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office, potting room, boiler, coal roQia 

 and a > propagating house along the 

 north side. Jn plan No. 2 the ridges 

 run north and south, with the prop- 

 «gating ;hou8e, etc., on the west side. 

 •While my choice would be for a north 

 and south ; range . in sections as far 

 Bouth. as central I^ssoiiri, for growing 

 carnations, palms, chrysanthemums, 

 etc., it is undesirable to have the 

 propagating house on the West side of 

 the range and it will also be better 

 not to ; have the boiler and potting 

 rooms on' the west side. lof the green- 

 houses, ir 



Even though the houses run north 

 and south, by using the west houses 

 ■for roses and carnations and the east 

 {houses for palms, etc., the office could 

 Ibe at ) the northeast corner, and the 

 Ipropagating house could be along the 

 least side. Unless there is some ob- 

 Ijection which is not apparent, the 

 I boiler, coal and potting rooms should 

 Ibe along the north ends of the houses. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



["The Genus Iris," by William Rickatson 

 j Dykes. Published in England by the Cambridge 

 UnlTerslty Press, and In America by the Unl- 

 I Terslty of Chicago Press, Chicago, 111. Size. 

 12x18 inches, and one and five-eighths inches 

 thick. Bound in half morocco. Contains seventy- 

 eight Illustrations, including forty-eight full- 

 £age plates, showing the species life size and 

 1 the natural colors. Price, 138.36, postpaid.] 



It may be well to admit in the begin- 

 ning that this book, "The Genus Iris," 

 may be classed among the luxuries of 

 life. Any single volume with such a 

 price-mark attached to it, however 

 large and sumptuous the volume might 

 be, would probably be regarded as a 

 luxury by a formidable majority of 

 The Review's readers, and it would be 

 foolhardy and useless for the reviewer 

 to offer a contrary opinion. Yet every 

 fairly prosperous individual indulges in 

 some luxuries. Indeed, it is generally 

 agreed to be true, though it sounds 

 paradoxical, that a few luxuries are ne- 

 cessities, if one's character is to have 

 its proper, well-rounded development. 

 And, if this book must be listed among 

 the luxuries, it may well be considered 

 one of the most desirable in the list. 



Anyone who is especially fond of the 

 iris, and who wishes to find a publica- 

 tion that will do full justice to the 

 exquisite beauty of the flower, could 

 scarcely do better than secure this vol- 

 ume. Moreover, if there is anyone, in 

 the florists' trade or out of it, who 

 is proud of the completeness of his 

 botanical library, let him subdue his 

 pride, bow his head meekly and "walk 

 humbly ' ' until he has added this volume 

 to his collection. 



The book, if it is a luxury, is a lux- 

 ury of the genuine sort, embodying 

 real, substantial value. It is not be- 

 decked in cheap finery, like many other 

 books, so as to attract the unwary and 

 unsophisticated purchaser, but is evi- 

 dently the result of the best efforts of 

 the most expert craftsmen to manufac- 

 ture, from the best of materials, as 

 nearly as possible a perfect piece of 

 work. Only a few publishing houses 

 could produce such a work if they tried 

 and few would have courage enough to 

 try. The forty-eight full-page colored 

 plates are really remarkable for their 

 accuracy and delicate beauty. The 

 word "iris," you will remember, is the 

 <ireek name for the rainbow, and the 

 ms's rainbow-like blendings of wonder- 

 ful colors supply a fine opportunity for 



.^^j^i^ms-'i 



Tlie Amended Tariff Schedules 



THE report as to the amendments in the pending tariff biU published last week 

 does not agree in all particulars with the printed copy of the bill as it passed 



the House May 8, 1913. In only tv^^articulars are the variations important : 

 Greenhouse plants not specially provided for appear in the official copy at twenty- 

 five per cent ad valorem, instead of flfteen per cent. This leaves the opportunity 

 open for disputes as to what is nursery stock and what is greenhouse stock, the 

 difference in rate being ten per cent. Also iibfi official copy of the bill does not 

 show an age limitation on coniferous ev ergreeiat' seedlings to be admitted free. 



An attempt at further corrections will no doubt be made in the Senate com- 

 mittee and to show just how the trade's paragraphs now stand they are here 

 reprinted from the official text of thebiU. The words omitted from the bill 

 as introduced in the House Ap^ ^ai;j|, shown in brackets, while the words 

 added on the floor, of the House aife mSwn in black-face type. , , 



215. Orchids, palms^ azalea [s] indica, 

 and all other decorative [or] greenhouse 

 plants and cut flowers, preserved or 

 fresh, 25 per centum ad valorem; lily 

 of the valley pips, tulips, narcissus, be- 

 gonia, and gloxinia bulbs, $1 per thou- 

 sand; hyacinth bulbs, astillbe, dielytra, 

 and lily of the valley clumps, $2.50 

 per thousand; lily bulbs and calla bulbs 

 or corms, $5 per thousand; herbaceous 

 peony. Iris Kaempferri or Germanica, 

 canna, dahlia, and amaryllis bulbs, $10 

 per thousand; all other bulbs, [bulbous] 

 roots, root stocks, [or] corms, and 

 tubers, which are cultivated, for their 

 flowers or foliage, 50 cents per thousand. 



