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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 3. 1919. 





DON'T OVERLOOK THIS BARGAIN! 



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No. 4 



No. 6 



No. 1 



We have the quality in Gold Letters that will stick and stick 

 tight when applied. As a special for this month, we offer you a 

 real bugain in No. 1 Gold^etters only, at $4.60 per lOCO. 

 .prices on others as!#ollbws: 



No. 1. Purple, $6.50 per 1000; $0.75 per 100. 



No. 4. Gold, 5.00 per 1000; .60 per 100. 



No. 6. Gold, 6.00 per 1000; .60 per 100. 



Gold or Purple Paper Script, $6.00 per 100 words. 



We will make prompt shipments and guarantee the quality of our 

 letters to be second to none on the market. Your money will be 

 cheerfully refunded if you are no^leased, .but we are sure to please 

 you. Send your orders to 



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THE McCALLUM COMPANY, 



Bfanafaotarern and Importers ot 

 FLORISTS' ACCESiiORIKS 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



'THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" 



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-SPECIAL PitlCES 



Letters paok*d tS to aaoli paokaar*. 

 Mmnarala In vain* eolors and prioa. 



RIPT 

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Can tea liad in tba following Inaerip- 

 tlona In Gold and Purpla 



No. 1 

 la GoId'And Parple, per 1000, tSM 



No. 4 

 In Gold Onlr. P«r 1000, $5.00 



No. 6 

 In Gold only, per 1000. $4.60 



The kind that will sticky STICK and STICK, and won't come off. 



Father 



Mother 



Brother 



Sister 



Husband 



Wife 



Mamma 



Comrade 



Nephew 



At Rest 



Kest 



Our 



My 



Asleep 



Baby 



Sleeping 



Cousin 



Peace 



Niece 



Daughter 



Darling 



Dear 



Too Soon 



Grandpa 



Grandma 



Friend 



Aunt 



Uncle 



Papa ) • 



Son 



B. E. and J. T. COKELY, 



201 a. 7th Ave., SCRAITOR, PA. 



Cstabllahad M yaara Manufaoturars and Importars of Floriata* SuppUaa 

 — ^^^— ^— — i ABOVX PRICKS ARK POSTPAID ^«-»— — ^-^ 



Tan Words to Kaoli Packaca 

 Par 100 words $8.50 



Always state what color is wanted, other- 

 wise sold will be sent. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The week ending June 28 proved a 

 satisfactory one for cut flower sales. 

 Graduation exercises, weddings, recep- 

 tions and other social gatherings created 

 a good call, and clearances were good, 

 especially on roses and carnations. With 

 the closing of schools and colleges and 

 the passing of June weddings, demands 

 are now much fewer and there is little 

 but funeral work to keep retailers busy. 

 All hands anticipate a quiet market for 

 a couple of months and an active one in 

 September. Boses are fewer in num- 

 ))er, but of fairly good quality for early 

 fuly. There is a limited call for Ameri- 

 jan Beauties, but for such varieties as 

 Kaiserin, Miller, Ophelia and Francis 

 Scott Key there is good demand. The 

 Killarneys are now of poor quality. 

 Small lots of hybrid perpetuals have ap- 

 peared, but these cut a small figure in 

 the wholesale market. It is surprising 

 that more are not grown, as they are so 

 much superior to the undersized blooms 

 grown under glass at this season. 



Carnations are small, and the color of 

 pink varieties is poor. Many growers 

 have stopped shipping them entirely. 

 Sweet peas are now all grown outdoors, 

 but the quality so far is not good, the 

 stems being short. The first of the asters 

 appeared last week, but they will sell 

 better a month hence. Valley is scarce 

 and dear, but there is little call for it. 



Lilies are also in scant supply, but gla- 

 dioli are abundant and fine in quality. 

 The first outdoor ones arrived June 28. 

 (Jornnowers, salpiglossis and other an- 

 nuals, and a good assortment of such 

 perennials as delphiniums, coreopsis and 

 gaillardias, are coming in. There are 

 few cattleyas outside of gigas and Gas- 

 kelliana. The demand for green sup- 

 plies was good last week, but is now 

 small. There are practically no flower- 

 ing plants on the market but a few 

 hydrangeas, and foliage plants and 

 ferns take their place. 



Various Notes. 



William Penn left Boston June 26 for 

 Grand Lake Stream, Me., where he will 

 indulge in his favorite pastime, salmon 

 fishing, during the month of July. Busi- 

 ness at Penn 's last week was good. They 

 had numerous graduation orders, in ad- 

 dition to receptions and weddings and 

 one or two large funeral orders. 



William Sim, of Cliftondale, has been 

 ordered to plow up a large field of early 

 sweet corn, which he specializes in each 

 season. The plants are started under 

 glass and his crop always realizes fancy 

 prices in the Boston market. The dis- 

 covery of the dreaded corn borer caused 

 the inspectors to condemn Mr. Sim's 

 entire crop and he estimates his loss at 

 $5,000. Other large growers are also 

 hard hit, and there is a growing demand 

 that the state reimburse them, at least 

 in part, for their loss. 



The Boston Florists' Association has 



decided to hold its first annual outing at 

 Wardhurst, Lynnfield, in lieu of Nan- 

 tasket. There will be a dinner, which 

 will be free to all members, and an in- 

 teresting program of sports to follow it. 

 The date i» July 12 and practically 

 everyone will make the journey in auto- 

 mobiles. 



June proved to be an exceptionally 

 warm and dry month. Our longest 

 drought of the year was broken June 27 

 by refreshing rains, which were much 

 needed. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar has resigned 

 his position as park commissioner of Bos- 

 ton, and a successor has been appointed. 

 The personnel of the board is hardly 

 what a city like Boston should have. In 

 the days of J. A. Pettigrew, the Boston 

 parks were our pride, but now that poli- 

 tics rule even the park board, there is 

 little wonder that conditions steadily 

 grow worse. 



Samuel* Wax, of Wax Bros., left June 

 28 for a six weeks' vacation with Mrs. 

 Wax at Moosehead lake. Me. Mr. Wax 

 is a noted angler and always remembers 

 his friends with fine boxes of the finny 

 tribe while away. Wax Bros, did the 

 largest June business in their history. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co. have had a 

 busy June, and a glance at their ice 

 chests shows that they still do a big 

 business in cut flowers. Henry M. Eob- 

 inson, with his wife and family, are at 

 Green Harbor, Mass., but his son, John, 

 a wide-awake second edition of the 

 father, is right on the job. 



