September 20, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



A NEAT AND 

 ATTRACTIVE PACKAGE 



A MOST BEAUTIFUL 

 ORNAMENT FOR ANY STORE 



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The Wrapper The Pedestal 



Economy is the key- 

 note of American 

 life today — and the 

 Rapid Rapper makes 

 for economy where 

 waste of time and 

 labor is high, where 

 expenditures for all 

 supplies bump the 

 sky. 



That hoary - aged 

 bugbear of the 

 trade, the wrapping 

 problem, has suc- 

 cumbed to a new 

 method of proven 

 efficiency, the Rapid 

 Rapper method. 



Write for your copy 

 of "The Art of 

 Wrapping." 



NOW. 



Many of the fore- 

 most florists in this 

 country have ac- 

 knowledged our ped- 

 estal to be abso- 

 lutely indispensable. 

 You will find it in- 

 valuable for deco- 

 rating, displaying 

 plants and floral 

 baskets as well as 

 innumerable other 

 uses, and a most 

 beautiful ornament 

 in addition to being 

 a necessity. 



There is nothing like 

 it on the market. 

 Finished in green 

 enamel. Range in 

 height 26 to 52 

 inches. 



Price $3.00 each. 



All the Dirt Remains 

 in the Pot 



All the Flowers 

 in Place 



The Rapid Wrapper Co. 



56 E. Randolph St., CHICAGO 



448 Bush St.. SAN FRANCISCO 



Poppy Design is Carried 

 Throughout 



Finished in Green 

 Enamel 



We are the largest manufacturers of Floral Wirework in the 

 United States. We defy all competition in price and quality. 



Prices will not be lower than at present. 



Raw material is scarce and getting 



scarcer. Better place an order. 



SEND FOR LIST 



SAVE MONEY 



and let us quote you on your 

 next order. 



B. E. and J. T. COKELY 



>l|v«rythlnK In Florists' Suppllss. Estabilshsd 22 Ysars 

 201 North Seventh Avenue, SCRANTON, PA. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower market is 

 unchanged, although the aster flood is 

 lessening. Another week or two will 

 see the last of them. Some of the late 

 varieties are of splendid size and qual- 

 ity. These brought fine prices last 

 week, while the small and short- 

 stemmed stock might far better have 

 been left at home, for it only acts like 

 a soporific drug on an already gorged 

 market. 



The early September frost did not 

 touch the asters, but it made havoc 

 with the dahlias and the gladioli. But 

 shipments of dahlias are increasing 

 every day I Many arrive poorly packed 



and are unsalable. Lots of the old and 

 small kinds also are hard to dispose of, 

 but some of the new varieties are in 

 demand for window display and decora- 

 tion. The local supply of gladioli also 

 continues unabated and King and 

 America bring prices satisfactory to 

 the growers. 



Golden Glow, the best of the early 

 yellow mums, is quite abundant. Octo- 

 ber Frost also is coming strong and last 

 week the first flowers of Smith's Ad- 

 vance arrived. Valley holds firm at $6 

 per hundred for the best and the same 

 top is the quotation for giganteum 

 lilies. The short stems and mediocre 

 blooms sell down to $3 per hundred. The 

 supply of orchids is lighter, but prices 

 do not go above 7o cents for a few se- 

 lected gigas. Oncidium is welcome and 



Every out-of-town Retail Florist 

 should make it a part of his business 

 to get next to the F. T. D. Wholesale 

 Service offered by 



Kennicott Bros. Co., Chicag^o. 



See further notes on other pages. 

 Mention The Review when you write. 



never overabundant. Its value for 

 window decoration alwa\'s is appre- 

 ciated. 



Carnations are lengthening their 

 stems and enlarging their diameters 

 daily. Some varieties sell as high as 

 $1.50 per hundred. Most of the ar- 

 rivals, however, are not worth over $1. 



Tritomas, cosmos, goldenrod, hy- 

 drangeas, tuberoses and manv other 



