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The Florists^ Review 



Decembbb 26, 1912. 



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CHAS. S. LEE & CO., 



Evergreen, 

 Alabama 



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the dissemination of knowledge, which 

 has been brought about by the com- 

 bination of thought and study which is 

 bound to arise when the best men of 

 our business meet at the annual con- 

 ventions of the S. A. F. 



The national society has also been 

 the means of bringing the individual 

 members and sections of the country 

 into closer and more friendly relation- 

 ship. 



The societies, both the national and 

 the local, have also, to my mind, been 

 partially responsible for the success of 

 the trade papers of today, for with the 

 increased knowledge, and the desire for 

 greater knowledge, it became necessary 

 to have some medium by which it couM 

 be quickly and constantly disseminated, 

 and the increased success of the trade 

 papers was the natural result. 



Many other benefits resulting from 

 the existence of the national society 

 could be enumerated, but I fear I shall 

 weary you. 



The Ijocal Societies. 



Our state society has done and can 

 do locally what the national society has 

 been doing nationally. 



When I first connected myself with 

 the florists' business I found many in- 

 stances where one florist, having a sur- 

 plus of something, would rather let it 

 go to waste than let his near-by com- 

 petitor have it, always hoping that his 

 competitor's customer would come to 

 him and he thereby be the gainer. The 

 idea of letting a competitor have the 

 last of any stock was not to be thought 

 of. This has all been changed, and to 

 my mind the local society deserves the 

 credit. This society has been the means 

 of bringing together the best men in 

 our business, and by closer association 

 has shown each that the competitor is 

 also a man, just as refined as himself, 

 and that he is just as willing to live 

 and let live. 



Acquaintance of Competitors. 



Why, years ago, one man would not 

 want his competitor to find out where 

 he was delivering stock, being afraid 

 that he would try to steal his customer! 

 The idea of letting a competitor de- 

 liver anything for you was not to be 

 thought of, for he might do something 

 to the plant or design, so as to make it 

 unsatisfactory to the customer, and in 

 that way gain a customer. 



But, I am happy to say, the mingling 

 together at these florists' meetings, the 

 friendly discussion of ideas and the 



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Laurel Festooning, only $3.50 per 100 yards. 'Try it. 



Fancy or Dagger Ferns, 70c per 1000. 



Few Cases Bronze Galax, $2.00 per case. 



New Crop Green Galax, $4.00 per case of 10,000. 



Try our 12-bbl. bales Sphagnum Moss, only $5.00. 

 Once used, always used. 



Boxwood, fine stock, $^15.00 per 100 lbs. 



Southern Wild Smilax, $5.00 per case. 



Evergreen and Laurel Wreaths, $2.00 per doz. 



NEW SALEM FERN CO. 



Tstosmph Offfle*: 



NEW SALEM. MASS. 



P. O. Address: 



MILUNQTON. MASS. 



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A-1 Dagger and Fanqr Ferns, Bronze 

 and Green Galax, Laurel Festooning, 

 Bunch Laurel, Southern Wfld Smilax, 

 Sphagnum Noss •"** •i^SV.^VriS"- 



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STERLING NOSS & PEAT CO. 



J. L. DOTHIDAY, Prop. 



Barnegat, New Jersey 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. Selected Stock 

 1 lO-bbl. bale, $3.76; 6 lO-bbl. bales. $3.S0 e^cli; 10 

 10-bbl. bales, $3.26 each; 2» 10-bbl. bales. $3.0D each. 



Rotted 60c per sack P«at 

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L. B. Brague S Son 



WhoIesalelDealers in 



CUT FERNS 



MOSS : : EVERGREENS 



EstobHshed HINSDALE, MASS. 



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learning to know that our competitor is 

 a man just as honorable as ourselves has 

 changed all this. Now there is not a 

 florist worthy of the name who will 

 not let an honorable competitor have 



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unto U8 and forbid them not.where 

 you get Al quality Galax and 

 Leucothoe Sprajs, picked fresh 

 every day from the virgin patch 

 on Blue Ridge. 

 Oreen or Brown Galax, $3.50 per case of 10,000. 



Leucothoe Sprays, 12 to 16 in |1 00 per 1000 



16 to 20 in 1.26 



21 in. and up.... 2.00 



Leucothoe, Bronze, 12 to 16 in 1.25 



16to20in 1.50 



21to2*in 2.25 



Sheet Moss, per large bag, $1.00. No order too 

 large or small, prompt shipments. Cash Ist order. 



BLUE RIDGE EVERGREEN CO. 

 Wire Spruce Pine, N. C. E. L. Banner, Prop. 



NewEastemFems 



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ROBERT GROVES, 127 Commercial St. 



Adams, Mass. 



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