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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fbbbuabt 1, 1906. 



banks but they do not think any serious 

 damage resulted. Most of the planting 

 is done and the crops are beginning to 

 grow nicely. 



"THE INSIDE WAYS.** 



James B. Mann, candidate for re- 

 election as congressman from the second 

 district of Illinois, has favored his con- 

 stituents, including some of the staff of 

 the Eeview, with the following interest- 

 ing communication : 



If you wish tbem, I can send you an assort- 

 ment of five kinds of flower seed, or five kinds 

 of vegetable garden seed. I get great pleasure 

 out of such things myself and hope that you do. 

 If you care for them, please let me know at onc0 

 which you wish, as I must send to the Agricul- 

 tural Department my final list of names within 

 a few days. 



As your Congressman, I am here attending to 

 your interests. After an experience of nearly 

 nine years I am gradually learning the inside 

 ways of Congress and I hope am acquiring In- 

 fluence, 80 that I can help care for the many 

 interests of a great city like Chicago in the 

 various propositions for legislation which come 

 before Congress. It is often an aid to me to 

 know the positive views of my friends and coor- 

 stltuents and I shall at all times be glad to 

 bear from you on any public question. 



DUTY ON VALLEY PIPS. 



In 1895 F. E. McAllister imported at 

 New York a quantity of valley pips on 

 which duty was assessed under the pro- 

 vision in paragraph 234^/^, tariff act of 

 1894, for <*lily of the vaUey ♦ « • 

 and other plants for forcing." The im- 

 porter protested that they should be free 

 tmder paragraph 558, relating to crude 

 vegetable substances, or paragraph 611, 

 reUiting to roots not specially provided 

 for. On June 24, 1895, the Board of 

 General Appraisers overruled the protest 

 and McAllister appealed to the courts. 

 The U. S. circuit court for the southern 

 district of New York has just handed 

 down the following decision: 



The articles in controversy are bunches of Illy 

 of the valley roots having several sprouts or 

 crowns thereon. The importer testifles that 

 they are thus imported for forcing, and that 

 he has never known of their being imported 

 with foliage. The collector classified them for 

 duty tinder paragraph 234i^ of the tariff act of 

 August 28, 1894. The provisions of said para- 

 graph are "orchids, lily of the valley, azaleas, 

 palms and other plants used for forcing under 

 glass for cut flowers, . . . ten per centum 

 ad valorem." The Importer protested, claiming 

 that the articles were free under paragraph 558 

 as "moss, seaweeds and vegetable substances," 

 or ander paragraph 611 as "roots not specially 

 provided for." The Board of General Appraisers 

 overmled the protest and sustained the action 

 of the collector, and the Importer appeals. 



These articles are not vegetable substances In 

 the class of moss and seaweeds under said para- 

 graph 668. It seems clear that while these 

 articles are not botanically and technically 

 plants, yet they are plants in the broadest 

 sense, with the operation resultant from plant- 

 ing already started. They would be popularly 

 considered aa plants and are Imported to be 



Slanted. I think it is manifest that Congress, 

 1 view of these circumstances and in view of 

 the fact that they qre imported in this way 

 only, intended to use the word in Its broadest 

 sense and to assess them denominatlvely for 

 duty under paragraph 234% as lily of the val- 

 ley plants used for forcing under glass for cut 

 flowers, etc. 



The decision of the Board of General Ap- 

 praisers affirming the classification of the col- 

 lector is therefore affirmed. 



THE AMERICAN HOLLAND. 



Enclosed I send you a weather report 

 for December, 1905. It shows a maxi- 

 mum temperature of 57 degrees and a 

 minimum of 28 degrees. The precipita- 

 tion was 4.20 inches. This is where the 

 Holland bulbs grow to perfection. I 

 planted all the month. We have ten feet 

 of sandy loam, all made land, on top of 

 forty feet of glacial gravel. All south- 

 west, west and northwest winds bring 

 nothing but mild and soft weather, with 

 a moist air that. makes everything grow. 

 Our proximity to so large a body of 

 warm water as the Pacific ocean is the 



Any One Who Sells Seeds 



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LANDRETH'S SEEDS 



121 years they have been before the VVBlilO and acknowledged as the Stand- 

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220 lbs. White Bermuda Seed 



Id original package. Crop of 1905, 75o per lb. 



Crenshaw Bros. 



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Qnallty, the best obtainable. GBOFF'8 HTBBIM 

 and other straina of merit. 



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SEED GROWERS 



Field, Sweet and Pop Com, Cnonm- 

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 superior stock Seed and can furnish you 

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 Acres 

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Braslan Seed 

 Growers Co. ^^^ 



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key to our very mild winter climate. 

 This water, as it rushes into Puget 

 sound, is never lower than 43 degrees 

 and never higher in summer than 55 

 degrees; hence our equable weather con- 

 ditions. Crops of all kinds beat all 

 other places in the United States in large 

 yields. Timber of all kinds grows faster 

 than anywhere in the United States. 



The U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 is making this the scene of its principal 

 experiments in the commercial produc- 

 tion of Holland bulbs in this country. I 

 have grown these bulbs for years and 

 am gradually extending my operations. 



S.D.Woo(lriifff&Sons 



SPECIAL.TnE8s 



Garden Seeds In Variety. 



Maine seed potatoes, onion sets, etc 

 Correapondence solicited. 



Main Office and Seed Farms, OBiNGE, CONN. 



New Tork City Store, 82-84 Dey Street. 



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Seed Growers 



815-817 Sansome Street, 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. 



Oar«ftil growers of California specialtlei. 



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To the Wholesale Seed Trade: 



Write us for growing prices in car-lots on 



Field, Sweet and Pop Corn 



Healy Bros., Belle Center, 0. 



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Candidum lilies, of which I have a block 

 of 45,000, are doing especially well. 



The basin of Puget sound has a shore 

 line of 1,600 miles and is surrounded 

 by mountains, snow-clad the year around. 



