. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. July 23, 1914. The Florists^ Review INLAND FLORISTS REAP PROFITS FROM OCEAN TRAVEL low Retailers all over the country share in the enormous busi- ess in flowers for departing ocean voyagers at this time of year. ATCHING load after of flowers draw up :i,t tlic (lock of a great ocean liner on the day of departure, an uninitiated person is led to wonder where tliey all come from. Tf, liowe\er, lie ? iijicd to consider the t^i/.o of tlie first ~s passeufjer list of the hoat, the iilxM' of ordei's i-arried hy those few ;, niiiohiie trucks would se
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. July 23, 1914. The Florists^ Review INLAND FLORISTS REAP PROFITS FROM OCEAN TRAVEL low Retailers all over the country share in the enormous busi- ess in flowers for departing ocean voyagers at this time of year. ATCHING load after of flowers draw up :i,t tlic (lock of a great ocean liner on the day of departure, an uninitiated person is led to wonder where tliey all come from. Tf, liowe\er, lie ? iijicd to consider the t^i/.o of tlie first ~s passeufjer list of the hoat, the iilxM' of ordei's i-arried hy those few ;, niiiohiie trucks would seem insi^nifi I in comi)aris()M. For a siuirlc prison 1 , loads of th)wers would lie an ain;i/. 1. _; (|uantity, Init for several huudicd I ? >|ile tjiey are less thaTi a « and forward these orders the Kii'-i ;m-- is as yet a small fraction nt' \viia; ;t ^lit he. How Many Sail. \t this time of year scarcely a day l':i-^cs when 7nore than 1,00(1 first-(dass |'a^-^cn<,'ers do not lea\'e New York; -'inic days the total passenj^er lists iiJ' th(^ six to a do/en liners which sail I'm fI reign shores' reach over tiirec tiiiics'tliat number. The ports of Bos- ti'ii and l*liila- I'ai tures. and t li 0 ^ III a 1 I e !• J) o r t s 'liioiighout this eoun "' and Oanada can '<'iiiit fully as many '•:i'ii day. These fig- III'"~ represent oidy lu^i idass passengers; ^o they may all fairly '"? 'onsidered as pos- mIiIi' sources of busi- 'I'-N by florists. Mul- 'M'ly these by the 'iiimlier of intimate; ''I' nds eadi one has ?'"'?i the number of I'l'^-il'le ])atroiis of 'i'' florist for this ' ?' , It. may fairly "aid, is an opti- " '!'? estimate; hut ' : . it is always the "' ? iiiist who is the ! -^essive, f(»r the !? 'ndstie estimate ' ' '"• no room for I' -less. The pro- - ^ive florist, there- ? '• has ii e r e a 1 lid opportunity "'velop a line of '"'J^s that is heav- '' ' <iuring what is ' ' "arily the dull "
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