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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 6, 1909. 



The imports under Paragraph 251 of 

 the Dingley law in 1907, orchids, palms, 

 draceenas, crotons, azaleas and bulbs, 

 were valued at $1,493,327.49, and paid 

 duty in the sum of $373,331.89. 



CRAWFORD SELLS OUT. 



M. Crawford, of Cuyalioga Falls, O., 

 has sold his entire stock of gladiolus 

 bulbs to Mallory & Bridge, of Lake Mills, 

 "Wis., who will grow them principally for 

 cut flowers for wholesaling in Chicago, 

 Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Mr. Craw- 

 ford has been growing the gladiolus for 

 forty years. He now retains two bulbs 

 of each variety for breeding purposes 

 and will devote his attention to raising 

 seedlings. Speaking of his sale and 

 plans, Mr. Crawford said: 



"My collection was grown in Shioc- 

 ton. Wis., in 1907. Mallory & Bridge 

 saw them all the season and were 

 charmed with them. I am confident that 

 they will be surprised at the excellence 

 of this collection. It is unfortunate that 

 we have no accepted standard by which 

 the merits of a variety may be estimated. 

 I think the Department of Agriculture 

 is working on this. 



* * It is a pleasure to see how popular 

 the gladiolus has become. We are only 

 beginning to appreciate it. Bulblets and 

 small bulbs are being bought everywhere. 

 ,An^ yet but few people know what 

 points of excellence are included in a 

 good variety. So there is a great future 

 fox really fine stock. Few things yield 

 more satisfaction than the growing of 

 seedlings, and I expect to continue in 

 the work. ' ' 



A BIT OF TRADE HISTORY. 



When Otto Kirchner, of Detroit, ap- 

 peared before the committee at Wash- 

 ington to argue for specific duties on 

 seeds, he prefaced his remarks with the 

 assertion that D. M. Ferry & Co. import 

 seven-eighths of all the seeds imported 

 into the United States, and the follow- 

 ing bit of trade history: 



"D. M. Ferry & Co., whom I am rep- 

 resenting, and who are the largest im- 

 porters of seeds — I am informed that 

 they imported practically seven-eighths of 

 all the seeds imported into the United 

 States — for twenty years prior to March, 

 1903, entered their seeds, which they had 

 grown for them under contract in Ger- 

 many, France or England, at the invoice 

 price. They knew of no other market 

 price. They had been inquired of by the 

 special agents of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment, they had submitted their books, 

 their contracts and their invoices, and 

 everybody was satisfied up to that time 

 that these goods had been entered at 

 their proper valuation. Then came a 

 special agent of the Treasury and called 

 attention to the fact that the, say Dan- 

 vers onion, seeds had been imported at 

 four or five diflferent places in the United 

 States approximately at the same time 

 at different figures, and the claim was 

 made that Ferry & Co. had imported 

 these goods, though at their invoiced 

 price, at less than their market value. 

 Now, then, an investigation was had. I 

 represented them in the matter, and after 

 a full hearing the appraiser at Detroit 

 sustained them in the position that they 

 had taken, that there was no other mar- 

 ket value than the invoice price. 



' ' The collector, not of his own volition, 

 but acting under special instructions from 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, appealed 

 from that appraisement to the Board of 

 General Appraisers. Before the fina? 

 hearing before the Board of General Ap- 



Wm. Hapaon & 60. 



The business formerly carried 

 on by Mr* Wm* Hagemann (who 

 died on April 3rd, J909) is 



being continued at the 



same address as heretofore under the 

 management of Mr* Paul Kase, 

 for many years associated in the 

 business] jwith Mr* Hagemann, 

 and Mrs* Wm* Hagemann* 



Mention The Review when you write. 



praisers I had an interview with Secre- 

 tary Shaw, then Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury, and the whole matter was gone over 

 with him, and he was satisfied that these 

 importations had been made, that there 

 was no other market value than the in- 

 voice price, and therefore Mr. Waite — 

 Judge Waite, a former judge in Michi- 

 gan, and then and now one of the Board 

 of General Appraisers — sustained the De- 

 troit appraiser in his action, and gave 

 his opinion in October, 1903, and from 

 that time until now these importations 

 have been entered at the invoice price. 



"And now, Mr. Chairman, this identi- 

 cal question that was thrashed out so 

 fully five years ago is again raised. And 

 why! Because new men have got into 

 the business, new men have been employed 

 by the government. They do not under- 

 stand it, and are unable to see why these 

 seeds should approximately at the same 

 time be imported into the United States 

 at different prices. 



"Now, my clients say that this is a 

 pretty hazardous business. They do not 

 know what other price to enter these 

 goods at other than the invoice price. 

 They cannot do as some importers do, 

 simply out of fear to make values for 

 the purpose of importation because they 

 do not know what to do, and so they 

 stand in fear and constant terror of hav- 



CaladiomEscolentom 



(Klepluuit Kara) 



Beduoed prices for qnlok ordars. 



Size PerlOO PerlOOO 



6to7lDcheB $1.10 t 9.M 



7to91nche8 2.10 18.60 



9tolllnche8 3.65 36.00 



11 inches upward 6.60 65.00 



Packed and f. o. b. cars at Richmond. 

 These prices are very low and should prove 

 profltable sellers for local trade, or to induce 

 the planting of large beds for show purposes. 



T. W* WOOD St SONS 



Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VA. 



ing their commercial integrity im- 

 pugned." 



PARIS GREENilS CHEAP 



An announcement of marked interest 

 to the horticultural and agricultural in- 

 terests of the country was the reduction 

 in Paris green prices made April 28 by 

 the close circle of manufacturers who 

 practically control the production. The 

 opening for this season is at 17 cents, 

 which compares with 21% cents, the price 

 set a year ago and in force until the 

 present cut. 



The 41A cents reduction is explained 



