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The Florists' Review 



August 22, 1912. 



gOOCT3Bt3POgro 



^ Don't fail to order your Fall and Spring pots from us. We can \ 



prove to you why there is all the difference in the world in clays. 



We can prove that the Ionia Pot has them all beat for porosity, 

 thus making it the best growing pot. It is the lightest made, making 

 a saving in freight, and, above all, we can demonstrate that it is strong- 

 er than any other. 



You will be pleased with its terra cotta color and its smoothness. 

 You will want them in your greenhouse aud store. 



A peifect mail order system enables us to serve you quickly and well. 



IONIA POTS 



are sorted carefully, twice, after leaving the kilns and before 

 packing. Never anything but perfect pots in Ionia cases. 



Ionia Pots are so strong and are so carefully packed (in hardwood crates with plenty 

 of straw) that we practically never have a claim for breakag:e. In the past six years 

 we have filed with the two railroads on which we ship only one claim for breakage, and 

 that for an amount less than $3.00. It is a record without a parallel. 



HERE IS THE PROOF: 



STATK OF MICHI(»AN.\„„ 

 COUNTY OF IONIA. /"*• 



Bt^rnord R. Kly, A^ent of the Grand Tnink Railroad, at Ionia. 

 MlohlKan, beln«ir duly Bworn. deposeii and says that he has searched 

 the flIoH of said Company from Januaiy Ist, 19««, to this date, and 

 fln«is that the Ionia Pottery Co. has placed but one claim for break- 

 age. amounting to $2.A2, on October 1, 1910, and that this lecord Is 

 most remarkable, considering the nature of their shipments. Fur- 

 ther deponent says not. Bkbnxrd R. Ely. 



Subscribed and sworn to before 

 me, this 4th day of August, A. D. 1911. 



C. B. Wabdle. Notary Public, Ionia Co., Mich. 

 My commission expires November 12, 1914. 



STATE OF MICHIOAN,\„ 

 COUNTY OF IONIA. / **• 



J. J. Walte, Agent at Ionia, Michigan, for the Pere Marquette 

 Railroad Co., being duly sworn, deposes and says that he has exam- 

 ined the records of said Company for the past six years, and finds 

 that during that time no claim for breakage of pottery has ever been 

 filed by the Ionia Pottery Co. against said Railroad; that their care- 

 ful packing, either loose In car or In crates. Is directly re-^ponslble 

 for this success. Further deponent says not J. J. Waitk. 



Subscribed and sworn to before 

 me this 4th day of August, A. D. 1911. 



C. B. Wabdlk, Notary Public. Ionia Co., Mich. 

 My commission expires November 12, 191*. 



Actual use will convince any grower that the breakage of Ionia 

 pots in greenhouse use is much less than the breakage with any 

 other kind. 



Ionia pots have what is commonly known as a round bottom, 

 thereby assisting the drainage and permitting the plant to dump 

 more easily without breaking the ball of soil. 



The IONIA Line includes Lawn Vases and Porch Pots 



That ire the Eqaal io Every Way of the IONIA Flower Pots. 



Ionia Pottery 

 Company 



IONIA, 



MICHIGAN 



Send now for illustrated cataioirue that 

 qii(^6 prices nn our full line- Pots, Lawn 

 Va«%», Porch Pots, Bulb Pans, Wiro 

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