158 HANDLING AND MARKETING THE CROP. 



One feature of marketing- violets may be 

 cited here as a suggestion. It is given as a sugges- 

 tion for the reason that so far as we know it has 

 never been attempted in practice. There seems to 

 be no reason why it would not be profitable to 

 start what could be called a violet store in al- 

 most every city of fifty thousand or more in- 

 habitants. In such cases it might not be necessary 

 to use an entire storeroom for the purpose. Some 

 of the large business houses might furnish the de- 

 sired space, or else room could be procured in 

 other ways. It would, of course, be important to 

 be located in a good business section, the idea 

 being to devote the entire work to the sale of 

 violets, retail and wholesale. By exercising the 

 proper taste in fitting up such a place, taking 

 advantage of all new ideas in the matter of 

 decorations, boxes, ribbons, etc., there seems to 

 be no reason why such an establishment would 

 not prove profitable. It should be the aim of the 

 proprietor of such a place, of course, to not only 

 pander to the wants of customers, but to build up 

 and make fads himself. 



Throughout the entire work every precaution 

 must be taken to keep the flowers away from all 

 foreign odors. A new pine box, for instance, may 

 cause trouble. Any objectionable odor, in fact, 

 either in the box, the paper, or the room where 

 the work is carried on, is apt to be taken up by 

 the flowers and to destroy their sweetness. 



