. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JANUAKY 23, 1913. The Florists'Review 51 he enters his invoices at actual pur- chase prices, which are or may be lower than the market price fixed by the board of appraisers. If, on the con- trary, the price for the unsold balance goes down, the importer does not bene- fit, as he must pay on invoice prices, even if they are higher than market rates at the time of shipment. This creates an almost intolerable situation, A straight specific duty avoids this trouble entirely. "On stocks, cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolau plum, Mahaleb and Mazzard
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. JANUAKY 23, 1913. The Florists'Review 51 he enters his invoices at actual pur- chase prices, which are or may be lower than the market price fixed by the board of appraisers. If, on the con- trary, the price for the unsold balance goes down, the importer does not bene- fit, as he must pay on invoice prices, even if they are higher than market rates at the time of shipment. This creates an almost intolerable situation, A straight specific duty avoids this trouble entirely. "On stocks, cuttings or seedlings of Myrobolau plum, Mahaleb and Mazzard cherry, Manetti, multiflora and brier roses, 3 years old or less, we ask that the present rate of $1 per thousand plants be continued. "The average prices quoted last sea- son by five of the leading French nur- series are: $9 for Myrobolan plum, $5 for Mahaleb and $8 for Mazzard cherry, and $8 for rose stocks, an average of $ per thousand, on which our pres- ent rate of $1 per thousand amounts to 13% per cent ad valorem. The aver- age price on stocks quoted last season, taken from the five leading French nur- series, is: Pear, $8 per thousand; appl^, $; quince, $6; so that the average for the entire list is $, and under the present duty schedule of $2 per thousand we are paying twenty-five per cent ad valorem. "A specific duty also tends to lessen the planting of seedlings of inferior size and quality, which do not produce strong and healthy trees and which when met by a specific duty do not seek a market in the United States. Pre- vious to the passage of the Dingley Act, little of this stock was grown in this country. Today at least eighty per cent of all the apple seedlings planted are grown here, with a less quantity of other items. "For the above reasons we ask that the present specific duty on these items be retained. " 'Rose plants, budded, grafted or [Concluded on page 48.] Vegetable Forcing. WHITE FLY IN TOMATO HOUSE. 1 am bothered with
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