730 



HORTICULTURE 



May 30, 1908 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 

 —SONS— 



Cor. Miami and Qratlot Aves, 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs . . . 

 Higli Grade Gut Blooms 



We cover all Michigan point! and good 

 •ectioni of Ohio, Indiana and Canada 



William J. Smvth 



FLORIST 



Cor. nichlgran Ave. and 3ist St., CHICAGO 



We ship to all points in Illinois an d Iowa. 

 Phones : Douglas 744, Douglas 523, Douglas 740 



MGandJEHMISWIRTH 



232 Michigan Ave. 



CHICAGO 



AUDITORIUM ANNEX Tel. Harrison 585 



SAMUCL MURRAY 



Florist 



Coates House Conservatory 



Itir BROADWAY, KANSAS CITY, MO 

 Both 'Phones 2670 Mafn 



FRED C. WEBER 



FLORIST 



*326-28 C T T flTlIC MO 



OLIVE STREET '^ ^ • LVUUi lUU. 



EstabUshed 1873 

 Lone Distance Fbone Bell Llndell 676 



CUD£ BRC9C0 



WASHINGTON, 

 D. C. 



GUDE'S 



The Far-Famed Flowers of 



TORONTO 



Delivered on mail or telegraph order for 

 any occasion, In any part of the Dominion. 



JOHN H. DUNLOP, 



96 Yonee St., 



Toronto. Ont. 



The Park Floral Co. 



J. A. VALENTINE 

 Pres. 



DENVER, COLORADO 



WILLIAM L.ROCK 

 FLOWER CO. 



KANSAS CITY, 



MO. 



will carefully execute orders lor Kansas City 

 and any town in Missouri or Kansas. 



Of Interest to Retail 

 Florists 



A DISTURBING PROBLEM. 



It is unfortunate that the relation- 

 ship of wholesale market to retailer 

 in affairs of trade is of the unhappy 

 nature that seems to exist in our 

 sreat metropolis. Where the utmost 

 harmony should prevail one finds 

 much discontent and mistrust. 



Not without just causes, however, 

 has the retailer been forced to com- 

 plain of the burdensome handicap 

 placed upon him. In all branches of 

 trade it is the recognized right of a 

 man to sell for the highest price ob- 

 tainable, while a buyer is naturally 

 desirous of purchasing at the lowest 

 possible rates, but where goods are 

 consigned as is the case with flowers, 

 the consignee, whose sole profits are 

 presumed to be his commissions, 

 should in all fairness try to protect 

 those of his daily patrons who are 

 forced to pay the highest and not in- 

 frequently prohibitive prices. Men 

 who have been loyal to the whole- 

 saler, feel that discrimination has 

 been exercised against them in the 

 disposition of surplus stock to the 

 street vender. MTiile not presuming 

 to advise as to the best method for 

 disposing of unsold flowers, it seems 

 hardly fair that the retailer be 

 brought into direct competition with 

 the street Arabs who peddle their 

 wares for less than half the whole- 

 sale rates which the retailer is 

 obliged to pay. 



It may be claimed that there is no 

 such thing as competition between 

 shop-keepers and street pedlers. Let 

 such a mind be disabused as speedily 

 as possible. It would be refreshing 

 to meet a retail florist who is not 

 brou.ght into daily contact with some 

 customer who informs him that flow- 

 ers equally good as those he may of- 

 fer could be purchased in the streets 

 for less than half the price he will 

 ask. Is not this the natural outcome 

 of a reckless output of overstock? 

 Remonstrance availeth naught, for the 

 wholesaler is ever ready with the 

 question. "What are we to do with 

 our surplus stock?" 



Were flowers necessary for the 

 preservation of human life the natural 

 reply would be to sell for any price 

 at ail and be of service to those who 

 are unable to afford better, but, ot 

 all luxuries, flowers can be most 

 readily dispensed with; then why 

 make them so exceedingly common 

 as is found to be the case where they 

 are peddled on street corners by most 

 repulsive urchins at such ridiculously 

 low prices as to fairly sicken passers 

 by with the spectacle of too much 

 bioom and too little decency? 



Truly "tbe prize is light when too 

 easily won." and as flowers are. or 

 should be prizes, the adage holds well 

 in their case. Why should not a 

 minimum price be placed on all un- 

 sold stock, thus giving the retailer a., 

 fair chance and forcing the street 

 pedler to be a competitor on some- 

 thing like even terms, even though 

 he be a shop within himself and with- 

 out expense, save a ."iOc. license? 



Under existing conditions a num- 

 ber of pedlers may band themselves 

 together and purchase the entire un- 



CKicago. 



Establistied in 1857 



1657-1659 Buckingham Place 



L. D. Phone 558 lake View. Send us your retail orders. 

 We have the best facilities in the city. 



ALEX. McCONNELL 



571 FIFTH AVENUE 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Telegraphic orders forwarded to any 

 part of the United States, Canada, and 

 all principal cities of Europe. Orders 

 transferred or intrusted by tbe trade to 

 our selection for delivery on steamships 

 or elsewhere receive special attention. 



Telephone Calls, 487 and 488 38tli St. 

 Cable Address, ALEXCONNELL 



DAVID CLARKE'S SONS 



Deliver orders from any part of the country to 



New York City 

 Or OUT-QOINa STEAMERS 



Write or telegraph 



2139-2141 Broadway, New York 



Teleplione 1 552-1 553 Columbus 



M. A. BOWE 



In the Heart of New York City 

 1294 Broadway 



Tel. 2270, 38th St. N E W Y O R K 



Our notto .- The Qolden Rule. 



YOUHG & NUGENT 



42 West 28 St., NEW YORK 



"FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH" 



Flower Deliveries 



In Brooklyn anil other Long Island Points 

 New York City. New .lersey.etc. At Theatres, 

 Hotels, Steamers or Residencfs. 



WILSON 



Fulton St. and Greene A<e., Brooklnn. N.Y. 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



Flowers or Design Work 



DELIVERED IN ALBANY AND VICINITY 

 ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDER. 



11 NORTH PEARL ST.. ALBANY , N.Y. 



ma m m |H Orders for flower 



yf A I L deliveries to Yale 



W ■■LC College and all 



■ ■■^^ other Connecticut 



points carefully filled < ' Vlivered by 



J. N. OHAMPIO* * P'^^Y 



1026 CH«PEl STREET tw "AVfH. CONN. 



lAC03lck'dlz" 



Cut Flnwer<!°' best quality in seasor 



liUI nuwelo delivered promptly to aov addren 



IVrite, Telegraph or Telephone. 



Comberiand and Hon-' Phone. 223 and o»u 



644 Fourth Ave.. 

 LOl (iVILLE. KV 



