. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o- The American Florist. Aug Are You Going to the Convention ? "Are you going to the convention?" asked a live florist of another who was not quite alive. "I don't think I will," was the reply. "What good will it do me, going there, spending money and losing time?" "What good? Why, man, you don't know what good it will do you until you go j'ourself, but I will tell you what good it has done me. While attending these conventions for the last three years I have learned more than I
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o- The American Florist. Aug Are You Going to the Convention ? "Are you going to the convention?" asked a live florist of another who was not quite alive. "I don't think I will," was the reply. "What good will it do me, going there, spending money and losing time?" "What good? Why, man, you don't know what good it will do you until you go j'ourself, but I will tell you what good it has done me. While attending these conventions for the last three years I have learned more than I had before in twenty years. I have made money and I have saved money through the Society of American Florists, and the Amkrican Florist paper has been a regular good partner to uie. You come and see my place now, you know how it used to look. Will you go this time ?" "Well, yes, I'll go this time, and if it does me any good I will join the society and stick to it. I don't suppose the loss of the amount the trip will tost would hurt me very bad for ; "If }'OU don't say afterward that you are glad you went and thank me for urging you I'll pa}- your expenses " Both are now making preparations to attend the Buffalo convention. There are hundreds more that need a similar stirring up. H. A. S. High Express Charges. I have been paying high express charge? on plants received right along without a murmur until now comes a case of plants from New York without a cover, with double former charges, I5. ;!, I paid it, but I will buy no more orchids until—I thank you, I have just read your remarks page 550, and it occurs to me, suppose that plants packed with dry moss in tightly covered case, billed "dead fern roots, moss and broken pot- tery" i. e. bill the other end of the plant, or simply as "plant ; No reflection on the florist or live plants, and I don't blame the express company for exacting high charges for live plants
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