. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. rMemorial Day Wreaths Bartennann'a skillad designers have made CTinnwl preparation for a quantity of beau- tUUL but moderately priced wreaths. ? ??lliw grow thouMsdi of select pcoDies. Flowers ??C b* Wft^e— we will have thouModi of them mo<) if yrioHl. Why not have them well arran^d. boxed. dalitund to you in good ihape. It ewU Im llian ac- ufcrior (oodi «t the ?•nie price. "^ ^S^iSl^mumai Phsoes Where QuaUty is Featured. Phone West 78 or Central 179. We de- liver everywhere, and charge if de- siretL" Such an appeal will do more than b
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. rMemorial Day Wreaths Bartennann'a skillad designers have made CTinnwl preparation for a quantity of beau- tUUL but moderately priced wreaths. ? ??lliw grow thouMsdi of select pcoDies. Flowers ??C b* Wft^e— we will have thouModi of them mo<) if yrioHl. Why not have them well arran^d. boxed. dalitund to you in good ihape. It ewU Im llian ac- ufcrior (oodi «t the ?•nie price. "^ ^S^iSl^mumai Phsoes Where QuaUty is Featured. Phone West 78 or Central 179. We de- liver everywhere, and charge if de- siretL" Such an appeal will do more than bring immediate orders^it will extend in many ways the .use of flowers. On the following pages will be found a number of suggestions as to how Me- morial day business can be worked up. ? Use thexu freely. It is not the idea that anyone will follow these suggestions in detail—take what fits your business and let the rest go—if they serve to make the reader think of his own individual celling problem they will have accoin- plished their purpose. MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS. An enormous quantity of loose cut flowers and cheap bouquets still is sold for Memorial day, but the business of the day really began its growth with the advent of the cemetery wreath. In the beginning these wreaths were too expensive for a large general sale, but in recent years there has been a steady decline in the cost of these specialties of May 30, and with declining cost has eome increasing sales. It is nothing un- common now for a florist with a good funeral work trade to dispose of 1,000 or more wreaths each Memorial day. When the retailers began advertising cemetery wreaths for May 30 the price oaually was $ or more—it was not thought possible to do a money-making business at a lower price than $ Now $2 is about the popular figure, and a great many stores feature Memorial day wreaths "at $ The policy to be adopted in any particular case of course d^ends upon the class of trade t
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