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the question of packing them in order to have 

 them carry safely, and yet not occupy so 

 much space as to make the boxes or packages 

 unreasonably bulky and inconvenient for 

 handling, will require intelligent and careful 

 thought. Unless the packing is thus 

 thoroughly done the blooms will, in all 

 probability, be ruined for the purpose 

 intended, and all the labour that has been 

 bestowed upon the plants and blooms 

 for the entire season will have been 

 wasted. 



There are two good methods of packing 

 the blooms, either of which, if properly carried 

 out, will get the flowers to their destination in 

 good condition. The method generally used 

 by florists who exhibit large quantities of 

 blooms is the most simple. For this method, 

 boxes made of some reasonably light but 

 strong material, twenty-four to thirty inches 

 wide, fifteen to eighteen inches deep, and 

 about six feet long, are best. These boxes 

 should first be lined with one thickness of 

 heavy, glazed wrapping paper, being careful 

 to have the pieces overlap each other to 

 exclude air. They should be held in place by 

 a few tacks. Then line with from three to 



