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The Florists^ Review 



April 17, 1013. 



There is complaint that the new classi- 

 fication largely increases freight rates in 

 southern territory on plants completely 

 crated or boxed. 



L. C. Staek, vice-president of Stark 

 Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisi- 

 ana, Mo., was in Chicago last week in 

 conference with the Taylor-Critchtield 

 Co., which handles the Stark advertising. 



A LARGE importer suggests that ad- 

 mission free of duty be limited to 

 "forest tree coniferous seedlings" and 

 that it be further limited to those 3 

 years old or less, or those eighteen inches 

 high or less. 



Timothy J. Maney, of Geneva, N. Y., 

 has been engaged by the Iowa Experi- 

 ment Station as horticultural expert to 

 conduct experiments with a view to de- 

 termining and demonstrating the best 

 orchard methods. He will have his head- 

 quarters at Council Bluffs. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 has granted the fourth section applica- 

 tion of M. P. Washburn, railroad agent, 

 to cancel the present commodity rates on 

 trees and shrubs from Chase and Hunts- 

 ville, Ala., to eastern cities and to permit 

 the application of the lower class rates 

 now in effect. 



It develops that the customs authori- 

 ties are holding up for investigation a 

 number of entries as evergreen seedlings, 

 which are free of duty, where the mer- 

 chandise appears to be such conifers as 

 the trade ordinarily propagates by other 

 means to insure the stock coming true to 

 type. 



The trade will be interested in the 

 letter on the tariff sent to the democratic 

 manager by James McHutchison & Co., 

 New York, which appears on another 

 page of this issue. The full text of the 

 proposed law as it affects seeds and bulbs 

 appeared on page 90 of last week's issue 

 of The Eeview, while the paragraphs con- 

 cerning nursery stock were on page 86, 

 accompanied by comparisons with the 

 present law. 



E. W. KiRKPATRiCK, of McKinney, 

 Tex., an ex-president of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen, was at Chi- 

 cago last week to attend the first national 

 conference on marketing and farm 

 credits. He was appointed a member of 

 a committee to confer with the govern- 

 ment in the matter of establishing a 

 bureau of effective marketing, under 

 which the producer and consumer will 

 deal directly with one another. 



Dansville slowly is drying out after 

 the flood that swept the valley. Follow- 

 ing the cloudburst the dam went out and 

 the usually peaceful little creek cut an 

 entirely new channel for itself, directly 

 through the properties of several nursery- 

 men. Large quantities of stock were 

 washed out and the rush of waters down 

 the hillsides cut great gullies through 

 the fertile fields. The land is just get- 

 ting back to a point where one can get 

 on it and it will require a great deal of 

 work to put things back as they were. 



There appears to be a decided differ- 

 ence of opinion as to the necessity or 

 even desirability of keeping the duty on 

 imported rose plants at 4 cents each in 

 the new tariff law. It amounts to a 

 full 100 per cent on some of the varieties 

 that are imported in considerable quan- 

 tity. The tariff committee of the A. 

 A. N. claimed at Washington that the 

 protection is needed, but some of the 



seed houses that handle European gro vn 

 roses assert that the rate is not justifi >d. 



PABCEL POST INSPECTION. 



Eepresentative Baker, of California, 

 has introduced in the House a bill to 

 provide for the inspection of any par- 

 cel sent by mail which contains fruits, 

 plants, trees, shrubs, nursery stock, 

 grafts, scions, peach pits, cotton seed 



Prices Reasonable. 



SURPLUS LIST OF 



THE LANCASTER COUNTY NURSERIES 



DAVID 8. HCRR, Prop. R. F. D. No. 7. LANCASTER. PA. 



PEACH (20 best varieties). 

 4 to 5 feet at |f..(X) per 100 3 to 4 feet at $4.00 per 100 



3-Y««r-old California Privet (cut back, extra bushy). 



2 to 3 feet at $15.00 per 1000 3 to 4 feet at $17.50 per 1000 



•2 year-old. 12 to 18 Inches at. . . . 10 00 per 1000 



CATALPA SPECiOSA 



6 to 8 feet at $15.00 per 100 



NORWAY MAPLE 

 4 to 5-foot whips at $15.00 per 100 



DOROTHY PERKINS RAIMBLERS 



3-year-old at ...' : $0.12 each 



CAROLINA and LOiNBARDY POPLARS 



f. to 8 feet at $r, (K) per UK) 10 to 12 feet at $10.00 per 100 



StolOfeetat 800perl00 12tol4feetat 12.00perl00 



Cash with order. Packing free of charge. 



