124 The Florists^ Review mabch i, 1017. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE to LUMBER USERS: 



THE" SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION HEREBY 

 INFORMS YOU THAT ALL CYPRESS NOW AND HEREAFTER SHIPPED 

 BY MILLS WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE 



IDENTIFIED 

 BY THIS MARK 



Tbade Mark Reg. U.S.PAT.QFncE 

 This registered trade-mark will be, henceforth, 



YOUR INSURANCE POLICY OF QUALITY. 



It will appear stamped (mechanically and ineradicably) on one end, or both 



ends, of EVERY board and timber of 



CYPRESS 



"THE WOOD 

 ETERNAL." 



CYPRESS FLOORING, SIDING, MOULDING AND SHINGLES, 

 which come in bundles, will bear the same mark on EVERY BUNDLE. 



The legal right to apply this epoch-making symbol of strict 

 RESPONSIBILITY IN LUMBER MAKING AND SELLING 



is, of course, restricted to those Cypress mills which, by their membership in the Southern Cypress 

 Manufacturers' Association, attest their devotion to its Principles of Skrvick to the Coxsumek an(^ their 

 foresighted appreciation of its open and progressive educational methods. 



Only mills cutting "Tide-water" Cypress are eligible for membership. (Cypress which grows too 

 far inland is not equally noted for the " Eternal," or decay-resisting, quality.) 



Only mills which subscribe to the Association's standard of scrupulous care in methods of MANU- 

 FACTURE, INTEGRITY OF GRADING and ACCURACY OF COUNT can belong to the Association. 

 These responsible "A-1 " mills the Association now licenses to 



CERTIFY THEIR CYPRESS 



BY APPLYING THE RKGI^TKRED TRADE-MARK 

 WITH THEIR IDENTIFYINfi M MBER I^^ERTED. 



BY THIS MARK YOU KNOW THAT IT'S CYPRESS. 

 "THE WOOD ETERNAL," AND WORTHY OF YOUR 

 FAITH. IT IS WELL TO INSI.ST ON SEEING THIS 

 TRADE-MARK ON EVERY BOARD OFFERED AS 

 T«AoiM*«K Rtc.US.P*T.O'na,. "CYPRESS " T»*t>t M*»k Rk. U.S.PAT.O'nce.i 



Let our ALL-KOUND HKLPS DEPARTMENT help YOU MORIO. Out entire resources are at your service with Reliable Counsel. 



Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Association 



1230 HIBERNIA B4NK BLDQ., NEW ORLEANS, L\., or 1230 HEARD NATIONAL BANK BLDQ., JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 



INSIST ON TRADE-MARKED CYPRESS AT YOUR LOCAL LUMBER DEALER'S. IF HE HASN'T IT. LKT US KNOW. 



