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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 29. 1019. 



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Announcement 



i We beg to announce to our friends and patrons that we have removed from 1004 Lincoln Bldg. , E 



J Philadelphia, to . = 



i 50 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK CITY I 



E Where we will be located in the future. = 



5 This important change in our business has been necessitated by conditions which we could no longer 5 



s ignore. 5 



E Our increased importations of foreign stock, such as Japanese, l^Vench and Holland bulbs, etc. , impel = 



S us to be at the port of entry. Other reasons, more or less of a private nature, likewise served to bring S 



E about this change. = 



E We take the opportunity at this time to announce ' that our representative, Mr. E. F. Hoehlj has se- £ 



i cured an interest in our business, and will continue traveling as heretofore. - E 



i We thank you for all past favors and confidently believe that, with improved facilities, we shall be E 



: enabled to serve you more promptly and efficiently than ever before. s 



S. S. Skidelsky & Company, 50 Park Place, New York City | 



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ways to be had at the proper time in 

 sufficient quantities. From that time 

 to the present, the larger shippers of 

 onion sets have found that, with the 

 exception of a small percentage of the 

 entire total, onion sets shipped in bags 

 went through to destination with prac- 

 tically no deterioration. 



' ' Thus the burlap sack has grown to 

 be the customary package and to elim- 

 inate the bag as a shipping container 

 will cause a radical readjustment of the 

 onion set industry. The bag is used 

 largely for the shipment of onion sets 

 on account of: 



1. I»w cost. 



2. It is a package convenient to handle. 



3. It is economical of time and labor In 

 packing. , ^. . . 



4 It affords sufficient circulation of air. 



5 It affords large quantity buyers an eco- 

 nomical package because of less expense to 

 unpack and re-store In trays. 



"An examination of the claims which 

 have been presented by two shippers, 

 covering the crop seasons of 1917 and 

 1918, show that the reasons for these 

 claims have been largely delays or 

 losses in transit, which are factors af- 

 fecting the operating conditions of the 

 roads and would have occurred irrespec- 

 tive of the package used. 



"Exhibit A, Section 1, represents 

 claims filed by one large shipper during 

 the season of 1917-1918, as follows: 



8,200,000 lbs. of onion sets shipped, consisting of 

 48 straight cars, weighing 1,152,000 

 lbs. and L. 0. L. shipments weigh- 

 ing 2,018,000 lb«. 

 48,500 bags were used, 

 3,000 crates were used, 

 6 claims were filed, 

 $173.70 amount involved in these claims, 



2,784 lbs. involved in these claims, 

 .0014% ratio of claims filed to total amount of 

 shipments made. 



"Exhibit A, Section 2, represents 

 claims filed by the same firm during the 

 season of 1918-1919, as follows: 



4,704,000 lbs. of onion sets shipped, consisting of 

 88 straight cars, weighing 2,112,000 

 lbs., and L. C. L.. shipments weighing 

 2,692,000 lbs. 

 70,000 bags were used, 

 3,000 baskets were used, 

 4,000 crates were used, 

 11 claims were filed, 

 $611.08 amount of claims filed. 

 7,168 lbs. Involved In claims, 

 .0028% ratio of claims filed to total amount of 

 shipments made. 



"Exhibit B, Section 1, represents 

 claims filed by another shipper during 

 the seaBon of 1917-1918, as follows: 



MICHELL'8 PRIMULA SEED 



Primula Chinensis 



^ tp. Tr. 

 pkt. pkt. 

 Miohell 's Prize Mlxtnre. Ad 



evHD blendiiiir of all colors $0 60 $1.00 



Alim MHKiiiflca. Whit*. tiO 1.00 



Chiswirk K«<l. Bright Ked 60 1.00 



l)iivhe88. Whita with zone of 



ro*y rarmine. jellow eye 60 1.00 



Holburn Klae .60 l.VO 



Ki-riu«8lna splendens. Crim- 

 son 60 100 



Ro»y Morn. Pink 60 1.00 



Primula Obconica Giganlea 



A great Imprnvement over the old type; 

 flowers much latger. ff^ p|,(_ 



I.llHciiia. Pal- lilac '.$0.s6 



Kermebina. Deep crimson BO 



Kosea. Pink 60 



All>H. While ."50 



Mybrida Mixed 60 



MichellVPrimnla Chinensia 



Cineraria i^ tr. pkt. Tr. pkt. 



Grandiflora Prize, Dwarf $U.60 $1.00 



Grandiflora Prize, Medium Tall 60 1.00 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS NANUS 



Northern Greenhouse-Crown Seed 



1000 seed* $ S.IK) I 1(1.000 sneds .$2.5.00 



6000 seeds.... 13.76 | 2.'S.0 seeds. .. 66 25 



Also all other .Sensonable Seeds, Bulbs 

 and Supplies, lead far Wlialcsale Calaltiaa. 



NEIBV F. MICHELL CO., 518 Ifafat Street. PHIUIELHI* 



Mention Tlip Itprlew wh»n yon write. 



1,632,293 lbs. total amount of onion sets shipped, 

 25,362 bags were used. 

 95 barrels were uned. 

 100 1-bii. crates were used, 

 864 2-bu. crates were used, 

 35 claims were filed, 

 25,634 lbs. involved in claims. 

 .0105% ratio of claims filed to total amount of 



shipments made. 

 $926.48 amount of claims involved. 



"Exhibit B, Section 2, represents 



claims filed by the same shipper during 



the season of 1918-1919, as follows: 



l,350,.')99 lbs. total amount of onion sets shipped, 

 25,524 sacks were used, 

 65 barrels were used, 

 213 1-bu. crates were used, 

 673 2-bu. crates were used, 

 6 claims were filed, 

 $127.76 amount involved in claims, 



2,368 lbs. Involved in claims, 

 .0018% ratio of claims filed to total amount of 

 shipments. 



"In view of the foregoing data re- 

 garding claims covering onion set ship- 

 ments, the onion set industry cannot 

 justly be penalized as a whole because 

 of the carelessness or inefficiency of a 

 few small shippers. 



"After a full discussion of the pro- 

 posed elimination of the bag as an onion 



Seed Packets 



FLOWER SEED SiZPS TO CATALOOUB 

 ENVELOPES- Rf-.TURN B> VI- LOPES 



Brown Bi{ Fillinj Nichine Co. 



FITCHBURQ. MASS.. U. S. A. 



set package, the following resolutions 

 are presented: 



Tbe Shippers' Resolutions. 



WHEREAS, The Consolidated and Western 

 Classification Committees of the United States 

 Railroad Administration have now under con- 

 sideration the question of discontinuing the bag 

 as a container for onion set shipments, and 



WHEREAS, In view of the nearly universal 

 practice and custom among onion set shippers of 

 using the bag as a container, it being the best, 

 most economical and efficient one known to ship- 

 pers, as proven by years of experience and use, 

 and, 



WHEREAS, Among the principal reasons for 

 its use in preference to any other form of con- 

 tainer are: 



1. The result of the thirty odd years' experi- 

 ence of the onion set growers and shippers of 

 Cook county, which cQmprJses the largest pro- 



