The Principles of Floriculture

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: The Macmillan company Subjects: Floriculture Gardening / General Gardening / Flowers / General Nature / Flowers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE SELECTION OF A LOCATION Before building a range of greenhouses for commercial flower- and plant-production, there are problems which enter into the desirability of the location which should be carefully solved. A study of these is equally important if one is about to purchase an established range. 30. The market. -- In deciding on a location, much will depend on the method of marketing. Products may be sold at retail at the range; they may be delivered at retail stores in a near-by city; sold personally in co-operative flower markets, or disposed of entirely in wholesale markets. If one is to do a retail business at the range, it is evident that the location should be one easily reached by the buying public. It should be within easy walking distance of the center of the town or, better still, on the line or at a junction of a much-traveled trolley system. If products are to be delivered at retail stores, the range should be within easy driving distance or on an electric line which runs express cars thereto. If such locations as mentioned are not available, the houses should at least be on a steam railroad which runs frequent trains to the business center. It is almost an absolute necessity that transportation to retail stores be rapid. Frequently large orders for flowers are received unexpectedly, and it becomes necessary for the retail man tor get them almostimmediately from the range. If flowers grown are to be sold personally...