112 
reduced. Ranunculus pegged 8 800 flowers) 
showed that towards th f the flowering 
period, both stamens wri carpels become 
reduced in num without their proportions 
being changed. ined 
DANE by Mr. A. G. 
Taxsrey and Miss E. Date “Variation in the 
Floral Symmetry of Potentilla ae Necker.“ 
actinomorphic symmetry of 
flower, From his observations, it appeared 
that independent variations of the T is con- 
siderable, but is probably 3 2 tendency 
0 ta segmen imitively sens 
of all the and practi 
, illustrated the shifting 
riation from enta- 
merous type of allied flowers to the tetramerous ty pe 
of P. Tormentilla. A ene followed, in which 
the President, Mr. H. N. Riprxr, and others, took 
and Mr. TaxsLzr replied to the ears 
offered. The meeting then adjourned to 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.—The Serie Oracle, 
at the Gardeners Mi office, is an ex- 
ent little manual for the desk of the horticulturist, 
containing full lists of the plants of the year 1894, 
prvega of the best vegetables, chapters on insect 
ate, &c.—A Popular Treatise on the Physiology of 
— for the Use of Gardeners, fc, by De. PauL 
RAUER, translated by F. G Weiss (Lonemans & 
This will demand further notice at an early 
ions of the Royal Scottish Arboricul- 
tural Society, contains, among other things, Prof, 
Batrovur’s Address on Forestry at the British 
ssociation, and an account of the instructive and 
enjoyable excursion of the ociety to Strath- 
apey, Moray, and August last.— 
Co.). 
d 
, Reading, er edition. 
book for the kite and 
garden, as pinata fot its repeated issue. It is 
o 
published by Smrkxix, MarsHALL & 
noticed at greater 
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n 
fruits, experiments 
for the prevention of Pear-acale, black-knot, leaf- 
blight, Celery disease, &c. 
PLANT 1 
AL FICTFOLIA, tall hardy biennial or perennial, 
flowers pala straw- coloured. Ars January 12. 
ÄRISTOLOCHIA ARBOREA, Revue Horticole, Jan. 16, 
3 YSANTHEMUM Mapame Cremenr SER 
ing rale d from Japanese seed by M. Fie f. 
double white, plant dwarf, m — er. 
COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA, Garden, J January 5. 
Ecutsocystis Loata, Revue Forticole, p. 
January 1. % 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[January 26, 1895, i 
HIERACIUM i omic Garden, Dec. 29. Á 
THYRUS PUBESCEN ook. ad Arnott. 
e en unequally pinnate, 
lanceolate, terminal 
downy like the lapi ; pinnæ 
ones developed as tendrils ; flowers pale violet, in 
Y talked racemes. Introduced from bie 
y M. Ed. André; hardy in the south of Fra 
S SouvENIR DU PRESIDENT 98 
Revue Horticole, ere 1. 
nx, Lap T WANTAG varietv of good 
substance and form. * Horticole, t. , 
1894. 
STREPTOCARPUS DYERI X, a cross between S. Dunnii 
and S. Wendlandi. Garden and Forest, January 2. 
AMERICAN NOTES. 
(From Our Own Correspondent.) 
THE TARIFF ON IMPORTED PLANTS. 
Tun question of the tariff has agitated the horti- 
cultural rages of this country. Certain plants 
le to duty, while others are entered free, 
according to the chief use to which t are put; 
at least, that is the idea which underlies the matter. 
The Tariff bill of 1894 practically reversed the duty 
on the classes from what it was under the previous 
There had been many appeals as to th 
of the Customs House, and under the new 
The matter was 
h a view to shedding Habe on it, oe 
fen York Florists’ Club appointed a committe 
attend to the matter. This body waited on ** e 
elii on the Sch inst., and has drawn up the 
Th 
no doubt but that the 8 — offered will 
be accepted: 
„New York, January 8, 1895. 
„Hon. Walter H. Bunn, U.S. Appraiser, 
Chairman Conference of ae Appraisers, 
York City. 
