December 29, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



083 



TRADE ACCEPTANCES. 



The following communication from 

 A. H. Hews & Co., Inc., flower pot 

 manufacturers, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 further explains the advantages of the 

 new system of Trade Acceptances as 

 a substitute for the old-fashioned book- 

 account System in business. 



Trade conditions of the commercial 

 florist in many cases necessarily de- 

 mands long credit privileges and at- 

 tention Is called to the use of Trade 

 Acceptances now being universally 

 adopted. The buyer is requested by 

 the seller to give a Trade Acceptance 

 for payment of merchandise invoices 

 thereby co-operating with the desires 

 of the U. S. Treasury Department, the 

 Federal Reserve Banks and the Na- 

 tional Credit Men's Association 

 towards strengthening the general 

 financial situation of the country es- 

 pecially during present abnormal 

 trade conditions. During a recent 

 year in France there were three bil- 

 lion dollars in small Trade Accept- 

 ances negotiated. England and Can- 

 ada are doing practically their entire 

 business by interchange of Trade Ac- 

 ceptance paper. 



Trade Acceptances are given by the 

 buyer when not in position to take ad- 

 vantage of cash discounts offered, 

 thereby gaining necessary time for 

 payments without injuring his credit 

 by postponing payments of open ac- 

 counts. 



Paying a Trade Acceptance when 

 due strengthens credit oi the buyer 

 with his bank. It is not a payment for 

 an overdue account, it is meeting an 

 obligation on time according to terms 

 of sale. 



A Trade Acceptance is simply a 

 signed acknowledgment of a specified 

 debt representing a merchandise pur- 

 chase. Invoices are receipted when a 

 Trade Acceptance is received by the 

 seller. 



Citing the purchase of flower pots 

 by the commercial florist it is well 

 known that the period necessary to 

 grow potted plants for the market In 

 some cases is of great length, and 

 value of the pots purchased is not re- 

 turnable to the grower until he sells 

 his plants. 



A. H. Hews & Co., Inc., recognize 

 this trade condition and have come 

 into line and adopted the practice of 

 requesting Trade Acceptances for pay- 

 ments of invoices. 



LILY BULBS 



FALL SHIPMENT 



GlK&nt«uin, FormoAam, Rnbrnm, 



Multiflorum, Mafirninoum, Aaratam, 



Album, Melpomene, Et«. 



Shipments distributed from New York, 

 Chicago, Philadelphia, DenTer, lyondon 

 (Ont). 



Write for IMPORT pricei. ititlnt quan- 

 tity, variety and aUe. 



McHUTCHISON & CO., ^'•fib:"' 



96 0HAMBBB8 ST., NBW TOBK 



GROUND FLOOR PLANS OF THE 1918 NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, 

 MOOLAH TEMPLE, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



MAIN FLOOR 



The National Flower Sho* Commiilcc reserves ihe righl to change these plans in any respect if found to be necesuir 



LOWER FLOOR 



MOOLAH TEMPLE 



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VISITORS' REGISTER. 



Boston — C. E. Wildon Amherst, 

 Mass. 



New York — .T. C. Vaughan, Chicago. 



Montreal, Can. — Julius Heurlin, 

 Bluo Hill Nurseries, So. Braintree, 

 iVIass. 



Philadelphia — .J. B. Deamud, 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, New^ York; C. 

 K. Smith, York, Pa.; H. A. Shroyer, 

 Lancaster. Pa. 



Chicago — B. Katzwinkel Mendota, 

 III.; Frank Gorly. St. Louis, Mo.; Hen- 

 ry Kusik. Kansas City, Mo.; Philip J. 

 Breitnipyer, Detroit. Mich,; Edw. 

 Amerpolil, Janesville, Wis.; Walter G. 

 Taopke and H. Rodgers, with Gust H. 

 Taepke Co., Detroit, Mich.; Miss 

 Sarah Schulkin, buyer for the Todd- 



Becker Co., Sioux City. Iowa; Clarence 

 Watson, of the Leo Niessen Co., 

 Phila.; E. H. Mazer, Minneapolis, 

 Minn.; S. S. Skidelsky, Phila.; T. 

 Heaven, Benton Harbor, Mich.; A. E. 

 Turner. Mosinee, Wis.; G. E. Valker, 

 Minot. X. D. ; A. Bauscher, Preeport, 

 III.; K. Zetlitz, Lima, Ohio; T. H. Joy, 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



VIBURNUM PLICATUM 



Also B«rberi(4 ThunberKil, liydr&ngea 



Fanlcalnta. WeiRela, Spireas, etc. 



Aftk for oompleto lUt of 



OAK RRAND SIIKl'KS. 



The r'ONARD & 1^1 WEST GROVE 

 ^JOriESCO. I ~| PENN, U.S.A. 



Robert PjU, Pre*. Aotolne Wlatc«r, Vi0*-Prw. 



