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28 



The Florists' Review 



Mat 8. 1918. 



GARDENIAS 



(Qrandlfflora Cape Jasmine) 



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READY ABOUT MAY 12TH 



Place Orders Now for Decoration Day 



Remember we have the acreage, also experienced packers, and can assure 

 you that your orders, no matter how large or small, will have prompt and careful 

 attention. Write, wire or phone your orders. 



LONG DISTANCE SHIPMENTS OUR SPECIALTY. ' 



We ship nothing but first-class buds. Regular orders for the season solicited. 



PRICES F. O. B. ALVIN : 100 10(X> 



Class X-12 to 18-inch stems $1 50 H3.00 



Class A- 6 tol2.1nch stems 100 8.50 



Short Stems for Floral Work. $8.00 per lOOO 



General Special Express Rates. 



Terms. Cash or C. 0. D. 500 at 1000 rate. 



STEVENS & STEVENS, 



to 129 West Twenty-eighth street. He 

 makes orchids his specialty. 



M. C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., re- 

 ports his busiest season, with a wide 

 demand for his insecticide specialties. 



Oscar Lion, of Lion & Co., sailed 

 on the Olympic, May 3, for a trip 

 through Germany, France, Italy and 

 Switzerland. 



M. A. Bowe's most elaborate order 

 last week was both church and house 

 decorations for the McAipine-Irwin 

 wedding, at the Fifth Avenue Presby- 

 terian church. American Beauties, 

 dogwood and snapdragon were used 

 without stint in the work, and the dec- 

 oration was considered one of the most 

 elaborate of the season. 



Peter F. McKenuey, at Forty-second 

 street and Fifth avenue, has had some 

 notable dinner decorations recently at 

 Delmonico 'b. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold its next exhibition 

 May 10 and 11, at the Museum build- 

 ing in Bronx park. Liberal prizes are 

 offered for the best collections of herba- 

 ceous plants, shrubs and trees, tulips, 

 narcissi, gladioli, wild flowers, pelar- 

 goniums and calceolarias. The council 

 of the society will meet May 10 at 3 

 o'clock. Dr. M. A. Howe will give a 

 lecture on "Some Pacific Coast Sea- 

 weeds." Geo. V. Nash will escort vis- 

 itors over the grounds at 5 o'clock. 



Arbor day in New York state was 

 May 2. Brooklyn, especially, was en- 

 thusiastic and demonstrative in its 

 celebration. The New York park com- 

 missioner is planting over 500 pin oaks 

 on Broadway, from One Hundred and 

 Thirty-sixth street to One Hundred and 

 Sixty-sixth street, at a cost of $9,000, 

 paying $5 for each tree. 



The trade extendi congratulations 

 to Frank McMahon, the popular rose 

 grower of Seabright, N. J., who was 

 married April 30. 



W. A. Manda, of South Orange, N. 

 J., won at Ghent, Belgium, five medals 

 for his display at the quinquennial 

 exhibition. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. has 

 added J. P. Cleary to its auctioneering 

 staff. 



John Lewis Childs, of Queens, L. I., 

 is on his annnal trip to California. 



Wertheimer Bros, say the end of 



(REFERENCE: ALVIN STATE BANK) 

 Mention The Review when yon write 



No extra charge for packlngr. 



Alvin, Texas 



CAPE JASMINES 



FROM 



TEXAS COAST JASMINE FARMS 



CREAM OF THE CROP 



We have the flowers. You need them. Place your orders with us at once. We will 

 have close to 500,000 buds this year. 



Pickers and packers of several yeara' experience. Buds packed to ship any distance . 

 Prices are: 



B's-3 to 6-inch stems $5 00 per 1000 X's— 12 to 18-inch stem« ... $13 00 per 1000 



A's-6 to 12-inch stems 8 50 per 1000 Less than 500 $1 00 and $1.50 per 100 



Cash or C. O. D. 



R. W. WOODWARD, Mgr. 



P. O. Box 886 ALVIN, TEXAS 



Mention The Uevlew when you write. 



GARDENIAS 



Choice buds (Jasmine Grandiflora) with an abundance of bright, fresh foliage 



from strong, vigorous plants. 



Class A $1.50 per 100. $13.00 per 1000; stems over 12 inches. F. B. 



Class B 1.00 per 100, $8.^0 per 1000; stems under 12 inches. F. 0. B. 



Cash or C. 0. D. 



YARD & YARD 



P. O. BOX 201. 



ALVIN. TEXAS 



Mention The Review when you write. 



' the silk mills strike is not as yet in 

 sight. Many jobbers are reported sold 

 out on some of the staples most in de- 

 mand. Novelties from Europe already 

 are arriving in considerable quantity 

 and mark another advance in florists' 

 textiles. 



Hugo Jahn, in Brooklyn, has a new 

 auto for delivery purposes. 



Phil Ditzenberger, foreman for H. 

 E. Froment, entertained the stork last 

 week. It is a boy. 



Wm. C. Rickards, treasurer of the 

 New York Florists' Club, is traveling 

 for S. D. Woodruff & Sons, seedsmen. 



John Young returned May 4 from a 

 week's trip to Minneapolis. 



The annual meeting of the New 

 York Cut Flower Exchange was held 



May 3. The following officers were 

 elected: President, Jonn Donaldson; 

 secretary, Victor Dorval; treasurer,. 

 Charles Beekman; directors, Anton 

 Schultheis, Philip Kessler, Frank Mil- 

 lang, Fred Smith and John Schneider 



W. N. Reed and wife sailed May 3, 

 on the President Lincoln, for an ex- 

 tensive European trip. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Eldora, la.— C. H. Hollied, of this 

 place, recently visited Springfield, Mo., 

 and it is understood that he inspected 

 some suburban pieces of real estate 

 at that city, with the intention of 

 making his home there if he found any 

 property to suit him. 



