. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 398 The american Florist. April I ^ Whittle they are not hid under a bushel, but open to criticism and discrimination. I don't believe there will be any distinc- tion made by the raiser of new plants to the florist doing acatalogne business and those who do not, his goods are in the market for sale and I believe it is quite immaterial to him whether the buyer does a catalogue business or not provid- ing he can supply the cash wherewith to paj-. It is decidedly unfair to cry dovin any particular plant because we ar
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 398 The american Florist. April I ^ Whittle they are not hid under a bushel, but open to criticism and discrimination. I don't believe there will be any distinc- tion made by the raiser of new plants to the florist doing acatalogne business and those who do not, his goods are in the market for sale and I believe it is quite immaterial to him whether the buyer does a catalogue business or not provid- ing he can supply the cash wherewith to paj-. It is decidedly unfair to cry dovin any particular plant because we are not in a position to make money on it. It may have a value far above a profitable flower producing plant and fill a place in horti- culture as acceptably and as profitably (to some) as a plant that will paj' as a flower producer. I will freeh^ admit that there are a great many new plants sent out that are nothing short of rubbish and they who buy indiscriminately and also they who make a practice of selling them knowing them to be rubbish ought sooner or later to reach the end of their purse even if it should jirove to be a long one. John \s. Fairfield. Cut Flowers. But a few years ago the main object in gathering collections of orchids for com- mercial purposes was for the sale of the plants. The sale of the flowers was of secondary importance. In fact, but few of the retail florists ever dreamed of using these beatitiful flowers in their work, and as for the commission men, no orchid flower was ever seen upon their counters. .\t the present time there are still many who are dubious as to the ultimate suc- cess of the business of growing and selling orchid flowers. No doubt, in many of the smaller cities, the demand for orchid flowers is still very insignificant. Natu- rally so. People move in crowds, and until the fact is known that orchids are generallj- used bj- societj- in the great cities, this demand will be of no moment. But time will remedy all this, an
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