90 How TO Gkow Cut Flowers. 



son is quick to observe, this experience will soon make 

 him as much of an adept in all that pertains to the 

 health and life of plants as is the physician who studies- 

 the health of his patient. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 GRADING AND PACKING. 



In making up your shipment, whether for home or 

 abroad, carefully assort them into two or three grades, 

 as will best suit those to whom jow sell, and you will 

 usually find the first grade will sell, even if the market 

 is dull, while those sent in by your less particular neigh- 

 bor, unsorted, will often be seen at night where they 

 were placed in the morning. It is better to throw away 

 all culls, short stems and imperfect flowers, than, by 

 placing all together, so impair the quality that they 

 must be sold for a less price, or, what is worse, not at 

 all. I am now speaking of tlio wholesale trade, and if 

 you would catch buyers }ou must avail yourself of 

 every advantage to display your stock at its best. 

 With this end in view, it is always best for short dis- 

 tance shipments, after grading, to pack each variety by 

 itself, in long light wooden trays, one tier deep, and in 

 such a way that each bud will show what it is; The ad- 

 vantage gained l)y displaying them in this manner 

 will more than compensate for the cost of returning 



