Legal Notes and Verdicts 
In import decision No. 408M, protest 805198 of the Urbana Floral 
Co. (Cleveland), covering Gladioli bulbs, the Board of General Ap- 
praisers’ decision allowed these to come in free as flowering bulbs 
imported for propagating purposes, imstead of bulbs cultivated for 
their flowers, as at first classified, on which latter a duty of 50c. per 
1000 is charged. 
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Treas. Decision 37217,-G. A. 8070, covered the protest of the Iiv 
ternational Forwarding Co. on Taxus cuspidata and T. baccata. These 
were first classified as dutiable, under nursery stock, hut later the 
Board of General Appraisers permitted them to come in free as 
coniferac. 
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At the annual meeting of the Wholesale Grass Seed Association, 
.Tune 18 and 19, a resolution was unanimously adopted to the effect that 
the association does not approve of asking for exemption of seedsmen 
as a class from military service. 
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A case of interest to seedsmen is recounted in the Nottingham 
(England) Ouardian. A firm of seedsmen at Boston, England, were 
summoned for oifering for sale seed Potatoes at prices higher than 
those scheduled as the maximum by the Food Controller. Although 
they said that the order had not been properly disseminated and had 
been violated inadvertently, the magistrates held the defendant guilty 
and imposed a fine. 
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Deputy Attorney General J. F. Baker, of Wisconsin, gave the 
opinion that, under the Wisconsin seed law, seedsmen could not avoid 
responsibility for selling impure seed by attaching to their contract 
of sale a statement to the effect that they gave no guaranty as to the 
reliability of the description, quality or productiveness of their stock, 
and that if the customer did not accept the goods under that condition 
they were to be at once returned. 
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The Potato quarantine regulations were amended to permit, free 
of restrictions, the importation of Potatoes into Hawaii for local use 
only, from any foreign country and from the Dominion of Canada and 
Bermuda into the United States or any of its Territories or Districts. 
The order became effective July 1. 
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Under a protest made by P. C. Kuyper & Co. Muscari bulbs were 
held dutiable at 50c. per 1000. 
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Under protest of Maltus & Ware orchids were allowed free entry 
as mother-flowering bulbs. 
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The Postmaster General issued an order increasing the limit of 
C. O. D. indemnity on insured parcels to .SlOO, to become effective 
July 1, a fee of lOc. to be paid for parcels on which the amount to be 
remitted does not exceed $50 and a fee of 25c. on those on which the 
amount to be collected is more than $50 and does not exceed $100. 
These fees include the insurance, to the amounts indicated. 
