. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 5i8 The American Florist. June 15, ready for market of our wares?), and by judicious, careful manipulation prices brought up to the standard that the grower should receive a fair return for his labor and capital. This is clearly to the interest of all parties concerned ; the dealer is foolish to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, foolish because while he may think "well, I will make my pile and quit," he will never reform in the world. Once a tree man always a tree man until death do part the tie b
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 5i8 The American Florist. June 15, ready for market of our wares?), and by judicious, careful manipulation prices brought up to the standard that the grower should receive a fair return for his labor and capital. This is clearly to the interest of all parties concerned ; the dealer is foolish to kill the goose that lays the golden egg, foolish because while he may think "well, I will make my pile and quit," he will never reform in the world. Once a tree man always a tree man until death do part the tie between time and eternity. Do not understand me to desire to con- vey the impression that every nursery- man is on the verge of ruin and that all have to do business as has been faintly outlined; nothing of the kind. There are scores of nurserymen to whom your financial faith cau be pinned with every assurance of safety; but all the same they feel the demoralizing effects of this whole- sale cutting, and would doubtless gladly join hands in any honorable endeavor to control existing abuses. Auction Sales of Plants. The auction sales of plants which occur each spring at New York and Boston meet with almost universal condemnation by those in the trade, and there can be no doubt that these sales have a tendency to injure the market for all alike. At the New York auction sales this spring prices have averaged lower than in former years, and it would seem that the "auction disease" may soon find its own remedy in forcing prices down to such a point that those wlio send plants there will not obtain enough for them to pay for packing and transportation. Cer- tainly much of the bedding stuff sent there is worth but little more than the boxes which hold it, though considerable quantities of plants of very fair quality are sold at ridiculously low prices. We give below the prices per lof) which plants brought at the sale at Y'oung & Elliott's, New York, May : Coleus Vers
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