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The Florists' Review 



August 17, 1916. 



The Climax Cut Flower Boxes 



"A BOX FOR EVERY FLOWER" 



8EVB17 •ORM)ES->Oxford Gray. Mist Qreen, Nonpareil Green, White 

 Carnation, White Glazed and our popu]^ "F^rorite Grade"— the latter a heavy, 

 Ml telescope shipping box. Holiday boxes in their season. 



We haye oyer 160 sizes in the different colors and shades in stock. If yoa 

 need a special size we will make it prompUy and not charge you an exorbit«ni 

 price. 



"WHKN •■mil Boxis Amr made wk will make THKM" 



Florist boxes are a specialty with us. We know what the florist needs and 

 how to make the box to meet his requirements. When it comes to Quality, Ar- 

 tistic Printing, Embossing and Quick Seryice, we are headquarters aad on the job every minute. If you have never used a 

 "Climax Flower Box" you have missed something real good. Before placing your next order write us for samples and prices. 

 Address nearest office: - New England office. 141 Milk St.. Boston. Mass.: Southern office. 909 H St., N. W., Wash^9«(on, D. G. 



CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO. 



MAIN. OFFICE AND PLANT, 200 FACTORY ST. CASTORLAND, NEW YOflK 



Mention The ReTlew whea yon write. 



WIRE DESIGNS - BUY FROM THE MANUFACTURERS 



50,000 Wire Frames always in stock. Orders filled same day received. 



Send for our 64-page 



FLORIST SUPPLY CATALOGUE 



Showing over 200 



WIRE FLORAL DESIGNS 



B. E. and J. T. COKELY 



Everything In Florists' Suppllas. Establlshsd 21 Ysars. 

 20I North Seventh Avenue, SCRANTON, PA. 



Mention The Berlew when yon ^rrlte. 



best unchanged at $20 to $25 per hun- 

 dred. A few small carnations still come 

 in, but they compare unfavorably with 

 asters. The new crop is due about 

 September 1. Sweet peas are poor and 

 scarce; the constant rains have been 

 too much for them. There are plenty 

 of longifiorum, auratum and speciosum 

 lilies. Cattleyas are scarce. Lily of 

 the valley remains about the same; also 

 gardenias. Sweet sultans, physostegias, 

 gypsophilas, aeonitums, coreopsis, cos- 

 mos and a small assortment of other an- 

 nuals or perennials are seen. The aspar- 

 agus trade is dull, people using 

 gypsophila in its place in a large meas- 

 ure. 



Vaxious Notes. 



September 5 a messenger service will 

 be started for the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change and other markets, catering to 

 the salesmen and customers of the 

 wholesale flower markets. C. J. Sloane 

 is manager. 



During a terrific thunder storm 

 August 8, hail did serious damage to 

 many growers in Beading and Wake- 

 field. The hailstones were as large as 

 three inches in diameter and almost 

 wrecked a number of greenhouses, be- 

 sides breaking hundreds of plate glass 

 and other windows. John W. Foote had 

 about one-half of his glass broken and 

 he and his assistants, who were busy 

 planting carnations at the time, had to 

 take refuge below the benches to escape 



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List the famous Illinois Self-Watering Flower Box in your 

 next catalogue and reap the harvest that so many have 

 by so doing. Write us for terms before gomg to press. 



The Illinois Self- Watering Flower Box is well known 

 and a big seller for those who carry it. You should have 

 a stock on hand for the sun-parlor demand this fall. 



Write for catalogue. 



ILLINOIS FLOWER BOX CO. 



180 North Dearborn St. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



the showers of broken glass. John 

 Cox, F. E. Emery, J. W. Webster and 

 John Winston all lost a lot of glass. 



Peter Ball, of Wakefield, had a hooae 

 wrecked. 

 The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



