Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw09amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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THE FUNERAL OAB. DECORATIONS AT THE FUNERAL OP THE LATE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE. be the judges of fair and unfair play, and shall de- termine all disputes and differences which may occur dur-ng the game. They shall take special care lo declare all foul balls immediately upon their occurrence, unasked, in a distinct and audi- ble voice. 8—Umpires shall be selected by the Captains of the respective clubs, and they shall perform all the duties in Rule 7, except recording the games, "which shall be done by scorers, one of whom shall be appointed by each of the contending clubs. 9—No persons except the Captains shall be per- mitted to approach or speak with the Umpires, Scorers or players during the progress of the game, unless by special request oi the Umpires. 10—A player must not step on or over the line in delivering the ball, nor after it has been delivered, until it leaves the alley. Any ball so delivered shall be deemed "foul," and the pins (if any made on such ball) shall be placed in the same positions as they were before the ball was rolled. It is also considered a foul ball if any part of the person should touch any part of the alley beyond the line before the ball leaves the alley. All foul balls shall count as balls rolled. 11—Should any ball delivered leave the alley be- fore reaching the pins, or any ball rebound from the back cushion, the pins, it any, made on such balls shall not count, but must be placed in same position as they were before the ball was rolled. All such balls to count as balls rolled. 12—Persons to act as Judges shall bechosen, one by each Captain, who shall take their positions at the head of the alleys and see that the pins are properly set up, and that no one interferes with them in any way until the player is through roll- ing. They will immediately report to the Cap- tains any irregularities that they may notice dur- ing the progress of the game. 13—The dead wood must be removed from the alley after each ball. Should a pin be displaced from the perpendicular and in such position that it falls on the removal of the dead wood it is to be counted as down. 14—Sufficient space shall be allotted to the par- ticipants in the game, to which none but members of tne teams shall be admitted. A SHOOTING MATCH. Friday, the 24th, is to be a day of sport, and while we are not authorized to say very much about the arrangements for this day, we feel that it will be best to let the boys know that the committee have arranged to have a shooting match at Blue Rocks by teams of six men each, representing the various florists' clubs. This match is to come off at the ocean end of the large pier and will no doubt be a very interesting affair. There is to be a handsome silver vase for the first team prize and valuable sou- venirs for the three individuals making the best scores. The committee will furnish guns and ammunition, but if anyone has a pet shooting iron he is at liberty to bring it along. K. The Outlook for the Retail Florist. In the present hard times the outlook for the retail grower is not very rose colored; in many parts of the country the labor troubles have curtailed the incomes of many of the florists' best customers to a great extent and the weather this spring was against plant sales. Another trouble was over production, and some growers being afraid that they could not sell out cut prices, others, to make sales and gain new customers did the same, and to meet them all the others had to follow these examples. Now there is no reason in this age of florists' clubs, why the flo- rists should not fix plant prices in spring in each city, the same as the milk man or coal or ice dealer, of course taking a good clean well grown plant as a standard, I do not mean that the florist should fix an exorbitant price on his goods, but have a living profit. Where is the money in good ■t-inch geraniums at one dollar a dozen, and deliver them at that? Other plants in proportion. Nowgentlemen.tell methe use of trade associations and societies, when there is no uniformity of prices, and no standard of what constitutes a good or first grade plant; when there are so many petty jealousies and spites among neighbors in our profession, all of which seem to culminate in trying to undersell each other. So just try next season to bury the hatchet, and if you have not a florist club in your city organize one; then all sell at one uniform price and you will find more profit and a much better feeling in the craft. Another source of trouble in the trade in many parts of the country is parties with no experience in the business organ- izing floral companies and cutting rates; men who may be able to run a dry goods or grocery store, but who, after six months on the board of directors of one of these concerns, knows more than a man who has had a life-longexperience in the trade, and who when they start in business, look down on the florist who knows his profession with contempt, and begin to tell how long it will be until they burst so-an-so up; that they are going to run the trade in that town, etc. Of course they begin to run it by cutting prices to gain customers, and sometimes they make some money, but generally wind up by making an assignment, and in their brief but meteoric career work a great amount of harm to the trade. Now if you can't make it go in the lines you have beenworkingon, tryandmakea achange; do not keepgoingout in on in the old rut. If carpet bedding isgoing out in your town, why don't grow so much of that class of stuff, grow more of the lines that you got most money from; also try and educate your customers to better things. You must play the role of instruc- tor in many placesand work the public up to a better knowledge of plants and flow- ers. In many places the florists are using

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