. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MR. TRICKER'S TRI-CITIES TALK. PLANTS FOE THE HOLIDAYS. [A synopsis of a paper by William -E. Trirlser, read before the Illinois State Florists' Associa- tion at Mollne, March 7, 191ti] ? The average florist takes the matter of Christmas and Easter plants much as a man buying a spring or fall suit. It has come to be habit, in piost instances, without forethought. I think the flo- rists of this country should endeavor to get out of the beaten track of the usual stock used for these different oc- casions and try to present something to the publ
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MR. TRICKER'S TRI-CITIES TALK. PLANTS FOE THE HOLIDAYS. [A synopsis of a paper by William -E. Trirlser, read before the Illinois State Florists' Associa- tion at Mollne, March 7, 191ti] ? The average florist takes the matter of Christmas and Easter plants much as a man buying a spring or fall suit. It has come to be habit, in piost instances, without forethought. I think the flo- rists of this country should endeavor to get out of the beaten track of the usual stock used for these different oc- casions and try to present something to the public that is a novelty, that will increase the plant trade in the same way that the disseminators of new rosea and carnations are pushing their wares forward. I do not;3nean to disregard the staple plants that are selling year by year and that we hav« edjrcated the public to call for. But perbapsit is not the growers' fault, as, wjth the excep- tion of one or two retjuj florists, tbey 4re cautious about taKisg hold of a itew litte. If something new is brought to their notice, the predominant thought relates to price, with the purchase of six or a dozen plants, instead of enough to make a large display. The result is the new plan^ are hidden among the general stock and unless a live sales- man pushes them, often are left to the tender mercies of the knock-out price or the garbage can. I am afraid we have not taken advantage of our best opportunities to present to the public other stock than the plants that grow with the least attention. Growers' Problems. The pot plant business is discourag- ing to most florists for the simple rea- son that it costs about three times as much to produce the same income per square foot as it does with plants benched for cut flower purposes. Many growers expect all profit and no loss. There must necessarily be waste and cull plants, no matter how successful a grower may be. You cannot take the hose and water pot plants in the same way you treat the
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