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The Florists' Review 



May 12, 1921 



Cape Jessamine Buds 



for Memorial Day 



The Queen of Flovoers 600,000 this Season 



The largest Jessamine Farm in the U. S. 



TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE TRADE : 



The Cape Jessamines are now ready and leaving by every express. The daily sup- 

 ply is increasing rapidly. This will enable us to fill your DECORATION DAY order 

 complete and have it in your store several days in advance, so there will be no need for 

 you to worry. An early order or two will no doubt stimulate your Decoration Day trade. 



OurlBuds are fine. If you have never bousht of us, all we ask is a trial shipment. 



'We ship anywhere in the U. S.; time arrivals and guarantee A-1 stock. No order too 

 lame for us. We are booking orders daily. Special attention (Civen reirular orders. 

 We aret second class express rate. 



Class X, 12 to 18-inch stems, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000 

 Class A, 8 to 12-inch stems, 2.00 per 100; 18.00 per 1000 

 Class B, 4 to 8-inch stems. 1.50 per 100; 12.00 per 1000 



500 at 1000 rate. No charge for packing. 

 50 Choice Buds prepaid anywhere in the U. S. on receipt of $1.50 



Terms: Cash or C. O. D., F. O. B. Alvln, Texas. WRITE, PHONE or WIRE. If you wire, all (hat is necessary is to state number 



wanted and class (X, A or B). Awake day and nisht, ready to serve you. 



Alvin Cape Jessamine & Floral Co. 



ALVIN, TEXAS 



Cape Jessamine (Grandiflora) 



Reference, Alvin State Bank 



Wholesale Florists 



Cape Jasmines 



A large supply of good grade stock for Memorial Day 



Class X, 12 to 18-inch stems, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. 

 Class A, 8 to 12-inch stems, 2.00 per 100; 18.00 per 1000. 

 Class B, 4 to 8-inch stems, 1.50 per 100; 12.00 per 1000. 



F. 0. B. Alvin, cash with order or C. 0. D. Lots of 500 or standing orders 



totaling 500 or more at 1000 rates. 



Stock ready for shipment about May 12th or 15th. Let us have your order as 



early as possible. 



E. J. SHEFFIELD, %l Alvin, Texas 



p. J. Foley celebrates his fifty-fourth 

 anniversary this week. He was born 

 May 12, 1867. 



Returning from St. Louis May 4, M. 

 C. Wright brought three orders for 

 large-sized Lord & Burnham hot water 

 boilers, to be installed in Kirkwood 

 and Webster Groves greenhouses next 

 summer. 



A page in the North Shore Weekly 

 carried Mothers' day advertising of 

 four leading florists in the Wilson 

 avenue distric*, Stollery Bros., Lake- 



side Flower Shop, Schiller the Florist 

 and La Bonte Florist. Schiller's adver- 

 tisement, in department store fashion, 

 offered five "specials" at shoppers' 

 prices, led by Boston ferns at $2.90. 



Max Cohen, of the Jackson Flower 

 Shop, is planning his summer vacation. 

 He will take it in July, making the 

 trip to the Pacific coast with his lodge 

 of Elks. 



Eric Johnson reports that last week 

 made a new record for the cut flower 

 department of the A. L. Bandall Co., 



the week's sales exceeding in value the 

 largest week in the history of the busi- 

 ness. 



Many big wedding orders are keep- 

 ing things humming at the new store 

 of Henry Wittbold & Son, at 75 Ea*t 

 Adams street, while other business is 

 especially active for sucfh" a recebtly 

 established store. 



Miss Hazel Dawn, playing in 

 "Gertie's Garter" at the Woods 

 theater, visited the Bohannon Floral 

 Co. the other day and was prevailed 



