Kuyper v. United States

Bland, Judge,

delivered the.opinion of the court:

The dutiable classification of isolepsis, imported by appellants at the port of New York, is in controversy here.

*23The importation, so-called isolepsis grass,-results from the stripping of palm leaf with the use of some kind- of knife or machine, until it resembles a natural grass. It is then dyed and chemically treated for preservation, and, after being so treated, is used mainly for decorative purposes. It is frequently used with flowers, natural or artificial, in the same way that ferns, mosses, and grasses are used. It is sometimes dyed red,…