KELSEY'S BEAUTIFUL GREEN AND 
BRONZE SOUTHERN GALAX LEAVES 
Green and Bronze Galax Leaves. 
THE INTRODUCTION OF CALAX LEAVES. Galax Leaves were first introduced to the 
florist .' trade in 1890 by Harlan P. Kelsey, Highlands Nursery, Kawana, North Carolina, and 
Boston, Mass. A large amount was spent in advertising, but at first the trade took to them slowly. 
Enough to say that 
last season nearly 
thirty million it ere 
used in the United 
States and abroad. 
CALAX vs. IVY. 
Some florists can't 
give up lw leaves and 
use the cheaper and 
more effective Galax 
for the same reason 
that some people wear 
wooden shoes — they 
can't shake off old cus- 
toms for new and bet- 
ter. Galax Leaves are 
highly colored, easier 
to m a k c up, and 
cover three to five 
times more design 
than Ivy, owing to 
their shape and varia- 
tion in size. 
WHY CALAX IS SO POPULAR. Their brilliancy of coloring (bright green and rich 
bronze), unique shape, long, wiry, pliant stems and cheapness have combined to make them the 
most popular evergreen decorative now used by florists the year round. 
KEEPINC QUALITIES. The lasting qualities of Galax are remarkable, the leaves keeping 
indefinitely in cold storage, or all winter and into late spring, merely stored in a cool cellar, 
and used out of the original cases we ship in. 
PACKED IN ORIGINAL CASES. Our method of packing, which is unique and exclusive, 
saves our customers all rehandling. ( See Schedule of Cases page 3. ) The boxes are neat and light. 
EACH SIZE AND COLOR 
SEPARATE. We tie in bunches of 
twenty-five leaves (full count), each 
color and size separate — green and 
bronze, large and small, thus saving 
the florist all labor of sorting. Cases 
usually contain from 5,000 to 10,000 
Galax each. Galax weighs, packed, 
from four to eight pounds per thou- 
sand, according to size of leaves 
and number in case. 
USES FOR KELSEY'S CALAX 
LEAVES. The uses to which Galax 
can be put are too many to enu- 
merate. They can always take the 
place of ivy leaves. The handsomest, 
cheapest and most effective crosses, 
anchors, wreaths, and other set 
pieces are now made of Galax Leaves 
with Leucothoe Sprays often forming 
a base. 
FOR THE CEMETERY. In win- 
ter these pieces last indefinitely in the 
cemetery, the snow and frost improv- 
ing rather than injuring them. Galax Bunched with Violets. 
