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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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The Genista and the Italian Pottery Make a Splendid Combination. 



"Ill il«>l;iy. Any of iIkmii uill snid ;im 

 • iSMirt iiNiit. (inc (ir iikiic iiifccs of t';iili 

 '■'"I'l. .'iihl Vdii arc taking im rliMiicrs if 



^'"1 sillljily |m) a lilllit nil Ihr -i/c nr 



I'ri''- ,\uii af' tl) pay. 



Making up the Plants. 



''II'' I'l' tlic ail\;.iita^i's III' plain ar 



■•■||iL;rllirMts is tiiat <tt>rk call l.c lliailc lip 

 ■'I ll'lvaiicc ; yiui ilii mil lia\c til |ilit iitV 

 I'liiiiliiii; lip yuiii- lia^kcts aini Imxcs until 

 ■'"■ liisl iiKiincnt. as in the case ul' nit 

 iliiucrs. Villi ,;(|i innki" uji a lot of these 

 ■irran;,'einciils aiul make siilcs from this 

 "'"'••<. juittiny away oacli cnstpmlor 's se- 

 ''■'■' i"". ta;,r<;('il for delivery, or ff space 

 i'^ lackiiijr in ()„. store and more runm is 

 '^■'''■■'•'l*' ill tlie work-rooms or umlor 

 -lass, yon ^.j,,! jise the samples merely 

 ''"■ takiiijr orders ;uid can make ii|i the 

 -l"ik specially as the orders ;iie taken. 

 '■'•"I'atily til,. Letter wav is to si't aside 



each ciisiiuiier 's actual purchase and re 

 place jt with aniithcr article fur sale. 



Delivery is Important. 



.\ficr Villi lia\e inadi' ail arran^eiiiinl - 

 fur ^tiiik. fur siip|i|ies and for the tak 

 in:,' aihl lining nt' urdeis. there yet le 

 mains the essriitiai matter nf deii\er\. 

 W'lieri' a week's liiisiliess is til lie deliv 

 • red in one iimrniii^. it dues imt pay I" 

 lea\e anythiii;; tn chain-e. i'.etler plan 

 tile delivery pist a little iiinle .aiefiilly 

 than ymi plan anything el-e. 



'I'here is im lime where ruoin is sn 

 valnalil(> as at a Imliday seasun. and there 

 is nil time diiriiiy; a hnliday rush when 

 rnum is so useful as when the liiuir I'nr 

 deli\('ry is approaciiinLT- !^<'t aside a 

 spaee for the orders which can lie de- 

 livered Saturday afti-r n, and anuthei' 



for thiise wliicli must lie delivered Master 

 mnrnin<r. Then sulidivide these spa,e-< 

 into routes. 



|iid yiiu ever j^o into the shippint; de- 

 partment (if a !)i^' express iitVice? Tf you 

 have, ymi may have nnted that partitions 

 iiave lieen iiiiilt. like stalls, or the floor 

 has lieeii marked oil' in sijuares, or some 

 other arraneeineiit has lieen made for a 

 special place to |iii; the |iackaL,a>s to gi- 

 ell each li'ain. When train lime comes 

 everyliody .alioiit the jdacc knows just 

 what there is to ^o on it. If voii adopt 

 siiiiir similar scheme, each wa;,'oii will 

 have exerythiiiir that it shniild Lake, an<l 

 j iiotliiii^ that some other wai;ou should 

 have. 



If you have an empty yroi'iihouse. you 

 can diviiie up the lieiidi s;jiace for this 

 purpose. I'm a sieii uii .me bench 

 '• South,'' and on another. ''North.'' 

 Make as many such divisions of your ter- 

 ritory as is necessary to Iiandle your 

 luisiness. Then, as each older is ])Ut up, 

 it is ]ilaced at oiice in liie space set 

 apart for that mute, and when all the 



