Breck & Son v. United States

Hyacinth bulbs imported from Holland were' assessed for duty by the collector of the port at Boston at the.rate of $2.50 per thousand as “hyacinth” under paragraph 263 of the tariff act of 1909.

The paragraph reads:

263. Orchids, palms, azaleas, and all other decorative or greenhouse plants and cut flowers, preserved or fresh, twenty-five per centum.ad valorem; lily of the valley .pips, tulip, narcissus, begonia,, and gloxinia bulbs, one dollar per thousand; hyacinth, astilbe, dielytra, and lily of the valley clumps, two dollars and fifty cents per thousand; lily bulbs and calla bulbs, five…