. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 964 The American Florist. Apr. 13, Sub' $ a Year. To Europe, $ Advertisements, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; Inch. $; Column. Cash with Order. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts. 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times. 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 percent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertlsInK Department of the American FLOKI9T Is for Floripts. Seedsmen, and dealers In wares Dertaining to thobt lines ONLY. Please to remember it. Orders (or less than one-half
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 964 The American Florist. Apr. 13, Sub' $ a Year. To Europe, $ Advertisements, 10 Cents a Line, Agate; Inch. $; Column. Cash with Order. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts. 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times. 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 percent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertlsInK Department of the American FLOKI9T Is for Floripts. Seedsmen, and dealers In wares Dertaining to thobt lines ONLY. Please to remember it. Orders (or less than one-half inch space not accepted. Adverllaemenls must reach us by M. .nday to secure tDflertlon in the issue for the following Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST Chicago. Plant Shipments. Ot late there have been referred to us for decision several knotty problems regarding responsibility for losses of plants due to freezing in transit. As we do not possess the wisdom of Solomon, and there are always certain facts con- nected with such with which we cannot well become thoroughly familiar in the absence of a personal in- spection of the shipment itself, we find these questions decidedly embarrassing. As we imderstand it, the legal aspect of the case is that when the plants are delivered to the carrier in good condition suitably packed for transportation the responsibility of the shipper ceases and the goods are then at the risk of the con- signee. But in cases of freezing the question, "was the packing suitable?" nearly always arises, and this is frequently a hard nut to crack. A question in this line recently submitted to us was, "Is a wooden bo.\ lined with a double thick- ness of newspapers sufficient packing for coleus in zero weather?" Replying to this question as it is worded we would answer no. But as this shipment was made in March and as the distance traversed was about 1,000 miles, there might be room for argument regarding the st
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