216. Stocks, cuttings, or seedlings of 

 Myrobolan plum, Mahaleb or Mazzard 

 cherry, Manetti multiflora and briar 

 rose, Bosa Bugosa, three years old or 

 less, $1 per thousand plants; stocks, 

 cuttings, or seedlings of pear, apple, 

 quince, and the Saint Julien plum, three 

 years old or less, $1 per thousand plants; 

 rose plants, budded, grafted, or grown 

 on their own roots, 4 cents each; stocks, 

 cuttings, and seedlings, of all fruit and 

 ornamental trees, deciduous and ever- 

 green shrubs and vines, and all trees, 

 shrubs, plants, and vines commonly 

 known as nursery [or greenhouse] 

 stock, not specially provided for in 

 this section, 15 per centum ad valorem. 



217. Seeds: Castor beans or seeds, 



15 cents per bushel of fifty pounds; 

 flaxseed or linseed and other oil seeds 

 not specially provided for in this sec- 

 tion, 20 cents per bushel of fifty-six 

 pounds; poppy seed, 15 cents per bushel 

 of forty-seven pounds; mushroom spawn, 

 and spinach seed, 1 cent per pound; 

 canary seed, % cent per pound; cara- 

 way seed, 1 cent per pound; anise seed, 



2 cents per pound; beet (except sugar 

 beet), carrot, corn salad, parsley, pars- 

 nip, radish, turnip, and rutabaga seed, 



3 cents per pound; cabbage, coUard, 

 kale, and kohl-rabi seed, 6 cents per 

 pound; egg plant and pepper seed, 10 

 cents per pound; seeds of all kinds not 

 specially provided for in this section, 

 10 per centum ad valorem: Provided, 

 That no allowance shall be made for 

 dirt or other impurities in seeds pro- 

 vided for in this paragraph. 



FREE LIST. 



599. Seeds: Cardamom, cauliflower, 

 celery, coriander, cotton, cummin, fen- 

 nel, fenugreek, hemp, hoarhound, man- 

 gelwurzel, mustard, rape. Saint John's 

 bread or bean, sorghum, sugar beet, and 

 sugar cane for seed; bulbs and bulbous 

 roots, not edible and not otherwise pro- 

 vided for in this section; all flower 

 and grass seeds; coniferous evergreen 

 seedlings; all the foregoing not specially 

 provided for in this section. 



the highest skill of the artist and il- 

 lustrator. 



As to the accuracy of the text, the 

 completeness and correctness of the 

 classifications and descriptions of the 

 species of iris, it might be safe to 

 assume that thQ high rank of both the 

 English and the American publishers 

 would go far toward being a guaran- 

 tee of reliability. However, the book 

 itself bears the marks, the signs, the 

 impress of painstaking and intelligent 

 labor on the part of the author. In 

 the introduction to the book the author 

 himself briefly narrates the difficulties 

 that he encountered in trying to dispel 

 the confusion in iris nomenclature and 

 eliminate the numerous synonymous 

 names. He gives a sufficiently short 

 and modest account of the exceedingly 

 long and tedious process of arriving at 

 the right conclusions. This process, as 

 he outlines it, comprised the following 

 three distinct stages: First, what might 

 be called the book drudgery, the com- 

 parison of authorities in the great li- 

 braries at Kew and elsewhere; second, 

 the practical verifying of results by 

 "checking" them with the herbarium 

 material at Kew, at the British Mu- 

 seum, at the Berlin Botanic Garden, at 

 the United States National Museum in 



Washington, etc.; third, the still more 

 practical verifying of results by grow- 

 ing specimens of all available species in 

 the author's own garden in Surrey, 

 England. 



The first few chapters of the book 

 are entitled: "The Literature of the 

 Iris," "Bibliography," "The Struc- 

 ture, Distribution and Cultivation of 

 the Iris," "Iris Diseases and Their 

 Remedies," and "An Analytical Key 

 to the Subdivisions of the Genus." 

 Then follow the illustrated descriptions 

 of varieties, forming the main body of 

 the volume, and the closing pages treat 

 of these subjects: "Iris Hybrids," 

 "Raising Irises from Seed," "Orris 

 Root," "Unidentified Specific Names," 

 and "A List of Plants Wrongly De- 

 scribed as Irises." At the end is an 

 excellently arranged index. And if any- 

 thing else could be added to the book 

 that would really increase its beauty 

 or its scientific value or its practical 

 utility, the present reviewer is curious 

 to know what that addition could be. 



Clinton, Me.— C. P. Loder's new 

 greenhouses on Main street are near- 

 ing completion and soon will be ready 

 to stock. 



