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The Florists^ Review 



45 



Cape Jessamine Buds 



for Memorial Day 



The Queen of Flowers 600,000 this Season 



The largest Jessamine Farm in the U. S, 



TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE TRADE : 



The Cape Jessamine Bud Crop will be ten days earlier this season than it has for 

 the past several years, startinK about May 8th. 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. 'We will also be able to take care of any rush 

 order after May 10th. An early order or two will no doubt stimulate your Decoration 

 Day trade. 



Our Buds are fine; we believe In cultivation and fertilization, which costs money, but 

 the extra quality more than repays it. "Squirrel ear" leaves and knobby buds do not Ko 

 with us. If you have never bought of us, all we ask is a trial shipment. 



'W9 ship anywhere in the U. S.; time arrivals and guarantee A-1 stock. No order too 

 larK0 for us. Place your order where the supply is large, but to avoid the rush, order 

 early. We are booking orders daily. Special attention given regular orders. We get 

 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. Alvin, Texas. WRITE, PHONE or WIRE. If you wire, all that is necessary is to state number 

 wanted and class (X, A or B). Positively no change in price. Awake day and night, ready to serve you. 



We are also large shippers of MEXICAN TUBEROSES; season starts July 1st, and ends Dec. 1st. 



Alvin Cape Jessamine & Floral Co. 



ALVIN, TEXAS 



Cape Jessamine (Grandiflora) 



Beference, Alvin State Bank 



Wholesale Florists 



CAPE JASMINES-GRANDIFLORA 



750,000 BUDS FOR 

 ...MEMORIAL DAY... 



Having had a mild wintfr and early spring, my Jasmine grove is putting on a wonderful grov«rth, insuring long, 

 straight stems with an abundance of dark'green foliage and will begin to move about May 12 to 15, giving ample 

 time to reach those requiring a long haul. Being located near Houston my shipping facilities are unsurpassed. Your 

 orders will be packed in the best possible manner and promptly filled, and will be acknowledged by return mail 

 or wire. Please place youp orders early. 



TERMS CASH, F. O. B. PASADENA OR C. O. D. 



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.Q0 per 1000 



500 AT 1000 RATES. 25% OFF ON JUNE DELIVERIES 



Address D. Z. HOLLOWAY, Florist, Pasadena, Texas 



Wire HoDston References: Guarantee State Bank, Pasadena, Texas; Alvin State Bank, Alvin, Texas 



afterward should be placed in cold wa- 

 ter; as a result the flowers would stiffen 

 up and keep well. 



Boxes of flowers received in severe 

 weather, said the speaker, should be left 

 Tinopened for two or three hours, so that 

 any frost could thaw out before the 

 flowers were exposed. Such flowers as 

 acacia, wallflower and heliotrope needed 

 plungine in hot water as soon as cut, to 

 make them last, and poinsettias and 

 euphorbias must be burned at the base 

 to prevent bleeding and to send the sap 

 up to feed the flowers. 



The speaker continued by saying that 

 wilted violets could be revived if held 

 upside down under the faucet and the 

 water run over them, then rolled up in 

 wax paper and the stems plunged in 

 eold water. The trumpet-shaped, cornu- 



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Write today for samples and greatly reduced prices; 

 it will be worth your while 



J. UCHTENBERGER, 1560 Avenue A, New York City 



copia-like vases often used were round- 

 ly condemned as worthless to keep flow- 

 ers in. Where people insisted upon 

 usin^ them, it was best to let the flowers 

 lay m a bath tub or similar largo re- 

 oeptacle in order to suck up as much 

 water as possible before they were ar- 



ranged for special occasions. Boxwood 

 has been found extremely useful to stand 

 in vases as it was easy to spread out 

 the flowers and show their indiTidoall^. 

 He said that there was a growing praA- 

 tice among critical buyers to purehaw 

 odd numbers of flowers, seven, Titne or 



