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HORTICULTUEE 



August 22, 1914 



FLORAL TRIBUTES. 

 Sent to Funeral of Mrs. Wilson By House of Representatives and Citizens of Knoxville, Tenn. 



Taylor^s Studio^ Inc., U'askntgliiii, D. C. 



oranges, peaches, tomatoes and other 

 perishable goods were sold as cut 

 flowers are with such jumps in prices, 

 the wholesale business in these lines 

 would not be done in the same num- 

 ber of hours it is. Why not raise the 

 price from 5 per cent, to 10 per cent. 

 The storenian if he wants to be suc- 

 cessful would do the same, which 

 would create a continuous demand 

 for our gooas. 



Mr. Grower, you are the main loser 

 by your methods; the commission 

 man is a loser due to the unsalable 

 condition of your goods, rehandling 

 which means bruising; extra help; 

 extra deliveries. By the end of the 

 week I do not believe the garbage 

 man would receive so many flowers. 

 The storeman wastes a great deal of 

 his valuable time in a commission 

 house waiting for the goods to be as- 

 sorted before he can be waited on. 

 Mr. Grower, just pay your commis- 

 sion man a visit during the dahlia 

 season and see the difference it makes 



for everybody, and I believe you will 

 agree with what I say, "we are all 

 losing by our present method." 



A great many storemeu do not visit 

 the commission houses and. therefore, 

 do not know what condition the mar- 

 ket is in, or what quality of stock 

 they can get and I believe it would 

 certainly be to the advantage of the 

 storeman to see what is in the mar- 

 ket daily and to buy in such quanti- 

 ties that the above suggested method 

 of packing stock can be carried out. 



As a few final remarks, a great 

 many will say it cannot be done. You 

 all know you are doing things today 

 you would not have thought of doing 

 20 years ago. I believe we are 20 

 years behind the times with our pres- 

 ent system of selling goods, depend- 

 ing entirely on the demand and regu- 

 lating prices accordingly. Let us 

 create a continual demand, not letting 

 exorbitant prices continually check 

 our growth, but make our goods a 

 necessity. 



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WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Although it had been planned to 

 conduct the funeral of Mrs. Wilson, 

 wife of the President, and first lady of 

 the land, along most simple lines, 

 friends to perhaps the number of three 

 hundred expressed their sympathy for 

 the President through the medium of 

 what proved to be the handsomest 

 floral tributes ever seen in the Nation- 

 al Capital, and the florists of this city 

 alone produced upwards of one hun- 

 dred and fifty designs, many of which 

 were worthy of more than passing 

 mention. 



The largest number of designs were 

 furnished by J. H. Small & Sons, al- 

 though others of the local florists came 

 in for a large share of the business. 



Gude Bros. Company furnished up- 

 wards of thirty pieces, including the 

 one for the United States House of 

 Representatives which we illustrate 

 herewith and which was said to have 

 been one of the largest wreaths made 

 in this city. It was of cattleyas, lily 

 of the valley, white asters and Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses with a large base of 

 American Beauty, asters and lilies. 



Several large wreaths were fur- 

 nished by William Marche & Com- 

 pany. O. A. C. Oehraler, the DuPont 

 Flower Shop, Fred H. Kramer, and 

 others of the local florists, furnished a 

 half-dozen or more designs each. The 

 florists began sending in their work to 

 the White House as early as Friday 

 night and so great was the rush that 

 the attaches were forced to call a halt. 

 It is said that more than fifty pieces 

 had to be discarded on Monday before 

 the funeral services because of the 



