. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 104 The American Florist. Aug. 4, WITH THE GROWERS Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Optimists. At perhaps no time in the history of the business has there been as much uncertainty as regards the immediate future as at the present time. "What shall we grow for which there will be a market? This is the question upper- most in minds of many greenhouse men. Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Riverton, N. J., who have the largest and most varied collection of plants in this country, have just passed through a very successful selling seas
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 104 The American Florist. Aug. 4, WITH THE GROWERS Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Optimists. At perhaps no time in the history of the business has there been as much uncertainty as regards the immediate future as at the present time. "What shall we grow for which there will be a market? This is the question upper- most in minds of many greenhouse men. Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Riverton, N. J., who have the largest and most varied collection of plants in this country, have just passed through a very successful selling season, and to them the slogan, "Business as -usual," seems most appropriate. J. G. Eisele. the captain of this large establishment, and without doubt the best informed man in the business in all its various branches in the country, finds nothing in the situation to be worried about. With billions of dollars to be put in circulation the coming year, three times more than ever before, he sees no reason why the plant and cut flower business should not get its proportion as usual. "Wages will be high, profits correspondingly large, and he feels sure that activity in all branches of trade will be greater than ever before. It is a great pleasure to walk about the greenhouses with this wonderful plantsman. who is always ready to im- part information as to ne^w plants and methods of culture, and discuss the many phases of the business. Asked about the effect of the war on the de- mand, he said that so far it had ap- peared to make no difference; the busi- ness was even greater than last sea- son. They had sold more palms and ?decorative stock to florists this spring than ever before. By carefully going over their business of last season and making a number of short cuts in their system of filling orders, they had increased their efii- ciency in this department over 50 per cent, and although doing a heavier business than last season, were getting the orders out with very lit
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