. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igir. The Americay Florist. Considering: the large amount of money invested, ours is the worst organized industry of any, worse than the peanut industry. The methods used by grow- ers in disposing of their flowers is mainly responsible for these bargain sales; prices are juggled with, accord- ing to the whims, or beliefs, of middle- men. Retailers who are onto their business have fairly accurate knowl- edge of crop conditions and refuse to respond to the tactics of the middle- man when prices are made exorbitant;
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igir. The Americay Florist. Considering: the large amount of money invested, ours is the worst organized industry of any, worse than the peanut industry. The methods used by grow- ers in disposing of their flowers is mainly responsible for these bargain sales; prices are juggled with, accord- ing to the whims, or beliefs, of middle- men. Retailers who are onto their business have fairly accurate knowl- edge of crop conditions and refuse to respond to the tactics of the middle- man when prices are made exorbitant; the result is quickly seen in the over- supplied market, and the speculator, or department bargain sale man, sees his opportunity and grabs it. Under- stand, this does not affect me in the least, and, personally, I don't care what other people are doing, but there will never be a satisfactory solution of the flower-buying problem until there is an open market where growers or their own agents present what they have for sale each morning, where they will sell for actual cash only, and sell everything out clean each day. When this method is adopted, values will be steadier all around and in their proper ratio as governed by the law of sup- ply and demand. Until that time we shall continue to be harassed by the at present prevailing method of inflat- ing values according to the supposed necessity of the retailer, rather than to the actual supply in the ; Mr. Thorley has observed closely the conditions that prevail in the markets of England, France and Germany, and knows whereof he speaks and, we think, our readers will appreciate the fact that the above quoted remarks are quite pertinent to tlie question. Preparing: Greenhouse Soil. Ed. American Florist ; I have 125 loads of sod taken from a meadow, and plenty of cow manure and also dry sheep manure. What is the best way to prepare this for the greenhouse to grow carnations and chrysanthemums? How much air slacked lime
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