140 HANDLING AND MARKETING THE CROP. 



CHAPTER VII. 



HANDLING AND MARKETING THE CROP. 



It must be borne in mind that to grow good 

 flowers is not the only requirement for success. 

 After the flowers are grown they must be 

 marketed, and to do this successfully is one of the 

 most important matters with which we have to 

 deal. Success in this particular respect is in large 

 measure dependent upon the character and 

 temperament of the man. Some men may be ex- 

 cellent growers and yet so lacking in personality 

 and adaptability that they cannot deal with their 

 customers in a satisfactory manner for any length 

 of time. It is very often the case that such men 

 blame everything but the right thing for their in- 

 ability to get along and for the trouble they have 

 not only with the dealers that handle their stock, 

 but with the men who work for them as well. 

 There is little hope for such people until they can 

 be brought to a realization of the fact that the diffi- 

 culty is in themselves and not in the things around 

 them. Learn, therefore, to adapt yourself to the 

 conditions as you find them and things will go 

 much easier than when you attempt to mold all 

 conditions to your way of thinking. 



