CHAPTER IV 



Packing, Shipping and Business Matters 



There is room for a better understanding between the 

 wholesale florists and the growers on the matter of the 

 sale of blooms. A speaker at a recent floricultural meeting 

 well expressed the situation when he said: " It is un- 

 fortunate that there is so much distrust still hngering 

 between these branches of our business. There should be 

 more co-operation and we must remember that we are all 

 mutually dependent on one another. If the retailer thinks 

 he is being robbed when asked S8 or Sio a hundred for 

 Carnations at Christmas, let him remember the g^-ower 

 probably thinks the same thing when he sees the consumer 

 paying 75c. a dozen, and he is receiving Si. 50 or %2 a hun- 

 dred. Moreover, the retailer can place the responsibility 

 for the high prices on the grower, while the latter has no 

 one to come back at." 



In regard to the demand for, and sale of, flowers the 

 same speaker remarked that " during the past few years 

 we have heard many complaints that Carnations have been 

 giving poor satisfaction, and many retail stores have ceased 

 to push them at all. We cannot blame the retailer if he 

 does not feel kindly toward the Carnation if he finds his 

 stock, that was apparently fresh when he bought it, un- 

 salable at the end of 24 hours. Nor is the customer who 

 purchases them, and finds them asleep the next morning, 

 likelv to go back for more for some time." 



