. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. POINSETTIAS . N4luri*'^ tribyitc h\ rlio H.'i^i,iy .piril in it' movt >({M|ii' iinJ t»eautiful lorm ;ni1 4.»lor. I hi- ,;;|iisvy, ik!i. d;ifV j^nvi; ..( ili.' tiiliajti' furms » )(L-? , l--: 0.\c iiuio^ ??'in-. ?-) Extra Fine Sp«cimcm Tlus Week, from jj^l JM> !*' OUR POITED PLANTS FOR CHRISTMAS AUo Ii^dude the F'oUoHing: -"•aloo"'''-'•».'»H» ,|..;i(,.» Hi-,... ? • ;ll • IW ?tipbtt) I* Itmklrrt (/.ii, 1,.,.- -.•!.--. -n,J, Urdi mtj" frMH'o f'MMkttt* t iMUtih |w» '.uuih 43 Bromfield St An
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. POINSETTIAS . N4luri*'^ tribyitc h\ rlio H.'i^i,iy .piril in it' movt >({M|ii' iinJ t»eautiful lorm ;ni1 4.»lor. I hi- ,;;|iisvy, ik!i. d;ifV j^nvi; ..( ili.' tiiliajti' furms » )(L-? , l--: 0.\c iiuio^ ??'in-. ?-) Extra Fine Sp«cimcm Tlus Week, from jj^l JM> !*' OUR POITED PLANTS FOR CHRISTMAS AUo Ii^dude the F'oUoHing: -"•aloo"'''-'•».'»H» ,|..;i(,.» Hi-,... ? • ;ll • IW ?tipbtt) I* Itmklrrt (/.ii, 1,.,.- -.•!.--. -n,J, Urdi mtj" frMH'o f'MMkttt* t iMUtih |w» '.uuih 43 Bromfield St An Example of Good Display. luas than h'e was this day last year, but a favorable point for the trade is that fearly Christmas shopping has been less heavy than usual. IJ&te shop- ping always means more flowers, be- cause they are easy to buy. Florists never get much of the early business; their sales are mostly made in the last three days anyway, so there is ample time to get ready for and do a banner Christmas trade. HOLIDAY OUT FLOWEES. There is absolutely no cause for alarm on the part of cut flower grow- ers—they always will have first cftll on the Christmas demand. Frequently one Hears that the public would rather buy plants for the holi- days. It is not true. The public really prefers cut flowers. Any retailer will tell you that the only reason he is able to sell plants in large quantity for the holidays is because they have been lower in price than cut flowers. The retailer likes best to handle plants because they are not so perishable and he can take more time with them. Perhaps it is because cut flowers are recognized as more costly and more fragile than plants that the public really prefers the cut stock. Offer any buyer a box of good roses at a price somewhere near the price of a fairly showy plant and the choice almost invariably will be the cut flowers. This Christmas there should be an unusually large business in cut flowers. The indication
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