. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists' Review OCTOBBB 4, 1917. are trying out the Ford car in conjunc- tion with our Whites for the smaller loads and we find that this can be op- erated on a basis of cents per mile. "It costs anywhere from 34 cents to 40 cents per package to make a deliv- ery. The location of the store changes this item. In our case the average value per delivery for the last year has been $ each. "You will also note that we have found the amount of money that we carry on our books will average about per cent per month for the en
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists' Review OCTOBBB 4, 1917. are trying out the Ford car in conjunc- tion with our Whites for the smaller loads and we find that this can be op- erated on a basis of cents per mile. "It costs anywhere from 34 cents to 40 cents per package to make a deliv- ery. The location of the store changes this item. In our case the average value per delivery for the last year has been $ each. "You will also note that we have found the amount of money that we carry on our books will average about per cent per month for the entire year. '' Our own business, being more of the telephone than the transient trade, is represented by per cent of cash sales and per cent charge sales. "It is our judgment that plants pur- chased for resale should be figured on a basis of three for one. In other words, if a plant costs $1 it should be sold for $3. If this plant is placed in a basket, the basket should be figured on a basis of two for one in addition. If this plant was placed in a basket costing 50 c'ents, the complete article should sell for $4. '' Cut flowers bought for resale should be figured on a basis of two and one- half for one, and preferably three for one. That is, carnations costing $4 per hundred should sell for $ per dozen. Eoses costing $8 per hundred should sell for $3 per dozen. "In figuring made-up work, we be- lieve that the maximum to be allowed for the cost of the raw stock should not be to exceed 33% per cent of the re- tail price of the finished article, deduct- ing the selling price of the basket that the flowers are arranged in. As an il- lustration, where you aim to make a $5 basket, if this basket costs 50 cents, according to the previous figures it would sell for $1 without any flowers. You will then have to deduct from $5, $1, leaving the balance $4, and the cost of the flowers in this basket should be one-third of $4, or $, this to include flowers and gr
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