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HORTICULTURE 



March 2, 1918 



SEED TRADE 



EMBARGOES LIFTED ON SEEDS 



AND NURSERY STOCK. 



Oritors luivi- beon Issiu'il relea^i i 



nursory slock and aveds from present 



and futuro pnibarKoes. as follows: 



January 10, 1918. ReKlonal Director 

 Eastern Railroads— Seeds. 



January 26, liUS. Regional Director 

 Western Railroads — Seeds. 



January 30. 1918. Regional Director 

 Eastern Railroads— Seeds and nursery 

 stock. 



January 30. 1918. Regional Director 

 Southern Railroads — Seeds. 



February 2. 1918. Regional Director 

 Western Railroads— Nursery stock. 



February 11, 1918. Director General 

 Railroads— All railroads and water 

 carriers connected with railroads — 

 Seeds; and by definite agreement with 

 counsel for the seed and nursery trade 

 associations of February 16, supple- 

 mentary order will be issued as a rou- 

 tine matter including nursery stock in 

 General Order No. 1 of February 11, 

 REr.roN.\L Divisions of Railroads 

 AND Regional Dirkctohs— General Or- 

 der No. 4, issued January 18, 1918, for 

 the purpose of operating the railroads 

 of the United States classiPes rail- 

 roads as Eastern, Southern and West- 

 em railroads, as follows: 



KASTKRN BAILROADS: Tlie rnllroads 

 In that portion of the United St.ites north 

 of tlie Olilo am) I'otoiunc rivers nnd enst of 

 Lnke Mlcbleun iind the Iniliiina-IlUnola 

 state line; also those railroads In Illinois 

 extendlntr Into tlint state from points east 

 of the Indlannllllnols state line; also those 

 railroads In Illinois extending Into that 

 state from points enst of the Indiana-Illi- 

 nois state line: nlso the Chesapeake & Ohio, 

 the Norfolk & Western, and the Virglulaa 

 rallwav.s. 



SOVTHERN RAILROADS: All railroads 

 In that portion of the United States south 

 of the Ohio nnd Potomac rivers and east ot 

 the Mississippi river, except the Chesapeake 

 & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, and the Vlr- 

 (tlnlan railways, nnd also those railroads 

 In Illinois and IniUana extending into those 

 states from points soutli of the Ohio river. 



WKSTKRN RAILROADS: All railroads 

 not Included In the above delinitlons nnd 

 broadly speaking, all rnllroads In the ter- 

 ritory west ot Lnke Michigan and of the 

 Indiana-Illinois state line to the Ohio river 

 nnd west of the Mississippi river from the 

 Ohio rlvr to the Cm f of M..xifci <.xr..ptlne 

 those railroads In Illinois Included In east- 

 ern territory and those railroads In Illinois 

 and Indiana Included In southern territory, 

 as above stated. 



Regional Directors. 

 A. H. Smith, president of the New 

 York Central, is appointed regional di- 

 rector with office at Room 3627 Grand 

 Central Terminal, New York, N. Y., in 

 charge of the operation ot eastern rail- 

 roads. 



C. H. Markham, president of the 

 Illinois Central, is appointed regional 

 director, with office at Atlanta, Ga., In 

 charge ot operation of southern rail- 

 roads. 



R. H. Aishton. president of the Chi- 

 cago & North Western, is appointed 

 regional director with office at Chi- 

 cago, 226 West Jackson Boulevard, In 

 charge of the operation of western 

 railroads. 



Orders Issued by the gentlemen 

 named In their capacity as regional di- 

 rectors will he issued by authority of 

 the Director General, and will be re- 

 spected accordingly. 



Curtis Nye Smith, 



■Counsel, American Seed Trade Asso., 

 and American Asso. Nurserymen. 



Flower Seeds, Cannas, American 

 Grown Gladioli, Etc. 



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Kvery florist should have a few of these dainty flowers 

 for their Easter trade: 100, »:1.U0: lOOU, »'.:8.U0. 



Double-FIowcrlng— .Salmon. Keep Rose, Scarlet, Crim- 

 son, White. Vellciw, Orange, Copper-Bronze, Mixed: 

 lOu, $^I..'%U; lUUU, :M3.S0. 



SinRle-FlourrinK Delicate Pink, Deep Rose. Scarlet, 

 Crimson. While, Yellow, Orange, Salujou. Mixed: 

 100, «14.0U; lUOU. $38.00. 



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CHICAGO SEED NOTES 

 The Leonard Seed Co. are in the 

 midst of a very heavy shipping sea- 

 son. While an extreme shortage ex- 

 ists in a general way, yet many small 

 lots of seeds are frequently cropping 

 out in unexpected places and some- 

 times even large lots will be offered, 

 the existence ot which had not been 

 dreamed ot. This makes the market 

 seem very erratic at times and certain 

 seeds will have a widely fluctuating 

 value. There Is no question as to the 

 scarcity of beans and peas. In the 

 former, the scarcity is often in certain 

 varieties only and the average supply 

 is not so far below normal as seemed 

 inevitable last fall. Corn is showing 

 poorly in germinating tests as was 

 expected from the early frosts o? last 

 season, often 70 per cent having to be 

 discarded. 



The cabbage situation Is bad be- 

 cause of the inability to get seeds from 

 across the water as formerly. The 

 attempt to grow the cabbage seeds in 

 this country had a severe set-back on 

 account of unfavorable weather last 

 year which makes it almost certain 

 that next year will see conditions 

 worse than now for growers of this 

 vegetable. Tomato seeds for another 

 year are in the hands of the farmer — 

 "if he will he will and it he won't he 

 won't." Onion sets often suffer much 

 from delay in transportation but start 

 out in good condition and are just now 

 quoted as follows: white $5.00 per 

 bushel., red $3.50 and yellow $3.00. 



The State Council of Defense Is or- 

 ganizing a campaign for a much 

 greater garden movement than that of 

 last year, when so many people spaded 

 up the back yard or the city plowed up 

 the vacant lots and gardening became 

 the fad of the hour. This year a much 

 larger area will be use3, many hold- 

 ers ot large tracts ot land placing them 

 at the disposal of those inclined to 

 make use ot them. Committees will 

 handle the purchase of seeds in large 

 lots, and now when seed supply Is 

 limited it is to be hoped that less will 

 be wasted than before. 



THE VEGETABLE MARKET. 



The bean situation shows increasing 

 strength. In the producing sections, 

 Xew York pea beans, mediums, yellow 

 eyes and red kidneys advanced $1 to 

 basis of $12 per cwt., in bulk, from 

 w-agons at western New York shipping 

 points, and Michigan Navys in bulk, 

 ranged $11 2.'> $11.75, cash to growers, 

 and sold $13 sacked, f.o.b. Michigan 

 shipping centers. 



Potato values are still declining, and 

 sales to jobbers in the leading market 

 centers range generally lower. The 

 cabbage market is weaker and onions 

 are dull and lower. . Lettuce in fair 

 demand. 



LILIUM GIGANTEUM 



7/9 (?.nO per case) }.'.'' '«i per tliouxaad 



S/10 (2J.'> per case) sn.nn " 



9/10 (2(10 per case) 100.00 " " 



Complfle I.l-t of Flnrl.tti" Cholcr HrrAt. 



A poHtal rard ufll brlnr our mtaloKue. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY & CO. 



1004 Lincoln Bide.. PBILADELPHIA, PA. 



