6 MARKET NURSERY WORK 



Everyone engaged ought to bear in mind that the plants turned 

 out as the result of this detailed work do not average more than 

 is. each in value in ordinary times, so that if the nurseryman 

 is to carry on his business the cost of production must be con- 

 siderably below that sum. So narrow must that margin be that it 

 is only by growing considerable quantities rose growing can be 

 made to pay, which fully proves that our remarks concerning 

 business methods are justified and necessary. 



We feel that even the boys who do the weeding and suckering 

 and tying ought to learn something of this and what it all means ; 

 it might give them a sense of responsibility which, more than 

 anything else, engenders self-respect. A self-respecting boy is 

 reliable, and if he has imbibed the idea that he is of some import- 

 ance, that with every bud he ties in he is doing something of national 

 importance, that he is himself a necessary cog fitting into some 

 important place in the great commercial machinery, he will never 

 again show careless indifference, but will give of his best. 



To many there may be something new in this statement, the 

 point of view being far removed from what used to obtain ; but 

 it is the considered opinion of those who, standing on the verge 

 of old age, can dispassionately and almost disinterestedly look back 

 over a long past with its many successes and its due meed of failures, 

 noting with gratification the many factors contributing to the one, 

 and placing the finger on the weak spots which have contributed 

 to the other. 



