. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. KIDDING Does It Pay? If you'd ask me, I'd say kidding pays, provided you don't do it in a kid way. One thing sure, no one likes to be told he doesn't know w^hat he already knows he doesn't. But that same person certainly does rise to the bait, when you infer that what he doesn't know, just plain isn't worth knowing. When Tom, our Scotchman, for instance, show^s a customer a new orchid, he always says: "By the way, here is that new orchid you have read so much about ; Of course the customer more than likely never read a w^ord about
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. KIDDING Does It Pay? If you'd ask me, I'd say kidding pays, provided you don't do it in a kid way. One thing sure, no one likes to be told he doesn't know w^hat he already knows he doesn't. But that same person certainly does rise to the bait, when you infer that what he doesn't know, just plain isn't worth knowing. When Tom, our Scotchman, for instance, show^s a customer a new orchid, he always says: "By the way, here is that new orchid you have read so much about ; Of course the customer more than likely never read a w^ord about it; but he sure likes to think, you think he has. This same Tom always agrees with a disagree- able woman. Then he promptly turns his agreement into a disagreement, by suggesting that she likes the very things she had said she disliked. Tom says the best way to disagree with a woman is to agree. Maybe he knows what he is talking about. Whether he does or not; he sells more flowers than I ever thought of selling. New York's Favorite Flower Shop. Fifth Avenue at S8th Street any other line of forcing stock. They are monuments to the men who pro- duced them, but we should not lose sight of the fact that the producers of new varieties are a small proportion of the growers of this country. This ar- ticle is intended for the rank and file. Are we living up to our opportunities f Let us face the question honestly. In the first place, the public wants our product. It has been demonstrated over and over again during the pa4st season that they are willing to pay a fair price for flowers. Indeed, at the present time there is considerable de- bate going on as to whether they are not paying an unfair price. Except on rare occasions, during the past several. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chicago : Florist
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