. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. '?^r' 18 The Florists^ Review Febbcabz 20, 1919> ^jji'^jji'^jvxv:iy9jv\vii'^Jii^ii)?jji BUCKEYE BULL'S-EYES A RAKE OPPORTUNITY^ At the rate that the national adver- tising is creating potential flower buy- ers, the growing section will have to get busy to supply the goods. True, we are just recovering from a serious inter- ruption in the growing end, but during this time demand was being created apace by the unprecedented use of printers' ink, making it imperative that production be speeded up. It matters little what kind of flowers is sent
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. '?^r' 18 The Florists^ Review Febbcabz 20, 1919> ^jji'^jji'^jvxv:iy9jv\vii'^Jii^ii)?jji BUCKEYE BULL'S-EYES A RAKE OPPORTUNITY^ At the rate that the national adver- tising is creating potential flower buy- ers, the growing section will have to get busy to supply the goods. True, we are just recovering from a serious inter- ruption in the growing end, but during this time demand was being created apace by the unprecedented use of printers' ink, making it imperative that production be speeded up. It matters little what kind of flowers is sent to market; they meet with a ready sale at prices making their productipn profit- able. For the first time in the history of the business, nothing is going into the loss column. Better methods of mer- chandising are moving the stock and they are destined effectively to solve the problem of the glutted market. Perhaps there never existed a greater incentive for embarking in the business of producing plants and flowers than the present offers. The labor situation has returned to normal and the price of glass, boilers, structural steel and other materials has descended to a level per- mitting extensive use. The crying need of practically every wholesaler in the land is stock, the question of sale, tem- porarily, at least, occupying a secondary place. Of the items of bedding and or- namental plants there are not half enough in course of preparation to take care of spring requirements. The situa- tion in greens is one approaching actual famine, with no immediate relief in sight. The plants from foreign coun- tries to be excluded, or substitutes, must be produced at home. The war proved that the florists' business possesses sta- bility. These and many other factors are potential indications of the exist- ence of excellent opportunities for mak- ing money by producing flowers. Mac. AN APPRECIATION. The writer had heard much of that gifted Philadelphian, Charles H. Grake- low, and looke
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