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APRIL 24, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



38 



Micheirs Seasonable Seeds and Bulbs 



CINERARIA SEED 



ifl Tr. Tr. 

 Pkt. Pkt. 



Dwarf Grand. Prize Mixed 10.60 $1.00 



Med. Tall Grand. Prize Mixed ... .60 1.00 



PRIMULA CHINENSIS SEED 



Alba Magnifica, Chiswick Red, 

 Kermesina Splendens, Duchess, 

 Holborn Blue, Rosy Morn, Mi- 

 chell's Prize Mixture 60 1.00 



PRIMULA OBCONICA 



. GIGANTEA SEED 



Lilac, Crimson, Pink, White, 

 Hybrida Mixed 



.50 



BEGONIA BULBS doz. loo 1000 



Single, separate colors... $0.40 % 2.50 $22.00 



Single, mixed colors 30 2 25 20.00 



Double, sepa«ite colors.. .66 4.00 35.00 



Double, mixed colors 50 3.75 33.00 



GLOXINIA BULBS 



Mixedcolors 50 3.00 27.50 



CALADIUM BULBS ' - 



Mammoth, 11 to 12 in.... 1.35 10.60 92.50' 



First size, 9 to 11 in 85 6 00 52.50 



Second size, 7 to 91n 50 3.50 30.00 



Third size. 5 to 7 in 30 2.00 16.00 



All 



and Supplies for th* Florist 



HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 



818 



MARKET ST., 



PHILADELPHIA 



Advertisinsr That Really Pays 



9!^.r>v *'niwen lor tke Bride," 



•Tiwil OHerii*" 



Three business bollding book- 

 lets for retail florlBta. 



Special Price List MalUng Card 

 for Valentine's Day. 



Artistic Cats fir NewsMVer Ut. 



Aak sfooat our Complete AdvertlBlng Contract. 



PAYNE JENNWCS&COFIPANY,**"^ ?li^i°Go 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



Magnolia Leaves ^7^'^^ *°*^ 



American Oak Sprays Cycas Leaves 



Rascus Statice 



Write for samples 



OSCAR LEISTNER 



17 N. Franklin Street, Chicago 



SelllDK Agent for 

 OVE GNATT, Hammond, Ind. 



Preparer of Natural FoUaires. 

 Mention The Review when yoa write. 



g Budlong's 



E Bk Ribbon VaDey 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



hold back stock, hoping for big prices, 

 particularly at holiday times, although 

 this is something which has troubled us 

 more in the past than it has for the last 

 year or two. This is a bad practice and 

 never can be anything but detrimental 

 to the sale of the stock. As an illustra- 

 tion of this, I remember one Memorial 

 day when a large shipment of carna- 

 tions came in to us fr^ one of our 

 growers. Some of the stofek was beau- 

 tiful, fresh and well grown flowers, but 

 a large portion of it was stock which 

 showed that it had been pickled, and 

 this poor stock condemned the whole 

 shipment. This jtarticular grower must 

 have lost $200 or $300 by holding his 

 stock, where, if he had sent it in when 

 It was good and fresh, even on a lower 

 market, he would have come out far 

 •'ihead of the way he did. It was a les 

 son to him, one which he never forgot, 

 and he told us afterwards that he would 

 »ever repeat that mistake. 



We would much prefer to have to 

 notify our customers that we had sold- 

 "P clean and were not able to take care 

 of their ord^s, or were only able to 



SCRIPT WORDS 



FOR RIBBON DECORATIONS 



10 WOKDS IN A PACKAGE. 25c EACH PACKAGE 



Qold or Purple 



Have stock words such as:— Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Daughter, 

 Son, Husband, Wife, Aunt, Uncle, Mamma, Papa, Darling, Baby, Shopmate, 

 Cousin, Friend, etc. At Rest, Asleep, Dear, Beloved, Our, My, Grandma, 

 Grandpa, etc. 26 different kinds. 



The whole set (260 words) in a very finely finished 

 compartment box, $6.50, prepaid to your station. 



AMERICAN IMPORTING CO., '**?)i?S*A^G^!YL^£I?^Jir* 



Waterproof Crepe Paper 



COLORS: 



Dark Green m^- 



Light Green 

 Red 



Lavender 

 Purple 

 White 

 10-foot rolls. Stock fresh from the mills. 

 12^ cents per roll. 



(The kind others ask fifteen and twenty 

 cents for.) 



American Importing Co. 



219 S. Dearborn St., Chlcaco, III. 



Gold Letters, Etc. 



Ik-inch size 10.45 per 100 



1 -inchsize .40perl00 



%-inch8ize 36 per 100 



On all orders of 1000 initials or over we 

 will include one compartment box FREE. 



AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 



919 8. Dearborn St.. ClUciaco. III. 



Magnolia Leaves 



NINKTT CENTS - 



The good Quality you must have for 



Decoration Day. 



(1000 leaves in a carton.) 



Colors— Red, Brown, Green and Purple. 



AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 



21» S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. 



