. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists' Review Decembke 7, 1916. JI^I^li8^,!{«fJI^IiSatiSyiiSilt^t«41l^l«i!W^ PRICES UP AND DOWN F^Tlt7Ytlt7YtlT7^1[|^A'll^A'tl^A-tl^A-tl^A'^l^/Tll^AWAll^^^^^ EFFECT ON FLORISTS. Better Retail Prices. There are evidences that the trend of prices ia turning a little more in favor of the average florist. The rise in commodity prices throughout the country has been so sharp that prac- tically every florist has realized the ne- cessity for asking the public to pay more for plants and flowers. The re- sult has been that there has come to pass a
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists' Review Decembke 7, 1916. JI^I^li8^,!{«fJI^IiSatiSyiiSilt^t«41l^l«i!W^ PRICES UP AND DOWN F^Tlt7Ytlt7YtlT7^1[|^A'll^A'tl^A-tl^A-tl^A'^l^/Tll^AWAll^^^^^ EFFECT ON FLORISTS. Better Retail Prices. There are evidences that the trend of prices ia turning a little more in favor of the average florist. The rise in commodity prices throughout the country has been so sharp that prac- tically every florist has realized the ne- cessity for asking the public to pay more for plants and flowers. The re- sult has been that there has come to pass a considerable improvement in the retail prices charged by florists. There has been no skyrocketing, such as has occurred in many other lines of busi- ness, but there has been a general im- provement. At least, there has been an end to price-cutting. In towns where it has been impossi- ble to make any material increase in prices because there was no leader, or because not all would follow the leader, it nevertheless has been realized that this is not a season for trying to get business regardless of the profit in it. This has had an appreciable effect in improving the state of the business where, as Ralph M. Ward says, florists are like cabbages, because they do not do well when planted too close together. The public has become so accustomed to finding prices advanced that florists actually have heard surprise expressed that their prices were not higher. There has been no trouble at all in making moderate advances, and even small advances have aggregated a suf- ficient sum to make the retail end of the business decidedly easier. On the Bu3rlng Side. On the buying side conditions also are relaxing to at least a moderate de- gree. The fear of pronounced scarcity of merchandise in nearly all lines of trade has subsided since the rush of fall buying; there are few lines now in which there is any fear of not be- ing able to secure the goods. The pan- icky conditions therefore have
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