„Dear de eee to your re quest at the hear- 
ing courteously given our committee this morning, 
we beg to tr n herewith copies of the classified 
lists which cover the bulk of imported plants 
arked Class A ~ Class B—referred to and 
submitted at that ti 
We also een submit ae following brief 
statement of facts in reference th 
t a well- attended meeting of the New York 
Fiorista’ Club onthe 10th ult., after a full discussion, 
by the President, with power to simplify, if possible, 
plants, in order that such as are entitled to free 
entry under the law be thus passed, and such 
dutiable required to pay duty uniformly in all cases. 
ould be some correct basis of 
of this material, at once uniform and 
applicable to all cases, is, we believe, generally con- 
n 
„and others at other times or places obtaining 
similar goods under free entry. 
In the preparation and presentment of the fol- 
lowing liats, it has not been our intention or object 
to consider the question as to whether duty upon the 
items oe would benefit or injure parties in 
the trade o aoe but the simple question of 
correct ee 
We have also bad pete careful consideration the 
various decisions of the States 
Appraisers here during the past fi 
and believe the positio n they have repeatedly held, 
as stated in these decisions, viz., that the ‘ chief uee’ 
of the material should determine the question of 
3 (as appears clearly provided in the law) is the 
| that this position must be approved 
wa every fair-minded person conversant with the 
our years, 
Clause 587, free list of the present law, appears 
— 
to be clear and explicit, that such material a 
grown as nursery stock, and chie fi 
planting, should be thus classified and 2 — 
free entry; while Clause 234 1.2 is coal * 
that such plants should be dutiable as 
used for forcing under glass for cut b OF deeg. 
rative purposes, as mentioned in the 
easil: 
i chief use of the material, as in we i 
Batis and Palms are panies invariably wed ir | 
forcing under glass for decorative urpotet, an 
there can, therefore, be no qu d 
tion of these, 
e ion as to 
Lily of the Valley pips are olan 
an an Qak ory | 
ine, or Sas other hardy plant or tree of thy 
characte | 
The difference between the hardy nursery-grom 
Azaleas—Ghenta, Mollis, &c., in Class t 
the Indica species in ‘Clasa B. of a — 
equally distinct. The former are almost exclusit} 
used for outside permanent planting, — are neithe 
grown nor used for forcing, while the latter m 
invariably thus used. The difference between the 
hardy nursery-grown species and the forcing specu 
(the Indicas) is readily determined upon exam: 
nation. The hardy Azaleas are mainly decidum l 
while the Indicas are evergreen, always with flag | 
and can be thus classified and readily distinguished — 
in this way. Í 
The mention in clause 234 1-2 of the four famili d 
providing that the plants 
for a distinctly specified verre an of ken 
under glass, &c., and i hus used should 1 
come under its provisions i 
The term ‘ other plante’ has a much wider sg 
ficance than the four plant families named, 2 
would seem, therefore, that the use 0 the mle 
should a: in all cases the classification amt 
than the name. 
It is üi unanimous opinion of all we nem 
ferred with that both Azaleas and Lily of the Vale 
should be in both ee according to the aot 
the species, &c., as abov ais 
have i 
tated. 
Roses to some bsn are grown 
oses im 2 
propagated and grown as nursery stock on the! 
tandard Ro 
the proportionate quantity 
ported that are used for forcing is 80 
no question, we believe, 
classed as ‘nursery st 
chief ase being for outed planting ; 
that, unlike Azaleas and Lily of the 
difficulty of — the ~~ B 4 
om of oe 
might be for forcing would m 
possible to — any uniform pe 
duty on these apo 1 x in 
imported is n compared with the fe, 
of the nig kinds, such as Hybrid 2 N 
Rugosas, &c., in Clase A. Both Ta 2 
are hardy 5 8 of Washington, and ati 
used in the south and in , 
the same as other nursery m 
ad 
confrères, to arrive at just 1 and „ 5 
in your interpretatio of the p 
been the desire of this mmittee, 
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