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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 25, 1909. 



flora, and brier rose, and all trees, shrubs, 

 plants and vines, commonly known as 

 nursery or greenhouse stock, not speci- 

 ally provided for in sections one or two 

 of this Act, twenty-five per centum ad 

 valorem. 



262. Seeds: Castor beans or seeds, 

 25 cents per bushel of fifty pounds; flax- 

 seed or linseed and other oil seeds not 

 specially provided for in sections one or 

 two pf this Act, 25 cents per bushel of 

 fifty-six pounds; poppy seed, 15 cents 

 per bushel; but no drawbacks shall be 

 allowed upon oil cake made from im- 

 ported seed, nor shall any allowance be 

 made for dirt or other impurities in any 

 seed; seeds of aU kinds not specially 

 provided for in sections one or two of 

 this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 



Section 2— The Free List. 



567. Fruit plants, tropical and semi- 

 tropical, for the purpose of propagation 

 or cultivation. 



664. Seeds: Anise, caraway, carda- 

 mom, cauliflower, coriander, cotton, cum- 

 min, fennel, fenugreek, hemp, hoarhound, 

 mangelwurzel (in the Dingley law the 

 word mustard appeared here), rape. 

 Saint John's bread or bean, sugar beet, 

 sorghum or sugar cane for seed; bulbs 

 and bulbous roots, not edible and not 

 otherwise provided for in sections one 

 or two of this Act; all flower and grass 

 seeds; all the foregoing not specially 

 provided for in sections one or two of 

 this Act. 



Meeting of Joint Committees. 



A meeting of the legislative commit- 

 tees of the three national trade bodies 

 was held at Buffalo March 18. The 

 American Seed Trade Association was 

 represented by J. C. Vaughan, chairman 

 of the tariff committee, and seedsmen 

 were further represented bv Kirby H. 

 White, of D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit. 

 The American Association of Nursery- 

 men was represented by its president, C. 

 J. Brown, by Irving Eouse, chairman of 

 the tariff committee, by W. C. Barry 

 and Wm. Pitkin, all of Kochester, and 

 J. H. Dayton, of Painesville, O. The 

 Society of American Florists was repre- 

 sented by its full legislative committee, 

 F. E. Pierson, chairman; J. D. Eisele 

 and Benj. Hammond. During a session of 

 three hours several other well-known 

 members of the trade, present to attend 

 the meeting of the American Eose Soci- 

 ety, dropped in on the committee, and 

 full discussion was had. It was not then 

 known just what the Ways and Means 

 committee of Congress would do, but 

 effort was made to arrive at some com- 

 mon ground, in order that all three bodies 

 might work to the same end and not at 

 cross purposes, as in a measure has been 

 done in the past. The result of the meet- 

 ing was the adoption of the following 

 resolutions : 



"We, the members of the American 

 Seed Trade Association, the American 

 Association of Nurserymen, and the 

 Sociey of American Florists, as repre- 

 sented by our duly authorized commit- 

 tees, and speaking for these three great 

 industries (practically all of the com- 

 mercial horticultural interests of the 

 United States), unanimously agree upon 

 the following resolution: 



"Whereas, There is now pending in 

 the National Congress a tariff measure, 

 known as the Payne Bill; and 



"Whereas, This bill may, without 

 prejudice to the welfare of the public, 

 but, on the contrary, to the great econ- 

 omy of customs administrations, be so 

 framed as to relieve all horticultural im- 



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Quality ooonts when selling blooms. Good 

 seeds cost a trifle more but it pays to buy the best 

 For description see issue February 18, page 88. 

 Pure white or Enchantress pink, $1.00 per 1000; 

 reselected seed. 



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 bled, mauve, rose, spotted, striped, white, mixed, 

 trade pkt., 76c. Double carmine, rose, white, 

 mixed, 100 seeds, 40c. 



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 Blood red, blue, carmine, large eyed, lilac, 

 purplish, rose, white, mixed, trade pkt., &0c. 

 Double mixed, trade pkt., $1 00. 



OBCONICA, FRINGED. Lilac, rose, white, 

 mixed, trade pkt., 50c. Carmine, pkt., 25c. Dark 

 red, pkt., 40c. 



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 mixed, trade pkt., 75c. Carmine, purplish, red, 

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porters, government oflBcials, etc., of the 

 insuperable difficulties in the way of a 

 fair and equitable administration of any 

 excise, upon this class, of the ad valorem 

 principle; now therefore, be it 



Besolved, That collectively and indi- 

 vidually we appeal to the Congress to 

 make all duties upon seeds, nursery 

 stock, bulbs, etc., whatever revenue they 

 may be intended to produce, or whatever 

 interests they may protect, upon a spe- 

 cific basis, and not according to value." 



There is, of course, a possibility of 

 securing changes in the bill before it 

 becomes a law, but the contests over 

 other sections are so much more im- 

 portant in the eyes of congressmen that 

 it is feared the horticultural trades will 

 find it difficult to attract the attention 

 the justice of their plea deserves. 



At the meeting it was mutually agreed 

 that the seedsmen, nurserymen and flo- 

 rists should each keep hands off the 

 others' special interests, so that a united 



:»~JUST RECEIVED"'^ 



CYCAS STEMS 



(SAGO PALM) 

 True, Long-Leaved Variety 



Per lb. 



10 pounds 10c 



25 pounds « 9c 



100 pounds 8c 



300 pounds (case) "^ac 



Stems are graded in cases, as follows: ^ lb. 

 to 2 lbs.; 2 lbs. to 5 lbs.; 5 lbs. to 10 lbs. 



Gladiolus 



From a Prize Collection. 

 PRIZE WINNSR mixture:. 



No. 1 bulbs, $1.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. 



PRIZB WINNER MIXTURE. 



No. 2 bulbs, $1.00 per 100; 



$7.50 per lOCO. 



SURE BLOOMING 



TUBEROSES 



EXTRA QUALITY No. 1 BULBS 



$1.00 per 100; $7.C0 per 1000; 5O0O bulbs, $80.00. 



See our Bulb oiTer in last is6ue. 



JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 



217 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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Planters' Improved Process 



BERBERIS THUNBER6II SEEDS 



Sample Free. $1.00 per lb. 



F. M. HADDEN, 270 Dudley St. Roxbury, Mass. 



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front would be put up in the effort to 

 be made to secure changes in the House 

 and by the finance committee of the 

 Senate. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



George H. Walker, North Dighton, 

 Mass., dahlias; Mrs. Bessie M. Rupert, 

 Portland, Me., dahlias; W. C. Kennedy, 

 St. Joseph, Mo., seeds, bulbs, plants, 

 nursery stock, etc.; George Hollis, South 

 Weymouth, Mass., peonies; Kersbergen 

 Bros., Boskoop, Holland, roses, azaleas, 

 peonies and general nursery stock; B. 

 Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., "Ce- 

 dar Acres Gladioli ; ' ' Conrad Appel, 

 Darmstadt, Germany, forest and agricul- 

 tural seeds; Howard & Smith, Los An- 

 geles, Cal., seeds and plants. 



