU., MT. VERNON. N. Y. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



For SALE 



I wish to dispose of my interest In the 

 St. Louis Seed Company. They are doing 

 the largest retail trade in St. Louis and 

 there is no other mall-order house here. 

 This is a fine opportunity for some one. 



For further particulars address 



FRED. S. PLANT, 



814 V. 4tli Street, 8T. ^OiraB.MO. 



Pansy Seed. 



A distlDCt and most beautiful race, which for 

 size of blooms, diversity of colors and robust 

 growth Is unrivalled. 'The flowers are much 

 larger than the ordinary pansies, whilst the 

 form, colors and markings are what a cele- 

 brated French grower terms "quits raoiarkabls," 



THE FINEST STRAIN IN CULTIVATION. 



Far superior to any other English, French or 

 German selections. 



Price S4.00 per oz. $1.00 per pkt. Postage paid. 

 Dollar notes accepted in payment. 



The Surrey Seed Co., Ltd., 



BBDBIIiZi. BVO&AVD. 



Mention The Review whea yoa writs. 



MichelPs Mignonette 



Ottr Strain is tlie Original Allen's Defiance Mignonette celebrated all over 

 the Cotintry for its magnificent Spikes of bloom. We offer this grand seed 

 in original packages direct from the grower. Hall Bise, 60c each; full 



■iae, $1.00 each. 



Henry f. Michell Co., mark^efst.. Philadelphia 



Mention The Review when yoa write. 



D. Landreth Seed Company 



BLOOMSDALE SEED FARM 



BRISTOL, PA. 



WHOLESALE ORDERS SOLICITED 



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