. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review April 17, 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 le
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 68 The Florists^ Review April 17, 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-
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