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The Florists^ Review 



January 23, 1913. 



WANT DUTIES UNCHANGED. 



[Oonclad«d from pace 61.] 

 grown on their own roots, 4 cents each. , 

 Stocks, cuttings and seedlings of all 

 fruit and ornamental trees, deciduous 

 and evergreen, shrubs and vines com- 

 monly known as nursery or greenhouse 

 stock, not specially provided for in the 

 section of this Act, twenty-five per cent 

 ad valorem.' 



"This latter rate is necessary. We 

 formerly paid for unskilled labor from 

 $1 to $1.50 per day. We are now pay- 

 ing from $1.75 to» $2 per flfty for the 

 same labor. Ii^. -FrattC^ and Holland, 

 where most of the stock comes from, 

 there has been no material increase in 

 labor in the last ten years. 



' ' The average price for nursery labor 

 in France is 40 to 50 cents per day 

 for eleven hours, and from 30 to 50 

 cents per day for women; and in 

 Holland from 30 to 60 cents per day 

 for twelve hours, as against $1.75 to 

 $2* per day for nine or ten hours' work 

 in the nurseries of the United States. 

 When it is realized that ninety per cent 

 of the cost of a rose plant is labor, it 

 is readily seen that we must have some 

 measure of protection. 



"The soil, climate and moisture con- 

 ditions of Holland, with her cheap la- 

 bor, are particularly adapted to the 

 turning out of rose plants quickly. The 

 Hollander grows from 50,000 to 60,000 

 plants per acre. Here we grow from 

 18,000 to 20,000 per acre. He produces 

 large bushes, but the growth is forced, 

 the wood is soft and pithy, and the 

 plants do not succeed, seldom surviving 

 over a year. The public does not know 

 this and buys the plants because they 

 are cheap. 



"Nursery stock is in its nature per- 

 ishable; it must be sold when it ar- 

 rives at the marketable age and size. 

 If it is not then sold it is dug and 

 burned; it can not be laid on the shelf 

 and be carried over to another season 

 like merchandise. This condition led 

 to the dumping of large consignments 

 of stock from Europe to be sold by auc- 

 tion on commission, and all that was 

 received above freight and expenses 

 was clear gain. This was largely done 

 previous to the duty of twenty-five per 

 cent which the goods now carry. 



"We ask that the present fate of 

 twenty-five per cent ad valorem on the 

 trees, shrubs and evergreens known as 

 'nursery stock' be retained. 



"The present rates of duty are sat- 

 isfactory and there is less friction and 

 fewer misunderstandings in adminis- 

 tering the law than at any time within 

 the last twenty years." 



Mr. Bouse also asked that evergreen 

 seedlings be defined as of an age of 3 

 years or less. He stated that the ap- 

 praisers considered trees of 20 or more 

 years as seedlings, which was not in- 

 tended by Congress. He advocated con- 

 tinuing these young seedlings on the 

 free list, but not those over 3 years of 

 age. 



Eep. Harrison, of New York, said it 

 would be a mistake to limit the free 

 imports of seedlings to those of less 

 than 3 years, as it would retard refor- 

 estation. The witness said large trees 

 were not used for reforesting purposes. 



After the hearing the nurserymen, 

 conferred with the members of the hor- 

 ticultural board at the Department of 

 Agriculture in regard to regulations 

 covering importations of nursery stock. 

 No details were decided on, but the 



COLD 

 STORAGE 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 



FOR JANUARY FORCING 



New crop should never be used for January forcing, as it does not force 

 easily or give the requisite amount of foliage so early in the season. Cold 

 storage valley should always be used for January forcing. 



We carry only one grade— the very highest quality abtainable. Cases 

 containing 260 pips, $5.00 each; 600 pips, $9.60 each; 1000 pips, $18.00 each. 



Spiraea 



Gladstone. Fine Clumps. Case lot 

 of 10(^, at $8,00 per case. 



Queen Alexandra. Fine clumps. 

 Case lot of 100, at $11.00 per case. 



Lilium Giganteum 



7-9 inch bulbs, case of 200, at $16.60 per case. 



Tuberous-Rooted Begonias 



In five colors— white, pink, scarlet, yellow and crimson. Sin£;le« $2.60 per 

 100; double. $4.00 per 100. 



Gloxinias 



Mixed colors, $3.00 per 100. 



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 NEW YORK 



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Giant Frilled, Single, $7.00 per 100; Double, $10.00 per 100. 



Ullum Auratum 8 to 9,$ 5.50 per 100; $ 47.50 per 1000 



" " , 9toU, 8.50perl00: 80.00 per 1000 



" Album 8to 9, S.OOperlOO; 75.00 per 1000 



" *• 9 to 11, 12.00 per 100; 110.00 per 1000 



Ros«um 8 to 9, 5.00perl00; 45.00perl000 



9toll, S.OOperlOO; 75.00perl000 



M«lpom«n« 8 to 9, 5.00 per 100; 45.00 per 1000 



" " 9toll, 8.00perl00; 75.00 per 1000 



Sphasnum Moss, burlap baled, at $1.50 per bale. 



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