. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CWN tCTTER^y^ DEADER^ PROMPT SETTLEMENT PAYS. I have been much interested in articles from time to time in The Eeview re- garding credits and collections, because I have given more care the last year to these subjects than ever before and am proud of my success. By January 12 I had collected every dollar on sales made last year up to December and now, January 16, only ten per cent of December business is outstanding, and that is all due from outside florists whose orders I filled. I find some of them are not so prompt as I would like, taking thirty
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. CWN tCTTER^y^ DEADER^ PROMPT SETTLEMENT PAYS. I have been much interested in articles from time to time in The Eeview re- garding credits and collections, because I have given more care the last year to these subjects than ever before and am proud of my success. By January 12 I had collected every dollar on sales made last year up to December and now, January 16, only ten per cent of December business is outstanding, and that is all due from outside florists whose orders I filled. I find some of them are not so prompt as I would like, taking thirty days and then some. We wire some orders to other florists and we invariably send check on re- ceipt of bill, where we have had no previous business, and in other cases remit on the first of the month follow- ing receipt of bill. I feel that when I ask for delivery of flowers by one who probably has never heard of me I should appreciate the favor and believe if this plan were carried out by all it would prove more satisfactory than the "hit or miss" that now prevails. C. D. Otis. PERPLEXED QUESTIONS. Is it possible that the florists of this country are going to be so shortsighted as to encourage the general use of arti- ficial flowers by using them in funeral work, thereby depreciating the value of natural flowers? The writer's atten- tion has just been called to an instance where a grower with a large retail busi- ness is using them extensively. It is hard to see how a grower could be so thoughtless. To my notion, this is the worst problem the trade has to face. Imagine the undertaker renting sprays for funerals, just as some of them do use door-pieces of artificial flowers. Ar- tificial flowers are all right in perma- nent decorations in some public places, but are out of place in any florist's shop. I think this matter should have atten- tion through our organizations. It is my opinion also that florists are getting timid about prices and over- anxious to reduce th
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