
A STATEMENT FROM THE EMPLOYEES 
OF FLOWERWOOD NURSERY 
Mr. Gregory L. Smith, the owner and manager 
of Flowerwood Nursery, is serving in the United 
States Navy, and, of course, will be away from 
his business until the war is over. He enlisted 
in the Navy immediately after the attack on 
Pearl Harbor. He, like so many other young 
men of the country, has had to leave his business 
at the worst possible time, in order to serve his 
country, a time when all businesses are going to 
require intelligent, careful, and wise management 
in order to survive at all. With the serious labor 
and material shortages added to the unpre- 
cedented problem of selling nursery stock to 
customers who will be without trucks, tires, or 
gasoline, Flowerwood Nursery faces the next few 
years of operations with this additional handicap 
of the head of the business being away. But 
we are going to do the best we can in the cir- 
cumstances, and, with the patient cooperation of 
our friends and customers, we feel confident that 
Flowerwood Nursery will survive all these hard- 
ships. We have only one purpose during these 
times—to retain the good will of the customers 
of Flowerwood Nursery by continuing to serve 
them honestly and efficiently, and to keep Mr. 
Smith’s business and stock in good condition for 
him, until he gets through fighting the Japs and 
the Nazis. We ask the cooperation of all our 
friends in helping us do this for him. 
aoe 
