. The American carnation, how to grow it ... Carnations. Picking, Packing and Shipping Carnation Flowers labor in the process of packing, the blooms will arrive upon the market in a substantially better condition, and will generally sell for a price sufficiently advanced to cover the cost of the boxes and extra labor. These pasteboard boxes are packed in cases containing from lo to 15 boxes. The cases are made of light half-inch pine, strongly put together, and braced so that they will stand a number of trips to the city and return, as the express companies return all empties to the shipper, e
. The American carnation, how to grow it ... Carnations. Picking, Packing and Shipping Carnation Flowers labor in the process of packing, the blooms will arrive upon the market in a substantially better condition, and will generally sell for a price sufficiently advanced to cover the cost of the boxes and extra labor. These pasteboard boxes are packed in cases containing from lo to 15 boxes. The cases are made of light half-inch pine, strongly put together, and braced so that they will stand a number of trips to the city and return, as the express companies return all empties to the shipper, either free, or for a very slight charge. An. Interior of a Wholesale Florist's Store in New York Citr allowance is made to the storekeeper for the return of the pasteboard boxes, and quite a proportion of these boxes are returned, and are used over again, although of late years an increasing percentage of these are sold to go with the flowers. Upon the lid of each box a label is pasted showing names, num- ber and quality of the flowers contained in the 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 Ward, Charles Willis. New York, A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company, ltd.
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