October 18, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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are welcome and that the order will 

 receive the same care as it the pur- 

 chase had been a large one. Again 

 frequently the mistake is made in sell- 

 ing an inexpensive article when a 

 more expensive one would do better. 

 This is particularly true in taking or- 

 ders for out of town. .Many times 

 roses may be two or three dollars a 

 dozen, when in the city in which they 

 are to be delivered they will be six or 

 seven, or vice versa. In such a case, 

 particularly during the holidays, it is 

 always well not to specify the color of 

 the flowers, nor even the kind, leaving 

 it entirely to the florists to send the 

 best for the money. Along this line 

 there Is a great deal of work for all 

 of us and much can be accomplished 

 towards making large orders out of 

 small ones and orders that would be 

 hard to fill easy to put up and deliver 

 satisfactorily. 



Sunday Closing. 

 Some have already closed their 

 stores all day Sunday. In fact, I 

 know of several florists who have 

 never opened their stores on Sunday 

 or sold flowers on Sunday and in some 

 instances have made enough to retire 

 and live comfortably for the rest of 

 their lives. If this be true, why must 

 the average florist feel that it is neces- 

 sary to sell flowers seven days a week. 

 Surely the time is not far distant when 

 all first-class florist shops will remain 

 closed all day Sunday. 



Shorter Hours. 

 In these modern times when all 

 other business and trades are work- 

 ing shorter hours the retail florists 

 can no longer expect to hold their help 

 and work them twelve and fifteen 

 hours a day, when there is little need 

 for a retail store to keep open after 

 6 o'clock in the evening. In several 

 large cities stores have already closed 

 for a number of years at 6 o'clock dur- 

 ing the week days and for a half day 

 on Sunday. 



Cultivate a closer acquaintance with 

 your competitor; touch elbows with 

 him as frequently as you can that by 

 virtue of friendly contact each may de- 

 rive a higher personal regard for the 

 other and the heart blossom into more 

 comprehensive understanding of what 

 is meant by the "Brotherhood of Man" 

 and as we move onward day by day to- 

 ward the "eternal unknown" may all 

 of us become more and more imbued 

 with the spirit, beauty, and force of 

 the greatest, grandest and most im- 

 perishable of all teachings, as virile 

 today as nearly twenty centuries ago, 

 when the Master spoke and said: 



"Therefore all things whatsoever ye 

 woyld that man should do to you do 

 ye even so to them." 



J. A. BUDLONG 



184 North Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers 



ROSES, CARNATIONS 



AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE STOCK 



Shipping order* have most careful attention alwayi 



IF You Want Anything from Boston Get It 

 From Henry M. Robinson & Co. 



For Safety Place Your Order* With Ut 



IHENRY IVI. ROBINSON & OO. 



2 Wlnthrop Square and 32 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



NOW Is The Time to Stock Up 



We Offer for the Month of October the Following 



CARD AND ENVELOPE SPECIAL 



No. 36 Whit* 3V4 x 2*4, regular florist card, at $2.25 per thousand, $10.00 per five 

 thousand. Envelopes to match at same figure. We carry 70 sizes and grades of 

 stock on hand at all times and can satisfy any need, immediately. 



Samples of Cards, Envelopes and Gold Letters Upon Request. 

 77 Summer Street 

 P. O. Box 2376 



ANITA SPECIALTY CO., 



'•THE FLORISTS' CARD HOUSE OF AMERICA" 



BOSTON, MASS. 



B. A. SNYDER CO. H£— 



Hardy Cut Evergreens, Cut Flowers and Florists Supplies 



21-25 Otis Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephone Fort Hill 1083-1084-1085 



William F. Kasting Co. 



Wholonale F"l 

 568-S70 WASHINGTON STREET 



rists 

 BUFFALO, N. Y. 



New England Florist Supply Co, 



276 Devonshire Street, 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Telephones, Fort Hill, 3469 and 3135 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Conalrmmcnt* SeUolted 

 Hardy Fancy Fern Oar Specialty 



264 RANDOLPH ST. DETROIT, MICH. 



The Houme for Qaakty and Service 



ZECH & MANN 



W*We are Wholesale Florists Doing 

 a Strictly Wholesale Business 



30 but Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



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