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leaves or blossoms should be rejected, for one 

 or two blemishes will ruin the entire effect, and 

 if a commission man or wholesale dealer sees 

 such defects, the consignment may be con- 

 demned as inferior. 



As with all produce, the attractive-looking 

 wares please the eye, and are given the best 

 places. One florist takes all our flowers, and, 

 as his customers are wealthy, fashionable peo- 

 ple, I persuaded him to try a few innovations 

 one winter, which were so successful that he 

 has a list of special orders to be filled every 

 day during the winter at special prices. 



Instead of the circular bunches, we made 

 them up with one side higher than the other, 

 so that, when worn, the beauty of the entire 

 bunch showed fully. Oblong sprays, to be 

 worn with evening dresses, and some egrets 

 for the hair, were among the oddities of shape 

 supplied. 



We pack twenty-four bunches in papier- 

 mache telescope cases, and even in the most 

 severe weather have no trouble about freezing, 



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