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The Florists' Review 



May 19, 1021 



CAPE JASMINES 



For MEMORIAL DAY 



We still have a big supply of choice buds 

 unsold for next week's delivery. If you have 

 not placed your entire order, wire night 

 message at our expense on shipments of 

 500 or more. 



PRICES: 



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

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

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



500 at 1000 rate. Cash or C. O. D., F. O. B. Alvin 



We guarantee good condition upon arrival to any part of the United l^tates. 



BENSON FLORAL CO., Alvin, Texas 



ESTABLISHED 1894 



. ,,, ^ CAPE JASMINES 



#'»»^'m. ^^' GRANDIFLORA-THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS 



Welfare now shipping and will continue to ship to June 10. Ordei-s for 

 Decoration Day should be sent in as early as possible. Our buds are fine 

 with plenty of foliage: 



Short Stems, 4 to 8 inches, per 1000 ^12.00 



Medium Stems, 8 to 12 inches, per 1000 18.00 



Medium Stems, 8 to 12 inches, per 100 2.00 



Jtj ^i^^^^K^ \jya.% Stems, 12 to 18 inches, per 1000 25.00 



/ I. "M J^K^^^^^ Long Stems, 12 to 18 inches, per 100 3.00 



50 buds, prepaid, for $1.75 



We ship C. 0. D. to responsible parties. We solicit your order, which will receive our prompt attention. 



T. W. CARLTON, Grower and Shipper, ALVIN, TEXAS 



REFERENCE: Alvin State Bank 



attending a meeting of the executive 

 board of his society, Monday, May 9. 

 He allowed many of his friends to ex- 

 amine samples of sugar and other 

 products made from dahlia roots, which 

 were highly interesting, as thev showed 

 the possibility of a new industry to 

 arise from dahlia culture. 



John Young, secretary of the S. A. F., 

 left Tuesday, May 17, to attend a meet- 

 ing of the local executive committee of 

 the national flower show. The meet- 

 ing was held May 19. 



A scratch team of the Eighteenth 

 Street Flower Market Baseball Club 

 played against a team, captained by 

 Adolph LeMoult and comprising some 

 of his own employees and others from 

 the Twenty-eighth street market, at 

 Hempstead, Sunday, May 15. The game 

 was greatly enjoyed by the teams and 

 resulted twenty-three to twenty in 

 favor of the LeMoults. After the game 

 all in attendance were entertained at 

 the home of John Schmidt, bookkeeper 

 for Mr. LeMoult, whose residence was 



near to the ball field, and who arranged 

 for the game. 



Frank J. Valentine fathered a reso- 

 lution recently presented at a meeting 

 of the Harlem board of commerce, call- 

 ing for the endorsement of his sugges- 

 tion that a campaign be organized to 

 secure funds for the erection of a tablet 

 to commemorate the deeds of the boys 

 of Harlem and Yorkville who died in 

 the world war. Mothers' day Mr. 

 Valentine supplied the youngsters of 

 his neighborhood with flowers at cost 



