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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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May 4, 1911. 



Pliters-Whesler Seed Company 



HolIIster, 



California 



Growers of High Grade Seeds 



Onion, Radish, Lettuce, 

 Sweet Peas, etc. : : 



Correspondence Solicited. 



Seed Trade News. 



AHEBICAN SEED TBADE ASSOCIATION. 



Preu., E. L. Page, Greene, N. Y.; First Vlce- 

 Pres., L. H. Vaueban, Cblcago; Sec'y and 

 Trea»., C. E. Kendel, Cleveland, O. Twenty- 

 nlntb annual meeting, Marblebead, Mass., June 

 20 to 22. 1911. 



DUTY ON HYACINTHS. 



The new Court of CustoiiiS Appeals, at 

 Washington, May 1, reversed the action 

 of the collector at Boston and the U. S. 

 Board of General Appraisers and decided 

 that hyacinth bulbs are dutiable at 50 

 cents per thousand under the tariff law 

 now in force. The decision was by .Jus- 

 tice DeVries in the case of Joseph Breck 

 & Sons Co. vs. the United States. This 

 is the first case of interest to the seed 

 trade to be heard by the court and the in- 

 terpretation given the law is of the ut- 

 most importance, especially as it is the 

 opposite of what most bulb importers be- 

 lieved to be the intent of the law. \ 



First reference to the case was made in 

 The Beview for February 24, 1910. Iti 

 the issue of May 12, 191(i, the hearing 

 before the General Appraisers at New 

 York was reported. The importers 

 claimed that hyacinth bulbs were duti- 

 able under paragraph 263 of the Payne- 

 Aldrich tariff law as "all other bulbs, 

 bulbous roots or corms which are culti- 

 vated for their flowers or foliage," at 50 

 cents per thousand. The Government 

 claimed that the bulbs were subject to 

 duty under a clause of the same para- 

 graph whicii provides for "hyacinth, 

 astilbe, dielytra and lily of the valley 

 clumps," at $2.50 per thousand. Among 

 those present on subpoena by the Govern- 

 ment and whose testimony was heard 

 were Harry A. Bunyard, with Arthur T. 

 Boddington ; J. B. Clark, v. ith Henry A. 

 Dreer; A, M. Kirby, with Peter Hender- 

 son & Co.; George Stuiiiup, of Stumpp 

 & Walter Co.; Mr. Wilson, with .1. Al. 

 Thorburn & Co.; G. C. Eidering, of W. 

 J. Eidering & Son; L. C. Corbett and 

 others. The Board of General Appraisers 

 sustained the action of the collector at 

 Boston in collecting duty at $2.50 per 

 thousand. An iippeal was taken, with 

 the result that Aw decision of the Board 

 now is reversed. 



Montana is coming to the front as a 

 pea-growing state. Northrup, King & 

 Co., of Minneapolis, have for several 

 years had considerable acreage under con- 

 tract there and now Macomb B. Gray has 

 put out several hundred acres of peas, 

 beans and other seeds near Billings. Mr. 

 Gray was formerly with the McMorran- 

 Gray Co., at Port Huron, Mich. He has 

 gone into the seed business at 503 North 

 Twenty -eighth street, Billings, and ex- 

 pects to issue a catalogue next season. 



Correspondence now coming to hand 

 gives further information of the dam- 

 age done by the severely cold weather 

 previously reported as having visited the 

 Holland bulb fields just as the stock was 

 coming into bloom early in April. The 

 temperature went as low, in some places, 



FLORISTS AND SEEDSMEN 



SELL TOUR OWN SCRATCH OR PODLTRT FOOD. We will make it for tou under your 

 own brand for 128.00 per tou. Send today for sample lOO-lb. bag, $1.50. Mr. C. E. Jenaon. of Atlantic 

 County, N. J., on Oct. 27, 1910, writes as follows: "I want to state that your three grades of poultry 

 food— Chlcl£ Starter, Developing Food and "Square Deal' Scratch or Poultry Food— stand without an 

 equal today. They are perfect mixtures and sound in grain and a pleasure to handle." 



J. BOLGUNO & SON, 



IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS 

 Established for 02 Tears 



BALTIMORE, P. 



LAWN GRASS 

 IN BULK 

 AND 

 PACKAGES 



For Lawns, Parks and Cemeteries 



Minneapolis THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. 



BLUE GRASS 



RED TOP 



WHITE CLOVER 



ETC., ETC. 



Chicago 



LEONARD SEED C£ 



ONION SETS 



Largest OrowerH of TeaH, Beans and 

 Clarden Seed. Headquartero: 



PRODUCERS and 



228 230 #% l_l I tf% A #% #% 



MERCHANTS WRITE US FOR PRICES w. Kin«e St., CHICAGO 



YOU will be satisfied with tlie products of 



Burpee's "Seeds that Grow" 



Better write to Burpee, Philadelphia,— for new Complete Catalf^ue. 



The Everett B. Clark Seed Co., "^iK^ 



Growtnc Stattona at East Jordan, Mlcb., Gr*en Baxt Wis., Bister Bay, Wis. 



BEANS, PEAS, SWEET CORN, ONIOM, BEET, TURNIP, TOMATO, ETC. 



Lennon Seed and Plant Co. 



Lompoc, Santa Barbara Co., Cal. 



OoBtract growera of Beans, Peaa, Kala, Mustard, 

 Squaeh. Pumpkin. Cucumbers, Carrots. etc.: FIowhf 

 Seed In variety. Your orders for 1911 crop solicited. 

 Can also furnish an extra fine grade of Eucalyptus 

 Globulus (Blue Oum) and Cnpresaus Macrocarpa 

 (Monterey Cypress) Seed. 



Routzahn Seed Co. 



ARROYO GRANDE, CAL. 



SWEET PEA and NASTURTIUM 

 SPECIALISTS 



Wholesale growers of full lists of FLOWES 

 and GARDEN Seeds. 



BRASUUI SEED GROWERS' CO. 



Lettuce, Onion, Sweet Pees 



Growers for the Wholesale Trade Only 



Sao Jose* California 



Waldo Rohnert 



OILROT. CAL. 



Wholesale Seed Grower 



Specialties: Lettuce. Onion. Sweet Peas. Aster. 

 Cosmos. Mignonette, Verbena, in variety, 

 CJorrespondence solicited. 



Aster Seed 



• And all other SEEDS for the 

 Florist. Send want list and 

 get prices by return mail. 



Davis Nursery St Seed Co., 



UnCA, NKW YORK 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



Grow^ers of 



PUGET SOUND CABBAGE SEED 



Henry Fish Seed Co. 



BEAN GROWERS 



For the Wholesale Seed Trade 

 CARPINTERIA. - CAL. 



S. M. iSBELL g CO. 



JACKSON, MICH. 



Contract Seed Growers 



Bean, Cucumber, Tomato, Radish, Pea, Sci«ash, 

 Muskmelon, Watermelon, Sweet Com. 



Correspondence Sollolted 



Ant. C. Zvolanek 



Originator of all winter-flowering 

 Sweet Peas, all colors. Corres- 

 pondence invited. 



Bound B^ooli. New Jersey 



The C. Herbert Coy Seed Co. 



VALLEY, Dougrlas County, NEB. 



Wholesale Growers of HiKb Grade Seeds. 



Cucumber, Muskmelon, Squash and Pump- 

 kin, Sweet, Flint and Dent Seed Cora, 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



