. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FANCY FERNS $ per 1000 Fineat stock in the eonntrj $ par 1000 Subject to Chance Without Notice. Green Leucothoe, 100. $ 1000 $ Wild Smilaz, 60-poand oases, $; 25-pound oases Blagnolia Leaves, green and bronze, per carton IJSO Galax Leaves, green and bronze, per case of 10,000 GREEN SHEET MOSS, very fine for basket work, trimming pots, etc., per bag, 16 lbs. to the bag Sphagnvm Moss, per bale 2JSO FULL SUPPLY CUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, a good many
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. FANCY FERNS $ per 1000 Fineat stock in the eonntrj $ par 1000 Subject to Chance Without Notice. Green Leucothoe, 100. $ 1000 $ Wild Smilaz, 60-poand oases, $; 25-pound oases Blagnolia Leaves, green and bronze, per carton IJSO Galax Leaves, green and bronze, per case of 10,000 GREEN SHEET MOSS, very fine for basket work, trimming pots, etc., per bag, 16 lbs. to the bag Sphagnvm Moss, per bale 2JSO FULL SUPPLY CUT FLOWERS AT ALL TIMES MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, 264-266 Randolph St., Detroit, a good many of their customers have flowers at cost to keep them going. Sidney Hoffman suggested that whole- salers and retailers get together and start a publicity campaign right away to let the public know that flowers are more reasonable in price. W. H. Elliott said that his experience had been that, in times of glut, the wholesalers were the real distributors. He did not see why the retailers should be allowed to buy at the same favored price as the wholesalers. The growers received more from the wholesalers than the retailers. The grower had by far the greatest amount of invested capital. He sug- gested that, to stop the present-day practice of salesmen making up floral de- signs to sell at retail in the wholesale markets, the retailers do so and allow a reasonable discount on orders. The re- tailers, in his estimation, made their money too easily. H. H. Bartsch said that plants were uniform in price and did not vary like cut flowers; you never could tell custom- ers what flowers would cost for even a short period. W. C. Stickel considered the retailer to be the legitimate channel through which the grower's flowers could be disposed of. Further remarks were made by J. Frank Edgar, A. I. Parker and others. It was urged by several speakers that now was the time, when flowers were abundant and cheap, to give the fact wide newspaper publicity. A subscription was started on the spot and th
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