. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 4 The American Florist. Aug. 15 the buyers together who are informed already liy a blackboard at what hour certain lots are to be offered, and the fun starts. The auctioneer has a clerk with powerful lungs who describes the goods which are shown on a counter behind iron bars, in front of which the buyers congregate, and to facilitate the inspec- tion of merchandise a platform with three steps is built, enabling the rear man to look over the head of the indi- vidual in frontof him. Then the bidding is started, whic
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 4 The American Florist. Aug. 15 the buyers together who are informed already liy a blackboard at what hour certain lots are to be offered, and the fun starts. The auctioneer has a clerk with powerful lungs who describes the goods which are shown on a counter behind iron bars, in front of which the buyers congregate, and to facilitate the inspec- tion of merchandise a platform with three steps is built, enabling the rear man to look over the head of the indi- vidual in frontof him. Then the bidding is started, which is quite active and an- nounced in sonorous coice how it stands but once, until it slackens, when two or three times the bid is repeated until the " gone " is announced by a loud hit with a rattan on the counter. The buyer gets his note of sale immediately after the purchase from the auctioneer who then proceeds with the next lot, whilst the purchaser enforces his bargain by pay- ing out the funds at the cashier's office and turns his order for delivery over to his own servant or a public porter, who has to remove the goods at once. This way, though in a small space, a quick and prompt business can be done with- out much confusion and absolutely no pilfering on the part of the public. As auctioneer No. i is done No. 2 rings his bell and by 9 o'clock the wholesale lots are disposed of and retailing is the order ofthe day till 2 o'clock, when the Balls are closed till five. Then they resume business till 8 p. m., when all retailing must stop. The Central Market is a building cov- ered with a roof, fully the size of the New York Central Railroad depot, only not with a span roof, but with an ordi- nary flat roof admitting the light from the four sides in the top structure. Iron columns support the roof. The hall is divided into four grand partitions by three balcony walks extending the entire length of the building, and a balcony walk (or gallery) running all around the
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