APRIL 1, I'JOi). 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



This Hamper Has a Hand-Painted Cover. 



iiioiicv, still thoso iicnplf nlio rcaHy have 



iiioiicy ciinuffli to inircliasc Hcautit's aro 



^■arct'ii], ciuist'i-vat ive iicoplo (that is why 



llifv liave iiiitiicv ), wlio think it im <lis 



yracc tn iii(|iiii<' into liir ]irii-o ot' an 



:irticl(\ The ch'rk wim waitcil iijioii our 



t'lifiid thoii^jhl liiiM rathiT ifrkh'ss nini. 



Nvlicii tlie cht'ck tor iiiori' tliaii thi- cost 



"1' tlio flowers \vas ollVrcd. iicM his at- 



'iiitioii until ilcto-tivcs arriveil. and it 



'""k hut a littlo <|ii(stiimiiiy to c.pnvini'o 



U\i-\\\ tliat sdrncthiny was nut li^iit. Jlti 



">\as later iijeiititieil Ky sexfial other local 



llorists a- a recent fiistomer ot' theirs, 



■ind one wIimim they regretted \(^ry imieh 



'ia\ in;; iriel. Well! The iary found iiiin 



-I'idty ;is e|i;n-;:»^l. 



Other Ways of Working It. 



It shiudd lie the nde in tnory flower 

 ^tor(; not to cash cheeks for any stranijor. 

 ^Vhen the amount of the chock is the 

 -ainc as the amount of the purchase, the 

 '•'I'ter liein^f ordered for later delivery, 

 \"U run little risk -liut don't ^ive chani;e 

 'or checks unless you know the customer, 

 't is not eiiouoh that you h.ave other or- 

 ders fur tiie same funeral recently in 

 1 ' aiiforniii city :i jironiinent citizen 

 'lied and it was sur|>iisine how many 



tiowers were sent, many from jieojih^ the 

 family ditl not know, hut whose checks, 

 each caliin;;- for a litth' cash idmn-re, suh- 

 seipiently came hack to the tlorists, who 

 lost hoth money and flowers and whose 

 oidy ]>rotit was experience. In an east- 

 ern city a stran;rer ordered a ditl'eriMit 

 kind of llowers. to he sent with his card 

 to the hidh' of tlie town a real li\e one 

 no weeps in this at all. nothinii 1ml 

 joy until the checks jiroved to he .just 

 as h:iil as in the other case. Kach one 

 \ised a little local color, a s(Ut of sueai 

 i-o;itin^. to make his story easy to >-wal 

 j.iw. that is all. 



Never Return Cash Change. 



It IS maiidy when s<pnie cash. e\en a 

 small sum, is wantecj in cli;in;;e. that yo\i 

 must he ext remedy c.anful. Men (U- 

 women wiio endeavor to earn their li\in^ 

 hv this me.ans are usually after the cash. 



When you entrap one of these ftdlows. 

 prosecute him, hy all nu'ans, even tliou^ili 

 you may not like tlu' idea of having,' to 

 ;i]i|iear ill court. If you fail to j.rose 

 cute these wrongdoers you are doin;;- not 

 (Uily yimrscdf hut the jiuidic at hiriie an 

 jnj'ustici'. liioo S( iii!(>i:Tt:ii. 



CUT OUT THE CIGARS. 



( >i t' the daily papers at Omaha is 



trvine to interest the retail llorists there 

 iu the ii>-- of its classitied columns as a 

 means >>{' leaidiinu the local huyers. To 

 lielp the tlorists the t'ollowiiiy was pub- 

 li>iied a- a dis|ilay .advertisement in an- 

 other part of the jiaper: 



•'|-"|ower-^ no tiiey're not ex|(ensi\e. 

 Cut out two or three cM^ars today ;nid to- 

 morrow put the price of them into llow- 

 ers. take them home, and you will have 

 made the little ^irl'^ mother miiihty 

 happy. 



It's w.iiih v.iiif ii-.'iil.lc (•• l'"'k <.\cr eiir want 

 .111 ii.il:c :iuii >cc uliat i> •■ITitimI under the 

 licMijiii',' III ■I'l^iNts." 



.\ t'ew tiowers will ht tliem kimw that 

 Villi really do tiiiiik of them. Try it. or 

 do you think tiie -iiock \uli he too 

 ereat .' " " 



.\s coinini; tfoin someone not in the 



flower iuisiness, that's ^ 1 talk for the 



tlori-ts woinler what th.' ciyar advertis- 

 ei< think of' it .' 



Ti \i:iH' I'AUK, N. y. V>. Power, for- 

 merly of .Madison. N. .1., has taken a po- 

 -;itioii as eardener fur llhen K'iidiarda, of 

 tlii^ place. 



