Beckert's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. • VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Right up to the ballast beds the vegetables grow along the "Pennsy." While the wires carry victory messages overhead, the gardens 

 speak volumes for the broadmindedness of the railroad managers and the enterprise of the workers 



A Grateful Acknowledgment to America's 



Industrial Leaders 



One of the most remarkable developments of the war-garden activities is the interest displayed by the heads of great industrial enterprises 

 in the utilization of otherwise waste space about factory grounds. A still more interesting fact is that employers of labor are today the most 

 enthusiastic advocates of home-gardening because they have found that gardening not only works as a great democratic humanizer but also as a 

 stabilizer. Quite apart from the actual return in dollars and cents, the health of factory employees is so greatly improved by the outdoor exercise 

 for which gardening calls that employers of labor everywhere.are reluctant to see their men fall back in the old ways of idling away spare hours. 



Among the foremost examples of industrial and community gardening, we cite with pleasure the efforts of the Eastman Kodak Company's 

 employees; those of the American Rolling Mill Co., whose employees in the summer of 1918 raised more than $50,000 worth of food; those of 

 the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., which put at the disposal of its employees land along the right-of-way, as shown in the above illustration. 

 These are just a few of the more prominent examples worthy of being cited, other corporations carrying on the work on a greater or lesser scale. 



We congratulate all employers of labor on their enterprise and are willing to cooperate in every way to make their work an even greater 

 success. Wherever industrial and community gardening is being practised, we shall, with pleasure, grant special prices on quantities of seeds, 

 these seeds to be either shipped in bulk or put up in such packages as the management may desire. 



With this invitation to write to us go the best wishes for your even more pronounced success in 1919. 



An example of what we are prepared to do: 



Beckert's "Community Garden" Vegetable Collection of Thirty 

 Large Packets of Best Sorts for $2 Postpaid 



Bean, Giant Stringless Green-pod. 

 Bush. 



Bean, Sure-Crop Wax. Bush. 

 Bean, King of the Garden. Pole Lima. 

 Bean, Old Homestead. Green-podded 

 Pole. 



Beet, Crosby's Egyptian. 

 Beet, Beckert's Perfection. 

 Cabbage, All Season. 

 Carrot, Oxheart. 

 Carrot, Danvers Half-Long. 

 Celery, Magnificent. 

 Cucumber, Early Fortune. 

 Corn, Golden Bantam. 

 Endive, Broad-leaved Escarolle. 

 Herb, Dill. 



Kohlrabi, White Vienna. 



Lettuce, Black-seeded Simpson. 



Lettuce, All Heart. 



Lettuce, Trianon Cos. 



Onion, White Bunch. 



Onion, Red Wethersfield. 



Parsley, Champion Moss Curled. 



Parsnip, Hollow-Crown. 



Peas, Prolific Market. 



Radish, Scarlet Globe. 



Radish, Beckert's Improved Chartier. 



Spinach Beet, White-ribbed. 



Squash, Boston Marrow. 



Tomato, Bonny Best. 



Turnip, White Milan. 



Turnip, Golden Ball. 



Chas. C. Cowgill, Esq., of the Armco Rolling Mills, 

 says his men worked like veterans, and are going 

 to make more Victory Gardens than ever. 



We will supply these collections, in lots of 25 or more, at a slight discount to cor- 

 porations or firms who wish to encourage their employees to make Victory Gardens. 

 Sold singly, they represent a big $2 value, and we cannot make any changes in the 

 collections since they are put up in advance. We shall be glad to fix up other collections, 

 in 100 lots, for specific sections and subject to specific requirements. Correspon- 

 dence invited. 



P.S. It would indeed be ungrateful if acknowledgment were not made here of the 

 great work done by the National War Garden Commission to further gardening en- 

 deavors described above, and to thank Secretary Ridsdale, as well as Mr. Russell T. 

 Edwards, the Director of Publicity of the National War Garden Commission, for facts, 

 figures, and photographs put at our disposal. 



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